TAP for UCLA worth it?

nick_scheu
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:13:50 +0000

Would you really get lower grades in honors classes?

The general consensus is that TAP is almost a guarantee for non-impacted majors when all prereqs are complete, and helps a lot even for impacted majors.

I, however, am one of those who it didn’t help. I had a 3.95 among my most recent 61 units at CCC, but some old units from an OOS four-year dropped my cumulative GPA to 3.35. I had TAP, all Political Science prerequisites completed, killer major-related work experience, and an awesome essay. UCLA rejected me, Cal accepted me for Spring.

Anyway, to answer your question directly, if you really will get lower grades in honors classes and you’re applying for an impacted major, just get as high a GPA as you can. A 3.9 without TAP is better than a 3.5 with TAP.