Long Beach City College announces a new partnership with one of the top 10 universities in the nation for undergraduate education.
This program was designed to help LBCC students with the transfer progress while minimizing the risks the progress can have.
Arizona State University, with over 130 majors, has opened their doors to LBCC students who are interested in attending in the future.
Students are able to experience a guaranteed general admission with the major of their choice as long as completing the requirements for a bachelor degree.
This pathway was created to help students save money and time, as well as verifying that the courses they need for transfer are being taken.
‘MyPath2ASU’ is the platform where students can navigate the in person and online pathways that are offered at ASU.
We are now one of the few colleges that have pathways with ASU in the area.
“They have been working with us for the past year now wanting to bring this pathway with us, things got turned upside down because of the pandemic but now that we are getting our bearings in terms of context with the university, they reached out to us again to see if we could finalize the pathway,” said Ruben Page, a transfer coordinator and counselor.
The things they are looking for to guarantee admission is completion of an associate’s degree, a GPA of a 2.5, and completion of 24 or more transferable units and verification of a high school diploma.
“I think it’s a great option and it gives us a different type of pipeline cause usually community colleges have the pipeline or transfer agreements it’s usually most likely a California school, so for them to establish something with ASU with a LA campus still being ASU can be beneficial to students,” said Chardanay Crowder, a former ASU counselor now at LBCC.
ASU also has a local campus here in downtown Los Angeles, where students can have a hybrid experience.
There will be success coaches at the ASL local campus where they will be able to get resources and workshops.
Since the pathway is now official, there will be informational workshops hosted in the summer for those students who are interested in transferring to ASU.