<p>With UCSD what happened was the original TAG was 3.0 which was a steal for a lot of CCC students. I mean think about it, you only need a 3.0 to get into arguably the 3rd best UC where as 3.0 could get you rejected from Irvine, Davis, SB. Not only that but off the top of my head the only requirement for TAG was completion of IGETC. They raised it to 3.5 to make it more difficult intentionally but you can still be admitted with a 3.2+. It was such a nightmare for UCSD because there were so many TAG applicants(since it was only 3.0), there was less spaces left for the regular applicants than usual. This meant they only admitted the highest GPA regular applicants (3.7-8+) and with the rare exception a few lower GPA. In last years transfer decision thread, a lot more 3.2-3.5 regular applicants got accepted compared to the F2011 admits because less people tagged because of the 3.5+ requirement which meant more room for regular applicants. I think the cutoff is probably 3.3 now, the average GPA is rising every year. Last year UCSD average transfer applicant GPA was 3.33 and admit was 3.39. This is off the top of my head it was in a PDF.</p>