<p>Just wondering, now transfer is more competitive and tag agreement for most school up it to 3.2 GPA. Is the cutoff for transfer would 3.2 GPA? Any less would be automatically rejected? What you think?</p>
<p>I think you need to improve your writing comprehension.</p>
<p>Davis and Santa Barbara have raised their TAG GPA to 3.2 and San Diego has raised its TAG GPA to 3.5. All other UCs that offer TAG will keep the GPA at 3.0.</p>
<p>Irvine FTW!</p>
<p>I think it sucks for all the people that have been taking classes the past two years and planned to TAG and are just now being told the GPA requirement is being raised, that’s pretty crappy even if I do see the reasons behind it.</p>
<p>A 3.0 is not hard to get/maintain at a CC. Use RateMyProfessors religiously and go for the easy/kind professors. Of course, you can’t always get the best professors. </p>
<p>I’ve been stuck with some bad professors (who really need to retire) who have been ranked like 1.4 and studied my ass off to pass with a good grade. Before my Bio midterms, I would spend the preceding 2 weeks studying 4 hours a day.</p>
<p>I’m more than safe as far as the new 3.2 minimum gpa is concerned. I breathed a sigh of relief when the TAG update information came out, it could have been worse for us.</p>
<p>I completely agree and I am safe as well, my complaint is that information takes so long to get trickled down, I’ve been going to my ccc since 2009 and my last counselor session is the first I was told about TAG and while GPA is not the problem, having units from an online university is a concern for me, which no one ever bothered to mention before. So I still think it sucks for those who are b/w 3.0 and 3.4 and not can’t TAG to UCSD or what have you and are just now being told about it, that’s all.</p>
<p>^The issue of online credits is an interesting one that I had never thought of affecting your standing as a CCC transfer even though I just ordered an online Calculus course from the UC Berkeley Extension for my younger son to take over the summer while he is still deciding whether to go to a CCC or CSU Sacramento in the fall. I checked with the Math Department at Sac State first to make sure the course would be equivalent to one of their classes and accepted for credit but never considered the CCC implications if he decides to go that route.</p>
<p>If your online credits are from a a CCC there is nothing to worry about. If they are from something like the UC Berkeley extension that could be a problem. Even though it does not grant Bachelor’s degrees, most of the courses offered by the Extension are similar to courses given on the UC Berkeley campus and if one later matriculates at UC Berkeley the Extension courses are normally accepted as UC Berkeley courses and accepted for credit towards a degree from UCB. If the UC Berkeley Extension is not really seen as a separate entity from UC Berkeley, credits from it would probably be seen as coursework done at a four year university and have implications for TAG eligibility.</p>
<p>Yes my problem is that I got an Associates degree back in 2004 from AIU, on online ‘university’, so I am extremely hopeful these classes do not transfer in to UCSD so that I don’t go over 90 units, otherwise they would consider me senior standing and I would not be eligible for TAG. Based on what the UCSD admissions person told me, there is no way for me to know whether these classes are transferable or not until they are reviewed by them. This whole process has been so infuriating, especially because my ccc counselor just decided to mention it a few weeks ago.<br>
I think I’m ok since AIU is nationally accredited and UCSD is regionally accredited I doubt they would end up accepting all or any of their units but its just one more thing I have to worry about come application time "/</p>
<p>@USN I applied to UCSD with 92 transferable units and I was rejected in general due to being over the credit limit. This is why the TAG agreement specifies that you can’t be over it in the first place 
but they are incredibly strict about that rule so I wish you luck!</p>
<p>There is no limit to how many units you have. If you have over 90 units, they will only take 70 from your CC. I have over 90 units and I got accepted this year. I went to UCSD and spoke with a admissions rep and they said having more that 90 units is fine but no more than 70 will transfer to UCSD. </p>
<p>Here it is straight form their site:
“cannot reach senior standing with only community college units; in other words, if you have attended only community college (one or more), then no matter how many units you have completed, you are eligible for the TAG program. Please note that a maximum of 70 UC transferable community college semester (or 105 quarter units) will be accepted toward graduation; any units beyond those limits may result in subject credit being awarded.”</p>
<p>@killmyentourage maybe you had units from somewhere other than a CC??</p>
<p>I was referring to having 92 transferable units (70 from a CC and 22 from a 4-year university).</p>
<p>Since AIU isn’t a CA CC, if their units turn out to be transferable, they’re alluding to the fact that they would be a senior also. I was just trying to let them know that they are strict about not allowing senior transfers but thanks I’m well aware of the 70 transferable CC credit rule where any more would be counted as subject credit. I worked in the admissions & transfer office at my school answering general question so I am well-versed in just about every aspect of the various UC’s transfer protocol.</p>
<p>killmyentourage you are stressing me out lol, AIU is an online university and I have 33 units from them so I would be in trouble if UCSD took them all, so I’m hoping they will only take some or none, never in my life did I think I would regret getting education, blah "/</p>
<p>My 22 credits were from the University of Delaware which is a pretty legit school so basically all my credits were transferable since they were standard classes like Psych 100, Calc, etc. At this point, all you can do is wait and see but at least you have a chance that your credits won’t transfer. My counselors never even mentioned any of this at all either. To be on the safe side, for southern CA, I would suggest applying to UCI and UCR (& various CSUs) since I know for a fact that they don’t “eliminate” senior transfers like UCSB & UCSD. Then again, I was waitlisted at UCI this year because of the ridiculous number of TAG students and not having priority as a Junior so who knows lol.</p>
<p>Yeah its the wait and see part that is so hard, according to Grossmont they <em>think</em> two of the classes <em>might</em> transfer, they are a psychology class a business law, the rest are things like business and society, business presentations, management, marketing, stuff like that. I keep looking at classes UCSD offers and none of them really fit the description of their classes, but if they did end up taking half of them I would still be safe, I get in trouble only if they decide to take them all, so I’m pretty sure I will be ok. Of course cannot be 100% on this so I’m just gonna wing it I guess, I do play to apply to the other UC’s but I am from SD and love it here so I am really hoping I can tag to UCSD.</p>
<p>^ If AIU is a for profit school like the University of Phoenix I do not think you have anything to worry about. The UCs do not consider such schools to be legitimate universities and will not accept any courses taken at schools like that for transfer credit. Had it been something like the UC Berkeley Extension it could have been a problem but no credits will transfer to a UC or CSU from a for profit school.</p>
<p>Thanks Lemaitre1 I just looked it up and AIU is for profit like UoP so I am relieved to hear this, I kind of thought the same its just that there is no way to be 100 percent sure until they evaluate themselves. I’m of the same mind that these units will not transfer b/c the two schools are accredited differently and I think UC’s (and other universities) look down on the coursework offered from these for profit online schools.</p>
<p>Not to stray off the topic of the thread, BUT I couldn’t find official UC transfer threads for all your transfer needs. SO I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to ask a question 
Just to be clear we don’t have to complete the classes assist.org shows us for the major right? I don’t think I’ll be able to fit the classes I need for the spring semester but I just hope that won’t compromise my admission to a particular major. THANKS</p>
<p>UCI is now 3.2</p>
<p>The only UC’s that uses 3.0 is Merced, Santa Cruz, and Riverside</p>