<p>I disagree with this. The purpose of TAG should be confidence for students–they know if they have a GPA of x, they’re guaranteed admissions to certain colleges. People would be less likely to attend CCC if they could end up with a 3.2, and then get rejected from every UC.</p>
<p>TAG is about setting a level of achievement beyond which admission is guaranteed. It should be a level where the student would almost certainly be admitted anyway–the advantage is the student’s confidence. </p>
<p>If it’s about allowing lower-performing students in… Then what’s the point? If you want to let in students with lower GPAs, let in students with lower GPAs. You don’t need a TAG system for that. </p>
<p>I would actually prefer TAGs to be sort of combined with UCLA’s TAP system (at least for UCSD)–you’d have to meet a GPA requirement and complete the honors program (including some community service), and you’d be guaranteed admission to UCSD. Seems reasonable.</p>
<p>The reason I said that the original purpose of TAG is to give “lower achieving” students a chance at gaining admission into a UC is because of this: </p>
<p>I think the idea of TAG is that students with lower GPAs are less likely to be competitive in the regular applicant pool, but through TAG they have an opportunity to gain admission to a UC. It also provides incentive for people to attend CCs because they know, like you said, that if they get X GPA that they are at least guaranteed admission into one CC. In that way, it IS set up for the lower performing students.</p>
<p>Also, note I never said that I agree with the purpose of TAGs, just that if the purpose of TAGs is to help lower performing students gain acceptance to UCs, then changing the minimum GPA to a 3.5 will defeat the purpose so it should not be done. However, this system does not work for hyper-competitive schools like UCSD, so they should do away with TAG altogether.</p>
<p>I already paid SIR for Berkeley… but I still want to give UCSD a shot… i was wondering if i got admitted, would i end up accepting in for my major or alt. major…?</p>
<p>Please let me know if anyone knows~~~ thanx!!</p>
<p>you should pick Berk over SD! Berk is so much better! :]
Do you guys know our chances of getting into the wait list? I really dont wanna go to davis</p>
<p>@Kiim: I know my friend got in as a double E~~~ but umm yea I went to UCSD on the transfer day n they told me the major is not impacked… so i hope i can get in as my 1st choice major… ><</p>
<p>@Staceyh: eh Berkeley is waaaaaay too far for me… I live in Riverside n I dont wanna be too far from home… ><</p>
<p>@ Staceyh: I think it’s because so many people applied to UCSD… There’re about 5 more people from my CCC that I know got into Berkeley… BUT! they all turned down berkeley for UCSD/UCLA… Kinda made me feel werid for getting into Berkeley n actually considering going… o.o</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen from past stats, UCSD only gets a little less than half of the accepted transfers to attend so I’m hoping that’s enough for us to get some good news come June. I’m in the same boat as you. I’m hoping either my appeals to UCLA or Berkeley somehow work, or I get accepted to USC with a good financial aid package or I get accepted off the waitlist or it looks like I’m stuck going to Davis.</p>
<p>I wish I could’ve signed up for TAG but ucsd doesn’t allow it for engineering majors. Instead I’m waiting while holding on to my 3.8 GPA, it’s kinda sad really.</p>
<p>I agree Silenthillnight. What type of engineering are you majoring in? A 3.8 in engineering is phenomenal! What schools did you apply to besides Davis and San Diego?</p>
<p>So, I can’t remember which thread I found this in, but I read that 37% of the accepted transfer students chose to attend UCSD. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or not.</p>
<p>I applied to Berkeley and UCLA also, denied from both and on appeal (although all my international student friends got in with less). And then there’s USC I’m still waiting to hear back from. But yea, you’d think with a 37% attendance rate of about 3000 offered, there’s bound to be plenty of openings for the 1500 or so on waitlist.</p>
<p>I emailed them and asked them if they knew how many students are on the waitlist now, and they have not replied. I’ll probably call them tomorrow and ask for details like the number of people on the waitlist, the number of people offered admission, etc so that we have things straight…</p>