<p>Hello,</p>
<p>When my TAG was accepted, I had a UC-transferable GPA of 3.09. After a horrible Fall semester, my GPA dropped to a 2.79. My TAG stated that I need to maintain a 2.90 or higher for all UC-transferable units taken prior to transfer enrollment. By the end of the spring semester, my GPA will shoot back up to over a 3.0 GPA. What are my chances of still being accepted/ my TAG still being valid? Thank you.</p>
<p>for what school? davis?</p>
<p>Whoops, forgot to mention that the TAG is for UC Davis. Sorry.</p>
<p>@FutureAggie next time try to making your username a little more transparent, that way we aren’t confused about the school you’re referring to when you refer to schools.</p>
<p>since we are on the topic of TAG. I have a question as well. I met with my counselor and filled out a TAG agreement for UCSB for a major in law and society and a TAG agreement for UCSC for a major in Legal Studies. Yet when I went to apply come november I see that UCSB has closed its major in Law and Society and Ucsc said they never got my TAG agreement yet I still put TAG on my application for both and it was too late to change . Am I screwed???</p>
<p>@ FutureAggie: Man, you really cut it close :(. I’m pretty sure your TAG is invalidated based off of the drop in GPA. That being said, you’ll be evaluated with the regular admission pool. </p>
<p>Your chance of being admitted also depends on your major, EC’s, and essay. My guess, from the information you’ve provided so far, is that your chances are not that good.</p>
<p>@ Gorbertjones: I’m not quite sure I follow. The major you applied for at UCSB is no longer offered? If that’s the case, I would imagine that your alternate major is what you’ll be admitted into (if you’re admitted that is). </p>
<p>If you checked TAG for UCSB on your app, you should still have TAG there as long as you met the TAG requirements. As for UCSC, you should contact them and ask about your TAG. I don’t know why your TAG was not processed.</p>
<p>@Gorbertjones: TAG guarantees you admission into the school but not always the major. You’ll be fine getting into SB with a TAG even if your major is closed.</p>
<p>How does the TAG work? I thought I was granted admission as long as my GPA is over the 2.90 mark by the end of spring semester. </p>
<p>Maintain a 2.90 or higher for all UC-transferable units taken prior to transfer enrollment.</p>
<p>By the way, the class that lowered my GPA was a 5 unit class that is not a prerequisite for my major. If it matters, my major is psychology.</p>
<p>@ FutureAggie, Call the counselor who approved your tag and tell them what happened and, if it will invalidate your tag.</p>
<p>Yeah sorry to tell you, i think your TAG is invalidated now. It says to MAINTAIN a 2.9 or higher… But if your GPA is high enough you might just get in without TAG.</p>
<p>@Gorbert</p>
<p>This is a bit off topic but whatever. I don’t know if you plan on going to law school or not but from every single thing I’ve ever heard about the process, majoring in a pre-law major such as legal studies or law and society is the worst thing to do. Law school admission people have explicitly stated multiple times that they prefer literally any major other than any sort of pre-law field – that your major choice cannot hurt you at all UNLESS it is pre-law. The reasons are 1) pre-law is never really pre-law because the things you learn there rarely ever apply to law school and 2) they want to see that you can excel in other topics in which logic and reasoning are fundamental (econ, math, phil, etc). They say that a pre-law major is for somebody that wants to be a law historian and not a practicing lawyer. I made the same mistake when I applied to UCB (before I knew about any of this) and plan on switching majors as soon as I can.</p>
<p>but of course if you weren’t planning on using a legal studies degree for law school than ignore that entire paragraph :] this is really just a heads-up in case you were hoping to go to law school</p>
<p>yeah pre-law is useless. just take whatever you want/like, there are no pre-requisite courses required to apply to law school.</p>