Transferring from CSU to CSU

Hello,
I am going to be a freshman at SFSU, and taking accounting as my major. I would however like to transfer to SDSU or SJSU or Chico for accounting, since SFSU was my last choice and I got rejected by the rest. Could you guys explain how I can do this, and what courses I would need to take to transfer out? I would like to transfer out by at least my junior year, but preferably by my sophomore year.
Thanks

CSU’s require 60 semester/90 quarter units for transfer which means Junior level standing. Also Community college students (local) get priority for each CSU. You might have a better chance at a specific CSU such as SDSU or CSULB, if you attend a local CC and get ADT for transfer.

Since you are going from one CSU to another, it can be pretty straightforward but you can assist.org and select a local community college and see which courses for transfer align with the courses at SFSU. You will need to fulfill the “Golden Four” GE requirements along with any major courses needed for each CSU campus.

An academic advisor at SFSU can help you determine which courses to take for the best possible chances.

GOLDEN FOUR: Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 are required for admission into any CSU. P/NP grades are not recommended in these areas, as many CSU campuses require letter grades of “C” or better for graduation.

Minimum admission eligibility for upper division transfer applicant:

Completion of at least 60 transferable units with a minimum GPA of 2.0;
Within total units completed, completion of a minimum of 30 lower division units of General Education/Breadth; and
Completion of areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with a grade of “C” or better.

A1 – Oral Communication.
A2 – Written Communication.
A3 – Critical Thinking and Composition.
B4 – Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning (must be college-level/transferable)

Here is what is required for SDSU regarding major courses:
Preparation for the Major. Complete with a grade of C (2.0) or better: Accountancy 201, 202; Economics 101, 102; Finance 240 (or an approved business law course); Management Information Systems 180; Mathematics 120 (or an approved calculus course or an approved three-unit finite mathematics course); and either Statistics 119 or Economics 201. (24 units)
These prerequisite courses may not be taken Cr/NC; the minimum grade in each class is C. Additional progress requirements must be met before a student is admitted to an upper division major.

+Gumbymom Thank you so much!

http://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/impactionresultstransfer/index.html
SJSU is kind enough to post last year’s threshold by major and it looks like a 2.8 GPA was what they used for non-local CCC applicants. Since CCs get preference, a CSU applicant will need to exceed that level by a fair margin to be competitive. I’d aim for a 3.0+.

Chico is more opaque but a 3.2 will probably get you in.

SDSU has really gotten tough to transfer into as a non-local applicants. I think you’ll need a 3.5+ to be competitive. If you really have your heart set on going there - attending a local CC might be your best shot.

How much tougher would it be to transfer to a UC? like say UCSB or UCD or UCB

UCD does not offer an accounting major but a minor in their Graduate school. UCSB and UCI do have accounting but both tough admits. Going from a CSU to UC as an transfer has some issues since there is no straightforward list of what courses will articulate to the UC’s. You would have to cross reference SFSU courses the local community college courses which are UC transferable.

I would highly consider doing community college and TAGing to any UC’s of interest or doing an ADT for the CSU’s since it seems you are not willing to give SFSU a chance.

SFSU is a great location for internships in Accounting and they have a respected program so not sure why you want to transfer out already?

TAG is not available for Business Admin-Accounting at UCI. For UCSB, you will be admitted as a Pre-Major and then have some pre-req courses to complete to declare the major. TAG information is below:

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/tag-matrix.pdf

UC Transfer GPA’s by major and campus are listed below to give you an idea of what you need to be competitive:

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

the easiest transfer path into UCs is via a CCC through TAG - though switching from a CSU to a CC then a UC will probably cost you a semester or two. Also, since TAG isn’t available for all campuses and majors so, your Accounting options are pretty limited - and you might wind up back at a non-impacted CSU. If you were my kid, and you weren’t depressed or truly miserable (financially stretched too) - I’d advise you to stay at SF until you have enough units to apply as a Jr transfer - then apply anyplace that meets your fancy. If you maintain a really high GPA, someplace like UCSB or Chico could happen… if so, you can evaluate them vs sticking put - but, that will be a puzzle for another day.

What would a competitive SDSU to Cal Poly candidate for Business look like?

I haven’t seen anything really concise from SDSU but, they have become a really difficult transfer admit, especially as a non-local applicant, Their transfer acceptance rate for Biz looks to be about 20%. Overall, about 77% of acceptances went to ‘local’ applicants (which they have to make room for by charter).

https://asir.sdsu.edu/new-student-origin-data-table/
https://asir.sdsu.edu/data-visualization-profiles/new-student-profile-admissions/
https://asir.sdsu.edu/applications-by-major/

https://admissions.calpoly.edu/prospective/profile.html
that’s CPSLO - note how small the transfer admit #s are. 237 Biz admits last year. A big chunk of them were ‘local’ as well.
I’d think you’d need a near 4.0 GPA to be a competitive applicant for either of them.

CSU transfers take into local priority so attend a local CC in the Cal Poly SLO Service area would be important. Along with that, you will need a competitive GPA.
Thus can give some GPA guidelines along with what @NCalRent posted above.
https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/counselor-resources/Documents/transfer-2018-admission-impaction-chart.pdf