Overview
Tell us about your transfer goal!
Announcements
- UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP) is open now. student may use TAP to start the UC TAG application.
- UC TAG Application for Fall 2023 will open for submission on September 1st and will close on September 30th
- UC Admission Application for Fall 2023 will open on August 1st, and the submission period is from October 1st to November 30th
- There are only three campuses that accept application for Winter/Spring 2023 from July 1st to July 31St: UC Merced for Spring term, UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz for Winter term.
- CSU admission application period for:
- Spring 2023 is between August 1st to 31st
- Fall 2023 is between October 1st to November 30th
Transfer Center virtual Hours:
- M-Th: 9:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
- Fri: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
We will be available to assist you via email, phone and/or zoom. If you have any Transfer related questions or would like to schedule an appointment with the Transfer Center, please contact us at:
Soraya Sohrabi - sohrabi@smccd.edu
Gloria Darafshi -Darafshi@smccd.edu
You may also schedule a counseling appointment by logging into smccd.onelogin.com and selecting "Student Success Link".
Welcome! Cañada College Transfer Center is to assist you with your transition to university life by providing programs, and services.
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 workshops, and counseling sessions.
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 Services
Making Connection with Universities
Summer and Fall 2022 Information
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.
Transfer Center Workshops and Drop-in Sessions
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.
These will take place virtually on the zoom. The zoom links to the workshops are listed in the schedule.
Transfer Center Events:
- Fall 2022 Transfer Day - October 18th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - a list of colleges and universities will be available in early September
- Fall 2021 Transfer Day
- Students Achievements Recognition Reception
Events and Presentations Provided by Universities
Summer and Fall 2022 Events by Universities
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 transfer fliers and online resources include information that may assist you with the transfer process:
Admission Application and Admission Criteria
- 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 application Personal Insight Questions
- Tips and suggestions how to write personal Insight Questions
- Transfer Guide is a chart summarizing the minimum admission requirements and the cost of attendance to CSU, UC, and Private universities
Program information
- 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
- Transfer Agreement Chart
- UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) information and Resources
- What is TAG? What is Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)?
Transfer and Articulation Tools
- ASSIST Tutorials - this online tutorials will guide you to navigate ASSIST.org website for course equivalency and major course preparation requirements for CSU and UC campuses.
- ASSIST Brochure is another source guiding you to use the ASSIST, an online tool.
- Transfer Success Checklist
- Transfer Process "To Do" Checklist
- Transfer WEB Site provides you with a list of web sites to assist you with search in college, major, scholarships, and cost of attendance
Workshop Resources
Please click on "Sign-up to access workshops" to view the following transfer resources:
- Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)/Impaction
- Common Application
- CSU Admission Application - (PowerPoint)
- 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)
- 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
- How to Complete UC Application - YouTube Videos
- 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
- UC - Transfer Academic Update (TAU) - 5 minute Video