Transfer Center

Explore Your Cal State Options

With 23 campuses and thousands of degrees choices, the CSU system provides excellent transfer options. Foothill offers 27 associate degrees for transfer to the CSU, too!

Cal State Options

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Transfer Application Deadlines

 

Spring 2026 Transfer

Submit Application Aug. 1–31, 2025
Note: Not all CSU’s accept during this term and are only open to some majors. Some CSU deadlines may be extended.

Click here to find out if spring transfer to CSU is open

• Entry Level: Upper Division Transfer
• Enrollment Term: Spring 2026
• Special population: Leave Blank unless you are an Interntional Student or Veteran

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Fall 2026 Transfer

Submit Application Oct. 1–Dec. 1, 2025

APPLY TO CSU

Explore Your UC Options

Explore Your UC Options

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Application Preparation

1. Create a UC TAP Account

To begin the process for applying to UC’s, create a UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) account and add your past, current, and future college classes.

Click Here: Youtube Video on filling out your UC TAP.

2. TAG Consideration

If you plan to submit a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG), you'll go to your UC TAP account to submit your TAG during the Sept. 1–Sept. 30 application period. Note: There is a button in your UC TAP account to submit your TAG.

For more information about submitting a TAG as a Foothill student,  go to our Transfer Admission Guarantee page.

3. UC Personal Insight Questions

This summer, begin writing your “UC Personal Insight Questions (PIQ).”  

See the Transfer Student PIQ instructions

Students can get assitance with their UC Personal Insight Questions with a Foothill Counselor and the Writing and Language Center.

Winter/ Spring 2026

Although very unlikely, a few UC's might accept mid-year applications.  Historically only UCSC, UCM, and UCR have accepted winter/spring applications for specific majors only. This UC application is due in July.

Check individual UC campus website for details.

Fall 2026 Transfer

Submit Application Oct. 1–Dec. 1, 2025
Students may begin filling out their UC application during the month of August up to the end of November.

Apply to UC

 

Explore Your Private University Options

Students interested in private and/or out-of-state universities must go to the individual university websites to get detailed transfer information.

Application deadlines and transfer criteria vary with each individual university. You can explore nearly 900 college and universities at commonapp.org

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More Private Colleges and Universities Research Links

• California
• Out of State

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Need Help Getting Started?

• Meet with a Counselor

 

COMMONAPP &  COLLEGE REPORT INSTRUCTIONS

Most private colleges and out-of-state universities accept the Common App.   Some universities may require students to fill out the Coalition application and not the Commonapp.  If so, please review Youtube videos on how to fill out this application.

Please refer to the following when filling out the Common App application as a Foothill student:

How to fill out the Common App and submit documents, like the College Report

• NEW Common Application Guidelines

 

  Link to the Common App application

• Common App for Transfer Students

 

COLLEGE REPORT Instructions

COLLEGE REPORT REQUEST FORM

The CommonApp College Report process is through the Admissions & Records (A&R) office.  They can email your College Report to one or more schools if you are applying to colleges/universities through the Common App.

Processing College Reports may take up to 5-7 business days.

College Report:  The “Student Section” is filled out by the student and the “College official section”is filled out by the Foothill College Admissions & Records (A & R) Office.

When you fill out the College Report Request Form, it will create and autofilll a pdf College Report for you. You will not be required to upload a College Report.

Be sure to include the following information on the College Report Request Form:

• Last Name
• First Name
• Email
• Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)
• Foothill Student ID:
• ACCURATE emails of where you want Foothill College to email your College Reports (if you want your College Report emailed back to you, you may request that it be emailed back to you). 
• The CAID (Common App ID) is the number on the top right corner of your Common App application account
• The Foothill College CEEB Code is 4315
• Include how many units you have currently completed & how many units that are in-progress and what you plan to take up to the end of your time at Foothill.
• List all colleges you’re applying to on your request. One form may list multiple colleges.
• If your request is for a Common App College Report? Choose Yes.

Continue with this request form. No document upload required.

• If your request is for a non-Common App (University specific) College Report. Choose No.

Continue with this same request form and upload your university’s version of their college report instead.

Request Limits (Due to High Volume of Requests)

• Winter Term: Up to 2 requests (just in case you forgot to add a university in your first request)
• Spring Term: ONLY 1 request (you should already know all universities you want to update by this time)

 

 

We strongly recommend waiting to submit a College Report Request Form until you’ve earned your desired GPA on your Foothill transcript, while still submitting your request before the university deadline.

 

For Universities Not Using the Common App College Report and use University specific college report forms instead:

Some universities require their own college report form, sometimes referred to as “Transfer Report” or “College Officials/Admissions Report”

These Are Some Examples:

Boston College Academic & Disciplinary Report

Cornell College Dean's Reference Form

Scoir Transfer Report

• Obtain the university’s form
• Complete the student section
• Submit this College Report Request Form so Foothill (A&R) can process and email it for you after they complete their section.
• There are no limits on how many university specific college report requests you submit — these do NOT count toward the Common App request limits above.

 

 

FERPA Release Authorization

I acknowledge that every school that I have attended may release all requested records and recommendations to colleges to which I am applying for admission.

 

I also understand that employees at these colleges may confidentially contact my current and former schools should they have questions about the information submitted on my behalf.