Dear all,
I got accepted into UCLA and couple of cal states as a political science major. I am very excited. I live in Long Beach. Due to financial instability, I was planning to stay in Long Beach and complete the first year of my degree at CSUEB. My plan is to go to a decent graduate school, so where I graduate from will matter. Therefore, I was thinking maybe I can complete the first year of my program at CSUEB and complete my degree at UCLA. Any thoughts on this? Will UC admission consider students transferring out of BA programs? Please if you have any information let me know. Thank you all!
Lunette Hamilton
I am assuming the CSUEB is a typo and you mean CSULB? UCLA accepts Junior level transfers (60 semester/90 quarter units) so you would be attending your CSU for 2 years before transferring unless you have a large amount of AP credits that can be used toward your UC transferable credits.
Use assist.org to get informed and go out to look for any answers you might have. From ASSIST you will get all the information you need for the prerequisites you need for your major. You will need to cross reference your CSU to a local Community college and then to UCLA. Look up the major prereqs for every school you are interested in transferring to. When you know all the information for which classes to take, make a plan. Plan out which classes you need to take each semester before you transfer and how you will reach those mandatory 60 semester units needed to transfer to a UC. This is probably the most important part of transferring. The faster you have a plan the faster you get to transfer and you will have a easier and clearer path. And look through all the threads on the website and get a sense of what you need to do and what it takes to get a UC.
Sorry I meant to say CSULB. I have completed my two years of prerequisites at Long Beach City College plus my GE’s. I meant completing the first year of my degree at CSULB and then transferring to UCLA for my second and last year. Do you think that will be something possible to do?
You have to be careful with the number of upper division credits you accumulate at CSULB since the UC’s has a unit cap and many do not accept these credits.
Limitations on Transfer Credits for Lower Division units:
Students will be awarded up to 70 sem/105 qtr units of credit for lower division coursework completed at any institution or any combination of institutions. For units beyond the maximum, subject credit for appropriate coursework taken in excess of this unit limitation will be awarded and may be used to satisfy requirements.
• Units earned through: AP, IB, and/or A-Level examinations are not included in the limitation and do not put applicants at risk of being denied admission.
• Units earned at any UC campus (Extension, summer, cross/concurrent and regular academic year enrollment) are not included in the limitation but are added to the maximum transfer credit allowed and may put applicants at risk of being denied admission due to excessive units.
Note: If all courses are completed at one or more 2-year (community) colleges, a student would never be in danger of having too many (excessive) units.
Check this link page 30 on unit caps for upper division credits: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/quick-reference-2017.pdf
If possible, I would try to make it work so you can attend UCLA this Fall.
Thank you so much for all the great info. May I please know who you are? Does this mean that I can transfer from CSULB to UCLA to finish my degree, but I gotta make sure that the upper division classes I take at CSULB can be evaluated at UCLA?
I think you really need to contact UCLA and talk to someone in transfer admissions regarding you questions before taking any upper division courses at CSULB. Also why not complete your degree at CSULB if finances are an issue? CSULB is a well respected school.
If you look at the Unit Cap chart I linked, UCLA does not accept High Unit transfers so above 86.5 semester units/130 quarter units. How many units do you anticipate completing at CSULB and how many will you have total by the time your transfer to UCLA? Also you will need to reapply and there is no guarantee you will be accepted next year.
BTW, I am just a parent that has some knowledge of the CSU/UC system. I am also very good at researching information but I am not an admissions officer and you need some one that knows the transfer admissions very well.
Best of luck.
Got it. Thank you very much for all the information!