<p>I've seen some posts about students that have 3.8 - 4.0 gpa, but no TAP
and then there are other students that have a 3.5-3.7 gpa, with TAP.
so what's better? that perfect gpa with no TAP or the other gpa with TAP</p>
<p>In terms of being admitted to UCLA or Berkeley, who'd most likely get in </p>
<p>Both students are business majors</p>
<p>student #1<br>
3.6 gpa with TAP
major pre requisites- completed</p>
<p>student #2
3.9 gpa - no TAP
major pre-requisites - completed</p>
<p>Doesn’t TAP show that you did more work for taking Honors courses?</p>
<p>Higher GPA will always, in a technical sense, be rated higher. The trick is getting a high GPA and TAP. If you can’t, then 3.6GPA with TAP can help you compete against those with a similar GPA.</p>
<p>UCLA TAP and Berkeley TAP are two very different programs just so you know.</p>
<p>Yeah, and UCLA TAP (which is what most people mean when they say TAP) doesn’t help you at Berkeley.</p>
<p>There’s no magic number to guarantee your acceptance to Berkeley or UCLA. Just get as high of a GPA as you can, ideally with TAP. If you end up with a 3.5, you should really have TAP.</p>
<p>To answer your question directly, I’d say a 3.9 would be slightly better than a 3.6 with TAP. I think a 3.8 without would be about the same as a 3.6 with, but that’s just my impression.</p>
<p>Just look at the average gpas at the UC you want to transfer to.</p>
<p>In general, TAP does help a lot, but you can’t rely solely on it if you have a low gpa. You can also list an alternate major, where you can get accepted if you don’t get in your first major, so thats another caveat to it.</p>
<p>One’s GPA is weighted on average 30-65% of persons total transcript towards the admission process. Taking TAP is the GE Honors Program requires additional research and writing so they get weighted with higher priority to a UC. Their GPA would also be taken into account and equally recognized as an CCC certified honor student if completed everything even if had a 3.4 - 3.6 in comparison to a non honor student who has a 3.7-3.9. The only time when it matter more and narrows those margins are with highly impacted thus more intensely competitive majors not the school itself. If you are not accepted to a program you are better off trying again the following year of taking more community college classes than think you could switch to an impacted major from a non impacted one. Not only is it highly unlikely but very much frowned upon.</p>