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My overall GPA when I transfered, counting my Fall quarter grades since I am a winter transfer, was roughly a 3.2. I actually had 2 W's on my transcript prior to my transfer that fall quarter, I ended up dropping general physics and lab. I was overwhelmed from trying to finish as much courses as I could. I emailed the admissions counselor's about it and they said I was fine. From what I hear W's are fine, but to many may be hurtful. I've read on this forum that someone had around 10 W's and was still successful on transferring to a top tier school. Im not to certain if they would reject you completely if you dont finish your prereqs but I would stongly advise that you do finish them. The prereqs for Bio here at UCI is a minimum of a B in General Chemistry and their corresponding labs. You dont have to finish all the general chemistry prior to your application process, but you have to finish it before you transfer, e.g you have to finish by spring quarter/semester if you're applying for admissions in the fall. If you STILL cant finish the General Chemistry courses then I would suggest looking into an alternative major that you have completed the prereqs for. So if you dont get admitted as a Bio major, you may still be admitted as your alternate major and later transfer into Bio.
Sorry, I cant help with TAG. I was from transferring from a CSU.
Hope this helps,
-Michael |