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Transfer Applicants

Welcome! We’re excited that you’re interested in becoming a Bruin. This page will take you through the basics and lead you to the detailed information you need.

Beginning Your Application

You may apply for admission as a transfer if you meet the following criteria:   

• You graduated from high school and completed college-level coursework in a regular session at any college or university since your graduation.

Note: You cannot disregard your college record and apply as a freshman. We do not accept applications from students seeking second baccalaureate degrees.

To begin the application process, use the University of California's online application (UC Application).

Admission Considerations and Requirements

When it comes to reviewing transfer applicants, we carefully balance consideration of the full range of faculty-approved criteria to gain a complete sense of each student’s achievements. Some factors are more easily quantifiable than others.

Good preparation and a strong academic performance make you a more competitive candidate during the admission review process. The average GPA of admitted transfer students is above 3.5 and admitted students have completed most or all major prep courses. We give highest priority to applicants from California community colleges. We admit students for fall quarter only.

We consider the following criteria:

Academic Requirements

• Junior-level standing (60 semester or 90 quarter transferable units completed) by the end of the spring term before you transfer
• UC transferable GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Completion of major preparation requirements by end of spring prior to transfer
• Two transferable courses in: English composition, critical thinking and writing
• One transferable math course with a prerequisite of intermediate algebra or higher
• Four transferable college courses in at least two of the following subject areas: arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, physical and biological sciences

Personal Factors

Examples include, but are not limited to the following:

• Employment while attending school
• Involvement in campus organizations and community service
• Family responsibilities
• Significant improvement in academic performance over time
• Military service
• Other opportunities or challenges that may have shaped your educational experience

Transfer Student Profile

Are you curious about admit rates from past years? Find out how many transfer students apply, are admitted, how many enroll and in which majors, amongst other stats. 

Dates and Deadlines

You can start working on your application when it becomes available on August 1 and submit it October 1–November 30.

Application opens

Application filing period

Filing period opens for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Dream Act Application for all applicants; filing period opens for GPA Verification Form (required for California residents only for Cal Grant consideration)

Application update period opens for transfer applicants to report final fall grades and in-progress or planned coursework (priority deadline is January 31)

Deadline for applicants to submit their financial aid application (FAFSA), Dream Act, and Cal Grant GPA verification forms

Transfer admission decisions released

Deadline for admitted transfer students to submit Statement of Intent to Register (SIR)

Deadline for final official transcripts to be submitted to the admission office; must be postmarked or electronically submitted on or before this date

Deadline for official AP/IB examination results to be submitted to the admission office; must be postmarked or electronically submitted on or before this date

Applying to a Major

When you apply to UCLA as a transfer student, you must apply to a specific major. Every major has preparatory requirements for transfer students. Transfer admission is dependent on the successful completion of this coursework along with a competitive GPA. Transfer students must complete their major preparation requirements by the end of spring prior to transfer.

Supplemental Applications

If you are applying to a major within any of the following professional schools, you must submit the UC application by November 30 th and the supplemental application by the stated deadline.

• School of the Arts and Architecture
• Herb Alpert School of Music
• School of Nursing
• School of Theater, Film and Television

Applicants who select programs in these schools as their alternate major will be reviewed for their primary major only.

Intercampus Transfers

If you’re interested in transferring to UCLA from another UC campus, you must apply for admission to UCLA and go through the same process as any other transfer applicant.

To be considered for admission to UCLA, you must leave or have left your previous UC campus in good academic standing. We also encourage you to complete the General Education (GE) requirement of the UC campus you currently attend before you transfer. If you do this, you’ll be exempt from UCLA's GE requirement.

Resources for Transfer Students

• California’s statewide transfer information site, ASSIST provides UC Transfer Course Agreements, selected Major Preparation Articulation Agreements for all California community colleges and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) course lists.

Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP)

• Through a multi-faceted approach with efforts at the student, faculty and administrative levels, CCCP works to increase the academic preparation and competitiveness for community college transfer students, particularly those who are first generation, low-income or historically underrepresented. 

Community College Transfer Recruitment (CCTR)

• We send admission representatives to all California community colleges during the academic year through our Community College Transfer Recruitment (CCTR) program. Visit your college's Transfer Center to schedule an appointment.

Student Transfer Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP)

• STOMP is a volunteer student organization. Its goal is to provide outreach services that motivate and inspire students who are enrolled at California community colleges to consider the University of California as a practical option for transfer. 

Transferology

• View how your coursework is articulated from your school to UCLA. Click on the link that says Search for a Replacement Course to find equivalents to UCLA courses.
• Please note: Transferology is an advisory tool only, and doesn’t guarantee transferability. Actual course transferability is subject to change without notice, at the discretion of the UCLA Registrar’s Office and Undergraduate Admission.

