<p>I set up an appointment with counselor and already went down to UCI for the visit. He said everything looks good and signed the TAG contract that stated I had to just maintain a 2.7 gpa and I will start in Winter (January)...Then i asked him about the actual application you have to send in as a transfer student and asked him about the personal statement...he said, we dont even look at the personal statement so dont even worry about it...so i submitted my application already with a half ass personal statement because I found it worthless...is this true?...im getting mixed answers...but I wrote on the last page of my application NOTE: MY UCI COUNSELOR TOLD ME THE PERSONAL STATEMENT WILL NOT BE REVIEWED, THEREFORE I DID NOT COMPLETE IT....anyone have insight?</p>
<p>I'm wondering the same thing. Since TAG guarantees entry to UCI, the personal statement shouldn't matter right? I haven't submitted my application yet, all that's left is my personal statement which I'm working on right now.</p>
<p>If you are just applying to UCI I am pretty sure that would be sufficient however if you are applying anywhere else you should take the PS seriously.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing since I signed a contract like three weeks ago with UCI. I basically recycled a generic personal statement from high school. I was told that it won't matter for TAG people so let's hope for the best.</p>
<p>For TAG, you are 99.99% in if you don't break the contract (maintain a certain GPA like 3.0 or so on).</p>
<p>For non-TAG, a 3.5 GPA will give you like 99.99% chance provided you fulfill the IGETC and other major requirement. I'm referring to UCI in both cases.</p>
<p>From my personal experience, I was denied on the TAG even though I had a 3.7 at that time but my friend can do the TAG even though she had like 3.0 GPA at that time; we went directly to UCI admission office together on the same day. We both find it funny to see the results but at the end, we were both admitted.</p>
<p>for transfers only ucla and ucb look at the personal statement... it is explicitly stated in some matrix around universityofcalifornia.edu. Other UC's will look at the personal statement through if you need to explain any gaps in your academic history, and thats just to make sure you didn't take classes elsewhere you are trying to hide.</p>
<p>I was told it wouldn't matter through a transfer workshop hosted by the UC system. I attended it around last Fall or so. I also saw that matrix thing from the uc website sstory mentioned. it tells what components matter for which UC & the requirements.</p>