The fall 2027 Transfer Admission Guarantee by campus: GPA minimums, excluded majors, deadlines and what can cancel a TAG. Plus UCOP data on how many admitted community college students actually hold one.
CSU Channel Islands admitted 93.7% of first-time freshmen for Fall 2025, but BS Nursing is a separate ranked selection that freshmen can enter only after completing its requirements. For Fall 2027, transfer and second-bachelor nursing applications close Nov 30, 2026, not at the Jan 15, 2027 priority deadline, and only the top 90 applicants are interviewed.
The 8 UC PIQ prompts for 2026-27 quoted from UC, the 350-word limit, and 12 reading rules from UC's own application materials, checked October 17, 2026.
IGETC still works for students who started at a California community college by summer 2025, but UC's own 2026 campus guidance shows 3 of 34 listings don't accept it and 2 require it. Here is who can use it, how it compares with Cal-GETC and how certification works.
Cal State East Bay admitted 88.2% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025 in CSU data. Federal IPEDS data show 97.4% for Fall 2024 with the same admits and fewer counted applicants. Plus the East Bay Index, Nursing and transfer odds.
A data-first profile of De Anza College in Cupertino: open admission, 2026-27 fees per quarter unit, the full cost of attendance and the 2,824 students who transferred to four-year schools in 2024-25.
APU admitted 88.4% of first-year applicants for Fall 2024, after applications fell 65.4% from Fall 2018. Here is the year-by-year IPEDS data, plus GPA, test, nursing and Fall 2027 deadline details from apu.edu.
Sonoma State admitted 94.6% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025, yet only 424 enrolled. Year-by-year CSU and IPEDS data, GPA rules, nursing and Fall 2027 dates.
Sacramento State admitted 93.57% of first-time freshmen for Fall 2025, but only about 1 in 3 recent nursing applicants started the BSN. The trend since Fall 2014, residency, GPA, transfer rules and Fall 2027 dates, each with its source.
