UC Transfer Agreements due Sept 30th
If you’re set on transferring from a California community college to one of the 6 UC campuses (Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz) that offer Transfer Agreement Guarantees (TAG), your deadline is Sept 30th – not November 30th like regular transfer applications. The benefit of participating in TAG is that your application will receive an early review and you’ll be notified earlier, similar to Early Action applications at private colleges.
As a TAG applicant, you can only apply to one UC campus. I recommend that you still apply to other UC campuses to keep your options open should you not get into your top choice. Regular applications are accepted from November 1-30.
Meet with your community college advisor to complete that application using the UC Transfer Admission Planner. TAG applications are accepted from September 1-30, and you’ll be notified if your TAG has been approved in November. You’ll still need to complete the regular UC application during the regular application period of November 1-30.
Here are the TAG guidelines: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/tag-matrix.pdf