TAP worth it for engineers?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I set up my fall schedule tomorrow. I don't want to be giving myself any honors classes if they aren't going to help me at all. It is 6 honors classes, which will make it harder to get an A in those classes and in the rest because of the extra work/lost time that will result as a consecuence.</p>

<p>Will TAP help me if I am an Aerospace Engineer trying to get into UCLA?
How will it help me? Just to let you know I wouldn't mind having an alternate major, but if I got into UCLA and UCSD, but only UCSD accepted me for my major I would choose UCSD.</p>

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<p>I think i answered your question 10 times already.</p>

<p>TAP is only for the college of Letters and Sciences. </p>

<p>So the ONLY reason you would want it is to be considered for an alternate major in the college of letters and sciences. </p>

<p>I see NO POINT in you doing this if you want to be an engineer aside from wasting your time.</p>

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<p>Malishka, I agree with you. As if engineering courses aren't already hard enough. If you want to challenge yourself then go for it. I doubt it'll give you any edge in the admissions process. Plus, at my school, some honors classes are a joke. I see students abuse the honors system at my school in such a way that it's ridiculous. The difference between an honors component and the basic course is almost non-existent.</p>

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<p>i hear in the end all it is is a few more papers to write or something like that...any truth to that?</p>

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<p>jfk- if you do honors contracts then yes, most teachers will just assign you an extra assignment/ or paper. But, it depends on the teacher, some are hardcore and will make you do a lot more than that.</p>

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<p>wait so there are no "whole" honor classes? is it just you go to a regular class and inform the teacher you are in TAP and he/she will individually assign you more work?</p>

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<p>jfk: dude, just earn good grades and you'll be too legit to quit.</p>

<p>Does that help?</p>

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<p>Jfk: There are separate classes for honors students, who only undergo honors curriculum. However, if one is short of a unit or two for TAP certification, they may request their P.E. course(s) to be stamped as honors with the instructor agreeing to do so.</p>

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<p>well it can not be a PE course.... PE is not transferable. </p>

<p>It depends on your college if there is an actual honors course or if you do a contract. Some colleges have only few real honors classes others have a lot more. Also if you can take an honors class that both satisfies TAP + Igetc you would want to do that rather than take some obscure honors course not on IGETC - that is why they have Honors contracts (in most colleges, not all)</p>