<p>@WhiteTshirt</p>
<p>TAP is not necessary for admission. but it helps. A lot. UCLA can and does choose TAP applicants with lower GPAs over regular applicants with higher GPA’s. Most applicants don’t have TAP certification.</p>
<p>I think I heard of someone getting into business economics at UCLA a couple of years ago with a 3.6 or 3.7 or something. The average admitted GPA for business econ the past couple of years has been around 3.93 and it’s severely impacted. That’s the power of TAP for you.</p>