Transfer Applicant Timeline - UC Davis

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Timeline for transfer applicants

Plan your transfer admission process and use our timeline below to make sure you’re on track to meet all milestones, deadlines and requirements.

First year in community college

August

• Research your UC Davis major and familiarize yourself with prerequisite coursework.
• Create a UC Transfer Admission Planner, or UC TAP.
• Meet with a UC Davis advisor or California community college counselor to discuss your transfer goals and plan a UC Davis Transfer Admission Guarantee, or TAG, available at all California community colleges.

October

• Oct. 1–March 2: Apply for financial aid annually at studentaid.gov or dream.csac.ca.gov.

March–August

• Update coursework and grade information, at the close of each term, on your UC TAP.
• Attend UC Davis Picnic Day in April.

Second year in community college

August

• Meet with a UC Davis advisor to ensure you’re on target with your transfer plan.
• Aug. 1: The UC application opens. Start your UC undergraduate application for admission and scholarships.

September

• Sept. 1-30: Submit your UC TAG application.

October

• Oct. 1-Dec. 1: Submit your UC undergraduate application by Dec. 1.
• Oct. 1-March 2: Apply for financial aid annually at studentaid.gov or dream.csac.ca.gov.

November

• Mid-November: UC Davis TAG decisions are released.
• Dec. 1: Deadline to submit your UC undergraduate application.

December

• Establish a UC Davis MyAdmissions account and check it frequently for updates about your admission status.

January–February

• Jan. 31: Priority deadline to complete the Transfer Academic Update, or TAU.
• Notify UC Davis of any changes in your planned coursework using MyAdmissions.

March

• March 2: Submit your Cal Grant GPA verification form by March 2.
• Notify UC Davis of any dropped courses and D or F grades you receive during spring term at MyAdmissions.

April-June 1

• Check your UC Davis admission status and financial aid award starting late April, at MyAdmissions.
• June 1: Submit your Statement of Intent to Register, or SIR and Statement of Legal Residence, or SLR, online if admitted by June 1. You can only SIR to one UC campus.
• June 4: Apply for the UC Davis Cal Aggie Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship by June 4, if admitted.

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