<p>I left UCLA 15 years ago while I was on academic probation during my senior year… I was having a hard time back then struggling with depression. I moved back to the bay area and had no desire to return and finish my music degree. </p>
<p>Now at the age of 40, I have decided to finally pursue a bachelor degree in accounting. I am currently taking pre-reqs at my local community college. And have 4.0 in the major and a 3.4 cumulative</p>
<p>Will my screw up 15 years ago make me ineligible for admission to any UC? I have my eye on UCR because they have a good accounting program. I read somewhere that former UC students who are not in good standing at the UC campus they attended have no chance. But what if it was years ago? I’m not going to move to Los Angeles and retake classes that have nothing to do with my current major.</p>
<p>One, you are not too old, I would love to be forty again, and two you are not banned from UC or any other college or university forever. It is generally true colleges and universities, both public and private will not accept a student who is not in good standing at their previous schools but case is not typical. First, it has been 15 years since you left UCLA which is a very long time, you have no interest in finishing your degree in Music and a case could be made that your CC, where you are in good academic standing, rather than UCLA is your most recent college.</p>
<p>You could return temporarily to UCLA and do what you need to do to get back in good academic standing while being careful not to complete the requirements for a BA in Music since then you would be applying to schools as a second bachelor’s degree candidate to get your Accounting degree and California’s public universities will generally not accept such students during this time of very limited resources. </p>
<p>You might also want to expand your target school horizen beyond the UCs Traditionally, UCs have focused on education in Economics and have pretty much left Accounting to the CSUs. I think UCR is the only UC to offer an actual undergraduate degree in Accounting while nearly all of the CSUs do. One thing you have to keep in mind when applying to a CSU is that they have “service areas”. If you live in the service area of the CSU with the strongest Accounting Departement, Great, you should get in with no problems. While it varies from CSU to CSU there are some that are all but impossible to get accepted at if you are applying from outside their service area.</p>
<p>I think you don’t have any options for UC because most (all?) don’t take senior transfers. The only way you can get a degree from UC is to get that UCLA Music BA degree. If you are really close to graduating, it may be worth it to get the BA and then go to a MS program in accounting. But I sense it would be far too difficult with instruments you have not touched in 15 years.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I would consider the CSU option Lemaitre1 mentioned above.</p>
<p>I second that you are not too old. You could attempt a TAG into Riverside, and the worst that can happen is they say no, and you’re out $60. Apply to a few prominent Cal States as well, though.</p>
<p>I left UC a year ago and will start my second year of community college this fall…I’m planning to attend another UC come fall 2013…while I’m in poor academic standing at the first UC I attended, I’m pretty sure two solid years at a JC are enough to make a case for my admission. I’m sure you’ll do just fine iam2old…</p>