UC Ready

make sure you're TAG ready for UC

1. Shared TAG Criteria

  • Must have completed at least 30 semester/45 quarter UC-transferable units at the time of TAG submission (end of summer 2024)
  • Must complete at least 30 semester/45 quarter UC-transferable units at one or more CCC by spring 2025, and a CCC must be the last school of attendance in a regular session
  • Must complete 60 semester/90 quarter UC-transferable units (junior standing) by the end of spring 2025
  • Must complete at least one UC-E (English) and one UC-M (Math) by fall 2024
  • Must complete the remaining 7-course pattern by spring 2025
  • Must require no more than 19 UC-transferable units (semester or quarter) in spring 2025 to reach junior standing
  • Must not exceed 80 semester/120 quarter total UC-transferable units, after applying lower-division limits (students with only CCC coursework and AP/IB/A level credits will not exceed this limit)
  • Must earn a 2.0 GPA in all UC-transferable coursework in the current fall/winter/spring terms with no grade lower than C
  • Must submit a TAG application through the UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) between September 1 and September 30, 2024
  • Must submit the UC application between October 1 and November 30, 2024, and the TAG major and application major for the TAG campus must match
  • Must submit a Transfer Academic Update (TAU) by January 31, 2025

2. Not eligible for TAG

  • Students who have already earned a bachelor’s or higher degree
  • Students previously enrolled at a UC campus who intend to return to the same UC campus
  • Students previously enrolled at a UC campus who were not in good standing when they left that UC
  • Students concurrently enrolled in high school at the time of TAG submission