UCLA Transfer Resource Guide (PDF)

UCLA Transfer Resource Guide - Spanish (PDF)

UCLA Transfer Admission Guide (PDF)  

UCLA Transferability Guide for Four-Year and Out-of-State College Coursework (PDF)  

UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP)

UC Information on Transferring

UC Transfer Pathways

• If you already have a major in mind, learn about a single set of courses you can take to prepare for your major. Transfer Pathways provides you with a clear roadmap to prepare for your major and be well positioned to graduate on time.

UCLA Transfer Alliance Program

• Students who participate in this program are certified after completing the honors or scholars program at their community college, which helps enhance their ability to transfer to UCLA.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Transfers are notified of admission in late April.

No. Transfer students must apply to a specific major. UCLA policy requires all transfer students declare their major by the time they reach junior standing. Transfer applicants are also expected to complete lower-division preparation coursework for their intended majors before transferring.

Transfer students must be at junior-level standing (60-86 semester units or 90-129 quarter units) by the end of the spring term prior to the fall that they are applying for. Keep in mind that the units used to determine junior-level standing have to be transferable.

Please note: UCLA will only allow up to 70 semester or 105 quarter units from transferable lower-division coursework to be applied toward your degree once you’re admitted. Therefore, transfers with more than the 86 semester or 129 quarter maximum number of units from two-year colleges will still be considered as junior-level. UC courses and upper-division courses from four-year institutions will not be capped (at 70 semester or 105 quarter units). Those units can put you at risk of exceeding the maximum for transfer eligibility and becoming senior-level.

Due to the high volume of prospective applicants, we’re unable to meet individually with students upon request in order to evaluate previous coursework or help plan future courses.

Transfer students must declare a major and are considered for admission based on the major-specific preparation courses completed. The UCLA Transfer Admission Guide outlines the major prerequisites we expect to be finished no later than the spring term prior to transfer.

If you’re currently attending a California Community College, you can contact the transfer center there or the UCLA Undergraduate Admission counselor assigned to your school. We also encourage you to visit ASSIST to see which courses are transferable between your community college and UCLA.

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Unique. Complicated. Overwhelming. Those are just a few of the ways people have described the college transfer process.

Bridget Jones , the senior associate director of transfer admissions at Oregon State University, has a different way of describing it, though: "Complex ... but not in a scary way." Jones helps guide students through the transfer process because even if it's not scary, it can definitely be confusing.

Research shows that 80% of community college students intend to transfer but fewer than a third actually do.

Despite these hurdles, transferring is a popular route to a four-year college and can be a great way to save money or move from a school that isn't a good fit. It can also offer you a different or new location and open up doors to career opportunities.

"The great news is that transfers thrive when they transfer," explains Heather Adams , a senior program manager at the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program.

So how do you make the transfer process go as smoothly as possible? Here's what experts recommend.

It's never too early to start

First off, who can help you start this process? If you're at a community college, reach out to your school's transfer center. It'll often be staffed with transfer advisers who can help you figure out what you need to do. You can also directly contact the transfer center at the university you'd like to transfer to. Honestly, it might be a good idea to do both.

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"You need to start planning from Day 1," says Marisa Serrano, a transfer resources coordinator for the Austin Community College (ACC) District. Her job is to help students through the transfer process, and she says students often come into her office on a tight timeline the semester before they're trying to transfer. "A lot of things could have happened that we could have helped them with along the process if we knew they were going to transfer."

She says your first semester at community college is not too early to start thinking about transferring. Your transfer journey can even start in high school.

Joseph Hauck took classes at ACC when he was still in high school. That's when he started to map out his plan for graduation. "I always knew I was pretty much going to transfer from ACC," says Hauck, who did his freshman year at ACC before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. "I knew that there wouldn't be a four-year degree for me at ACC." The year he took classes at the community college, he worked with a transfer counselor to plot out his courses so the jump to university would be seamless.

Do beware of deadlines! Jones says the first question students should ask is, what's the deadline to transfer? If you missed it, don't worry too much — many schools admit students at several points throughout the year. Oregon State University offers admissions four times a year.

Figure out what you want to study, and make sure your credits apply

A lot of people don't know exactly what they want to study when they begin college, but deciding on a major is essential to the transfer process. First off, you want to make sure you're looking at schools that offer the majors you're interested in.

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Once you figure out what you might want to study, look into what credits the degree requires. For example, if you're thinking of studying engineering at a four-year institution, you're going to need a lot of math credits. But if you're hoping to major in psychology, you might need fewer math classes.

"Nobody wants to take calculus if they don't have to," says Serrano. It's best, she says, not to just take classes for the sake of taking classes. You want to know that the classes you're taking at community college are going toward your degree.

