<p>I am a 4th year Computer Science UCI student with 164.5 units applying to UC-UC transfer as a junior applicant. Before you say this is a Senior standing applicant, hear me out. I read that units may not count for whatever reason: <a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
<p>For me, I took 25 units of Chinese language courses at UCI, 12 units of UCI art courses, and studied abroad where 12 units are language courses, and 8 units of watercolor from CC. These classes are irrelevant to my major and I just took them for fun. As a result, I was hoping that possible this would mean 164.5 - 57 = 107 units… </p>
<p>1) My question is would it be a good idea applying as a junior (120 unit max) instead of a senior? I want to apply to UCSD, which only accepts junior applicants. Otherwise, it’s only Davis and SB (college of creative studies) for senior applicants. </p>
<p>2) My 2nd question is if they decide I am indeed a senior applicant, will this error of applying as junior applicant jeopardize my admission decision?</p>
How are you going to do this? You can’t ignore units that you have earned. And whether the units are “irrelevant to my major” or not, you can’t choose not to list them. </p>
<p>Furthermore, if you have 164.5 units today, how many will you have next Fall when classes would start if you could transfer? Unless you’re not enrolled right now, you will be a UC graduate or nearly so by next fall.</p>
<p>So the units tranferring is different from classes transferring? I was under the impression that some classes won’t transfer over, as classes not transferring over from UCSB->UCSD happened to someone I know.</p>
<p>I still have 2 years worth of classes before graduating. I’ve finished my GE’s and still have a few lower division classes to finish and am starting the upper division classes. So I wouldn’t consider myself a UC graduate or nearly graduating by next fall.</p>
<p>You really need to talk to counselors at UCI. From what you’ve posted it sounds like you’ve been at UCI 4 years, you have over 160 units so far, and you want to take 2 more years of classes which is around another 96 units. There are exceptions and clauses and so on, but you need to check to make sure they are really going to let you enroll. You’ll end up with around 260 units, but UCI says
I</a> don’t want to tell you that you meet or don’t meet the rules, I strongly suggest you talk with a counselor if there is any doubt about you fitting into unit cap even if you stayed at Irvine.</p>
<p>I have been at UCI 6 quarters. Then abroad 1 semester. The UCI 1 quarter. Then summer session 1. Now starting another quarter. So in total 8 quarters.</p>
<p>Regardless, isn’t that still a concern since 12 quarters is 4 years and I am at 8 quarters. So I only have 4 quarters left? This is incredibly frustrating.</p>
<p>What happens when I reach that cut off point? Am I just kicked out unless I petition? How do other students who say changed majors later on or take 6 years to graduate stay at UCs without getting kicked out?</p>
<p>You should probably go talk to a counselor. Figure out what unit limits your major has, and plan around that. How can you fit all your courses in? How many units should you take each quarter? Can you use summer sessions to your advantage? Are there petitions to get extra semesters? Seek out your advisor and ask them these sorts of questions, you’ll get official, helpful answers, and hopefully some help with planning.</p>
<p>As for transferring, it sounds like you’ve already got senior standing… you can’t just ignore your past coursework and apply as a junior, you’ll be treated as a senior. I don’t think most UCs accept senior transfers, and UC-UC is pretty hard anyways, so you may be out of luck. Why transfer anyways? Usually transferring means it’ll take even longer to finish your degree, since requirements change and coursework doesn’t always articulate.</p>
<p>Will talk to my counselor about max quarter units. </p>
<p>I am for sure going to try to transfer. Again UCD and UCSB (cc studies) accept senior transfers. Reason for transferring is not happy here at UCI. 1) The question I had is if courses don’t transfer, do units not transfer too and 2) does attempting to apply as Junior applicant and being treated as a senior instead hurt?</p>
In my experience (CC/OOS CC transfer) yes, the units will still count even if the course doesn’t articulate. But my classes were “real” classes (no PE or anything), so it might be different depending on the classes in question.</p>
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I’m not sure you get a choice? I think you just enter all your coursework, and based on the number of units they’ll decide whether or not you’re a junior/high-credit junior/senior.</p>
<p>Anyways, the best you can do is try it and see, only the UC admissions folk can give you a real answer.</p>
<p>Thanks for directly answering my questions failue622.</p>
<p>On a side note: Here is what is on the UC application itself. You get to pick one of the three choices, which then let you pick the UCs that you are eligible:</p>
<p>How many college/university units do you plan to complete before you enroll at UC?
Fewer than 60 semester/90 quarter units (sophomore transfer)
60–89 semester/90–134 quarter units (junior transfer)
90 semester/135 quarter units or more (senior transfer)</p>
<p>If I choose 2), I am elegible to click all the school checkboxes and submit my app for them all, as they all accept juniors. If I choose 3) then I am only eligible to click the checkboxes to UCB, UCSC, UCD, and UCSB.</p>
<p>I agree, I guess the way to find out what will happen if I apply as a junior is to actually apply. Or I can play it safe and apply as a senior… I think I should email admissions about this.</p>
<p>Whatever was taken at UCI will count. You can’t pick and choose classes to alter your standing. </p>
<p>They will realize you are a senior, and you application will go into the trash. I wouldn’t waste the money. The only way this would work is if you were a Sophomore at UCI during the time of application and fell under the applicable unit range. </p>
<p>So whatever classes I took at UCI will have their units count no matter what. I’m not picking and choosing classes. I list all the classes and their units in the application, but I was assuming it was possible that some classes might not be eligible at some UCs, and so the units would not count too. There seems to be misunderstanding here. I am not deliberately not putting down classes. I am only asking whether there is a chance that some units may be taken off because of inelegible classes, putting me in Junior status, so maybe I should apply as a Junior (by selecting the junior checkboxes when it asks you on the application). </p>
<p>Yeah, they will all count. That is what I meant by “picking and choosing”, is that they will look at everything you took at UCI regardless of what it was and count it. Regardless of units, you have standing as a senior. Even if the Chinese, Water color etc weren’t related to anything, they still count to your class standing. </p>
<p>Now if you had 170 units from CC and in your fourth year at CC, you could transfer normally as an incoming junior. But since you are at UCI, you can’t do that, unfortunately. </p>
<p>Just because a class is not transferable does not mean they don’t count the credits for that class into your total credits for current standing. </p>
<p>They look at total credits taken, not toal credits taken that are transferable. There’s no way from what you’ve provided that you would not be senior standing at the time of application. So if you insist on applying you’d apply as senior. </p>
<p>They don’t want career students taking up space that could be for another student, so they impose these caps and will absolutely boot you once you exceed them without appealing. </p>
<p>Specific stats would be hard to find on senior transfer admission, but I would venture to guess they are very small numbers and are comprised mostly of inter campus transfers looking to go into the same major they’re already in at another campus (thus almost done) not looking to switch majors once they’re already at senior standing. </p>
<p>My 2 cents: finish up where you’re at. At the very least, talk to a counselor at your Uni. And maybe email admissions at the two schools that might take you as a senior transfer. </p>
<p>OK thanks for the detailed information CSB111 and Bear87. very helpful. My only option is apply as senior transfer to those 2 schools. I am only looking to transfer schools, not changing majors. What would I email admissions about? And regarding your 2 cents, yes, I need to talk to my counselor about the too many units thing and appealing. Regarding the finishing up where I’m at, the issue is I really, really don’t want to do that because of how much I’m unhappy being here, though the academics are very good. The only reason I’ve been surviving the past couple years is because I devote myself to programming, piano, and learning Chinese, which distracts me from my unsatisfactiedness with this place. I just don’t click with this place and want to leave.</p>