Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG)
By participating in a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) program, you can ensure your admission to a specific college or university. Learn more about securing your spot and staying on track.
Guarantee Your Admission
A Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) is a program that offers students from a community college guaranteed admission to several colleges and universities. El Camino College has TAGs with several universities and colleges.
El Camino College has TAGs with the following universities and colleges:
University of California TAG Program Criteria
- Complete at least 60 UC-transferable semester units by the end of spring prior to fall admission.
- All campuses require 30 UC-transferable units completed by the end of the summer prior to the year you will submit a TAG application.
- You may submit a UC TAG Application to only one of the six participating UC's (Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz).
- TAG applications must be submitted online at UC TAP by September 30. The UC Admission Application must be submitted online at UC Applications by November 30.
- The supplemental criteria for selective majors will vary by UC campus (please check with a counselor).
Go to Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) Info for the TAG Matrix, the online TAG form, and links to the individual UC campus TAG information and criteria.
Private/Out-of-State TAG Program Criteria
In order to qualify for guaranteed admission to LMU, students must fulfill the following
conditions:
- Earn the minimum Cumulative GPA as outlined in the agreement for your specific major.
*Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts: Minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA.
*College of Communications and Fine Arts: Minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA.
*College of Business Administration: Minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA. - Complete a minimum of 30 transferable units including additional major coursework as required (please check with a counselor).
- Programs NOT included in the LMU Transfer Admission Agreement: All Majors in The School of Film and Television, and all majors in The Seaver College of Science and Engineering.
- Complete the online LMU transfer guarantee program form at LMU - Transfer Guarantee Program
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Submit the Common Application/LMU Supplemental application at Common App (OR) the LMU Online Application at Online LMU Application AND official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended to LMU by the February 1 deadline.
Admission to ASU is guaranteed upon successfully meeting the following conditions:
- An Associates degree with a minimum cumulative transferable GPA of 2.50
- OR have earned a high school diploma or GED; as well as a fully certified Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or a California State University General Education (CSU-GE), with a minimum cumulative transferable GPA of 2.50.
- OR completion of at least 24 transferable semester units with a minimum cumulative transferable GPA of 3.00 and have earned a high school diploma or GED.
- To apply for ASU’s Guaranteed Program for Admission, please visit MyPath2ASU™
- View the steps to sign up for the pathway.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities TAG Program Criteria
- There are 39 participating HBCUs that offer guaranteed admission.
- To find out more about specific eligibility requirements for guaranteed admission to a participating HBCU go to California Community Colleges Transfer Guarantee Pathway to HBCU and please check with a counselor.
- For a complete list of the 39 participating HBCUs that offer guaranteed admission, go to California Community Colleges Transfer Guarantee Pathway to HBCU.