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MOVING ON<br />
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSFERRING<br />
Unofficial<br />
Unofficial transcripts are for your personal use, or for<br />
initial planning purposes with counselors or advisors at<br />
other institutions. Current students can access and print<br />
their unofficial transcripts by logging on to WebAdvisor<br />
at https://webadvisor.vvc.edu.<br />
Official<br />
<strong>College</strong>s or universities you transfer to, and some<br />
employers, require official transcripts to assess your<br />
academic history at VVC and grant credit for your<br />
experiences here. For the most up-to-date information<br />
about ordering official transcripts, please visit<br />
http://www.edu/transcripts/. An overview:<br />
• Ordering Official Transcripts Online<br />
You can securely order your transcripts online, which<br />
will be sent directly to you or to another institution.<br />
Depending on whether you choose regular, rush, or<br />
Fedex service, prices range from $5 to $26 with<br />
delivery between 1 and 10 business days later.<br />
• Mailed and In-person requests<br />
These orders take four weeks to process.<br />
Applying for Admission<br />
The University of California (UC system) and the<br />
California State University (CSU system) are different<br />
and distinct branches of public higher education in<br />
California and have different requirements for<br />
admission.<br />
To apply to the University of California or the California<br />
State University systems, students should plan to<br />
complete an online application within the filing period.<br />
The Transfer Center will provide assistance with<br />
applications. Students will also be required to mail<br />
official transcripts and possibly additional documentation<br />
when requested.<br />
Contact other institutions directly for information about<br />
applications.<br />
Application Deadlines<br />
To better their chances for acceptance, students should<br />
apply to every university for which they want to be<br />
considered during the initial or priority application filing<br />
period. Students planning to apply to a private university<br />
need to research what the initial or priority application<br />
filing period is for each specific private university.<br />
Certain impacted or highly competitive majors may<br />
require earlier deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility<br />
to research what these deadlines are.<br />
Each individual campus closes application filing periods<br />
at different times according to how many students apply.<br />
A student who is filing an application late should contact<br />
the Admissions Department of the specific college for<br />
which he is applying to inquire if applications are still<br />
being accepted.<br />
Application deadlines vary by campus. For information<br />
on the University of California (UC) system, visit<br />
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions. For<br />
information on the California State University (CSU)<br />
system, go to www.csumentor.edu. Note that deadlines<br />
are usually quite far in advance; for example,<br />
applications may be due as early as October of one<br />
year for admission to the Fall term of the following year.<br />
Impacted Majors<br />
At some UC and CSU campuses, more students may<br />
seek admission to popular areas of study such as<br />
engineering, computer science, and business than can<br />
be accommodated. Occasionally, more applications are<br />
received during the first month of the filing period than<br />
can possibly be accepted at the particular school.<br />
When this happens at a UC or CSU campus, certain<br />
majors are declared “impacted,” and these schools may<br />
permit only limited enrollment. Students who apply to<br />
impacted majors may also be directed to alternate<br />
campuses. Applicants to impacted majors are subject to<br />
supplementary admission criteria and an additional<br />
application.<br />
Students who seek to transfer into majors which are<br />
impacted should complete all courses designated as<br />
“required lower division preparation” for the major, prior<br />
to transfer.<br />
At some schools, completion of specific courses with<br />
minimum grades is required before transfer as a<br />
condition of acceptance into an impacted major.<br />
Maximum Transferable Credit<br />
A maximum of 70 semester or 105 quarter units earned<br />
in California community colleges may be applied toward<br />
the baccalaureate degree at either a UC or CSU<br />
campus. The maximum number of units accepted at instate<br />
private universities and out-of-state universities<br />
vary.<br />
Notice of Responsibility:<br />
Students should always study the catalog and website<br />
of the school to which they plan to transfer, and are<br />
responsible for directly contacting that institution’s<br />
admissions office for the most current, up-to-date<br />
information. No matter how much help you may receive<br />
from various sources, it is ultimately your responsibility<br />
to ensure that all transfer requirements and deadlines<br />
are met.<br />
80 2012-2013 <strong>Victor</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong> Catalog
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