makin it rain

If I finish off my 2 years at a CC, would all my credits transfer over to a UC? Would I have to stay any extra years or sacrifice a summer to finish everything? Does anyone have any experience on this? Transferring from a CC to a UC and graduating on time for 4 years?

beardy

As long as all your pre-req's are finished prior to entering your UC (last sem is usually spring) , then you are set. Make sure you're following some sort of UC-transfer articulative agreement, such as IGETC.

I myself am finishing off my last year at a CC (2nd year) and will finish by spring of 09.

Malishka31

Most likely not ALL of your credit will transfer. Look at your CC general catalog to see if a course is UC transferable.

It will depend on how many preqs you finish and how many courses your major requires to graduate to see if you can finish in 2 years after transfer. Most transfers finish in 2.5.

chickadee2586

Well for me, out of all the classes I took, only one was not transferable. I got my 60 units in two years with no problem. I did take summer classes in between my first and second year just to make my fall and spring schedule a little lighter.

vrlobo88

i think most UCs allow up to 70 UC-transferable units to be transferred .....you should have no problem getting the minimum 60. be careful because i think some UCs will not offer admission to some programs if you have 80+ units at another school

Malishka31

it is 80+ if they come from a 4 year AND CC or only from a 4 year. then you will get rejected in most cases because they do not take senior level transfers.

If you have 80+ but all from community college then it doesnt matter and they will still accept you. You can have 500000 units from CC and you will still be reviewed for admission, BUT clearly they only let you count 70/105 semester/quarter units toward your degree min of 180 quarter units.

KitKat42008

Yep, that is exactly right. I too was concerned about hitting a unit cap but my counselor told me that a 4-year will give you subject credit for all transferable courses taken, but only unit credit up to 70 units.

I don't really think it is going to take me that long to graduate because I am entering with 105 quarter units and since literally all of the English classes I have to take are 5 units, I would only have to take 2-3 more electives to fulfill the 180 requirement.

xleper17

I have figured out my schedule for the next two years. Check your major department page and they will show you the undergraduate major requirements. By also using assist.org, you can figure out what classes you have taken (if any at all) that goes towards your major requirements.

I have to take 13 courses, two or three being graduate courses. I am determined to not take more than 3 courses a quarter (for me it's the different subjects I have to spread my mind over, not just the unit load) and in order to do that, I have to take summer school.

I believe I just have to take 6 more courses (does not have to apply towards my major, just towards graduation) and then 12 major requirement courses (I'm taking one this summer). Evenly laying out 3 classes per quarter for the next two years.

So yes, it is indeed possible. Just figure out what you want and make a plan to achieve it.

I'm also leaving my CC with 63 units.

Woman.Of.Troy

Check on assist.org

UCSD Sociology

I'm leaving my cc with 105 unites (max), and with 180 needed to graduate UCSD, I need to take 13 Soc upperdiv courses, 2 nonrelated upperdiv courses to fullfil Thurgood's requirements, 1 prerequisite for Sociology, which equals 64 units (these are classes i need). 105+64=169. So I need to fill the rest of my schedule up with bullshiit undergrad classes just to graduate: 180-169=11 units which is 3 courses. So 15 upperdivs+1prereq+3undergrad=exactly 6 quarters if I do 3 courses a quarter+intern and 1 summer session. So much school but i love it.

xleper needs 31 courses or 18 or 19? I'm confused.

KitKat42008

Assist.org is like the Bible to college kids, especially since counselors are useless.

Yeah, it's actually pretty easy to figure out if you look up how many upper division courses you must take for your major. I have to take 13 classes to fulfill my major requirements, which adds up to 65 units. I will already have 105 quarter units when I transfer, so all that leaves me with are 10 units I can kinda play around with. If I only take 3 classses per quarter, then I am likely looking at 5 quarters or so. I just hope it is not going to be challenging to get into the classes I need.

UCSD Sociology

KitKat, I think the majority of upperdiv courses are 4 units, so 13 courses is like 52 units give or take? I think the minimum units you need to graduate is 180 units.

If it wasn't for the stupid 180 unit rule I'd just need to take 13 major upperdivs for my major, 2 nonrelated uppers for my college and 1 prereq. That's like 5 quarters.

Malishka31

Those crappy elective courses are actually good for you b/c they can break up your schedule if you have an intensive major, like math, no one wants to take 3 upper level math courses, or 4- that would suck.

Trust me, upper division is not the same as lower division. With 3 sociology courses, at 10 weeks, you might have 3 10-20 page papers due, you will feel lucky if instead you had 2 papers due and some course in like "life studies-college " or some other bs course- it helps keep your gpa up too.

KitKat42008

UCSD...well I am an English major and literally every single class I need to take is worth 5 units, which is why it comes out to less classes.

malishka...that's a good idea. I think I might take a random elective course along with two upper divisions courses for my first quarter so I'm not overwhelmed. Besides life studies, do you know of any other bs classes that we could take?

JetForcegeminix

Malishka31:

Actually for berkeley and LA as long as you transfer from a CC you don't have a unit cap even if you did coursework at a 4 year. Here is part of the response i got from a UC berkeley counselor:

"If you are applying to any major in the College of Letters and Science, once you have 70 transferable units anywhere (4-year and/or CC) and then continue at the Community College, you will get subject credit but no more unit credit. Therefore, you will not have over 80 semester units unless those units were completed at the 4-year institution. The HAAS School of Business has no unit maximum for consideration."

Also on their website it states: A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission.


University of California - Counselors


for ucla: For the College of Letters and Science, a student who completed 86 or fewer UC-transferable semester units (130 or fewer transferable quarter units) at a university then transferred to, and remained exclusively at, a community college does not exceed the maximum units allowable for admission purposes.