UC Transfer FAQ - Page 4

Ektaylor · 04-25-2008, 01:42 AM

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I was looking over my submitted information and noticed a discrepancy among the in progress units that I stated. I quickly changed it, but would that change have come at too late a time for the admissions officers to see it?

At this point? You are months too late.

oorah87 · 04-25-2008, 05:07 AM

Time to start your appeal..

blueheeler · 04-27-2008, 04:59 PM

This may be a good place to ask this. I went to a CC for right out of high school, going full time the first semester then part time the second. After this, I took 2 1/2 years OFF of school and recently came back part time. While I regret this in regard to being behind in credits, it allowed me to save money and figure things out.

ANYWAY, I am committed to doing classes over the Summer and full time in the Fall. However, will the 2 1/2 year gap and part time semesters look poor when applying to UC's? I understand it was mentioned that they realize it takes more than 2 years for most students to complete IGETC or their GE requirements, but I'm not sure if a long hiatus would be treated the same way. Anyway, thanks for any info.

mattn · 04-27-2008, 05:05 PM

If you explain it, you should be fine. I think there was a box that asked to explain any gaps in education on the application

loathed · 04-28-2008, 03:32 AM

just a question...i calculated the amount of credits on my own with help from assist.org

however, my total came up to WAY over 60 semester units after completing IGETC and all major prep classes (i already double dipped between IGETC and major prep classes).

firstly, are you actually allowed to use 1 or a few community college equivalent classes to fufill say 2 or 3 classes from the university youre going to transfer to? heres an example...

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LIFESCI 1 Evolution, Ecology, and (5) - UCLA class

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community college classes
|BIOL 21 & Cell Biology and (4)
Biodiversity | Evolution
|BIOL 23 Organismal and (5)
| Environmental Biology
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LIFESCI 2 Cells, Tissues, and Organs (5)

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|BIOL 21 & Cell Biology and (4)
| Evolution
|BIOL 23 Organismal and (5)
| Environmental Biology
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LIFESCI 3 Introduction to (5)|BIOL 21 & Cell Biology and (4)
Molecular Biology | Evolution
|BIOL 22 Genetics and Molecular (4)
| Biology
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LIFESCI 4 Genetics (5)|BIOL 22 Genetics and Molecular (4)
| Biology

i reckon you are actually allowed to use BIOL 21,22 and 23 to fufill LIFESCIENCE 1,2,3 and 4 right? because i read from a post above that you are actually not allowed to double dip between IGETC or major pre-reqs.

i plan to major in biological sciences, and like what i mentioned earlier, my sem units came WAY over 60. so how do i go about it really? i heard the max transferable units was 70 or so.

EDIT: sorry for the HUGE mess! but i really need help here.

thanks in advance!

mattn · 04-28-2008, 03:45 AM

What school are you at? It's hard to see what's going on without the formatting. I'll use a random cc as an example: ASSIST Report: LAPC 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major

If you took biology 6,7,40 and 46, you would satisfy the LS series.

You CAN double dip between IGETC and pre-reqs, what you can't do is double dip inside the IGETC. Like you couldn't use spanish 101 to satisfy both a humanities and a culture (or whatever it is, i can't remember) section. I think the foreign language section is an exception though.

edit: I stopped being an idiot and looked closer at your post. It looks like you're saying the same thing I said. You can use 1 class or a series of classes to fulfill multiple requirements.

2nd edit, then I'm going to bed. Really: It's ok if you have a lot more than 60 units if you've only gone to a CC. If you've gone to a 4 year, you might be in trouble. How many units are you expecting?

loathed · 04-28-2008, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mattn

What school are you at? It's hard to see what's going on without the formatting. I'll use a random cc as an example: ASSIST Report: LAPC 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major

If you took biology 6,7,40 and 46, you would satisfy the LS series.

You CAN double dip between IGETC and pre-reqs, what you can't do is double dip inside the IGETC. Like you couldn't use spanish 101 to satisfy both a humanities and a culture (or whatever it is, i can't remember) section. I think the foreign language section is an exception though.

edit: I stopped being an idiot and looked closer at your post. It looks like you're saying the same thing I said. You can use 1 class or a series of classes to fulfill multiple requirements.

2nd edit, then I'm going to bed. Really: It's ok if you have a lot more than 60 units if you've only gone to a CC. If you've gone to a 4 year, you might be in trouble. How many units are you expecting?

thanks! i get it now. i havent been to a university/4 year before. taking into considering that i complete both IGETC and all my major prep classes, my units will definitely go into the 70s i think. i read somewhere its okay to have more than 60 units at a CC, but the UCs will generally only allow up to 70 transferable max? so to sum it up...even if i have 80 units from a CC, i will still be able to transfer right?

supindy · 04-28-2008, 07:37 AM

I'm a senior going to attend a college a in NY and intersted in attending Berkley? However my h.s. stats are NOT good at all. How much does ucb place on h.s. performance for out of state students?

mattn · 04-28-2008, 10:05 AM

Right. I don't remember what the exact number is, but you only get 70 or whatever units for unit credit. Beyond that you get subject credit, so if you need that class for prereqs or whatever, you've still got that, but it's not counting towards your unit cap.

loathed · 04-28-2008, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mattn

Right. I don't remember what the exact number is, but you only get 70 or whatever units for unit credit. Beyond that you get subject credit, so if you need that class for prereqs or whatever, you've still got that, but it's not counting towards your unit cap.

sweet, thanks. so it doesnt really matter if i have say...90 CC units?

kal7 · 04-28-2008, 11:26 AM

loathed, it's fine. They expect science majors will have a lot of units. I have the same problem because I've taken a lot of core science classes and it's ok.

senson · 04-29-2008, 04:11 PM

my friend told me you can only take up to 75 units and if you go over you can't even apply to ucla for transfer. is this true?

cuz my co-worker had 120 semester units before transfering to UCLA -_-;;;

I know that you can only take upto 70 semester units when you transfer but i'm confused if i can take more than 70 to boost up my gpa

BTW my major is biz econ. and i'm doing TAP. I mean 120 sem. units is kind of crazy but i really need to boost up my grade and my friend telling me that they won't accept my transfer application if i take too many units scares me

mattn · 04-29-2008, 07:50 PM

I thought it was if you have ever gone to a 4 year, you are vulnerable to the unit-cap, but I remember one school (Berkeley?) had some policy along the lines of: if you're transferring from a CC, you can have as many units as you like, regardless of whether you've gone to a 4 year or not.

So if you've never gone to a 4-year, you're fine. If you have, you'll have to look up the individual school's policy

senson · 04-29-2008, 08:45 PM

hew well that's relieving to hear.

I don't know where my friend heard this 75 unit cap for transfer from a CC

mattn · 04-29-2008, 09:51 PM

He might have misinterpreted the cap on how much unit credit you can take with you. I think that might be the cutoff. Beyond that, you can't count your units towards your degree, but you still get subject credit (so you can use them as prereqs for other classes). I assume it's to prevent people from transferring, taking 3 classes and graduating