40 Tips to Successfully Transfer to Berkeley and UCLA
Are you interested in transferring to one of the premier UCs? A question I often get from applicants is how hard is it…
How to Do IGETC in 15 Steps
The IGETC plan has been updated. Please refer to the new post here. IGETC (pronounced I-GET-SEE) is an acronym for Intersegmental General Education Transfer…
20 Steps to Follow After Getting Into a UC
Congratulations on your admittance to the University of California as a transfer student! Whether your destination is Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, UCLA, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara or…
16 Things You Need to Know to TAG to a UC
UC TAG for fall 2018 transfer applicants is now available online. TAG, for the uninitiated, means Transfer Admission Guarantee -- and yes, it…
5 Steps to Apply AP Credit as a UC Transfer
I was working with a student a couple of weeks ago planning out a community college schedule and the AP calculation situation came…
6 Things That Can Mess up Your UC Transfer Application
As we move toward the November UC application period -- as well as for those just starting out and trying to calculate the…
Applying to Berkeley: 4 Biggest Fails with Remarkable Turnarounds
It ain't over till it's over. Someone famous said that. Below are four Berkeley appeals I worked on with students, along with four…
12 Overlooked Items in the UC Application
The UCs have revamped its UC application. The only real difference is that it's way more attractive, with tips and pointers, and you…
10 Things to Know about the UC Transfer Academic Update
Every transfer applicant who applied to a UC in November needs to fill out the Transfer Academic Update (TAU) in the month of…
10 Tips for Better UC Application Essays
Now that the rush of applications is over, I've compiled some of the small and easily correctable things that will make all the…
