<p>my gpa is at 3.29
I would have a 3.3 but my philosophy teacher graded way too hard and gave me an A -
I have an upward grade trend
heres my last five grades</p>
<p>math25 A
bio2 A
eng1b A
phil80 A-
psych1 A+ ( yeah buddy)</p>
<p>my major is not impacted.
I'm white, technically middle eastern but I think they view that as being Caucasian which is offensive to me lol. so yeah think I have a decent shot?</p>
<p>lol i have a 3.28… what schools did you apply to and what is your major</p>
<p>I applied to ucd ucsc uci ucr ucsd ucm and I think that’s it.
my major is history concentrating in the US</p>
<p>do I have a shot or is it strictly only 3.3 gpa’s accepted?</p>
<p>you’re in for ucm, ucr and uci and possibly davis. I do not think history is impacted at all. UCSD is a maybe.</p>
<p>Can you chance me? I applied to ucd, uci, ucsc, ucsb my major is literature/english. gpa 3.28</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot at all of them especially ucsc. I bet you’re hoping for ucsb right? I heard someone say that all you need is a 3.3 and nonimpacted major and you’re in forsure anywhere except ucla and cal etc. and were pretty close with our gpa’s</p>
<p>thanks, sb is my second choice, ucd is my dream school so i can change my major from english to clinical nutrition lol</p>
<p>oh that’s cool ^^ good luck</p>
<p>^^ good luck to you 2</p>
<p>I’m gonna say no. The cutoff was a 3.2 two years ago and TAG is at a 3.5 this year.</p>
<p>in the transfer chance me thread acustickittu said last year someone was accepted to sd with the same major as me and 3.3 gpa and no tag. so it’s possible.</p>
<p>It’s always possible, but if I were to bet I’d say no.</p>
<p>UCSD isn’t holistic in their applicant approach, they have a hard cutoff GPA for non-impacted majors and only extremely rarely do they waver on that (we had a guy here a couple years ago who had cancer through CC and got into UCSD with a 2.9 or something.) </p>
<p>They don’t admit by major for the non-impacted ones, they just set a hard GPA floor for all non-impacted majors and if your’e above it, your’e in. If you’re below it, you’re not.</p>
<p>■■■■■, anyone is “possible” with a reasonable GPA.</p>
<p>@grimes99 There’s no point typing such rational, thoughtout answers. People are always going to cling to the hope that indirectly they heard that someone that was seemingly under qualified got into UC"X". Given that UCSD was completely oversaturated with TAG applicants last year and ended up having to admit many more applicants than they had planned (resulting in the new 3.5 UCSD TAG GPA), I would suspect that hard cutoff GPA to be much higher than it was last year. So even though someone’s applying to a non-impacted major, more than likely due to the budget cuts, UCSD is going to have to accept a significantly less number of transfer students this semester to balance out the heavy Fall 2011 transfer class. Anyone that TAGed this year will be unaffected, but it will be felt somewhere. And because the impacted majors are already competitive as it is and have enrollment ceilings, it’s going to result in a more competitive selection for those people applying to non-impacted majors.</p>
<p>@dilapidatedmind: Yeah, that’s why I try to be as straight as possible when answering these questions.</p>
<p>what’s with all the attitudes? you can be honest I respect that but you don’t have to be snoody and sarcastic. a lot of uc’s don’t have a cut off for some majors with low applicant numbers
like this I read on ucsc’s assist page:
“does not limit the number of students it
will accept into the program”
see? UC’s are low on admissions right now due to the economy. more students are running to cal states because they’re cheaper. History is a really really low applicant major, so yes I am still clinging to that hope that I might get accepted to ucsd. If not, i’m fine with ucr or ucsc.</p>
<p>I hope that wasn’t directed to me.</p>
<p>“does not limit the number of students it will accept into the program” simply means there isn’t a hard number. It doesn’t mean a GPA floor is nonexistent. </p>
<p>And I’m sorry, but you’re dead wrong about UCs application in general. The economic downtown started in 2008, and there has been a steady increase in UC applications every year since. There’s been a record number of applicants every single year, so no, students aren’t running to CSUs because they’re cheaper. UCs most certainly are not short on applicants. On the contrary, they’re dealing with a historical number of applicants.</p>
<p>Trust me, I was you two years ago when I first applied, and you constantly try to con yourself into believing there’s a possibility you’ll get into one school and shun whatever someone says to the contrary (I’m not slamming you, I did the same thing, it’s normal.) Sure, there’s a possibility you get into UCSD, but it’s not likely.</p>
<p>okay thanks. if I do get accepted by some weird twist in fate, I will be sure to post it on here.</p>
<p>Hey guys. Ms Sun…has her own webpage and on it it clearly states that UC’s are going to enroll approximately the same amount of students they enrolled last year. Non-impacted majors are non-impacted because not a lot of people are applying to that major. Last year, I’m gonna say the TAG really screwed UCSD over because more than half the applicants that got in were TAG applicants and UCSD had to reject a ton of people who had 3.6+ GPA’s applying to non-impacted majors and no tag. It was that bad. I’d say the cutoff will most likely be about a 3.28+ this year (Not saying that because my GPA is a 3.34). They always claim that its a 3.8+…but a lot of people got in with 3.28-3.4+ without TAG applying to non-impacted majors. I’m assuming due to the low amount of TAG applicants UCSD is going to get…and the “you can only tag to one UC” thing, UCSD will mostly likely enroll students with so-so GPA’s. They even had to rejected a ton of TAG qualified students at UCSD just because they had no space. I’m guessing it won’t be like that this year. lol</p>
<p>By the way, Grimes99, do you happen to know the cut-off for applicants applying to UCSD 2011 without a TAG? Thanks.</p>
<p>I have a 3.34 and I’m applying to UCSD with Sociology. Two of my counselors said I’m 90% in even without TAG. They were positive that I’d get in. We’ll see. I wish you guys the best.</p>
<p>Well, while it is true that UCSD set its Fall 2012 enrollment target at approximately the same number it was last year, the admit percentage is going to be lower. If trends seen in previous application numbers continue, then the number of Fall 2012 applications will be significantly higher than the number of 2011 applications.</p>
<p>Check out the stats:</p>
<p>2009:
11572 applicants, 7160 admits</p>
<p>2010
14372 applicants, 8031 admits</p>
<p>2011
17090 applicants, 7612 admits</p>
<p>The 2011 cycle saw a record number of applicants, but had a lower admit rate than 2010. The 2012 cycle is going to see even more, I’m sure, and the admit rate will be correspondingly lower.</p>
<p>source:
<a href=“Undergraduate Statistics”>Undergraduate Statistics;
<p>edit: Check out that sweet graph at the bottom of the link. The gap between applications and admits is growing rapidly.</p>