<p>I have a 3.75 GPA right now and 30+ units.</p>
<p>I completed my 2 English course requirements and my 1 Math course requirement and I have 30+ community college units and 12 CSU units.</p>
<p>I'm a Economics and Accounting major and my dream school is UCSB.</p>
<p>In Spring 2012, when I was going to Cal State University for 1 year, I barely took 12 units my entire year there, and I earned a "D" for a humanities class I know it was stupid of me I was busy drinking and partying and I screwed up for that class.</p>
<p>My question is despite my GPA and 30+ Community College units, it says that "All UC Transferable Courses Must be a 2.85 or above"</p>
<p>Does that mean this "D" will screw me up and not get me accepted for UC TAG?</p>
<p>I can't retake the "D" either because there's no other equivalent classes for it at any of the CC's in my area. </p>
<p>Not only that, but I can't go back to the CSU to retake the class I was at before because it's 8 hours away and the whole reason I left was cause I didn't like it.</p>
<p>Will that one "D" keep me from getting TAG for UCSB? Because I'm pretty much stuck with the "D".</p>
<p>Why don’t you call them or email them like I suggested instead of making another topic with the same question? I even provided you with UCSB Admission’s phone # and email.</p>
<p>I’m trying to see if anyone had a personal experience with a similar situation.</p>
<p>I’m confused…is 3.75 your cumulative transfer GPA that is both from the community college and Cal State Fullerton?</p>
<p>I think you’re pretty good for UC Santa Barbara. Even without TAG!
Also, you are aware that school is known for its wild partying tactics. Don’t get too into that if you want to make the same mistake at CSUF. UC Santa Barbara actually has outstanding academics, it’s just terrible that its party reputation tarnishes that sometimes.</p>
<p>You really think other people’s past personal experiences (which may or may not even apply anymore because policies might have changed) will be more informative than asking the admissions office themselves (the people who actually decide whether to accept your TAG/admission or not)?</p>
<p>Good ol’ Tony, never giving up on that same ol’ question of his.</p>
<p>@ocnative</p>
<p>I went to CSU Chico. And the 3.75 GPA is my CC only GPA.</p>
<p>Combined with the 12 units from CSU Chico and my 30+ units from CC my GPA is 3.5</p>
<p>Oh and until the day comes when I transfer to a UC, I will be on this forum to ask questions forever and ever and everrrrr… Muawahahahhahaha</p>
<p>Asking questions is good, that’s what this board is here for. But, when you ask the same question with different words does not mean that you’re asking questions. What it means is you are asking a question over and over and over again… Muawahahahhahaha</p>
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Somebody afraid to pick up the phone and call UCSB admissions might want to consider whether they are really ready for the UC environment.</p>
<p>So I called and spoke with a counselor.</p>
<p>She said that my GPA and units and the fact that I finished my English and Math requirements were all good and that I would have a very good chance of getting accepted for UCSB TAG.</p>
<p>She said that there was nothing in the TAG requirements that said “you can’t have a D”, but she seemed a bit uncertain at the same time.</p>
<p>I asked her if she ever saw an applicant that was accepted that had a D in his/her transcript.</p>
<p>She said yes.</p>
<p>At first she seemed a little uncertain though. Any thoughts guys? =</p>
<p>I had an F on my transcript from one of the many CC’s I attended and was admitted to UCSB through TAG and several other UC’s including UCLA and UCSD. You’re fine. You need to relax a little. You have multiple people reassuring you and have even received information directly from UCSB admissions. I’m not sure how much more definitive it can get, yet you’re still desperately searching for reasons to doubt and question the practically unanimous consensus. </p>
<p>There are many people that get admitted with D’s and F’s on their transcripts every year. A simple search of this forum using the search tool will only further confirm this. If you’re really still questioning what one admission rep directly told you, you can always call back and speak to a different person, but at this point is seems you’re just being paranoid. Just to touch on this, “All UC Transferable Courses Must be a 2.85 or above” that clearly refers to your GPA of all transferable courses combined, not any individual course. Your GPA is an average, you can’t really have an average of one course, so clearly they mean you have to have a 2.85 as a cumulative average for your UC transferable coursework. Not to mention you can’t even earn a 2.85 for one course, so the designation wouldn’t even sense in that way either.</p>
<p>@dilapidatedmind</p>
<p>You’re always on top of things and you have given me the best answer out of everyone on this forum!!!</p>
<p>I do admit it, I’m really paranoid when it comes to these kind of things. Not because I have some sort of disease or something, but because when I was little I had a history of doing bad in school.</p>
<p>And now that things are turning around for me, I’ve doubted myself on numerous occasions to the point where I can’t even believe I have the GPA that I earned as well as the units.</p>
<p>Anyway thank you so much!!! Now I won’t have to bother anyone on this forum until… application times this upcoming Fall… ;D</p>
<p>Oh btw: 1 last question before I leave.</p>
<p>I have 30+ units, and they’re all UC transferable. But I have all those units combined from 3 different CC’s as well as the 12 units from CSU Chico. Is that still ok?</p>
<p>Having units from multiple institutions isn’t an issue. Your only concern should be the unit cap for applicants that have already previously attended a four year university, which I’m sure you’re already aware of. Attending multiple CC’s may be a little extra hassle if you’re using courses at different CC’s to fulfill IGETC, which requires a little extra work on your part having to send transcripts between your CC’s to get IGETC certified. Again though, it makes no real difference in the admission process from the UC’s point of view. I had to send in 5 different transcripts when I transferred and it obviously didn’t have any impact on my acceptances.</p>