transfer student center

Tigue demonstrated a deep understanding of the inner workings of the ASUC, and has positioned herself to be a driving force for transfer students. That being said, we are confident the transfer community will be in good hands this year.

Bianca Torres Murray, a third year ethnic studies major and human rights minor, has announced that she will be running with Elevate Cal for ASUC Senate.

In recent years, Latinx and Chicanx students have made up a greater percentage of UC Berkeley’s transfer admit classes than its freshman admit classes — in the 2022-2023 cycle, nearly 30% of all admitted Latinx and Chicanx students were transfers.

Junior transfer Yasamin Hatefi is running for ASUC Senate with the Elevate Cal coalition on a platform of increasing transfer student representation.

Campus junior Victoria Vera is aiming to promote affordability, accountability and accessibility at UC Berkeley through the ASUC presidential office.

Founded in August 1999, the UC Berkeley Transfer Student Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

UC Berkeley was ranked the second-best college for transfer students by a recent article in Time magazine.

Magali Mercado, a daughter of Latinx immigrants and a first-generation college student, said she found it hard to believe “someone like me” was accepted to UC Berkeley as a transfer student — and she advises current transfer students to remember that they belong.