UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG)

• If you have AP/IB credit from high school and took a similar class in college, students may not receive duplicate credit for both the AP score and college course.
• Some UCs may/may not accept AP/IB credit to fulfill MAJOR requirements.
• Foothill pre-calculus courses MATH 48A, 48B, and 48C equal 15 units. The UC will only accept a maximum 7.5 quarter units from these courses.
• A maximum of only 6 quarter units will be accepted for PHED activity courses.
• F1-Visa international students cannot receive transferable credit for a language course that is their native language
• Although students are required to input coursework from ALL colleges attended, including international transcripts, it is not a guarantee which courses UC’s will accept from non-California community colleges.

Create a “New Student” TAP account to fill out the TAG application. Go to UC Transfer Admission Planner (TAP). 

• The UC TAP account has a tab labeled “Apply for TAG.”
• Click that button to begin the TAG submission process.
• Students must submit their TAG between Sept. 1 and 30, 2026.
• The TAG application is FREE.

Have ALL of your (unofficial) college transcripts (from all colleges attended) and Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam scores when filling out your UC TAP account. It might be helpful to have paper copies.

• Log in to the UC Transfer Admission Planner (UC TAP) and start entering ALL your coursework in your UC TAP account.
• Once your UC TAP account is filled out accurately and completely, choose the tab "Apply for TAG” to proceed with the TAG submission process.

Important Notice: It is your responsibility to make sure the information you report is accurate and complete. Meet with a counselor to review your TAG.

You must ALSO fill out the UC admissions application and submit it Oct. 1–Nov. 30, 2026.

The UC TAP system instructs you to list courses in chronological order of all college courses. Summer session and extension courses (do not input anything for Summer 2027).

• Enter grades exactly as they appear on your transcripts that you have attempted, repeated, completed, dropped, or failed. NOTE: This includes grades “A” through "F," “I” for incomplete, or “W” for withdrawal, and academic renewal.
• Input ALL courses and grades, whether your transcripts are from colleges in the United States or other countries; do not work from memory.
• If you attended a California community college, the UC TAP account will recognize courses that are UC transferable and will automatically populate your course when you search for the course (this allows the UC TAP account to calculate your GPA).
• If the course is either non-transferable to UC or a non-California community college course, you must enter the courses manually because they will not automatically populate. Click “My course is not listed,” then manually enter the courses.
• Students must explain any gaps in education. For example, if you did not attend college for one or more terms. The UC TAP will request you to write in a text box what you were doing during your gap in education.

• Report all courses including your future/planned courses up to the end of Spring 2027.

Work with a counselor to review TAG criteria and your TAG eligibility and to help you plan your future/planned coursework:

• Use assist.org to plan your future/planned major course requirements. Use this website by first choosing Foothill College, then choosing your UC, and then your major. Here you will find the courses the UC requires you to take at a California community college for your major.
• Most science/math/engineering-related majors might have courses with prerequisites.
• Your future/planned courses are a contractual agreement you make with the university. The UC will expect students to complete their listed future/planned courses by the end of Spring 2027 (there may/there may not be some exceptions). See examples below.
• If you register for courses in future terms that are different from what you listed in your TAG, it may/ may not negatively affect your TAG.

For example, if you don’t take a major requirement that you listed in your TAG, this could negatively affect your TAG. If you take a different general education course than what you listed in your TAG, it most likely will not negatively affect your TAG.

• Please meet with a counselor if you choose to take a different course other than the courses you listed in your TAG.