UC RIVERSIDE FALL 2024

• UC Riverside TAG Website

TRANSFER ADMISSION GUARANTEE TIPS

When to write a TAG:

• UCI will accept TAGs September 1 - 30.
• Students must also submit the UC admissions application by November 30.

TAG Not Available for the Following Major: Art Studio

Eligibility Criteria:

• 30 transferable units completed (and grades posted) at time of writing TAG (30 unit minimum can include AP and IB credit)
• 60 transferable units completed by the end of spring 2024
• Earn the minimum required GPA for your intended major by the end of fall 2023:
  • 2.8 for College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
    • 3.3 plus major preparation for Psychology
    • 3.3 for Theater, Film, and Digital Production
  • 2.7 for Graduate School of Education (GSOE)
  • 2.7 for School of Public Policy
  • 3.0 plus major preparation for Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE)
    • 3.1 plus major preparation for Mechanical Engineering
    • 3.3 plus major preparation for Computer Engineering
    • 3.3 plus major preparation for Computer Science w/ Business Applications
    • 3.6 plus major preparation Computer Science
  • 2.8 plus major preparation for College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)
  • 2.8 plus major preparation for School of Business (SB)
• Maintain the required GPA for your specific major before transfer
• First English composition course must be completed by end of fall 2023. The second English composition must be completed by spring 2024.
• Students applying to a selective major (all majors in BCOE, CNAS, and SB; economics, business economics, psychology, and neuroscience majors in CHASS) must have minimum mathematics for major complete by end of fall 2023.
• Non-selective majors must complete a minimum of one UC-transferable math by end of fall 2023.
• Selective majors (all majors in BCOE, CNAS, and SB; economics, business economics, psychology, and neuroscience majors in CHASS) that require major preparation: lower-division major preparation must be completed. To check these requirements, visit the UC Riverside Majors Preparation Guide and www.assist.org.

TAGs NOT available for:

• Students who are not in good standing at their community college (or last college attended).
• Former UC students who left the UC not in good academic standing.
• Students who have earned a bachelor’s degree.
• Students who have 80 or more UC-transferable units because they have already attended a UC and left, or have acquired upper division units from a four year university. If you have only attended a California Community College, this policy does not pertain to you.

MORE TIPS:

• PE Activity (KAD) courses - 4 units will transfer and the grades for the best 4 units can be used. Most KAD courses are considered PE Activity courses.
  • Some ATHL courses are also considered PE Activity courses and are subject to the same limits; others are considered Theory and subject to higher limits. There are no limitations on the number of units for DANCE courses
• Transferable courses from all colleges attended must be used to determine the UC transfer GPA