IGETC vs CSU transfer options?

DarkDubzs
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:28:38 +0000

Community college freshman here, first semester. I am attending CC to transfer to a CSU to get my bachelors in Business Administration - Computer Information Systems. So before we attended college, before we even registered, actually, even before we graduated HS, my CC had a counselor-student meet orientation kind of thing. We basically sat in a room for a couple hours and we were told everything we needed to know to prepare for CC and what we needed to transfer, what our options were at said CC (like transferring, getting a certificate, getting an AA, CSU, UC, etc.) We were given three sheets of paper at the end, each outlined and listed all the class requirements there were for general education to transfer. The first was to transfer to a UC, the second was to transfer to a CSU, and the last was to satisfy the IGETC. As far as I knew at the time, and according to the paper, it was to be eligible to transfer to a CSU or a UC… this sounded perfect, because I could choose to go to a CSU or if I changed my major or choice of school I could go to a UC too! Although, even still now, im kinda confused as to what the IGETC exactly is and especially whether or not it really gets us eligible to transfer to a CSU or UC. So is that true? It seems too good to be true, there must be a catch, or it must be not true. I am skeptical because why wouldn’t everyone go for the IGETC if it allows you to transfer to either a CSU or UC, you have both options available, so why would you not go for that?

Should I stay on track with this IGETC option as a guide for my General Education requirements? OR should I move to the transfer-to-a-CSU option while I still am only in my first semester?