<p>Basically, expect capacity reductions, which means increased selectivity (this appears to already be happening). What would have been a safety if you applied last year may be a match or reach this coming year, for example. So after choosing your safety, find another that is less selective than that school, because your original safety may not be so safe.</p>
<p>CSU is cancelling spring 2013 admissions, which means that the students who would have gone to CSU then will now be competing for fall 2013 admissions places.</p>
<p>For transfer students, use <a href=“http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.assist.org</a> to check for other campuses that have your intended major, and to check which courses at your community college(s) are needed.</p>
<p>You may also want to check the [Local</a> Admission and Service Areas](<a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/CSULocalAdmission-ServiceAreas.pdf]Local”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/CSULocalAdmission-ServiceAreas.pdf) to see if changing to a different nearby community college may give admission preference to a more desirable or realistic CSU for your academic goals. For example, Cal Poly SLO gives some preference to “students applying from community colleges from San Luis Obispo, southern Monterey, and northern Santa Barbara counties”, while students with majority of course work at community colleges in Santa Clara county get preference at San Jose, San Francisco, and East Bay.</p>