Willow International AcademicCounseling Updates

Willow International Academic Counseling Tasha Hutchings & Erica JohnsonAugust 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 1440SB 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

• 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

• RC Students applied to CSU Fresno 638• RC Students applied to UC Merced 20• RC Students applied to FPU 4• NC Student applied to UC 86

See Handout for Details

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Erica Johnson & Tasha HutchingsWillow International Center

Academic Counselors (559) 325-5230