The road to higher education

Help offered to students applying for transfers

Victor Stephen Kamont / Roundup

Students interested in applying to CSU’s for fall 2012 met in the student services building in the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOP&S) department.

The event, which took place Thursday Nov. 17, from 11 a.m. to noon at Pierce College in Woodland Hills was hosted by the transfer center.

Angelica Hermosillo an intern for the counseling department conducted a visual presentation and answered questions form the students. There were approximately 10 students in attendance.

“I enjoy informing students about the application process because I know it can be a challenging process,” said Hermosillo “So any way I can help to ease that pro- cess is why I am here.”

Hermosillo got her Associates of Arts degree (AA) from American River Community College in Sacramento, her bachelor’s degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in sociology of science, and is working on her master’s degree in college counseling and student services at California State University Northridge (CSUN).

Adrian Sondhi 22, representing California State University Northridge (CSUN) was there to recruit students from Pierce.

“What you need is 60 transferable units, in English, critical thinking, and math,” said Sondhi.

“You also need at least a 2.0 grade point average (GPA).”

Sondhi will be back to help students with the application process on Tuesday Nov. 22, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

“The deadline for applications is Nov. 30, at 11.59 p.m.,” said Sondhi. “ There are separate applications for each campus in the CSU system but all can be accessed through www.csumentor.com.”

If you are applying to private or out of state schools the next workshop will be Dec. 8, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

“Private universities are the most expensive,” according to Sunday Salter, director of the Transfer Center. “The UC’s are the second most expensive, and CSU’s are the least expensive.”

The ‘Rock you Application’ is a service provided by the transfer center to help students with their applications you can drop in for help until Nov. 30 Tuesday –Thursday from between 12-2 p.m.