<p>So I've been seeing a ton of people on the UC transfer threads (including myself) with GPAs ranging from 3.1-3.3 worrying about getting admitted to schools like UCI, UCSB, and UCSD.
So, does anyone from last year that applied with a GPA of 3.2 or 3.3 apply to these UCs without tag and get accepted?
I have a 3.34 and I'm applying to UCI UCSD UCR and UCSB to a non impacted major. </p>
<p>Please share your stories. Also remember that for UCSD, the tag is at a 3.5. That's why so many people with GPAs ranging from 3.0-3.49 couldn't tag. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>It was a shame that people couldn’t tag the school that they wanted. I mean Tag is like the easier way or a shortcut to get into a UC school. I mean it will give you the most easier time that you ever get compare to other people.</p>
<p>Last year I had a 3.29 (before AR for very old bad grades and stuff), and I got rejected from every UC except for UCR.</p>
<p>I did winter coursework that took me up to a 3.3ish, I think - but I don’t think they considered it, even though it was entered before the transfer update deadline. </p>
<p>Non-impacted majors at all of the schools (UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCR, UCSC). TAG with UCSD.</p>
<p>@asphyxiac: They do consider everything before the deadline for the update. They start looking at your application after you’ve submitted the update. There wouldn’t be such a strict deadline in February if they didn’t consider fall grades in their review. Knowing you’ve been denied admission to these schools worries me :|</p>
<p>I heard some one got in UCr with gpa of 2.5 + TAG.</p>
<p>Hey asphyxiac,
You had a 3.29 after fall and you still got rejected from every UC except UCR? Do you know why you were rejected?</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong. You must have put something wrong on the application. What does AR stand for?</p>
<p>Kitty123: AR stands for academic renewal :)</p>
<p>Oh I see! My friend had a great GPA and wad rejected from every UC because they didn’t receive her fall grades. I wonder what was wrong with asphyxiac’s application…it’s making me worry. 3.29 is a good GPA…just a little shocking that you were tagged with UCSD and rejected. So odd.</p>
<p>Asphiax, how did you not get into UCSD even when you tagged with them? Did you not finish the requirements or something? I saw people get into UCLA with 3.1-3.2 gpa’s into anthropology and other non impacted majors. They finished the prereq’s though, and were TAP. I saw someone get into ucla, with a 3.2 gpa, TAP, and two bad grades an F and a D and did not make up those bad grades. You must have done something wrong?</p>
<p>not every non-impacted major has the same avg gpa admittance stats, so you should seek out the specific major averages from each school and compare them to your own stats.
Furthermore, many people who were admitted even tho their gpa that was below the average had very good softs. i.e. good work experience, heavy workload, extra curriculars, interest in major, good personal statement.
If you have a below avg gpa for your major and no particular good softs to speak of the chances of you getting in are not gonna be very good.</p>
<p>@asphyxiac What major were you transferring as? Did you have igetc done and your pre reqs?</p>
<p>@Stephan: We’re talking about all the other UCs except UCLA and UCB. The other UCs DO NOT look at personal statements or extra curriculars. Like for UCSD, last year if you had above a 3.2X GPA, and applying with a non-impacted major, you were in. They don’t admit you by major (except UCLA and UCB). </p>
<p>Idk. Asphyxiac might have made a mistake on his/her application.</p>
<p>I got into UCI with a 3.03 two years ago (2010 admit) and then got into UCSD on TAG the following year. I was rejected to UCSD in 2010 and was told by the counselor that the hard cutoff was set to 3.2 for non-impacted majors. I assume that went up in 2011 and most definitely went up in 2012 with the new TAG requirements, but I’m not sure where it’s at.</p>
<p>I’m guessing it can’t be higher than a 3.3. AT LEAST a 3.3 would be the cutoff and I’m not only saying that because I have a 3.34. They’re accepting about the same amount of students as they did last year. We’ll see :)</p>
<p>It’s not the amount they accept that determines it, it’s the amount who apply. After they pool all the applicants, they figure out where to make their cutoff based upon what GPA everyone has.</p>
<p>You’re probably in at UCI, but UCSB and UCSD I wouldn’t say either way. Of those two, UCSB is more likely.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I just remember seeing a lot of 3.3s without tag applying to UCSD and getting in last year with non impacted majors. I guess looking at old threads gets my hopes up. Meh well see. Every year is different.</p>
<p>i tagged to ucsd this year… couldnt make the 3.5 gpa requirement :[ i hope i get in with 3.47 gpa overall/ 3.45 uc transferable. my major is computer science, i doubt it is impacted at ucsd. crossing my fingers! lol when do we get accepted/rejected from ucsd? end of march?</p>
<p>It’s not impacted at UCSD. Last year people without tag were notified about their acceptance near the end of April. It might be diff this year. You’ll def find out in the middle of march-April 30</p>
<p>@pandaworld</p>
<p>I couldn’t fulfill my TAG with UCSD because I didn’t complete my second English course until Winter intersession 2012, which they apparently didn’t consider even though my grade was submitted prior to the update.</p>
<p>@kitty</p>
<p>I didn’t make a mistake on my application, as far as I know. I filled everything out correctly, and I was obviously UC eligible because I was admitted to UCR. My essays were well written, according to two professors and one counselor who reviewed them. I was shocked, as was my counselor. </p>
<p>@lookin4ward</p>
<p>My majors were:</p>
<p>UCI - CS/Biomedical Computing
UCR - Biological Sciences
UCSD - Chemistry/Biochem
UCLA - Biophysics
UCSB - Biochem
UCSC - Bioinformatics
UCB - MCB (impacted)</p>
<p>All were unimpacted excepted for UCB.</p>
<p>Also, please search for ‘UCSD TAG rejects aka scariest thread ever’ (or something like that) in the forum archives. I had two friends who tagged with UCSD and were accepted to UCLA anthro (3.67) and UCLA poli sci (3.7) but waitlisted for UCSD.</p>
<p>Edit: I just want to add that, in hindsight, it’s not that surprising that I was rejected from the better UCs. I recently learned that the mean admit GPA for most of the mid-tier UCs (UCI, UCSD, UCSB) was a 3.5 - I found this to be very surprising, but it explains why I was rejected. A barely 3.3 in the face of a plethora of applicants with hyper-competitive 3.5+ GPAs is not very impressive. It really sucks, but whatever. I spent the year filing for academic renewal and bringing up my GPA substantially. I have no idea what the GPA mean will be like this year, but I hope that I am well prepared.</p>
<p>Asphyxiac: Last year there were SSOOOOOO MANY tag applicants at UCSD that even some people that were tagged were either rejected or waitlisted. no wonder they turned tag to 3.5.</p>