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.