I’m currently a student in a California community college and whether it’s because I started college at 16 or otherwise - my grades are bad. Very bad. I’m going to apply for TAG admission into a UC campus in the Fall of 2020. Which schools are advisable to apply to? Here are my statistics relevant to my major.
GPA: 3.44
Computer Science 2A, 2B, 2C GPA: 4.0
Discrete Mathematics: 3.0
Calculus A and B: 2.3
I did horribly in my first two quarters in calculus and earned a C+. I’m currently in Calculus C and hope I will do better next time. Will this low average ruin my chance to major in computer science?
If it helps, here are my extracurriculars:
Patrol Leader in first female Boy Scout Troop
Venture Scouts of America
One month internship in Hydroponics Company
Enactus Club
Computer Science
AI club
Also look at the TAG matrix which is being revised and available in August. UCI no longer accepts TAG for CS majors so you will be limited to UC Davis, Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced if you plan to TAG.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/index.html
Yeah some UC’s requires a minimum B on major requirements like Calculus
You won’t be able to TAG to Davis with the Calculus Cs.
Just from looking around this year’s threads, I would say you might have a chance at UCR or UCSC.
As far as I know, UCI requires a B or higher in both Calc 1 and 2.
You never know before getting admitted. I know an international student who got into UCSD with a 3.5ish GPA as a Computer Science major, but he had some backgrounds as a programmer. For Computer Science majors, I don’t think it really matters what school you end up to go to. I know a lot of people who graduated from CSUs or small state universities got offered jobs from major companies. It’s really up to your programming skill.