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Clock ticks for CSU incomers
Kristin Furtado
Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: News
"We used to be able to admit lower-division transfers. It's very restrictive now. We cannot do that," she said.
Only those students who achieve junior standing or have at least 60 transferable semester units are eligible for admission into the CSU system. Brown said exceptions include transfer students within the nursing or engineering programs.
"We have been pushing 60 units for quite a while," said Nancy Gressley, director of San Jose City Community College's transfer center and an articulation officer who has been trying hard to get the word out to students through fliers and e-mails.
The 60-unit requirement is already consistent with San Jose City's guidelines for transfer students, she said.
"That negative can be a very strong positive for us," Gressley said.
Although she recognizes that the community colleges may have to take in the additional 10,000 students who won't be admitted this fall into CSUs, she doesn't believe it will cause a problem when spread across the 109 community colleges throughout California.
"We'll be able to absorb them," she said.
Josette Huckle, a San Jose City College student who applied to SJSU before the Nov. 30 priority deadline, said she was unaware of the CSU directive's new criteria for transfer students.
"There's always some people who come up and they're like, 'Hi, is it too late to transfer?'" said Huckle, who works behind San Jose City's counseling and advisement desk. Huckle said she knew a lot of students who wanted to transfer from San Jose City to SJSU.
"Community college students tend to wait until the last minute to do things," said Gressley, who also said she hopes to break students out of that pattern.
The restrictions follow the record-high enrollment of 32,000 at SJSU last fall. San Jose State spokeswoman Pat Lopes Harris said enrollment has been gradually rising as the children of baby boomers, or the "baby boomlets," graduate high school and enter college.
Only those students who achieve junior standing or have at least 60 transferable semester units are eligible for admission into the CSU system. Brown said exceptions include transfer students within the nursing or engineering programs.
"We have been pushing 60 units for quite a while," said Nancy Gressley, director of San Jose City Community College's transfer center and an articulation officer who has been trying hard to get the word out to students through fliers and e-mails.
The 60-unit requirement is already consistent with San Jose City's guidelines for transfer students, she said.
"That negative can be a very strong positive for us," Gressley said.
Although she recognizes that the community colleges may have to take in the additional 10,000 students who won't be admitted this fall into CSUs, she doesn't believe it will cause a problem when spread across the 109 community colleges throughout California.
"We'll be able to absorb them," she said.
Josette Huckle, a San Jose City College student who applied to SJSU before the Nov. 30 priority deadline, said she was unaware of the CSU directive's new criteria for transfer students.
"There's always some people who come up and they're like, 'Hi, is it too late to transfer?'" said Huckle, who works behind San Jose City's counseling and advisement desk. Huckle said she knew a lot of students who wanted to transfer from San Jose City to SJSU.
"Community college students tend to wait until the last minute to do things," said Gressley, who also said she hopes to break students out of that pattern.
The restrictions follow the record-high enrollment of 32,000 at SJSU last fall. San Jose State spokeswoman Pat Lopes Harris said enrollment has been gradually rising as the children of baby boomers, or the "baby boomlets," graduate high school and enter college.
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