Prospective Transfer Students

If you have taken any college-level classes since the summer beyond your high school graduation, you are considered a transfer student. Applicants applying as a transfer student should be a college junior with 60 or more transferable semester units or 90 quarter units by the time of transfer.

Admissions

The Cal Poly Admissions Office provides all the information needed to apply to Cal Poly and to support students until they come to campus for summer orientation.

Cal Poly is unable to provide one-on-one transfer advising or transcript evaluation for students who are considering applying to Cal Poly. However, you can connect with Admissions if you are a prospective transfer applicant and all your questions should be directed to admissions@calpoly.edu.

Helpful sites to check out are:

• Transfer Applicants Page
  • How to Apply
  • Videos that explain/overview the Cal State Apply Application
• Selection Criteria
  • Prospective transfer students considering applying to Cal Poly should use the Cal Poly transfer selection criteria for guidance on which college courses to take to be competitive for the major they apply.
  • Major Specific Criteria 
    • If a course on Cal Poly's transfer selection criteria for your major is unavailable at your local community college, you can search for articulating online college course options at other California college via https://cvc.edu/
• Transfer Credit Evaluations
  • Official transcripts are required for Cal Poly to matriculate courses you have taken to determine which one's you will be given credit for - as noted above, we cannot provide that before then. 
  • https://assist.org/ - is an articulation tool for those transferring from a California Community College
    • We encourage you to talk with a transfer or academic advisor at your community college about the transfer process and utilize the Cal Poly transfer selection criteria for course planning because the assist tool can be hard to navigate.

Learn by Doing          

• Alyson Liang - a transfer architecture student who helped create designs to rebuild the town of Paradise after the Camp Fire
• Madison Fleming - implemented insulated solar-electric cook stoves with 3 peers
• Sergio Dimas - found his community and in senior year became president of Cal Poly's rose float 
• Maia Dvoracek - unlikely All-American volleyball athlete

Financial Aid

• Types of Aid
• California Dream Act
• How to Apply
• Outside Scholarships
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority and Underrepresented Student Participation in STEM (LSAMP) Financial Support

International Transfer and Exchange Students

Check out the International Center website for information about coming to Cal Poly. Helpful sites to check out are:

• International Transfer Admissions Information 
• Support for transitioning into Cal Poly as a new International Student 

Recently accepted to Cal Poly?

Recently accepted transfer students outlines next steps and check out resources to help you make your decision.