Willow International Academic
Counseling Updates
Willow International Academic Counseling
Tasha Hutchings & Erica Johnson
August 10, 2012 – Flex Day Activity
WI Counseling Services
• Updates on Current Transfer
Initiatives – SB 1440
• Transfer Admission Guarantees
(TAG’s)
• Transfer Updates
Transfer Initiative Update – SB 1440
SB 1440 – Purpose is to streamline the Transfer Pathway
(www.sb1440.org)
To Earn Admission for Transfer through AA/AS-T
• 60 semester units
• IGETC or CSU GE
• No additional local graduation requirements required
• Minimum GPA 2.0
Majors Approved
• 16 Majors Statewide
• Following the TMC – Transfer Model Curriculum
• RC/NC has 3 degrees – Communication, Math & Psychology
• 6 New Fall 2012 Degrees – Administration of Justice, Early Childhood Education,
Business Administration, Kinesiology, Physics, English
Degree Names
• Associate in Arts for Transfer – AA-T
• Associate in Science for Transfer – AS-T
Current Transfer Initiatives – SB 1440
Benefits
• 2 Desirable Outcomes: Earn a degree and transfer
• Establish a clear pathway to transfer
• Consideration in admission priority
• Defined requirements after transfer (no more than 60 units)
• CSU will develop Independent Degree Plan (IDP)
Additional Information
• CSU will guarantee “Junior” status to AA/AS – T degree students
• SB 1440 Admission Priority Worksheet (www.sb1440.org) – provides a grid that
shows the benefits and criteria for a SB1440/non SB1440 student including local
vs non local applicant
• Will admit to a “similar” major (already defined by CSU’s)
• Not guaranteed to a specific campus or major
• Students self report on CSU Mentor AA/AS – T status
• Spring 2013 CSU admits are for SB1440 students only – only 9 CSU’s are
participating
• Fall 2013 – CSU admits are dependent on the November 6th Initiative
www.csumentor.edu
Current Transfer Initiatives –
Local Area Admission
• Due to budget constraints and impaction of programs and
campuses, many CSU’s have implemented a local area admission
policy
• Local Area Applicants are given priority for admission
• Out of the area applicants may be held to a higher GPA, which is
typically determined by each CSU based on their applicant pool each
semester
• Each CSU has defined which school fall into their Local Area
• Each CSU has defined what local area means
• Chart available at http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications
Student Networking
NC Transfer & Career Blackboard Organization
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Transfer Websites
Career Websites/Assessments
Application Workshops
University Representative Visits
NC Transfer Facebook Page
• Transfer Updates/Deadlines
Transfer Admission Guarantee’s (TAG’s)
• TAG’s are accepted in the Fall (September 1 – 30th) for the following
Fall term online at https://uctag.universityofcalifornia.edu
• UC that participate in TAG: UCD, UCI, UCSC, UCSD (last term for
TAG’s for Fall 2014 transfers), UCSB, UCM, UCR
• All UC’s have specific criteria for each college and major
• GPA Ranges from 2.8-3.5 to qualify for a TAG (Preview TAG Matrix)
• Very competitive and criteria changes annually
• Students can still transfer without a TAG
RC Fall 2012 Transfer Data
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RC Students applied to CSU Fresno
RC Students applied to UC Merced
RC Students applied to FPU
NC Student applied to UC
638
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86
See Handout for Details
Questions or Comments
Thank you for your time!
Please contact us if you have additional comments or questions.
Erica Johnson & Tasha Hutchings
Willow International Center
Academic Counselors
(559) 325-5230