<p>@fenris- I didn’t know that UCSD’s TAG was paperless now. Thank you for enlightening me. However, this is not true for other campuses. You still need to fill out the form to get TAG for most of the campuses, including UCI (one of the campuses this thread is concerning). Also, since only one form is required for TAG and most people apply to multiple schools, I think that they would also check the SD and SB box on the form while applying for TAG for other campuses. </p>
<p>Regarding your backlash to my ignorance of math requirements, I honestly have no idea what the hell your point was. Perhaps that’s just my bad reading comprehension skills again. Anyway, your original quote was “if you’re in any math higher than pre-calc, it doesn’t affect TAG at all,” which is completely false. As I said, even if you have already passed an IGETC math class, if you fail another one (especially if it is a prereq) you break your TAG. And if you haven’t already passed an IGETC math class but decided to take Calc 1 instead of an easier class, you can’t get a D or F in it and still satisfy TAG just because it’s higher than pre-calc. That’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Poll time!: Do you think my advice is harming anyone?</p>
<p>@CantabilenApathy: “As I said, even if you have already passed an IGETC math class, if you fail another one (especially if it is a prereq) you break your TAG.”</p>
<p>How is this true? If you have passed an IGETC math class and take another higher level math class and get a D or F you do not break your TAG. You only break it if you do not maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Major: Computer Engineering / Computer Science & Engineering
GPA: 3.75 with TAG and completed IGETC this semester
Applied to: UCSD and UCLA
So far Accepted by: none with no housing change for UCSD</p>
<p>Part of your TAG is that all classes that are in progress or planned must be completed with a C or higher. If you got a D or an F before you signed your TAG and still maintained a 3.0, you wouldn’t need to repeat it or get academic renewal. But again, as I said, even if you have already passed an IGETC math class, if you fail another one (especially if it is a prereq) you break your TAG.</p>
<p>Interesting stuff so far. I applied to UCSB, and UCI. I’d never go to UCSD.<br>
Major: Cultural Anthro
GPA: 3.8
Applied to: UCSB, UCI
Accepted by: All</p>
<p>So with tag, is it an automatic acceptance, or do you still compete? I didn’t do tag. Doesn’t tag mean that anyone with a 3.0 can get into UCSB, UCI, or UCSD?</p>
<p>“So with tag, is it an automatic acceptance, or do you still compete? I didn’t do tag. Doesn’t tag mean that anyone with a 3.0 can get into UCSB, UCI, or UCSD?”</p>
<p>Yes, it’s an automatic acceptance; though, you must meet specific requirements. So, not EVERYONE with a 3.0 or up qualifies for TAG.</p>
<p>CantabilenApathy: Part of your TAG is that all classes that are in progress or planned must be completed with a C or higher.</p>
<p>There is no language on the UCSD TAG that says this. It just says that the courses you plan to take and are taking must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.</p>
<p>v For fall 2010, you must earn a cumulative 3.0 minimum UC GPA by the end of fall 2009 and maintain a 3.0 GPA through the end of spring 2010; for winter 2011 admission, you must earn a cumulative 3.0 minimum UC GPA by the end of summer 2010 and maintain a 3.0 through the end of fall 2010</p>
<p>v For fall 2010 admission, you must complete the UC level English and math requirements (IGETC Sections 1A, 1B, and 2) by the end of fall 2009; for winter 2011 admission, you must complete the UC level math and English requirements AND 60 UC transferable units by the end of summer 2010</p>
<p>v This agreement is available to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, AB540 students and former UC students in good standing (except former UCSD students) </p>
<p>Again it says nowhere that you specifically need a C or better in courses taken currently or planned. Please let me know where you see otherwise. I have looked and looked and haven’t found anything, at least not for the UCSD TAG.</p>
<p>@predictthisflick I can’t see myself at UCSD. I want to be at a school where the students are extremely social, and all hang out around school. And though I realize the rumors about UCSD being relatively “cold” socially may be exaggerated, the fact that there are rumors at all makes me very wary of going there. I’d much rather go to UCD, UCB, or UCLA.</p>
<p>Then why in the world are people on here with 3.5’s stressing about whether or not they’ll get into SD?? I can also see why UCB and UCLA haven’t adopted this TAG system - what GPA would they have to set for their TAG? Like 3.8 or something?? Otherwise they’d be way too overcrowded.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Major: Philosophy
IGETC: All done except for the lab that goes with the physical science
Pre-reqs: All done
Essays: Pretty good I suppose
Applied to: UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, NYU
Accepted at: UCSD, UCI, UCSB, NYU</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who has gotten in and best of luck getting in everywhere else :)</p>
<p>“All courses in progress/planned, in addition to the required courses noted below, must be completed with grades of C or higher, unless
otherwise specified”</p>
<p>I just provided a link that proves that it doesn’t matter which class you fail, if you fail it after you sign the TAG you break TAG. It says that right there. Perhaps the confusion comes from my original statement that even if you have already passed an IGETC math class, if you fail another one (especially if it is a prereq) you break your TAG. Obviously you can’t “especially” break your TAG, I just wrote that because if you fail a prereq it is going to especially harm you. Failing a class, regardless of the class, breaks the TAG. Of course, this isn’t an automatic rejection. If you fail underwater basket weaving but otherwise have good grades, you still break your TAG but will probably be accepted anyway. For the last time though, if you get a D or an F after you sign your TAG, you did not hold up your end of the deal, so you do not get guaranteed admission.</p>
<p>Regarding the UCSD TAG, I would email a UCSD rep just to make sure. The link I gave wasn’t a “generic” TAG, it was the official TAG-the only TAG contract. The link you provided was just a flyer. UCSD may allow you to get a D or an F and still keep your TAG, but it seems risky to me to just assume that they do just because they didn’t explicitly mention it on the flyer. However, it seems as though the odds are in your favor, since UCSD don’t require you to actually sign a paper TAG anymore. And of course, UCSD’s policy isn’t all UCs policy, so only using UCSD resources if you plan on applying to multiple UCs is pretty foolish.</p>
<p>As for the TAG contract you mention, I never signed that contract for UCSD since it is paperless. And that flyer states all the requirements for the UCSD specific TAG. Yes it is probably not a good idea to apply this for the other UCs.</p>
<p>Anyway I did email a UCSD rep and he did confirm that as long as we uphold the other TAG requirements as described on that flyer, any grades of D or F after fulfilling IGETC will not impact admission, provided that a 3.0 GPA is maintained.</p>