Transferring to SCU after 1 year of CC?

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<p>So I was rejected from SCU as a senior in high school (pretty bummed, but put business as my major so not surprised), but I've decided to attend 1 year of De Anza community college hoping to transfer to Santa Clara. I've also decided to change my major from business to communications. So my question is, what is the exact route I need to take in order to make the transferring happen? What classes do I have to take and how many credits? I'm a bit puzzled at the moment. Thanks</p>

<p>P.S. I'm aware SCU has a TAA agreement with De Anza, but I'm only doing 1 year hopefully so it doesn't really apply to me.</p>

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I think it will significantly affect your transfer chances if you do not follow their TAA.</p>

<p>First off, here’s all the sources, some of which you may have seen already:
TAA on DA site - [De</a> Anza College :: Transfer Planning :: Transfer Admission Agreement - Santa Clara University](<a href=“http://www.deanza.edu/transfer/taa_tag_main/taa_scu.html]De”>http://www.deanza.edu/transfer/taa_tag_main/taa_scu.html)
Note:

In essence, if you were trying to follow TAA you would need to apply in the Winter before the following Fall transfer. With a 1 year plan that would leave you with a very minimal amount of classes to show SCU on your CC transcripts by application time.</p>

<p>Required Courses for SCU transfer on DA site - <a href=“http://www.deanza.edu/transfer/pdf/taa_scu_sho_f12rev.pdf[/url]”>http://www.deanza.edu/transfer/pdf/taa_scu_sho_f12rev.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
The classes that are required will depend on which school at SCU are are trying to transfer into, which will depend on your intended major. Note: check periodically at DA and SCU because it explicitly states that these materials may be outdated, but I think it has remained generally the same.</p>

<p>Specific required courses on SCU site by school - [Undergraduate</a> Admission - De Anza College](<a href=“http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/admission_process/apply/DA.cfm]Undergraduate”>http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/admission_process/apply/DA.cfm)
Click on the school that corresponds to your intended major and view the PDF for the list of required and recommended courses. With this it technically seems possible that you can apply after 1 year at CC for a transfer to SCU since the only required courses include math, english, and bio or phys science. However, it’s worth it to mention that transfer applicants will be competing for the transfer slots just life incoming Freshmen will be competing together for the initial class spots. Many other possible transfers from DA will be on the IGETC or CSUGE course of accomplishment which means they will also automatically qualify for the DA TAA for SCU because the SCU TAA has many similarities with the IGETC and CSUGE reqs (with slight differences). So, most likely, when it comes time to apply for transfer and most other transfer students most likely have a lot more of the recommended SCU TAA courses done and you barely have the minimum, then they may be considered better qualified candidates. I mention this caveat because it says directly from SCU’s transfer page:

found here: [Undergraduate</a> Admission - Transfer Students](<a href=“http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/admission_process/apply/transfer_admission.cfm]Undergraduate”>http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/admission_process/apply/transfer_admission.cfm)
Therefore it may be concluded that if you applied to SCU as a transfer after only 1 year at CC, then your chances to admission will be seriously diminished because of your lack of recommended classes compared to others who are applying for transfer there (made easier for them if they have followed IGETC or CSUGE while at CC).</p>

<p>If you think that SCU is the right school for you (and finances aren’t the biggest factor in your college endeavors), then I implore you to either
a) follow IGETC for UC admissions and pick up whatever else SCU recommends after that and apply or
b) follow CSUGE for CSU admissions and pick up whatever else SCU recommends after that and apply or
c) follow SCU’s TAA with DA and watch the updated materials closely to simultaneously cover what you can for UC and CSU admissions.</p>

<p>[Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST) helps with determining (by campus and major) which classes transfer to CSUs and UCs and which area they cover in the IGETC and CSUGE transfer paths.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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hi!! just curious as to if you were accepted! im sort of in the same position :frowning: