If you will have at least 60 semester or 90 quarter transferable units completed by the time you enter a CSU, you are considered an upper-division applicant. To make admission decisions, CSU admissions offices look at three factors:

• Your college grades
• The college coursework you have completed, especially in general education
• Whether you are in good standing at the last college or university attended

Obviously, the better you prepare at your current and prior colleges, the more likely you will meet admission requirements at your first-choice CSU campus.

Lower Division Transfer Requirements

If you have completed 59 or fewer semester or 89 or fewer quarter transferable units by the time you plan to enter a CSU, you are considered a lower-division applicant. To make admission decisions, CSU admission offices look at the following:

• High school requirements,
• Your college courses and grades,
• Whether you are in good standing at the last college or university attended.

Some campuses will also expect you to complete, with a C or better, general education classes in English composition and general education mathematics prior to admission.

High School Requirements. Full details are in the high school section.

• The courses you completed in high school.
• Your high school grades and test scores.
• Graduation from high school.

If you did not complete the 15-unit pattern of college preparatory subjects required for freshman admission while in high school, you must make up the deficiencies.

If you are a lower-division student and do not meet the eligibility index from high school, we recommend that you continue your education at a California community college and complete 60 or more transferable semester units (90 or more quarter units) before attempting to transfer to a CSU campus.

Please be aware that some CSU campuses do not admit lower-division transfer students.