Final answer:
Completing an AA-T or AS-T provides guaranteed admission to a CSU campus, can give a GPA bump, and exempts students from additional lower-division general education requirements at CSU. Housing priority and reduced tuition fees are not benefits of these degrees.
Step-by-step explanation:
Benefits of Completing an AA-T or AS-T
Completing an Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T) or an Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) can provide several benefits for students planning on transferring to a Cal State University (CSU). The key benefits include:
- Guaranteed admission to a CSU campus in a similar major, which ensures that students who meet the requirements will have a place in the CSU system.
- Having the AA-T or AS-T may give students a GPA bump in the admission process, making them more competitive applicants.
- Students with an AA-T or AS-T are exempt from having to complete additional lower-division general education requirements at CSU, provided they have completed the CSU General Education Breadth or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC).
It's important to note that the benefits do not include higher priority for housing on campus (option B) or reduced tuition fees (option C). Housing priority and tuition fees are not typically determined by the type of degree a transferring student holds. Therefore, the answer to the question is D) Exemption from general education requirements at CSU.