Transfer Student from community college

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Hello,
I’m currently attending community college and I am hopeful of getting into UCI.
I’ve decided that I would like to go into Business Economics, however, I have some questions.

I currently have a 3.1 GPA after doing poorly in a few semesters due to unavoidable health issues. I believe I’ll be able to boost my GPA up to a 3.4 to meet the TAG requirements although it may take me the summer, fall and spring semesters. I have completed all of the necessary courses except for Calc 2 (enrolled for spring 2017) and one of the Psychology classes.

The main question I have is that on the UCI website separate from the TAG requirements, it states these requirements for the School of Social Sciences:
-Complete one course in microeconomics with a grade of B or better
-Complete one course in macroeconomics with a grade of B or better
-Complete two semesters/two quarters of approved first-year calculus with a grade of B or better

Are these only for non-TAG transfers or do they also apply to TAG?
If yes I believe it will be impossible to TAG into UCI because I received a C in macroeconomics.

If I can manage to improve my GPA a little, what are my chances for getting in without TAG? Do the grade of B requirements still stand?

Thanks everybody!

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The requirements listed are for TAG and non-TAG transfers.

If you check this link for Transfer UC GPA by major, the admit range for Business Econ for 2015 was 3.62-3.90. Unless you can tag, it probably will be a stretch.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

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OK, so in addition to TAG I would also need a B in each Econ class. Disappointing because I cannot re-take those classes.

I never understood the logic behind that. You cannot re-take a class you received a C in, but if you THINK you will get a C by the end of the semester you can just purposely fail on order to have the ability to retry it…

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Well you may make it in, you never know, might get waitlisted and get in after that too. I guess it’s too late, but I would have suggested an alternate major as backup. Did you apply to other UCs or CSUs ?