There's a distinction between credits that just transfer and credits that apply to your major. To help figure this out, lots of schools offer transfer guides — documents that show which credits apply to your program of study, which leads us to our next takeaway.

Find a school that fits

Mia Mendoza knows a thing or two about transferring. She has transferred twice — once from City College of San Francisco to San Francisco State University and again from San Francisco State to California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She says she initially transferred to San Francisco State because it was close by and familiar. "I knew friends who went there, so they could help me out with anything if I needed it." In retrospect, she wishes she'd done more research about student life, resources for transfer students and campus feel.

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When thinking about institutions to transfer to, Mendoza, who is also a transfer peer mentor at CSUSB, says to look for schools that have support in place for transfer students. "One thing I would strongly recommend is to see if they have a transfer center. If they have it, I would say that's already a good sign."

The second time Mendoza transferred, she conducted a lot more research and made sure the campus, academics and student opportunities were all a good fit for her.

When thinking about how many schools to apply to, Jones recommends "the tried-and-true three. You should not be stressing yourself out trying to apply to 20 different schools." Jones says students should look for three to five schools that "have programs that are suited to their end goal" and that work with their lifestyle and will help them thrive in the classroom.

When you're trying to figure out if a school would be a good fit for you, you can ask yourself: Do you want big or small classroom sizes? Do you prefer urban or rural environments or something in between? What career opportunities do they have for you? And of course, do they offer the major you're interested in?

Simeone Miller, a transfer peer mentor at CSUSB who transferred from Chaffey College, a community college in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., recommends reaching out directly to the department chairs of the schools you're applying to. "Look at the program you're applying for. See if it fits what your interests might be." Miller, who was interested in studying political science, says CSUSB's program "stood out to me the most."

Stay organized

Credits, official transcripts, essays — the transfer process has a lot of moving parts to keep track of. For Mendoza, staying organized was key to her success during the transfer process. "By the time I transferred, I had Google Sheet documents listing all the classes I had and all the grades I got."

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Serrano suggests saving your class syllabuses. "Take a picture, store it in the drive or keep a hard copy," she says. Your syllabuses can help with transferring out of state or to private universities. If you're trying to make a class apply to a course at a four-year institution, she says it can help to have the syllabus as a record of what you did for that class.

You'll also need to request official transcripts from all the schools you've taken classes at, usually through an office called the registrar — which is the official record keeper of a college. Miller recommends clarifying how the transcripts are being sent because schools do it differently: "Am I sending it? Or are you doing it on my behalf?"

If you're planning to move out of state to transfer, you'll also need to establish residency to qualify for in-state tuition. Hannah Beck, who transferred from the University of Alaska Fairbanks to Oregon State University, says to make sure you keep track of important documents such as bank statements and mail that show your new address. You might also need government-issued documents such as a voter registration card dated at least 12 months prior to your first day of class. Make sure to check your state's guidelines for establishing residency.

Ask for help

For people who work in transfer admissions at four-year schools, like Jones, or transfer counselors at community colleges, like Serrano, their whole job is designed to help you through this process, so take advantage of that.

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Clarissa Perez, a transfer peer mentor at CSUSB, says to reach out to the university you want to attend and ask questions. "Find those email addresses and literally ask all the questions that you have as transfer students." Most college websites have a directory to look up contact information for members of the transfer staff.

Perez says that just because you're familiar with the ropes of post-secondary education doesn't mean you don't need support transferring to another institution. "The expectation is that we already know how to college — we've already done the community college, we know what it takes and we know the whole process. But that's not true because the university system is a completely different monster."

If you don't have questions, she still recommends reaching out. "Just find an email address and say, 'Hey, I'm a transfer student thinking about coming in. Is there anything you can share with me?' Because if you never reach out, you're not going to get anything."

This story was adapted for digital by Clare Marie Schneider, who also produced the audio portion of this story, with engineering support from Neal Rauch.

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We welcome non-nursing applications from transfer students for both the fall and spring semesters. We know the process of applying as a transfer student can be overwhelming. For more information about transfer admission, please contact Rich Parez, Senior Assistant Director of Admission at [email protected] .

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The Transfer Talks program is an opportunity for you to discuss the transfer process at Saint Anselm College and have your questions answered in a one-on-one meeting with Rich Parez, Senior Assistant Director of Admission. These 30-minute sessions can be held on our beautiful hilltop campus, over the phone or via Zoom.

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Credit Evaluation Process

Transfer credit is awarded for a course at a previous college/university if the student has earned a grade of C or higher, and there is an equivalent course offered here at Saint Anselm College. Up to 64 credits can be accepted in the transfer process. A student must complete a half of the courses required for their major while at Saint Anselm College.

