UC and CSU updates and more
UNCERTAINTY. That is the best way to describe the world of our current high school graduates and their prospects for their fall freshman experience. Normally at this time of year, I give updates on placement tests, colleges still accepting applications, orientation, and choosing fall classes, but this year colleges are reticent in making announcements. That said, I do have some information that may offer hope:
1. UC Merced, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Cruz will be accepting 2021 Winter Quarter/2021 Spring Semester transfer applications between July 1-31, 2020.
2. UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) is open now until May 31, 2020 for UC Merced and UC Riverside.
3. UC Merced and UC Riverside have extended their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) to May 15, 2020.
4. UCs still expect to receive official transcripts by July 1, 2020.
5. UCs expect AP and IB scores by July 15, 2020.
6. UCs may create their own tests and they’re most likely going to do away with the SAT and ACT by 2024 .
7. CSUs have suspended SAT and ACT requirements for upcoming admissions cycles.
8. AP Tests are taking place online so students will receive their scores (1-5) that they can give to colleges with their applications. The tests are just 45 minutes and don’t cover all of the material they normally do because teachers weren’t able to complete their lectures during the SIP orders.
9. CSUs will offer online classes only this fall; UCs have not announced their decisions but they’re leaning towards online only.