Should I TAG UCSC?

anash678
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:58:21 +0000

I’ve heard several different things about some of the UC’s and what kind of people they let in, so here it is;
Either I want to “TAG” UC Santa Cruz or I want to apply for Berkeley, Davis, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz as well as San Jose State, Chico State, Norther Arizona University, and maybe Sacramento State.
A friend of mine who is majoring in Anthro got into Santa Cruz with a 3.2 but then again thats not the major I’ll be going for and on TOP of that another friend of mine has a 3.4 GPA(Bio major) and has been rejected from every UC so far.

So, I need opinions. Here are my stats.

20 year old CC student
Working towards AA-T in English
GPA: 3.2 by the end of this Fall(2014) to transfer over in the Fall of 2015, will graduate CC with around a 3.3 or 3.4
Killer personal statement (according to everyone who has read it)
A fair portion of campus activity(clubs, volunteer, involvement in the arts)
No honors courses, but I still have two semesters to take something if it’s that important I take one.

Now I realize my GPA is pretty low by UC standards but do you think I have a chance with TAGing UCSC? It’s my first choice and I want to go there so incredibly badly but I don’t want to TAG it and then not get accepted into my major…

Help.