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UC TAG applications go online
Published on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 by Nohel Category: 4 Year Colleges College News Community Colleges
UC TAG Applications Go Online
University of California (UC) TAGs
UC Santa Cruz is one of 10 UC’s that has traditionally done their Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) agreements on paper. Recently, UCSC made the decision to change the way in which they take TAG applications. To improve the process of applying for a TAG agreement, UC has introduced a new online TAG application that was made available July 1, 2010. The new TAG tool has that capability to now allow community college counselors to do online reviews and approvals. This not only saves time, but reduces paperwork for all involved.
The URL for the new online TAG application will be: TAG Tool
According to the Associate Director of Admissions at UCSC,
“We are very excited about this new TAG tool,” said Michael McCawley. “I believe this will be a win-win-win situation. Prospective students, community college counselors, and the UC campuses should all benefit from this bold initiative.”
All UC campuses that offer a TAG will use the new online application, which will use the student’s self-reported academic information. UC campuses that used to require official or unofficial transcripts as a part of their TAG process will no longer be requiring them to apply for a TAG.
In addition to saving time, the new online application provides:
- Self-service advisement within the application
- More efficient and timely communication among students, their TAG campuses, and their community colleges
- Improved communication between the UCs and the community colleges
- Reporting capabilities for community colleges
The UC TAG campuses have also agreed to a common filing period for TAG applications.
Students will now be required to file their electronic TAG applications between September 1 and 30 for fall 2011 consideration.
| Important Dates for Fall 2011 TAGs: | |
| September 1-30, 2010 | TAG filing period |
| September 1-October 15, 2010 | CCC authorization for UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Cruz |
| No later than November 15, 2010 | UC campuses post TAG decisions |
| November 1-30, 2010 | Fall 2011 application filing period for UC |
For information about UCSC – TAG, please see the UCSC TAG web site. If you are unfamiliar with the UC TAG program, we recommend you read our UC TAG Program article where we explain the details of the Transfer Admission Guarantee set up between California community colleges and the University of California system.
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Great. I’m planning on filling out a TAG for UC Santa Barbara…this is def good to know.
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Do online courses from community colleges transfer to UC’s for the TAG program?
Nia-
Great question! I have a lot of students that have signed TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee) agreements and ask the same thing:
“Do the online classes I’ve taken transfer to a UC?”
The answer is yes, they do as long as the course was UC or CSU transferable to begin with and was listed as such in your college catalog. Often, the teacher hands out a syllabus the first day of class and it states if the class is transferable or not.
Here’s an example, if you take English 1A or English 100 at your community college and it is transferable to a UC or CSU, then it doesn’t matter if you take it online or in the classroom, the class is still transferable.
For other questions, please feel free to leave them here in the comments section. Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Nohel
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