Admissions Criteria
College Tools
College Prep
College App Pitfalls
Mixed Questions (True or False)
100
This is the cumulative average of the final grades in all of your courses.
What is a grade point average (GPA)?
100

This is an online California Public College/University platform designed to help you see what courses transfer.

What is Assist?

100

Beyond the grades or withdrawals on paper, colleges look for this while reviewing your transcript.

What are trends and rigor and major prep?

100

Colleges can search and access these to find out potentially negative personal information about applicants.

What is social media (facebook, twitter, instagram, blogs, etc...).

100

Is a hotdog a sandwich?

True

200

These are Activities pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.

What are extracurricular activities?

200

This is a website designed by a COM student to help plan your transfer.

What is planmytransfer?

200
This is an activity where you volunteer your time to give back and to help others.
What is community service?
200

CadentheBalla@gmail.com and AedeshTequilaBoy@yahoo.com are examples of this.

What are inappropriate e-mail addresses used to communicate with colleges?

200
USC, UCSC, doesn't matter--it's the same school

no

300

This varies from 2.4-3.0 depending on the specific UC campus

What is the minimum GPA to be eligible to apply to the University of California as a transfer?

300
An organized event where many admissions representatives gather to advertise and recruit for the colleges/universities?
What is a college fair?
300

Successful completion of these courses and a strong score on an exam may allow a student to receive college credits.

What are Advance Placement (AP) courses?

300
These dates must be met in order to be considered for admission.
What are deadlines?
300
If you have not seen the college bumpersticker in your town, it couldn't possibly be a good school.
False
400

It is important to cultivate positive relationships with your teachers because you might need them to support your application with one of these.

What are letters of recommendation?

400
This application is required in order to receive any sort of financial assistance
What is the FAFSA?
400
The attainment of positions within extracurricular activities demonstrates this positive attribute.
What is leadership?
400

Failyoure to due this with your aplicatoin and persinul statement is a shure fire way to move your application to the denyed pile.

What is proofread?

400

Legacy slightly improves your chances of admissions at some UC's.

False

500

This is a component of UC Applications that essentially serves as an interview.

What is a PIQ?

500

This is the group here to support you throughout the transfer process

What is transfer club?

500

Great extracurriculars that people don't think count as extracurriculars.

What are employment and taking care of family members?

500
The attempt to use someone else's work or idea as your own.
What is plagiarism?
500

If you are not satisfied with your performance up until today, you still have time to turn it around.

Not if you are transferring this fall

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