<p>I heard most people say that UCSD does not even bother to read your personal statement if you are TAG eligible, they just look at GPA and IGETC. Is this true? also if this is the case does UCI do the same?</p>
<p>It's not like i'm going to wing my personal statement just wondering why people are claiming this is true, or maybe not.</p>
<p>For TAG, no schools will care about your personal statement.</p>
<p>UCSD doesn’t look at personal statements with or without TAG. UCI will look at your personal statement if you don’t have TAG.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/cc10_transfermatrix_final.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/files/cc10_transfermatrix_final.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thanks brah now I feel a lot less pressure writing a really really good one.</p>
<p>Wait so UCSD doesnt care about ECs then??</p>
<p>^ not sure about that</p>
<p>@blackmamba: UCSD doesn’t care at all about your ECs/personal statements/anything other than your academic history. They don’t do comprehensive reviews, so the only thing they care about is your academics.</p>
<p>@Grimes: Damn… wow didnt know that… </p>
<p>Admissions based on GPA only?? ***FF? What if two people have same GPA??</p>
<p>Can anyone else confirm that?</p>
<p>btw same goes for UCSB about P/S</p>
<p>For admission, they don’t read your personal statement or care about ECs, but they do read it when considering your for scholarships after you’ve been admitted.</p>
<p>WOW! I can’t believe they straight up just answer
“Does the campus use the personal statement in review of transfer applicants for UC admission?”
With a side note of " While campuses vary in use of the personal statement, all use it to evaluate gaps in applicants’ educational history or in the evaluation of applicants for certain scholarships."</p>
<p>That makes me feel SO MUCH better about my personal statement, I did try very hard on it, but I’ve been stressing about it’s importance and whatnot.</p>
<p>@blackmamba: UCSD sets a hard limit on GPAs for all non-impacted majors. Last year, the limit was a 3.2. If you had a 3.2 or above and all the requirements were met for your transfer, you got in. If you had below a 3.2, you didn’t get in (unless you were on TAG.) Yes, it’s that simple. There were plenty of people who got in with the same GPA, but UCSD doesn’t have a firm limit on the number of students they accept. Instead, they see how many applications they receive and from there they decide what the cutoff is for GPAs of applicants they’re willing to accept. </p>
<p>Certain UCs will take your personal statements/ECs into account if they do comprehensive reviews. UCLA and UCB do this and I believe UCI does as well, but I’m not sure which others.</p>