Students come to our campus for a variety of reasons:

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Each semester, approximately 12,000 individuals
of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds attend
Miramar College.

• Students come to our campus for a variety of
  reasons
• Preparation for a new career or advancement in
• their current job/career
• Educational development
• Completion of credits for high school diploma
• Apprenticeship programs
• Earn a certificate, license, or an Associate
• degree
• Prepare for transfer to a four-year college
• or university

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Transfer Services

• In the General Counseling office, Miramar
  students are able to speak with a counselor
  one-on-one regarding the transfer process,
  develop educational plans and long range planning
  forms, and sign admission guarantee contracts.
  In addition, the Transfer Center provides
  information and resources to assist students in
  making the transition a smooth and easy one.
• The Transfer Center offers
• Workshops
• Transfer Fairs
• Meetings with College representatives
• Campus tours
• A library of catalogs publications
• Information on transfer guarantees
• Computer software for college research
• Individual and group counseling
• Transfer is a collaborative effort at Miramar!

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Expand communication linkages with universities
and local high schools
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UC/CSU Freshman Admission
AdmissionsA Comparative look

• Both CSU and UC use an Eligibility Index - a
  combination of GPA in required a-g subjects and
  test scores - to determine if students meet
  eligibility for each respective system.
• Fact the average GPA of a student entering
  UCSD
• as a freshman is a 4.05
• Fact the average GPA of a student entering
  SDSU
• as a freshman is a 3.63

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AdmissionsA Comparative look
UC/CSU Transfer Admission

• Both CSU and UC require transfer students to
  complete a minimum number of transferable units
  (usually 60), General Education, Preparation for
  major courses, and a minimum GPA.

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Transfer Admission Guarantees

• UCSD UniversityLink 3.0 GPA
• UCSD TAG 3.5 GPA
• SDSU TAG GPA varies depending on major
• UC Davis TAG GPA varies
• UC Santa Cruz TAG 3.0 GPA
• UC Santa Barbara TAG 3.0 GPA
• UC Irvine TAG 3.0 GPA
• UC Riverside TAG 3.0 GPA

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Transfer Guarantee ProgramsHonors Transfer
Agreements

• UC Los Angeles (TAP)
• UC Irvine (CCHTP)
• UC Riverside (HART)
• UC Santa Cruz
• USD
• SDSU (HSTA)
• Whitman College
• Pomona College (PATH)

• CSU Fullerton
• CSU Dominguez Hills
• CSU Stanislaus
• Chapman College
• Occidental College
• Pacific University
• Pitzer College

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Who comes to Miramar?

• Students come to Miramar from a variety of
  different schools with a variety of preparation.
  
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  Demographics/20124/CR-Profile_First20Census_124.p
  df

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Where do our students go?

• http//research.sdccd.edu/docs/Student20Outcomes/
  Transfer/Transfer20Report_2012.pdf

Volume of transfers includes students enrolled at
City, Mesa, Miramar between Summer 1995 and
Summer 2004 who earned at least 0.5 units and
transferred by August 2004. Data are from
National Student Clearinghouse.
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Other Transfer Institutions

• UCs and CSUs outside of the San Diego area
• Private/Independent Colleges
• Out-of-State Colleges
• Distance-learning schools
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Miramar Successes!

• Full time Transfer Center Director
• Increased transfer to UCSD
• General increase in transfer to other schools
  CSU Northridge, San Jose State, CSU Fullerton,
  UCLA, UCI, UC Riverside

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Additional Miramar Student Services

• Student Affairs
• Financial Aid
• Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS)
• Disability Support Programs Services (DSPS)
• Career/Student Employment
• Tutoring The PLACe