Please Chance Me (transfer)

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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I plan on transferring for fall 2021 so I’m wondering how I should adequately prepare myself.

Major of interest for UCSD: political science data analytics (https://polisci.ucsd.edu/undergrad/major-and-minor-requirements/data_analytics.html)

Current UC GPA: 3.5 (hopefully it’ll go to a 3.7 at the end of this semester)

–I also plan on joining the political science honor society and officially join my school’s honors program so I can get TAP certified (I know its mainly for UCLA, but hopefully it’ll increase my chances for UCSD since they no longer do TAG). Also, I have a part time job (been there for a 1yr and half)

The courses that I have taken/currently taking related to the major:
–AP US Gov (a 4, ik UCSD only accepts a score of 5)
–Political Theory
–International Relations
–Java Programming 1
–Intro to Philosophy
–Microeconomics
–Intro to Business Honors (somewhat related to the field)

Plan on taking:
–Intro to Statistics
–Comparative Politics
–Python Programming 1 and 2 (if my school offers the second course next yr)
–US History

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Applying for UCLA’s Tap program is not going to do anything with your chance of getting into UCSD. UCLA’s Tap program is solely for UCLA. UCSD will not look into that at all. That being said, the good news for you is that UCSD does have its own “tag” program called UniversityLink with participating community colleges in the San Diego area. I’m honestly not familiar with the program and how it necessarily works, but check it out if you are eligible for it! Link is provided down below :smile:

https://admissions.ucsd.edu/transfer/universitylink.html