All I know so far is that you are guaranteed a spot in the CSU system but not necessarily to your school or major of choice.
A few questions:
-Do they have a preference of schools they send you to?
-Do they more often change your major or school?
-Do they send you to the closest school or least impacted in the system, other?
-What if you apply to multiple schools with an AS-T? Would you just end up getting accepted to everywhere?
-Any other info on this? The guarantee is so vague…
*Are you asking about the TAG program? * The Transfer Admission Guarantee program to the UC’s. It is not for the CSU’s.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/tag-matrix.pdf
You file an application with your academic advisor at your CCC. It’s usually filed in the month of September.
check the link. There are six UC campuses that TAG.
Are you talking about the ELC which is for high school students?
Eligibility in the Local Context identifies students in the top 9% of students in his/her high school. If these students apply to a UC and get denied, then they can go to a UC that has room. Right now, that school is Merced. http://www.ucop.edu/student-affairs/programs-and-initiatives/undergraduate-admissions/eligibility-local-context.html
Are you talking about the new ELC-like program they are developing for the CSU’s? (Also for high school students)
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/06/19/california-state-guarantee-admission-qualified-applicants
Nope. On the system website and an SDSU counselor I spoke to, apparently if you attempt to transfer from a CCC to a school in the CSU system with an AA-T/AS-T you are guaranteed a spot somewhere.
This is not TAG. I think everyone knows about that. And this has nothing to do with high school…
An Associate in Art for transfer/Associate in Science for Transfer:
https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/transfer/Pages/ccc-associate-degree-for-transfer.aspx
In the past, if you do not get into your choice CSU campus like SDSU, your application can be re-routed to another non-impacted campus such as Channel Islands.
More information regarding redirection of your CSU application and guaranteed admission:
A student who completes an Associate Degree for Transfer at a California Community College is guaranteed admission to the California State University, but not to any particular campus or program. To qualify, the student must be conferred an approved Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T/AS-T) by a California Community College, apply for admission to California State University campuses for an open term by the published deadline, submit all requested transcripts and documents by published deadlines, meet CSU admission eligibility requirements for the program to which they have applied, and must comply with any other prescribed admission requirements. However, the only permissible supplemental admission requirement for students that complete an approved AA-T/AS-T degree will be GPA; they will not be required to take any additional courses as supplemental admission requirements.
Within CSU Mentor, applicants who select impacted campuses and majors are already highly encouraged to apply to campuses and programs which are not impacted. A student who applies to multiple campuses will have more options.
Currently, redirection is a highly manual process handled by the CSU campus that is unable to offer admission to the applicant to an impacted major. The campus will redirect the application to another non-impacted CSU campus which still has capacity to enroll new students with consideration for campuses that have deemed the AA-T/AS-T degree similar and offers the same option/concentration. Given the variety of options and concentrations across CSU campuses, redirection to the same concentration will be preferred, but may not be available. CSU has proposed changes to the existing CSU Mentor features for redirection which could allow the applicant to participate in the redirection process; however those changes are proposals. Once finalized, this information will be available on CSU Mentor.
My impression is that the AA-T/AS-T “guarantee” isn’t really a game-changer. If you complete an AA-T/AS-T degree and plan to continue at a CSU, then you should then apply to multiple CSU campuses and see where you get in, just as you would without the program.
In theory, with an AA-T/AS-T degree, you only need to apply to one CSU. If the campus or major is impacted and you don’t get in, then they will automatically “redirect” you to another campus that has space. However, my impression is that “redirection” is unpredictable, so if you only apply to a single CSU, you could end up with just a single undesirable option. So don’t count on “the redirection” process to work for you. It’s better to apply to multiple CSUs so you have multiple options.
OK, so what’s the point of the AA-T/AS-T program then? The primary advantage, as far as I can tell, is that an AA-T/AS-T degree improves your chances of getting admitted to an impacted major and/or an impacted campus; you will get some combination of GPA boost and/or priority in transfer admissions. But the significance of these benefits varies, depending on the CSU, the major, and whether or not your CCC is local to that CSU. If you want to know how much an AA-T/AS-T degree will help for some specific combination of CCC, CSU, and major, your best bet is to talk to a counselor at that CCC or CSU.
The AA-T/AS-T curricula may also function as helpful checklists for students to choose courses that will fulfill the frosh/soph course work for their intended majors and general education requirements, so that, after transfer, they will be prepared to complete their BA/BS degrees at a CSU in two academic years of full time course work.
you are best served applying directly to multiple campuses.