CSU Admission Requirements
- Complete a minimum
of 60 transferable semester units.
- Earn a cumulative
grade point average of at least 2.00**
(see below for competitive GPAs)
- Complete 30
units of general education courses with grades of C or better. The
30 units must include all of Area A (Oral communication, Written Composition,
and critical thinking) and Area B4 (quantitative reasoning). All courses
in Area B4 have a prerequisite of intermediate algebra.
Note: It is recommended that students complete all 39 lower division general education units before transfer.
*Tranferability of course is indicated in the Cabrillo College Catalog and Schedule of Classes.
**The following GPAs will allow transfer students to be competitive in the CSU admissions process: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 3.40-3.60; San Diego State, 3.20; and Long Beach State, 2.40. All other CSU campuses are admitting eligible students at a 2.00 GPA.
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