Help transferring

Extention0 · 07-06-2008, 05:16 PM

I am currently attending a community college and hoping to transfer to UCLA or UC Berkeley as a Political Science major. I need a total of 13 classes in total to complete my IGETC and the preparatory requirements in order to transfer. There are two more preparatory classes I need to take, however, those classes aren't offered at the community college I currently attend and I heard that they wouldn't penalized me if the class was not offered. If I were to calculate the total units, I would have less than 60 units. Is it also possible to transfer before two years and when am I able to fill out the transfer application to transfer? What am I supposed to do?

xcaliberse · 07-06-2008, 06:16 PM

Yes, it is IMPOSSIBLE to transfer with less than 60 units. You could take courses over the Summer, or take 1 more year at community college. It is perfectly fine to transfer out after 3 years. May I ask your Community College cumulative GPA?

Extention0 · 07-06-2008, 06:54 PM

I have only completed one community college class during my junior year of high school and received an A; I am currently a college student. What classes am I supposed to take if I completed all my other coursework for the IGETC? Are there any other ways of receiving units? Also, I took three years of Spanish in high school; do I still have to take a Foreign Language at community college?

Thank you very much for your response.

xleper17 · 07-06-2008, 07:24 PM

Ok, I think everyone on the board is rather reluctant to answer this because it's been all said before. But thank you for at least putting everything under one thread. Also if you can, try using the search function and other things may come up.

Basically, you can not transfer with less than 60 units, especially to Berkeley and LA. Even if you've completed your IGETC with less than 60 units, you need to take extra classes (ANY classes that are UC transferable) in order to reach your 60 units minimum.

You can get units by submitting your AP scores to the school, if you have taken any. You are also exempt from the foreign language requirement as you only need 2 years of a HS foreign language to complete your IGETC. All you have to do is go to your HS and pick up an official transcript, in turn give the transcript to your CC.

Not taking a pre-req because it is not offered at your school in no way puts you at odds with the universities. For example, I am a philosophy major and NO pre-req's for UCB's philosophy program are offered at my CC (or any CC, for that matter) but I still got into UCB.

What is key for CC:

HIGH GPA. Do whatever you can to stick to a 4.0 and don't let yourself slip below. W's are fine, you can have 15 (i believe that is the record, maybe more) and STILL get accepted to a university like Cal or LA.

Poli sci is an impacted major (meaning there is a limited number of spaces available and it is exceeded by the number of people that apply for it) and you need to be a competitive student to get in. For Cal and LA, it is absolutely necessary to complete ALL pre-req's for the major, except ones not offered to you.

Good luck, don't overload yourself your first semester and keep your eye on the prize.

Extention0 · 07-06-2008, 07:48 PM

Thank you very much for your help; I really appreciate it!

Correct me if I am wrong, but is there any other way to earn additional units? I am planning to intern for a politician and on their website, it says that I am able to earn college credit with that.

mrguy · 07-06-2008, 07:48 PM

May I ask what is your plan for transferring Extention0?

Extention0 · 07-06-2008, 07:51 PM

What do you mean? I am planning to take the courses at community college and do extracurricular work such as internships.

xleper17 · 07-06-2008, 07:52 PM

Most internships require the student to be from a "reputable" university. I have already looked into these things and they all rejected me since I was from a CC (Los Angeles Pierce College).

If the politician's office can align with your CC and give you UC credit, then I say you can go for it. Just make sure you do all the right paper work and prepare to talk to some head people at your CC.

mrguy · 07-06-2008, 07:52 PM

I didn't understand what you meant when you said is it possible to transfer before two years?

mrguy · 07-06-2008, 07:55 PM

To make things clear, if you plan to transfer to a UC, you need to have 60 units. Under XTREME circumstances can you transfer before that, and that is only if you were eligible in high school to apply to a UC. If you were, then you can apply as a sophomore, but most UCs still don't accept applicants who take this path

jk_91 · 07-06-2008, 08:15 PM

Yeah, UCs are pretty much very strict about the 60 unit minimum rule. Just take any remaining classes that will help you fulfill the minimum number of units to transfer after you've completed your IGETC and prereqs. This could be a great time to just relax and and take some easy transferable classes that interest you.

Extention0 · 07-06-2008, 09:39 PM

Thank you very much for the information. I am going to try some internships and ask them if they are able to offer UC credits. I really appreciate the help.

Extention0 · 07-07-2008, 10:47 PM

Will AP scores affect the colleges I intend to transfer to? Will they look at the AP scores one or two years from now?

yanlau920 · 07-07-2008, 11:45 PM

my intended major to cal is sociology and I found that there are 3 prerequisite of this major but one of them my cc doesn't provide it and I find that ohlone college in fremont provide that class. I live in oakland and is it necessary for me if I take that class in ohlone to meet all the prerequisite? as I know if you don't complete all the prerequisite for sociology before you transfer to cal, cal will put you in the pre-major and wait until you finish that class at cal then you can declare that major.

jk_91 · 07-08-2008, 12:08 AM

They won't count it against you if your CC doesn't offer the prereq.