<p>Also, </p>
<p>“Following your high school graduation, has there been a time when you
were not enrolled in a college/university for one or more terms? *”</p>
<p>If I received a full semester of W’s during 1 semester would I say yes or no to this question?</p>
<p>Anyone know how to enter a class as an honors class in the application? I don’t see an option for it.</p>
<p>@fullload </p>
<p>There is no option. </p>
<p>I assume you’re asking because you recently made the decision to obtain TAP certification at your CC(s) and you have to complete honors classes to do that. Well, you’ll have to fill out a separate application in order to receive TAP certification. Well, I assume that’s what you’ll have to do since that’s what I did at my CC and I can’t imagine how else UCLA will know that you’re TAP certified.</p>
<p>If I’m right, you’ll indicate which honors classes you took and completed on that application and send it in to your TAP program counselor or TAP program director. They take care of the rest. </p>
<p>I just noted my honors classes in the additional comments</p>
<p>@luckie1367 </p>
<p>Oh, well, there’s that, too. :P</p>
<p>:) I figured I worked to hard to not mention them, plus some of them were my major prep so I hope that will make a good impression!</p>
<p>@luckie1367 </p>
<p>Makes sense.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I actually noted them in the extra comments too. Cayton, yeah, I ended up joining TAP because they’re not asking too much from me. I’m already doing all the volunteer work and the honors was easier than I thought. I just bring the professor a contract which they sign off on. Then they add an essay or something to my workload. No biggie so far. My concern is getting 18 units of honors. Not sure if I’m going to find that many professors willing to do it by the end of Spring. This semester I was only able to find 2. I’ll try to get one in Winter and hopefully another 3-4 in Spring.</p>
<p>As for the “other” application, I have a TAP orientation in a couple weeks, so I’m sure I’ll find out there. There is in fact a TAP option in the application itself. You just click that you are TAP, but as mentioned, it does not provide an option to select your honors classes. I’ll do that in the second ap I suppose.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Hi all! I have question about the intended major when writing PS : I know we just need 2 essays for all the UC. What should I do if I want a different major at other UC, but other UC’s major are the same? For example, if I want “A” major for UCLA, but other UC I want to apply B major, what should I do for my intended major essay? can I say “my intended major is A/B”? </p>
<p>How big of a difference are the two majors? I would first try to find some common ground between the two to connect your accomplishments and goals to both. However if they are really different from each other, I might play up to the one I really want. If you want UCLA, I would lean toward discussing that major more. But in the end if you can find a middle ground and really tie it all together, that would be best. That’s how I would do it, but others might have a better idea.</p>
<p>@fullload For example: UCLA has “Business Econ” and “Math Econ” , Irvine has “Business Admin”, but other schools only have “Econ” , So the intended major should be " Business" or " Economic" ? </p>
<p>Well, if the majors are relatively similar, just different names, I would address them together, such as, “Business and Economics are my intended majors, blah, blah, blah.” If they are identical with different names, I wouldn’t worry too much because the schools know this, so just find a way to insert both in there. It’s just important not to look unfocused, so discuss the goals and accomplishments related to the one field that has two names. The two names isn’t the concern, being articulate about your achievements and goals is. Hope that helps, not sure if I’m making sense here.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it. The only two who really read the essays as part of the application are UCLA and UCB.The rest just use it for scholarships or to look for unexplained gaps or what not. My daughter had three majors - Communications was her chosen, but since she applied to all the UCs and Comm was only offered at a few, she chose psych and social administration for the others. Her essay was solely on communications and PR and she got into the psych and social administration ones that had nothing to do with her essay (I doubt they even read it). I hear time and again of ppl getting into UCs and their major essay ends up not being the major they chose, as they switched at the last minute. So if you really want to get into UCLA or UCB I would say focus on those; otherwise just aim it to the UC/s you are most interested in - unless, fo course, there is a natural blend. I mean econ is essentially econ.</p>
<p>Good points by Lindy. Also, you can note in your extra comments area that your intended major is listed with two different names, hence the mention of both in the PS. But, I wouldn’t worry really.</p>
<p>@lindyk8 @fullload </p>
<p>What about statistic at UCLA, but economic or business(some school has business major?) at other UCs?
Can I say my intended major are economic and statitic ? </p>
<p>Hmm, do you actually have to mention the specific name of the major in your essay? I don’t know if i would do that if they are different. Talk about the career aspects of econ, for instance, and your interest in the subject. You could bring in the value of statistics and your love of searching out patterns, and how both apply to whatever. By noting two different majors by specific name you’re kind of implying you aren’t really focused on one UC - and they all like to feel they’re #1. UCB has Media Studies and UCLA has Comm Studies. I personally would not be pointing out the difference by listing both. </p>
<p>Well, what I would do is just generalize your interest in statistics and economy, how one effects the other – just kind of blend it, whichever way would be best to sell the concept. Also, if you have a future plan like grad school, and career goals, etc. For instance, if grandma asked you why you like econ or statistics and what your plans are, you wouldn’t be reciting the actual name of the major, you’d be explaining why you like those “subjects” and things in the past that may have spurred that interest. What you are talking about is the subject, which can be very broad-ranging - not the name of the major.</p>
<p>Right, there’s nothing that says you even have to mention your majors. With some creative writing you can illustrate your goals and interests in those areas of study without even mentioning the major itself. That’s sort of what I did. I did insert the major at one point, but I could easily remove it and the reader would still have an understanding of my passion for literature, English, language, the humanities, and creativity. </p>
<p>The Transfer Admission Planner (TAP) import function is now working correctly!</p>
<p>Were you having troubles with it? It was working fine a couple weeks ago when I moved it all over.</p>