Honors Institute

UCLA Transfer Alliance Program

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Increase Your Chances

Want to increase your chances of being accepted to UCLA's College of Letters and Sciences?

Join the Honors Institute and become an Honors Scholar* and you can!

Guaranteed Priority Consideration for Admission

Through the UCLA Transfer Alliance Program (TAP), Foothill College Honors Scholars are given guaranteed priority consideration for admission to the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences. Traditionally, Foothill students experience a 60-70% acceptance rate through this program (versus 14-20%) for all other transfer applicants.

International Students

International students are also eligible to apply for this program, however are reviewed separately. International students can participate in TAP and be certified, but are not considered in the same way as domestic students.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for this program, Honors students must complete the criteria to be an Honors Scholar including:

• complete a minimum of 12 honors units by the end of the fall term prior to their transfer.
• successfully complete a minimum of 23 quarter units of honors courses with a minimum GPA of 3.25*
• Earn a C or better in all honors courses
• Service Leadership

*Please note these are minimums. With high demand majors, a higher GPA is recommended.

Application Timeline for Fall 2025 Admission

• Students interested in participating UCLA's Transfer Alliance Program should meet with an honors counselor as soon as possible to develop an education plan and identify courses for the Honors Scholar Program.
• Students submit an admissions application to UCLA by using the systemwide application to the University of California. For Fall 2025, the application submission window opened in October 2024 and closes on December 2, 2024.
• The deadline for the TAP certification process is February 19, 2025. 
• If an admissions offer is made by UCLA in late April 2025, you will need to submit the Honors Scholar Certificate petition form by the middle of the Spring 2025 quarter. The petition window opens early April and is due by the end of May 2025 (keep a lookout for actual dates).

For more information, contact the Honors Institute at honors@foothill.edu

You may visit the UCLA TAP site for more info and download the UCLA Transfer Admission Guide.

Application Timeline for Fall 2025 Admission

 

• Students interested in participating UCLA's Transfer Alliance Program should meet with an honors counselor as soon as possible to develop an education plan and identify courses for the Honors Scholar Program
• Students submit an admission application to UCLA by using the systemwide application to the University of California. For Fall 2025, the application submission window opens  October 1. 2024 and closes on December 2, 2024.
• Additional details will be released in October 2024.