Overview
At the Transfer Center, our goal is to support you to reach your transfer goal, and will assist you with selecting universities of your choice, exploring your major, learning about the academic requirements, admission policies, college costs and expenses, housing, scholarships, and other transfer matters through drop-in support, and counseling sessions.
Announcements
Save the Dates!
May 17th Scholarship and Transfer Recognition Ceremony
May 25th Cañada College Commencement
May 1st is the deadline to accept CSU admissions offers (May 15th for select CSU campuses)
June 1st is the deadline to accept UC admissions offers
NEW! CSU Transfer Pathways Program! For details, visit: Transfer Success Pathway Program
From here you can go anywhere!
Plan early!! Select your major, explore your options to find the university of your choice, plan your coursework, and your finances.
Transfer Options Applying to Universities
Transfer Program and Services
Transfer Center Events
Save the Date!
October 15, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in The Grove - a list of colleges and universities will be available by September
Transfer Center Workshops and Drop-in Sessions
Fall 2024 Information TBA
These workshops and drop-in sessions are to inform you of transfer matters and to assist you developing an effective transfer plan, as well as answering your questions as you are preparing to transfer.
Making Connection with Universities
Information TBA
You may schedule to meet with a university representative, or an admission adviser, use the virtual services, and/or schedule to meet with them in-person.
Please check this site periodically for up-to-date information.
Events and Presentations Provided by Universities
Information TBA
Every semester, universities offer events in support of transfer students to connect them with programs and services at the universities, support them with their transition to a university, and answer any questions students may have.
Resources
The following are resources provided by the Transfer Center that may include: transfer flyers and resources with the information that assists you with the transfer process:
- Admission Application websites, deadlines, and application fees for Universities
- Applying to UC and CSU
- CSU Admission and General Information
- UC Admission and General Information
- Private and Out-Of-State University General Information
- UC Personal Insight Questions
- Personal Insight Questions Worksheet
- Transfer Guide is a chart summarizing the minimum admission requirements and the cost of attendance to CSU, UC, and Private universities
- Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) vs. Associate Degree in Science/Arts (AA/AS)
- California Board of Registered Nursing - This will list colleges an universities for Pre-licensure registered nursing programs in California approved by the BRN.
- Nursing Program Criteria
- UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) Information and Resources
- What is TAG? What is Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)?
- ASSIST.ORG - is an online tool that assist you finding required courses for your major at CSU and UC campuses and the equivalent of those courses at Community College. It will also help you to find a list of Transferrable courses to CSU and UC, as will as courses that can fulfill the General Education requirements.
- ASSIST Tutorials - this online tutorials will guide you to navigate ASSIST.org website.
- ASSIST Brochure is another source guiding you to use the ASSIST, an online tool.
- UC transfer Pathway Guide - this tool provides you with single set of courses as a roadmap to specific major that prepares students for all UC campuses. These roadmaps only applies to 20 majors.
Please click on Sign-up to access all of the resources below:
PowerPoint of the Workshops:
- Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)/Impaction
- Common Application
- CSU Admission Application - (PowerPoint)
- Financial Aid Information for transfer students
- Financial Aid - Interpreting Award Letters
- Financial Aid - Interpreting Award Letters (Recording)
- "Next Steps" after Submitting an Application
- Transfer Process
- UC Admission Application
- UC Personal Insight Questions (PIQ)
- UC Transfer Planner (TAP) to UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) - This will review the TAG requirements and guide you to complete TAP/TAG Application
Videos on completing Applications:
- CSU Application Guide - Videos
- CSU Admission Application - Creating an Account, profile and select a program (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - Personal Information Quadrant (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - Entering Academic History part 1 - adding high school and Colleges attended (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - Entering Academic History part 2 - entering college courses (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - Entering Academic History part 3 - entering standardized test and Military credits (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - Supporting information, Program Materials, and submitting the application (Video by San Diego State University)
- CSU Admission Application - EOP Application (Video by CAL Poly SLO)
- CSU application update - guideline to update your CSU application after submitting your application before CSU review it.
- CSU Long Beach - Supplemental Application Help Guide
- San Jose State University Supplemental Application Help Guide
- UC Application - How to Complete UC Application - YouTube playlist Videos
- UC - Transfer Academic Update (TAU) - 5 minute Video