BruinBound

So I'm applying to UCLA from another UC and I have about 16 AP units from high school. I completed 49 quarter units from my first year. Are AP units automatically calculated into the minimum 90 quarter units required for transfer? I know that they CAN be used but are they automatically inputted into one's total number of units used for transfer? Also, is it frowned upon to rely on those AP units to meet that 90 unit minimum?

I ask this because if AP units are automatically used, then I can ease up on my sophomore schedule and not have to take more classes that would pointlessly go over the unit cap.

Insamniac

Yes. AP units will work for you, but never against you. I wouldn't suggest easing up tooo much because it looks lazy (my naive opinion), but I'd say as long as you finish GEs and major prereqs, you're golden.

freudcarl

Does the very fact that you have Ap courses make you look better in the adcoms eyes? Or is the function of Ap courses merely formal (ie using them toward the 60 semester units or 90 quarter units)?

dhl3

Nope. Having AP courses won't really give you any advantage for the admission.

One thing though, I advise you against using AP credits to fulfill your major prerequisites. Adcoms prefer to see actual letter grades for those.

bartleby

Say one has around 65-70 quarter units from APs, does he just have to fulfill the GE and major prereqs not covered by the APs, and then apply to a UC as a transfer?

bluescreen11

AP credits are kinda like extra credit. i believe that there is a 216 unit max for uc's with quarter units, but if you take a ap class, and it was worth 8 units then your unit max will be 224, and it you had 20 ap credits, then your unit max would be 236, but if it was a community college course then it would affect your unit max

Ektaylor

Out of curiosity, do you have to list your AP units on the UC application; in my case I am not using them, nor has my high school reported the scores to my CCC, I chose not to report them with the backing of a CCC counselor. Is this permissible?

alansda

I remember UCDAdmissions saying that you should list all of them because since they are college-level classes, they'd be part of your academic record

Ektaylor

I just found this on a UCB transfer FAQ:

Q: Am I required to submit an SAT/AP?
A: No. SATs/APs can be used to fulfill certain breadth requirements, but this is strictly optional.

I guess I answered my question --and in regards to UCD admissions, maybe it differs between UC campus?

Source: https://students.berkeley.edu/myberk...todo=cms&id=89