<p>Hello, everyone.
Okay, I got UC Davis TAG approved, but I found out that their units & GPA calculation was WRONG 
I know it doesn’t matter since my TAG was approved, but still I’m just worrying that UC Berkeley, UCLA and UCSD will make the same mistake…</p>
<p>So here’s the situation: I took English 21A at my college which is not UC transferable AT ALL (confirmed with assist.org, and with a counselor at my college), but appearently, UC Davis included those 3 units from English 21A into their calculation.</p>
<p>So it says: You completed 46.00 semester/69.00 quarter transferable units when your UC Davis TAG was signed.</p>
<p>But from my calculation it should be 43 semester transferable units, excluding that English 21A. I don’t know why UC Davis included English 21A when it’s NOT UC TRANSFERABLE
I got a B in English 21A, so it definitely affected my GPA.</p>
<p>I wish UC Berkeley and UCLA won’t do the same thing since they don’t have TAG.
Does anybody else have the same problem?</p>
<p>Any help will be appreciated
Thank you!!</p>
<p>GPA calculation is NOT the same at all UCs. Matter of fact, most campuses use your OVERALL GPA and not just your TRANSFERABLE GPA in their decision making process. There is a chart I had alluded to in some earlier posts (that someone found and posted on here somewhere) that gives a campus by campus breakdown on how they use your GPA. Furthermore, it even varies by department. So it will also depend on what your major is.</p>
<p>For example, from my recollection, Berkeley College of Letters and Sciences use the TRANSFERABLE GPA. All other colleges (Engineering, Business etc.) use the OVERALL GPA.</p>
<p>If I find that chart I’ll come back and post the link.</p>
<p>Lol wow Haas uses overall GPA? That’s madness. My GPA will be like 3.99 rather than 3.8.</p>
<p>what i heard from ucla rep is they dont include non-transferable courses when deciding admission. i aksed this question since i had a F from an non-trasnferable ESL class. still they will look at your academic history for qualitative evaluation.</p>
<p>My UCLA rep said the same thing. They are not allowed to consider non-transferable courses in making admissions decisions.</p>
<p>lol… uc’s count overall gpa instead of transferable? I should take like 20 pe classes and get an A in all of em so i can get bring my gpa up from 3.2 to 3.9…</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. Then why did UC Davis include my non-transferable units? 
ahhh</p>
<p>For all that erroneous information being spread so confidently :rolleyes: read for yourself. Click the UC link in post # 3 in the following thread and read on PAGE 18</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1023033-calculating-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1023033-calculating-gpa.html</a></p>
<p>A very clear distinction is made for UC-Berkeley between TRANSFERABLE and OVERALL!</p>
<p>UC Davis is not very clear. At first they state that they use the TRANSFERABLE GPA (although they do indicate that this is for certain departments), then they go on to say that the Overall GPA is used</p>
<p>However, I stand corrected, in that most campuses, do indeed use the Transferable GPA. In any case, my point was that DIFFERENT CAMPUSES USE GPA DIFFERENTLY!</p>
<p>It appears that UCI, Berkeley (and maybe UCD) use the Overall GPA</p>
<p>but Berkeley’s letter and science uses overall UC-transferable gpa!
unless OP’s major isnt classified in there…lol sorry im just chiming in</p>
<p>and i think davis used the overall UC-transferable gpa as well, because I have an F-- in a NON-transferable class. On the TAG i submitted to them my gpa was a 3.45, but when they responded back to me they said they calculated my gpa as a 3.65.
fat. freakin. raise.</p>