UC Transfer Guaranteed Admission (TAG) 2016
The TAG application window is approaching for those transfers who wish to apply to a UC this November. TAG stands for Transfer Guaranteed Admission,…
Big Changes to FAFSA for 2017-2018
According to the UCs, everyone should file for financial aid because you just never know. If you are going to be filing, it's important to know that…
UC Freshmen vs Transfer Applicants
Below is a question I recently answered on Quora. What are the similarities and differences between UC freshman and transfer applications/ admission process? A: …
UC Berkeley Transcript Evaluations
Anyone who has read my magnum opus, How to Transfer to a UC From a California Community College and is interested in Berkeley, has probably…
Winter, Spring Openings at UCSC and UC Merced
After the dust settled for regular fall 2016 applicants, two UCs have determined they have a bit of extra space for applicants who may wish to start…
About The New UC Personal Insights
I wanted to give a brief heads-up regarding the new UC Personal Insights because working with students, both freshman and transfers, it seems many are stuck in the previous essay…
Criminology & Law-Related Majors at the UC
I just created a new infographic on law-related majors at the UCs, including Criminology at Irvine, various forensic-type majors, as well as public law majors…
Which Community College for UC Berkeley
I recently answered the following question on Quora: Which California community college would be best to attend if I plan on attending…
Full IGETC vs Partial IGETC
The IGETC plan has been updated. Please refer to the new post here. I received the following question regarding the University of California's IGETC,…
UC Personal Insights Summer Special
Thanks to those of you asking what was going on with the site. As you can see, we've updated the design and what was…
