<p>Hello. I wanted to know the chances of getting into UC Davis without the TAG.
I qualify for TAG, I'll have the GPA and everything set by the end of this summer. However, I was not a full time student this spring semester and that disqualifies me from the TAG. Exceptions are possible and I'll explain my circumstances, but just in case, I wanted to know. </p>
<p>My major is Biotechnology and I'll have a 3.28 GPA by the end of this summer. </p>
<p>Anyone get in without the TAG? thanks</p>
<p>It depends on how impacted that major is, but a good GPA will help regardless. I recently got rejected with a 3.0 for history, so if you are applying this fall, take some easy courses in the summer to boost your GPA.</p>
<p>thanks moosedog! you didn’t have tag right?</p>
<p>I did, but it got voided after last fall.</p>
<p>Make sure you get as many As as possible in your summer and fall classes, complete IGETC and major pre-reqs. Then, you should have a fairly good chance.</p>
<p>Take some humanities and PE courses if you want to boost your GPA.</p>
<p>thanks everyone! :D</p>
<p>You can TAG to elsewhere… UCD is the only UC that wants full time during spring… I dont see that on UCI and UCSD TAG…</p>
<p>I think UCI would be a good alternative to UCD if I the whole part-time/full-time thing doesn’t work out. UCSD’s TAG is now a 3.5 for all 2012 applicants, I doubt I’ll be able to raise it THAT much haha. Possibly a 3.4 though. UCI vs UCD. What’s your take on it?</p>
<p>I agree with the others. Biotechnology is competitive so you’ll definitely want to boost your GPA to be more competitive.</p>
<p>I think UCD is better for bio than UCI, but not by much.
Also, 3.28 is not that high, but I’m pretty sure you will have a decent shot next year since they are going to be more stringent about TAGs.</p>
<p>I believe UCI doesn’t have biotechnology as a major (I think only UCD has it out of all the UCs) and I believe UCI only has a tag for general bio, which isn’t the same. I’m in a similar major as you and applied to UCD as a biochem major without TAG and was accepted. My gpa was 3.93 though so that information doesn’t help you much…</p>
<p>UCI vs UCD is all location IMO… if you like NorCal, UCD, if you’re a SoCal guy, then UCI</p>
<p>It would definitely help if you had a higher GPA but try to TAG. I didn’t get to TAG Davis and I got rejected. I’m a psych major and my GPA was 3.4</p>
<p>In the last admissions cycle, there were as many TAG applicants as there were acceptances the year before. It means that they were forced to severely limit the number of non-TAG acceptances but rather deferred the qualified applicants to their newly created wait list. The acceptance rate for these people will be unknown for a while but, if you can, TAG.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Davis for Fall 11, and I was a part-time student last spring. I applied for TAG for Davis and had it rejected. I had to totally kill it summer and fall semester though, overloading on units to get IGETC certified, meeting most of my major pre-reqs, raising my GPA, showing an upward trend, etc. </p>
<p>So it’s totally possible to get into Davis without TAG.</p>
<p>I can bring it up to a 3.56 by the end of this summer. </p>
<p>…what discourages me from doing this is that full time spring-2011 provision. I feel like I’ll bring it up to a 3.5, yet still not get in haha.</p>