<p>Also, thanks to <em>allie</em> for clearing some stuff up. I, too, was confused by some of the stuff the reps said, so I wrote it in quotes :)</p>
<p>"Also, I really don't think anyone can argue with statistics that show that aproximately 45% of non-TAP applicants are accepted as opposed to about 90% of TAP applicants (I don't have a printed source, but these are the stats that were read to us by a counselor from UCLA's honors department)."</p>
<p>90% isn't the percentage of students admitted with that. It is just a gauge on the chances that an individual student who is TAP certified can have. But yeh, I think how you explained the process of TAP and how it works makes much sense than what the guy said.</p>
<p>Also according to <strong><em>allie</em></strong> the communication major does not take TAP into consideration at all.</p>
<p>"My gpa was 3.85ish with TAP. Keep in mind that Comm Studies at UCLA DOESN"T factor in TAP for admissions (meaning you dont get the extra points or whatever). What being TAP certified will give you is consideration for an alternate and it will show the Comm department that you took initiative. "</p>
<p>Pellman,</p>
<p>I appreciate your post. I agree with everything else except for the TAP info. It seems skewed to me plus I heard straight from the horses mouth a different story. In any case I wish everyone the best of luck. I hope we all get in. :)</p>
<p>What I meant was that from the Non-TAP pool of applicant, about 45% are accepted total (I believe the preliminary statistics this year are actually about 42%). As opposed to the pool of TAP applicants, where 90% are accepted.</p>
<p>I don't really see how it's skewed though. Them's the facts, ma'am.</p>
<p>Yeah. Comm does not formally take TAP into consideration. It looks good, but since we're a completely different applicant pool in a completely different office, we are not given priority consideration.</p>
<p>Shouldn't Comm have its own department then like Film/Television/Theatre instead of being in College of L&S?</p>
<p>And thanks Sweetny. I was in doubt of some of the information that I received as well, but I figured I aught to just report it and have other people's input. Lucky, <em>allie</em> clarified a lot.</p>
<p>Comm is it's own department, it's just not it's own school. It's a fairly new major and was deliberately designed to be very small. As such, they make their own rules and make all admissions decisions within their own office.</p>
<p>How funny.
I met with UCLA rep, and she told me that Personal Criteria such as family responsibility and personal hardships I had to go through was the MOST important factor for the transfer admission, and told me that I should be able to express it through my essay. She said it's more important than GPA and TAP.</p>
<p>Personal criteria does matter but nowhere near that much. It would count pretty much in the EC category. I wish that was true...I would be in for sure. LOL</p>
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<p>yeah for example, a person might have a 3.2 gpa, but he could have been busy working 40+hrs/week to pay for his own tuition and living with no family support because he wants to help his parent by earning his own money and all that. And if he is able to fully express that through his essay, he have a perfectly good chance at ebing accepted to UCLA.</p>