<p>Hello, I am curious of my Admissions chances and if I even should apply next fall to some of my colleges of interest</p>
<p>Currently my GPA is a 3.29 and after 11 units over the summer of A's (this is probably impractical....but who knows) I will have a 3.51 gpa. Or I can do 8 units and have a 3.46, would you get recommend anything?</p>
<p>I will have partial IGETC finished ( I can have it finished, but that would require a 19 credit load in the fall and a 20 in the spring) all I am missing is going to be the language requirement.</p>
<p>As for major requirements; the physics major says certain ones are required and others recommended, I will have the year and a half of calculus finished along with the year of physics. I will also have Linear algebra and Diffrential equations finished, but not the third semester physics or chemistry.</p>
<p>My UC's of interest are</p>
<p>UCLA
UCSD
UCSB
UCI
any other I may be qualified for. I hope to if I can, TAG to UCSB</p>
<p>I think you have a chance at UCSD, UCSB, and UCI, but UCLA is a long reach for you. Try to TAG to UCSB, as you said before. If you can raise your GPA up a little, you should be good to go for that school and the other UCs, not including LA. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you for the help. I am not sure if you know much about the TAG agreements, but it appears as long as I have 30 by next fall and 60 by the end of next spring with a 3.2 I have guaranteed admissions regardless if I were to complete major requirements or not? I feel like that is almost 1. too good to be true, and 2. actually not a good thing, because it makes these top colleges too easy to get into.</p>
<p>Honestly? I would wait, do not put that much of a burden on yourself to meet those grades to bump your GPA. You need to bump your GPA methodically, meaning you have take your time on it. Do not do 11 units in the summer, then have 20 and 11 for the Fall and following Spring. For example, if you get accepted for Fall of 2015, then something happens in your Spring course(get a bad grade, have to drop, etc etc) you may lose the offer. Just wait the additional year. Don’t force the issue and rush everything. Plus, this way, you will be fully IGETC certified and will look better. However, if you believe you are up to it, then by all means, go for it! I wish you the best of luck! </p>
<p>My problem is, I want to get out of community college as soon as possible, it honestly bores me to be somewhere where there is no science minded students. I just go to school and do my work, I am able to get almost all the requirements done in two years but I figured, why not get it all done? I may just take three years depending on finances, but I think I would prefer to get out of here.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about TAG agreements, @TheKracken, but yes, you’re guaranteed admission if you meet the basic requirements. However, I believe that if you don’t meet the requirements for your major, you may be admitted to the school you TAG’d to, but not the major, so I suggest that you complete major requirements too.</p>
<p>As for making it too easy to get into these top colleges…I agree with you. I don’t very much like the idea of TAG agreements. Meet the GPA requirements and you’re basically in.</p>
<p>As competition increases for spots at UC campuses, expect TAG programs to be phased out eventually. It’s already happened at UCSD, and will probably happen at most of the other UC schools in the next 10~15 years. Could be wrong, but I expect that to happen.</p>
<p>Not sure if anybody really enjoyed going to a CC, but it was required for all of us to put ourselves into a position where we could apply to our dream-school. The old saying, do not bite off more than you can chew. Not saying you can not handle that load in such a short time, as I stated, if you can go for it! But if you want to go to UCLA instead of UCI or UCSD, or UCSB, then, take your time. Because, I will be honest, you will likely need to get mostly all A’s. I am assuming you are around 20 units in right now, because doing the math, if you do, the 11,19 and 11, that will put you at 60 or a little over 60 units. Just looking at the figures, for 2013, the average GPA for admitted students at UCLA as a Physics Major was 3.70. I do not know the figures at UCSD,UCI nor UCSB, but yeah, that is the GPA you may want to shoot for if you are interested in UCLA. </p>
<p>I have currently 25 units. While I visited UCLA, and I absolutely loved it, I just feel like even if I take less units I wont be able to get all those A’s I need. So my fear is putting my goals off for a year just to not be able to go to UCLA anyways. I will definetley weigh my options over the summer, and decide if I will be doing 8 or 11 units over the summer. I may just keep taking my course work and slow down a bit leaving courses for me to take in my major the next year as well and then, TAG to a school and then if I feel like I can pull off UCLA the next year stay.</p>
<p>you currently have 3.29 GPA with 25 units. U are making the assumption that you will turn on a magic switch and get straight A’s. I got A’s in calculus and Differential equations and Linear Algebra were still very difficult, don’t assume that those classes are automatic automatic A’s. Plus upper division classes at UCLA are difficult so u want to come with as much preparation as possible. UCSB offers a college of creative studies, and their physics department is awesome (rivaling UCLA). You won’t be able to TAG at UCLA or UCSB’s college of creative studies… You will definitely benefit from that extra year.</p>
