The Fall 2025 UC and CSU transfer deadline is on Dec. 2, and the Pierce College Transfer Center is helping students finish their applications.
The Transfer Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday in-person and online from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., excluding Friday. Friday’s online hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Transfer Center can be found in the Student Services Building.
“They want us to succeed and they’re really inclusive on what they believe is right for us and what the tools that we need [are],” Business Administration Major Evan Malinis said. “And I think it’s a great place to start and to look for help.”
The Transfer Center holds different workshops and events to help students. One such event was held on Nov. 21 and helped students get provisionally admitted to California State University, Northridge.
As of the Fall 2023 semester, 84% of Pierce students who applied to transfer to CSU Northridge were admitted.
CSUN Outreach Counselor Bryan Gittins helped students during this event and explained how the process of transferring can be tough for students.
“It can be overwhelming,” Gittins said. “Especially when they’re trying to figure out if they need to earn a degree, what the difference between an associate’s degree is and an ADT and associate’s degree for transfer, and then learning of the requirements of the different schools, especially for those students that are applying to the different systems.”
Sunday Salter, the Transfer Center director, said she feels that the best thing for students to do is to start early and come to the workshops.
“We encourage students to come to our workshops because we go over a lot of that information,” Salter said. “But if they are interested in the UC system, day one, they should create a Transfer Application Planner.”
The UC Transfer Application Planner is a website that allows students to track their progress toward transferring.
“We want everyone to do their research, meet with a counselor, meet with the university directly whenever possible and then come in here to clarify anything that they don’t understand,” Salter said. “It’s very complicated. It’s very confusing. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there and so students get confused.”
Pierce President Ara Aguiar said she encourages students to work with the Transfer Center.
“My biggest recommendation is to ask for help from the Transfer Center,” Aguiar said. “You’re in good hands. The staff there is really terrific.
English major Adamary Cantillano has received help from the Transfer Center and been able to successfully fill out her applications.
“I’ve been here for two years,” Cantillano said. “And the first year I was super confused and it was because I hadn’t reached out to help. And I reached out to my counselor and she made everything really easy.”
More transfer information and event and workshop details can be found on the Transfer Center tab of the Pierce website.