Is it possible i'll get into Berkeley as an Anthro major with a 3.34 GPA?

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<p>I'm part of Berkeley's TAP program, which they even flew me out there to visit the school for a weekend. </p>

<p>I've completed my Scholar's Honors Program @ my CCC which I know UCLA and Irvine accept big time. </p>

<p>I remember at a TAP meeting from Berkeley they said being in their program ups the ante by 89% chance of being accepted.</p>

<p>I'm an anthro major. 3.34 transferrable gpa. </p>

<p>Lived in China for a few months teaching english to high school students</p>

<p>Model U.N. Club Elected President</p>

<p>International Thespian Society Member</p>

<p>Anthropology Club Member</p>

<p>Independent research RE: Modern Homo Sapiens, Writing 15 pg. research paper</p>

<p>Los Angeles Natural History Museum Volunteer; researching sperm whales, molding & casting.</p>

<p>Traveled to Chicago to research comets & asteroids. Obtained permission to film and use the instruments at the planetarium and created an informative website.</p>

<p>Volunteered weekly at the Burma Buddhist Temple</p>

<p>Volunteered at Habitat for Humanity</p>

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<p>I would say that you are definitely in with all of your EC’s and the Berkeley TAP.</p>

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<p>How well did you do on your prereqs? Your gpa makes me a bit uneasy to say you’re in.</p>

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<p>the 25 percentile has a gpa of a 3.72 and 75 percentile has a gpa of 3.76. The lack of range shows how competitive it really is. </p>

<p>Even with TAP and your ECs, that GPA is a bit of a red flag. (well w/ me anyway.)</p>

<p>What did your TAP advisor say?</p>

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<p>dude ur fine. I was at the TAP meeting maybe i saw you lol! uhm i remember them saying 89% but on something else from TAP (its somewhere online) it said 90.1% but either way, dont trip too much. anthro is part of social sciences, which is extremely impacted so thats cause for a little concern, but dont dny wrry too much bout it</p>

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<p>Is TAP gonna make up for a 3.34 GPA? </p>

<p>(I’m coming off kinda jerk-ish here; I know.)</p>

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<p>Just because 89% of TAP applicants are admitted does not mean that you have an 89% chance of being admitted. Keep in mind TAP students are generally the best, most talented students at CCC and often have the highest GPAs as well. The Average GPA for TAP students is likely relatively high compared to the overall CCC they come from. </p>

<p>Without your ECs, I would say you would be easily rejected. I think your ECs really stand out though so I think you may stand a chance. If anyone was to get in with such a low GPA, it would definitely be you. Good luck.</p>

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<p>TAP students are not the best and the brightest. Are you kidding me? TAP is no different from regular classes, just extra work. It’s like the old saying goes, “trying to determine the most clever students is tough when you got a room full of clever students.” It means that the clever students without honors courses are just as clever as honor students. Besides, many schools don’t even offer honors courses. So making that type of generalization is a fallacy. TAP students are not intrinsically better in any way than non TAP students.</p>

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<p>^ u do know that UCB TAP and UCLA TAP are different right?? (thats rhetorical, u obviously dont) UCB TAP has nothing to do with the classes u take.</p>

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<p>You (CALI trumpet not CAL BEAR) should have made a discrepant statement then. TAP the phrase can mean the normal tap that I was thinking of, and the low income tap at Berkeley, which includes a transcript evaulation, so yes the courses you take matter. Still, I should have read the entire thread before making the assumption that you were part of the TAP honors program.</p>

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<p>So asian holidays lol. I would think its possible.</p>