UC transfer from CC TAG and regular transfer

aunt_bea
Sat, 08 Nov 2025 23:44:44 +0000

I’m confused; is he at the high school now, or at a CC?

Did he meet these requirements??

TAG is offered for the fall term only. To TAG, you must submit an online TAG application from September 1-30 and the UC application for undergraduate admission from October 1 - December 1.

Fall 2026 TAG Requirements

Full details are posted on the UCSB TAG 2026 PDF. For quick reference, here are some of the most important TAG requirements:

Have 30 UC-transferable semester (45 quarter) units completed by prior to TAG submission

Have a 3.4 cumulative UC-transferable GPA by the end of fall 2025

Have at least one UC-M course completed by the end of fall 2025

Have the first UC-E requirement completed by the end of fall 2025, the second must be completed by the end of spring 2026

Submit a UC application to UCSB with the same major as your TAG application

Meet major preparation requirements for all Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics, Mathematics, and Physics majors

Have at least 60 semester (90 quarter) transferable units completed by the end of spring 2025 with no more than 19 units needed in spring term to meet the minimum 60 semester/90 quarter unit requirement.

I’m assuming you’re a full pay family.

I’m assuming he is not enrolled currently at a community college?
From what I understood, in order to apply for TAG, you had to be a registered student at a community college where the TAG is offered. From what I also understood, your community college tag advisor works with you prior to that submission.

Trying to backdoor into UCLA or UCSD by transferring twice, is a huge assumption. Each UC picks and chooses which AP scores they will accept as prerequisites to upper level coursework.

With our daughter and her AP coursework, she was able to change her level of status from freshman to sophomore but she still had to take college level coursework in those areas to complete general Ed requirements. The APs covered prerequisite courses for the main level of courses. In other words, the elite UCs wanted the students to take their courses on their campuses. Otherwise why bother to go to the UC?