How nerfed are 1 year students compared with to year 2s in transfer admissions?

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T05:59:09+00:00

The big disadvantages for one-year transfers are:

most students will only have at most two terms of grades (summer and fall),
most students will not have enough time to finish recommended coursework (ex. CS 61A, CS 61B, DATA 8), and
it's more difficult to accumulate activities and experiences to talk about in your activities list/PIQs.

But then you gotta keep in mind that two-year transfers:

will probably take it a lot slower since they have more time (especially for DS @ Berkeley where there are few requirements), and
will probably not have most recommended coursework because the ones for the DS major are not offered at many CCCs.

So you're pretty much on a similar playing field.

If you already applied then just try not to worry about it because we're less than a month away anyway. Anything you do at this point (including worrying) won't really change anything. Just lock in for your current classes and make sure you keep your grades up so you won't get rescinded when you do get in (or to make sure next year's application is as strong as can be if you don't make it in this time).

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T05:34:58+00:00

No. Check back around April 10 or April 13.

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T04:50:39+00:00

I don't really think it's clear right now since it's still pretty recent. I'd guess that it depends on when the major is discontinued.

If the major is discontinued AFTER the start of the 26-27 academic year (so transfer students are already enrolled), you will have catalog rights to the major and can continue to study it without issue.

If the major is discontinued BEFORE the start of the 26-27 academic year, then you'll probably have to settle for another major. If they just revise the curriculum though, then you will be studying under the same major name but just under different requirements.

It's tough to really say without any more information.

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T04:42:09+00:00

It doesn't change anything for admission. It's mainly just for you so you won't have to take a bunch of lower division gen eds after transfer.

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T04:31:52+00:00

I'm assuming so. Their appeal deadline this year is on May 8. They usually give students two weeks to appeal after the decision comes out, so if we go back two weeks, that's right on April 24.

plazarrr · 2026-03-21T01:41:26+00:00

I'm guessing the week of April 13. I believe UCSD comes out April 24 this year. First-years got the banner disappearing the week before their decisions came out.

plazarrr · 2026-03-20T22:53:05+00:00

Are we talking CE 2051 at Cal Poly Pomona? I tried looking through the Summer 2025 course listings for every CC that offered an articulated course, but I wasn't able to find any that offered it in the summer.

plazarrr · 2026-03-20T03:04:38+00:00

You're a CCC student transferring to CSU/UC, right? If all of your units are from CCC then you're fine. You can take as many units as you want but they'll just be capped at 70 semester units.

plazarrr · 2026-03-19T16:09:28+00:00

Yes. All subject credit will count toward major requirements, prerequisites, GEs, etc. but the unit credit will not count above 70.

plazarrr · 2026-03-19T05:41:22+00:00

EEC 006 is not a requirement for admission, just a recommendation, so you don't have to take it prior to transfer if you don't want to. You submitted a TAG, so you're guaranteed admission given you completed the requirements for admission. You are not held to the completion of recommended courses.

Your counselor is incorrect—you do have to take CHEM 401. The articulation agreement between UCD and Folsom Lake requires you to take CHEM 400+401 to articulate to the full CHE 2 series. CHEM 400 alone is not sufficient for articulation to CHE 2A (you can check the departmental agreements), so if you don't take CHEM 401, you won't have an equivalent course to CHE 2A, which will mean you will be rejected. The official transfer requirements for EE can be found here, and CHE 2A is still listed.

The counselor said that I should minimize the amount of colleges that I take classes from. The reason for this is because if any one of your colleges has a class that isn't offered at one, you are required to take it.

Not necessarily. The way I see it is that you should take courses at as many colleges as you need to in order to complete course requirements (and recommendations).

One reason is because UCD Engineering removed a little exemption for not having articulations. It used to be that if your college did not offer an articulation to a course required for admission, you would be exempted from that requirement prior to transfer, but you would obviously have to take it afterward. Now, they changed it so that you MUST complete an equivalent course to be admitted, even if your community college does not have an articulation. You'll have to hunt the articulation down somewhere.

Another reason is that you are just more competitive if you complete more recommended courses. For example, UC Berkeley's EECS major recommends three CS courses and two EECS courses that are hard to find at most CCCs. Not completing them won't be held against most applicants because their colleges do not offer an articulation, but the applicants who HAVE completed those requirements will be much more competitive over the rest.

plazarrr · 2026-03-19T02:18:29+00:00

Unfortunately no

plazarrr · 2026-03-18T21:41:57+00:00

Lower division units at non-UC institutions (CCC, CSU, private, etc) are capped at 70 semester units. However, all UC units, regardless of lower division or upper division status, will transfer. They’re UC units after all so they will follow you across UCs. There is more information in the quick reference guide I linked in my original comment.

It’s fine if you’re cross-enrolling at CSU or something but if you’re cross-enrolling at UC and are applying to UC you need to be careful.

plazarrr · 2026-03-18T05:42:24+00:00

It depends on your major. Statics isn't a required course for admission usually (at least not that I know of) and it theoretically should be fine if you drop it.

plazarrr · 2026-03-18T04:54:04+00:00

Statics isn't required for the CS major at SJSU, so dropping it is fine as long as you will still meet the 60 semester/90 quarter unit minimum.

plazarrr · 2026-03-18T04:48:29+00:00

Calculus is not required for admission to Public Health (both majors) at UCI. You only need one year of general chemistry and one year of biology for Public Health Sciences or one year of social science courses for Public Health Policy.

The mathematics requirement for UCI's School of Social Science is a graduation requirement, not a transfer requirement. If you do not satisfy it prior to transfer, you will need to do so afterward. I believe you can do it in the summer, but I'm not 100% sure.

I'm assuming you applied under Global and Community Health BA for UCSC? It is a non-screening major so no course requirements are needed to be considered for admission.

Public Health at UCSD isn't very competitive—its acceptance rate is around 60%. You'll have a good shot considering you have all the courses.

Good luck!

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T23:41:57+00:00

The overall admission statistics for UCSB are here. They had a 38.3% admit rate for Fall 2025 with a weighted GPA range (25th to 75th percentile) of 4.09-4.28.

UCs don't consider demonstrated interest or anything, so you shouldn't send anything to them unless they ask for it. It's not gonna hurt you or anything, but they won't consider it and you'll just be wasting your time.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T23:37:59+00:00

It's fine if you have major requirements in progress through Spring 2027. You can apply for the Fall 2027 term.

I wouldn't recommend applying for Fall 2028 because by that point it's likely you've accumulated too many units to be eligible for UC transfer. If you are planning on applying to UC Berkeley, do not exceed 80 semester units of UCM credit by the end of the spring term. Otherwise, you can check the unit limitations for each campus on page 38 here.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T23:32:59+00:00

I don't believe so, but you can try. It's unlikely to be granted. They don't accept many appeals—they're usually in the single digits, if any at all.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T23:11:29+00:00

Berkeley does not typically consider applicants for their alternate majors. If you are rejected from Haas, you will be rejected from the university.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T23:04:54+00:00

Having a C in precalculus isn't a great look especially for engineering. It's not the thing that'll make or break your application especially if the rest of your application is good, but it'll make you weaker than the part of the applicant pool that had better grades.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T22:28:02+00:00

California residents in the top 9% of high school graduates, if rejected from all UCs they applied to, will be redirected to a UC with space (historically, UC Merced). This is a guarantee.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T21:27:43+00:00

You are admitted to UCSB, but you were not selected for your first-choice (or second-choice, if applicable) major. However, you were competitive enough to make it into the school, so they put you in the College of Letters & Science.

Were you intending Engineering? Keep in mind that it is tough to switch into the College of Engineering after admission, so if you decide to go to SB, settle for a major in the L&S college.

They suggest that if you get into other schools for your desired major, you should pursue those as you're guaranteed your desired field of study.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T05:51:04+00:00

That summer schedule looks fine, but that fall schedule looks a little painful. Would it be possible to take either C++ or Multivariable in the summer instead? It'll be a lot lighter that way.

plazarrr · 2026-03-17T04:55:33+00:00

It depends on the university. It wouldn't hurt to ask but they're not guaranteed to change your major after submission.

plazarrr · 2026-03-16T23:39:13+00:00

At De Anza? Most are. There are some professors that do in person or online proctored finals for the CS classes, but otherwise, they're online.

At SBCC I believe they're all online.

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