<p>@TheKracken UCLA and UCSD do not have TAG, so you will not have a guaranteed admission to either of these schools. For UCSB, the requirement is 3.2 by the end of fall semester. For UCI, you have to have a 3.4 by the end of summer semester, and you must maintain a 3.4 for each subsequent semester until you enter the university.</p>
<p>I think you will have a difficult time getting into UCLA or UCSD, based on your current GPA. If you don’t get all A’s, you might be able to squeak into UCSD or get in off the waitlist. They started waitlisting people at 3.5 and under this year. If you really want to go to UCLA, you should take an extra year and really work on your study skills.</p>
<p>The thing is, UCLA is not that important to me, just going to any UC is a accomplishment, I would eventually go onto grad school, but I could do that anywhere. I think I will be TAGing UCSB or possibly davis for physics. I just hope the TAG goes through</p>
<p>My thing is, I didn’t even graduate from high school. So making an accomplishment such as getting into UCSB physics for me is a big deal. UCLA would be even better, but hey, one step at a time. Maybe for Grad school, I was just hoping for some general advice and if it would be practical for me to get into any of these schools.</p>
<p>Just curious, if you didn’t graduate HS, how did you enroll into a CC? </p>
<p>As for advice, it appears everybody is telling you to take your time. Do not mind that there are not science minded people at your school. Getting your degree should not be a race, it needs to be done properly. Just take that extra year because if you get accepted and something happens with a class, it will be pulled away from you, and you will go through the application process all over again, and wait a year. My advice to all transferring students is that last courses should be completed by the time you apply(Meaning you are done with everything by the Spring or Summer or by the latest the Fall semester). Students get accepted then all of a sudden they worry about getting a bad grade in the Spring and their acceptance to be rescinded. </p>
<p>Fair enough, I guess I am just worried as well I will forget the math I appreciate all of your help. Also, I received a CHSPE which is similar to the GED but is the exact equivalent to a high school diploma. So, I was able to enroll that way. Again, I appreciate everyones help.</p>
<p>Hey fellow chspe’r here, though I did went on to get a high school diploma, it’s always cool to see someone taking advantage of the chspe to advance into higher education. What happened to majoring in mathematics? I recommend that you finish the foreign language requirement at cc because you will still need to take it at UC to graduate.</p>
<p>That is nice to see that someone else has received a CHSPE! I appreciate your advice as well and I know you have helped me in the past, thank you. As for math, right now I am debating between a physics and math major. Either way I do it I play to major in one and minor in the other. Thank you again. Not sure if you happen to know, but does my CHSPE put me at any disadvantage? </p>
<p>@thekracken even with TAG you have to finish major requirements or will not get in the major, which means you won’t get in the school. Also be aware that UC math req needs to be completed by this fall 2014 for your UCSB TAG or you’re disqualified and tossed into regular admittance. (Math req also needs to be completed by this fall for UCSB regular admission, unless you have some other math to show with a grade. Trust me, I was told specifically that a student will be tossed without a math grade somewhere.)</p>
<p>I know you want to leave CC, but I kind of think you might not be quite ready, and if by some chance you got in, it’ll cost you a lot more to finish coursework at a UC. And all of this frantic stuff now may put you at higher risk of struggling later. Not saying it can’t be done, but really think out the options. </p>
<p>I could not agree with you more @cayton. People are taking advantage of TAG, slipping through just over the minimum, then coasting. Not only do I not like it when ppl don’t give it their all, it affects everyone else. Yes, UCSD dropped TAG, and other campuses keep dropping majors out of it. UCI raised the minimum GPA this year, and I think they all should, at least to 3.6. </p>
<p>I think I agree with you and Cayton about TAG. Depending on your major, getting a 3.0 is pretty dang easy (no offense to those with 3.0s who worked really hard). It’s not really fair for the people who worked really hard for straight As that people with mostly Bs can get automatically accepted. It doesn’t bother me as much since I’m going to Cal where they don’t have TAG, but if I was going to one of the schools that does have it, it might bother me.</p>
<p>And I’m not saying people with a 3.0 should not be accepted, I’m just saying they shouldn’t be accepted automatically. And no offense to the people who used TAG. If it’s there you might as well use it.</p>
I appreciate all of your help. Also, I received a CHSPE which is similar to the GED but is the exact equivalent to a high school diploma. So, I was able to enroll that way. Again, I appreciate everyones help.</p>
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