Feeling insecure about applying to a UC because you don’t have a perfect GPA or SAT/ACT scores?
Applying to UCs during your senior year of high school – along with 100,000 other students – can be daunting.
Consider transferring from a community college with a Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG). Yup!
This is much easier, less expensive, and it’s guaranteed!
Here’s how to do it:
- Enroll as a full-time student in a California community college after high school.
- Complete 30 UC-transferable units (2 semesters) to apply for TAG (by Sep 30th of your sophomore year)
- English and Math courses (needs to be completed by end of spring semester freshman year)
- Can apply to only 1 UC for TAG
- UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz
- Meet minimum GPA requirements for your major (check with your preferred UC)
- Need to complete required preparation for your major (by end of spring semester sophomore year)
- Complete 60 UC-transferable units (by end of spring semester sophomore year)
- Be in good standing at the community college
- No Ds, Fs, or No Passes (okay if the course was repeated and received a C- or better)
- No more than 2 withdrawals in major preparation courses
- By spring semester of sophomore year, on more than 1 unrepeated grade with a D, F, or No Pass
- Apply for UC transfer application (by Nov 30th of your sophomore year)
- UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz