<p>Don’t worry. I was a peer advisor at the college. CC units count toward your 180 MINIMUM to graduate, but not your 200 maximum. The 200 limit first, only applies if you’re there longer than 4 years, and does not include any units you’ve aquired before “matriculation” (before you start taking classes at UCSB). But, the awesome news is that they DO count toward your minimum. I was able to graduate in 3 years because my CC units gave me sophomore standing after my first quarter at UCSB. </p>
<p>Don’t worry at all about CC classes hindering you. They will always help. They might not always count for a GE (my sign language class only gave me units), but even if you’re not in it for the units or the weighted grade, just saying you did it looks awesome. If you want to knock out GEs, they’re usually your basics: math/science, literature, history, social sciences. If you want to check if specific classes actually give you GEs, there is actually a website that will tell you which classes offered at CA comm college each quarter will count for which GEs. I forget the site right now, and honestly, your guess will probably work, but if you want to check it out, just call the UCSB advising office (if they don’t answer, just try again later, or try their other extension) and ask what the website is. Their policy is if it says it counts on the website, it counts.</p>