Admitted Anthro Majors?

Hadrian
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:53:13 +0000

My understanding (I never did any TAP/TAG stuff) is that they increase your chances as long as you maintain a 3.0, but aren’t in any way an assurance that you’ll get in. So, with TAG and a 3.2, your chances are higher than a 3.2 without TAG (perhaps about equivalent to a 3.4 or 3.5 without TAG), but unless you’re hovering around 3.7 (maybe 3.5 with TAG), your chances for UCLA aren’t good. Keep in mind, also, that anthro’s a highly selective major. I don’t know the numbers for UCLA, but anthro has an 18% acceptance rate at Berkeley, and I’d imagine UCLA’s is similar.

What schools are you waiting on? Even missing out on UCLA, it’s by no means the end of the world - the rest of the UC system is still great. With a 3.23, your chances for UCSC and UCSB (both nice schools for humanities/social sciences) should be pretty good.