Concurrent enrollment- How to plan to transfer through the UC tag transfer program?

OK, so what will doing this concurrent enrollment mean when it goes for applying to a California State College or a UC college? Now I wanna make sure I say this right off the bat you are not guaranteed to get into any UC or CSU school. You need to follow the guidelines and look at the colleges that are part of the TAG program. This program guarantees admission into 6 UC schools and they are listed below. 

I don’t want to give you this information and then something happen and you don’t automatically get accepted. The California community college program is great to advance your student in taking college courses for a little to no fee and get them ahead in their general education. The Cal state automatic feeder school depends on what community college you are at. Here in North County San Diego, Miracosta has a contract with Cal State San Marcos. Now this post is to look more at not going the route of a Cal State school, but rather transferring to a UC.

With Cal State and especially UC schools, they can be incredibly challenging to get into. Before you do all of your work in taking courses, it is important to know where you think you might be headed in order to plan correctly. 

When it comes to the UC system, there is what is called a tag program. That means that the California community colleges have agreements for transfer with these 6 UC campuses: 

◦ Davis

◦ Irvine

◦ Merced

◦ Riverside

◦ Santa Barbara

◦ Santa Cruz

There are also specific majors in the tag program for those campuses so make sure you are taking courses that they will accept. They also have GPA requirements that are listed on that following guideline.

You can find that list here : 

For a UC transfer student when you are planning your course load at your local community college, ours is Miracosta, you will plan out with:

Advisement sheet plan C . 

You can find that here : 

The advisement sheet is critical in your planning for what to take concurrently to satisfy the requirements needed. It is very well spelled out in each area of what you need to take to be ready for your UC transfer. Simply select the courses within each area that they Have allowed U to take. Do not be overwhelmed. I know when you first look at this list, it looks like a lot of courses. Remember you are not taking all of these courses. Each of the areas one through seven only require one to a maximum of three courses in each each area. Will let you know how many courses in each section. In order to obtain your associates it is 60 units. If you use this plan C you can earn your associates degree as well as transfer requirements to get into the transfer program. There is a fantastic frequently ask questions that I will attach here.

I will tell you that taking these general courses gives you a great advantage as not only are you getting high school credit for some of your required courses your junior and senior year, but you are also obtaining credits for these general classes that will count towards transferring as well. Our local high school has a program to take classes at the high school that are through our local community college and gives us this list as towards if they will count towards a UC or CSU:

** Torrey Pines High School is this list

Just because the UC you have in mind is not on this UC tag program list, I would not have that steer you away from taking these courses. When applying to college, they are looking at the person as a whole. Knowing that your high school student puts in the work to go above and beyond the normal checking of a box not only makes them look great, but it also puts them in a position to obtain their degree faster once they are admitted to the college they are accepted at. I know there is so much pressure for the students to get into a prime university. I have seen the stress that these students take on and it is my personal belief that taking these courses through the community college are not only easier and allow students to achieve grades that will be seen on their transcripts, but it gives them the advantage no matter where life takes them after high school. I have my own kids in this boat and I can say we have been there, and we do know that.

Xo, 

Mama