When do we apply for TAG?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
1

I’ve been told two different things:

  1. Apply after one year of attending CC
  2. Apply for TAG during the same year as regular applications (i.e. in September for TAG, then a few months later fill out regular application)

I really hope #2 still works. Transfer counselor told me I could apply for TAG (into Fall 2020) but also fill out regular applications for Fall 2020. Is this true? My other counselor told me I was supposed to have applied last year.

I’m so confused. Is it too late for TAG?

2

If you plan to Transfer for Fall 2020, your TAG application is due September 1-30 2019 and UC application is due Nov 30 2019.

3

TAG is a separate application to the UC application but both are required. The TAG application opens Sept 1 and is due Sept 30 while the UC application opens Nov 1 and is due Nov 30.

Both things you’ve been told are true. You apply after one year but it is because the application period starts a full year before you would start at whichever UC so you’d have two semesters left at a CC when you file your TAG application.

4

you apply for TAG in that same time period that you fill out your regular transfer application. The counselor that told you " I was supposed to have applied last year" is wrong; stop seeing that counselor.

Note that there is nothing magical about a year at a CC. UCs only care about transferable units, not how many years it took to earn them. Some people have enough AP credit and load up on summer classes after HS and can transfer to a UC after one year at a CC. They would fill out TAG and their regular application for xfer as soon as they started at their CC. Others have withdrawals, a change in goals, etc; they might spend 3+ years at a CC.