Any transfer students here?

[yhelothar]

I want to do Bioengineering at UCSD, but there's no way I can take all the classes required in two years. Is there anyway to stay at the JC for 3 years, and still transfer into the university as a junior, so I take a total of 5 years to get a BS?

 

[BRObedoza]

you can take as long as you want. took me 3 years to do my requirements to transfer to UCD

 

[HardcoreRobot]

to my knowledge, its very hard to get transfer credit to count towards your major

thats not specific to your school, just my impression in general

 

[ArmenK]

Most people I knew at UCLA who had transferred into engineering took 2 years at JC and 3 years in University to finish.

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
to my knowledge, its very hard to get transfer credit to count towards your major

thats not specific to your school, just my impression in general

you just have to make sure the classes you're taking are equivalent to the classes of the school you're transferring in to

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
to my knowledge, its very hard to get transfer credit to count towards your major

thats not specific to your school, just my impression in general

you just have to make sure the classes you're taking are equivalent to the classes of the school you're transferring in to

true, but most schools will not accept classes as equivalent
maybe for courses outside of the major, but i dont see any big name school saying that some JC or CC course is equal to one of their engineering course

just for example, for my major, i could take HIS and GOV and english classes at a CC and transfer credit, but all computer science courses had to be taken in residence

 

[yhelothar]

Here's a site that tells me all my requirements
What do I do for the classes that says no comparable course?
Do I have to take EVERY SINGLE class on that list to get in?

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
to my knowledge, its very hard to get transfer credit to count towards your major

thats not specific to your school, just my impression in general

you just have to make sure the classes you're taking are equivalent to the classes of the school you're transferring in to

true, but most schools will not accept classes as equivalent
maybe for courses outside of the major, but i dont see any big name school saying that some JC or CC course is equal to one of their engineering course

just for example, for my major, i could take HIS and GOV and english classes at a CC and transfer credit, but all computer science courses had to be taken in residence

for the UC system you can transfer up to 128 (somewhere around there) lower division units to cover your GE credit as well as the lower division requirements for your major. It's the upper division classes that need to be taken at UC.

 

[yhelothar]

Thanks for your help sleepmachine! Can you answer the question from my previous post too?

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Thanks for your help sleepmachine! Can you answer the question from my previous post too?

when i transferred i had one of those sheets for my majors (comp eng) and was just following it for a year but then i talked to my transfer center counselor and she had me do one of these guaranteed admission contracts. basically it said that if i took certain classes and passed them with 3.0 or above, i'd be guaranteed admission to the UC school of my choice. you might want to check if your school offers something like that for your major.