<p>I have a few questions concerning CCC.</p>
<p>I do not understand how TAG/TAP/IGTEC work. </p>
<p>What will make you a competitive transfer applicant for a engineering/business/econ major at ucla/ucsd/ucb/ucd? What do you have to do at the CC? </p>
<p>Do Extracurricular activities matter at this point? </p>
<p>Does it matter which community college you go to? Are there better cc's or all they all viewed in the same way?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<li><p>At my school, TAP was basically an "honors project" in at least 18 units worth of classes. If you did the project in a 3 unit class and a 4 unit class, you'd have 7 of your 18 TAP units done. I saw the projects range from reading a book, answering 10 pages of questions about it, and meeting with the instructor for a discussion...to a 20 minute power point...to a 2 page movie review (lol?). </p></li>
<li><p>To be competitive for any and all majors you need to maintain a good GPA (I'd shoot for 3.75 or higher), complete ALL of your pre-reqs (Welcome</a> to ASSIST ftw), have good extra curriculars/work experience (not necessarily in a field related to your major, however for engineering/bio/chem this would be helpful), and last but certainly not least you need to write a great admissions essay which you have run past multiple people (professors you respect, etc) to get their take on it. For me, I was able to take bits and pieces from multiple people and ended up with something I was really happy with.</p></li>
<li><p>Overall it does not matter which community college you go to. Most are more or less created equal, but I do think there are some in the far reaches of the state that really lack in class selection. In that case I would move to a higher population area to do my CC (Bay Area, LA County, Orange County, San Diego).</p></li>
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<p>Good luck</p>