Transfer Opportunity Program
TOP can help you with
- Academic advising
- Using the UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP)
- Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) assistance
- Seminars on academic and career opportunities
- Financial literacy
- Campus tours
Important Dates
Aug. 1: Start your application on August 1 for admission the following year.
Sept. 1–30: Submit the TAG application via the UC Transfer Admission Planner.
Oct. 1–March 2: Apply for financial aid at studentaid.gov or dream.csac.ca.gov.
Oct. 1–Nov. 30: Application filing period for admission for the following year.
Steps to success
Colleges that collaborate
TOP has dedicated advisors assigned to each partner college. Select your college to schedule an appointment.
- American River College
- Bakersfield College
- Berkeley City College
- Butte College
- Cabrillo College
- Cañada College
- City College of San Francisco
- Clovis Community College
- College of Alameda
- College of Marin
- College of San Mateo
- College of the Sequoias
- Contra Costa Community College
- Cosumnes River College
- East Los Angeles College
- Evergreen Valley College
- Folsom Lake College
- Fresno City College
- Gavilan College
- Hartnell College
- Laney College
- Long Beach City College
- Los Medanos College
- Las Positas College
- Mendocino College
- Merced College
- Merritt College
- Modesto Junior College
- Monterey Peninsula College
- Napa Valley College
- Porterville College
- Reedley College
- Sacramento City College
- San Joaquin Delta College
- San Jose City College
- Santa Rosa Junior College
- Shasta College
- Sierra College
- Skyline College
- Solano Community College
- Woodland Community College
- Yuba College
If your school is not listed here, please connect with your admission advisor.
Email your TOP Student Outreach Ambassadors for any student life questions.
Transfer student resources
Annual Events
Discover UC Davis
Spring
Discover UC Davis is a free career-planning and exploration symposium for community college students from participating Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) institutions.
Aggie to Be
Summer
Students who just graduated high school and plan to attend a community college that is part of the UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) are invited to participate in a free, three-day, two-night summer residential intensive transfer preparation program.
Aggie Transfer Scholars Weekend
Summer
Students attending a community college that is part of the UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) are invited to participate in a free, four-day, three-night summer residential intensive transfer preparation program.
Additional UC Davis transfer student programs
AvenueE is designed to help community college transfer students smoothly transition to UC Davis, and ultimately, a career in engineering or computer science. The program was developed by UC Davis and founding corporate partner, Chevron, in collaboration with Los Rios, Peralta, San Joaquin Delta, and Contra Costa Community College districts.
AvenueM is a community college to medical school pathway program that aims to reduce barriers to entry to medical and other healthcare careers. UC Davis School of Medicine will partner with three 4-year institutions – UC Davis, California State University (CSU), Sacramento, and Cal Poly Humboldt – and a network of community colleges feeding into them, to establish this robust educational ecosystem.
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