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.
• Once the applications are processed by UCLA, students should read the formal TAP Applicant letter to Honors Institute students that UCLA  forwarded to us in early January 2025 outlining the next steps including the submission of the TAP Certification Form.
• Students should review the UCLA Transfer Alliance Program (TAP) Certification Process Guide Sheet.
• Submit an Application Agreement with UCLA authorizing UCLA to release application information to the Foothill Honors Institute.
• Honors Students wishing to pursue TAP will have needed to attended a TAP Certification workshop.
• Schedule a 30-minute counseling appointment with an Honors Counselor at https://foothill.edu/counseling. You must attend one of the TAP workshops prior to your schedulued appointment.
• Complete the TAP Certification Worksheet and upload to the Foothill Certification Request form. This is very important!
• We anticipate that the TAP certification process must be completed by late February 2025 (keep a lookout for actual dates). 
• 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.