University of California (UC) Transfer Admissions Guarantee (TAG) Program

Six University of California (UC) campuses, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz; provide California Community College students the opportunity to develop a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) with one of these campuses. Approved TAGs guarantee admission to the UC campus indicated. UC TAGs are submitted during the month of September for admission consideration for the following fall term. Only UC Merced accepts TAG applications for the spring semester and those TAGs must be submitted in the month of June for admission consideration for the following spring term. Students who submit a TAG in September will also be required to submit a formal UC Application for Admission during the month of November for fall admission and the month of July for the spring semester. Students who fulfill the conditions as outlined on the TAG will be guaranteed admission upon completion of the formal admission process.

Students who are interested in obtaining a UC TAG are encouraged to meet with a Delta College counselor as early as possible to develop a Comprehensive Student Education Plan (CSEP), a document that identifies all of the lower division courses offered at the community college that the student will need to complete in order to become TAG eligible and well prepared in their academic major once they transfer to the UC.

Another key step is for students interested in obtaining a UC TAG is to create an account on the UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) as soon as possible. The student should enter his/her personal information and all of the coursework that has been completed, as well as courses in progress and planned, according to the CSEP document. The UC TAP can help the student to monitor his/her progress every semester. As a web-based site, the counselor and UC staff can engage with the student online at the UC TAP website by providing additional advising and support, and also to make available to the student, opportunities to participate in activities designed to help the student to transfer.

Another type of guaranteed admission, Transfer Admission Agreement (TAA), is offered by the University of Pacific and is available for select majors only. The California State University (CSU) grants priority admission consideration for students who will complete the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) in an AA-T or AS-T major deemed similar to the degree at the CSU. Students who reside within the local area of a particular CSU campus that serves their region are also given priority admission. For more information and to develop a CSEP with a Delta Counselor, counseling appointments may be scheduled online by selecting "Counseling Center" under "Student Services" on the Delta College homepage: www.deltacollege.edu

Appointments with the Lead Counselor for Transfer and with the University Representatives who visit Delta's campus can be made by calling (209) 954-5151, ext. 6218.