Saint Anselm College maintains a transfer equivalency database so that students may check to see if a course they have taken at their current or previous institution has been evaluated for transfer credit. This database does not reflect all courses that may transfer, just courses that have been previously evaluated. 

Preliminary credit evaluations are completed for all transfer students admitted to Saint Anselm College. You will receive a copy of your credit evaluation with your offer of admission or shortly thereafter. An official credit evaluation is completed once you enroll at the college. In order for the Registrar's Office to complete your official credit evaluation, all final transcripts must be submitted.

If you have any questions about credit evaluations, please contact the Office of the Registrar .

Transfer Application Materials

In order to be reviewed for transfer admission, applicants will need to submit the following materials.

Admission Application

You can choose to submit either the Saint Anselm application or the  Common Application . Please note that we do not accept nursing transfer applications for either fall or spring semesters.

$50 Application Fee or Fee Waiver

A $50 fee is required with each application. Saint Anselm College will waive the $50 application fee for the following students:

• Visitors to Campus:  Register today for an official visit before you submit your application and your fee will be waived. Students will receive details regarding the waiver within 24 hours of the conclusion of their visit.  
• First Generation Domestic and International Students:  For this purpose, a first-generation college student is defined as a student whose parent(s) or legal guardian(s) have not completed a bachelor’s degree. All other applicants can contact their school counselor to see if they are eligible for an application fee waiver.

Official College and High School Transcripts

Official College Transcript(s) College transcripts need to be submitted from every college/university you have attended.  

Official Final High School Transcript Your high school transcript needs to be submitted directly from your high school. The transcript should include final grades from 9, 10, 11 and 12. It should also include your date of graduation.  The high school transcript requirement is waived if you have earned an associate degree prior to enrolling at Saint Anselm College.

Transfer College Report

The transfer college report is required so that we can learn more about where you are coming from. To be considered official, the report must be completed by a college official. We require that a report is submitted from your current or most recent institution. Download the Transfer College Report below.

OPTIONAL: Official SAT I or ACT Results

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OPTIONAL: Fine Arts Portfolio

If you are interested in applying for our fine arts program or would like to share your visual or performance art talent, you have the option to submit a portfolio of your work to be evaluated with your application. Saint Anselm College partners with SlideRoom, which integrates with the Common Application. To create a portfolio, you can use the link embedded in the Common Application or you can create an account through  Slideroom . If you are applying after February 1, you should submit your portfolio via email to [email protected] .

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Welcome! The Office of Transfer Services is committed to providing you with assistance at every step of the transfer process, from application to registration and beyond. We offer programs and initiatives to ease your transition process to make becoming a Ram effortless.

We partner with community colleges to establish transfer credit equivalencies and provide accurate and timely transfer credit evaluations. Whether you are a new transfer, an adult learner or first-year student with college credit from high school, or a current student planning to take courses elsewhere and transfer the credit back, we are readily available to assist you.

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Each major has their own specific admissions requirements. Be sure to review the programs you are interested in to guide you through your admissions application process.

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Transfer student applicants can choose to apply using the SUNY Application or the Common Application . 

Official Documents Please speak to your college's registrar's office about sending your official documents digitally. They can be sent to Admissions Processing .

If unable to submit your documents digitally, you can send them by mail to the following address:

Unofficial Documents To submit unofficial documents, please utilize our Document Drop Box External link . You can upload documents that we have requested via this Drop Box. We accept Word documents, PDFs, or scanned image files. You will need to login using your FSC RAM Portal   username and password. You will receive this information by email after you apply.

Financial Aid Documents If you would like to submit documents for Financial Aid, please use the Secure Financial Aid Secure Document Upload form.

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What accessibility options does Common App for transfer provide for students with disabilities?

The Common App is working to ensure that every student can access higher education.

Here you will find the most up-to-date ADA-Compliant, PDF version of the transfer application:

Transfer Applicant Forms

• Transfer application (PDF)
• Fee waiver (PDF) (coming soon)

Offline forms for transfer students are also available in PDF format:

Transfer Offline Forms

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How does the Common App address accessibility?

The Common App is committed to delivering an accessible application for all students. We are continually working to improve our application's accessibility by adopting the best practices and standards defined by Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) wherever possible.

We aim to create and improve accessibility features for students with vision impairments, limited movement, photosensitivity, and certain accommodations for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations.

Our team uses tools such as aXe by Deque, NVDA by NVAccess, built-in tools like MacOS Voiceover, and rigorous manual testing to verify and improve the accessibility of our application. The Common App is dedicated to assisting students who may encounter accessibility issues within the system. Please email us at [email protected] with your name, phone number or email address, and a description of your need.

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