<p>I don’t understand how TAG works, I TAG’d but I didn’t do anything, all I did was finish my IGETC and have the GPA and my counselor said I was qualified</p>
<p>But doesn’t UCSD evaluate your TAG at the time they look at your application? So what difference does having it and not having it make? </p>
<p>Just curious</p>
<p>^^ How did you TAG?? For TAG you had to apply (submit a separate form) online or through your CC’s transfer center by the Sept. 30th deadline. If you did not submit a separate TAG application, then you’re not TAGGED. Simply completing IGETC and maintaining a certain GPA does not guarantee you the admission.</p>
<p>@victor
I tag’d online and also marked tag for my uc application.
my major was human development. is that major impacted?? no idea., :/</p>
<p>yeah I went to the TAG website and submitted all my classes and planned classes. I then sent it into my counselor and they reviewed it and gave me the OK</p>
<p>on the TAG website it had the UCSD message that they received it and they told me not to forget to apply in November 2010 </p>
<p>but I was just wondering because I read somewhere that UCSD evaluates your TAG later on when they go over your application and not before. </p>
<p>So if they go over everything at once what was the point of having TAG because you don’t really know if they approved of your TAG, you just know that you sent it in</p>
<p>@Channelcoco</p>
<p>Human development is not impacted</p>
<p>i applied to an impacted major and didnt tag. am i screwed?</p>
<p>^^ </p>
<p>no not at all! what’s your back up major? is that impacted as well? and what’s your GPA? and are you prereqs kinda done??</p>
<p>@CShizzle77
exactly! that’s how i feel too. I didn’t really get approval letter for tag from ucsd. they just told me not to forget to apply in nov. and check TAG before submitting my uc application…</p>
<p>and does anybody know if human development in UCSD is impacted major or not? pls?</p>
<p>OH, okay 
thanks!!</p>
<p>^^ </p>
<p>right! that’s what confuses me too because nothing really happened, they never told us a definitive no, it was kinda just like a oh that’s nice, we’ll look at it later</p>
<p>does anybody know the answer?!!?!??!!</p>
<p>and no human development is not impacted, impacted majors are:</p>
<p>[Impacted</a> Majors](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/advising/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html]Impacted”>Capped Majors)</p>
<p>^^ That’s exactly right. UCSD does go over your TAG application when they evaluate the actual application. However, I think I vaguely recall seeing something saying that my TAG was “approved” (I could be mistaken). I also recall the “don’t forget to check TAG…” message as well.</p>
<p>In my case, I did not ultimately meet TAG requirements (specifically the “full IGETC” one) and indicated this in my Jan. update.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t say you’re “screwed”, but you might possibly have benefitted from TAG. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but from my recollection you can apply to an alternate major at UCSD only if you TAG.</p>
<p>So if this is the case, then if you TAGGED you could have specified a “non-impacted” major as an alternate. This way should you not be able to get into your first choice major you could then be sure to get into the alternate - of course this depends on whether or not you’re dead set on your particular major. For instance, in my case, if my major were impacted (it’s not), I would go to another school (even CSULB) before simply taking another major just to get into UCSD.</p>
<p>yeah I remember that, someone in the TAG thread claimed they got a different message that told them not to be discouraged and still apply but who knows! And I do remember the check the TAG box message and it also shows up on my application</p>
<p>I was just wondering how it can be a guarantee when they haven’t even looked at it yet??
It was something that always bugged me</p>
<p>@ CShizzle77
for your ucsd tag, did yours say something like, below the “check 2 boxes for tag”</p>
<p>"This applies to any applicant following the TAG program.</p>
<p>I want to encourage you to apply to UC San Diego and apply as a TAG applicant. Even if the online
form indicated that you may not have met the eligibility requirements, here at UC San Diego we
believe its best if our experienced admissions officers thoroughly review your entire application
to make the final determination. Then if the requirements are met, you are admitted as a TAG
student;"</p>
<p>??? or is it just me…?</p>
<p>@CShizzle77
i applied as aerospace engineering. 3.86gpa(4.0 major). i was following UCLA’s major pre-reqs. last fall, because i took second gen chem and additional computer programming, i could not finish the IGECTC or whatever. now that i realized my chance to LA is slim SD is my hope.</p>
<p>I have a friend with basically the same stats as you if not completely similar, it’s weird how similar it is actually. </p>
<p>He is studying Aerospace Engineering at UCSD right now </p>
<p>you’re fine, I should be the worried one!</p>
<p>^^ With your gpa I think you should be OK even for an impacted major, IMHO. An admissions rep told me that the average admitted gpa for engineering (in general) was 3.57 last year.</p>
<p>@channel</p>
<p>yeah it says the same thing! it used to be something different but they changed it because everyone kept calling them to ask them what it meant</p>
<p>but yeah my question is if they evaluate TAG at the time the evaluate your application then what is the point of having TAG?</p>
<p>Why do I feel like everyone on college confidential is overqualified?? rarely do I hear about someone with less that a 3.6-3.7 on here</p>
<p>real confidence downer : (</p>
<p>^^ They evaluate TAG for compliance, not to determine if they want to offer you admission or not. Which means as long as you’ve met the FIXED set of requirements then you’re in, NO MATTER WHAT. The fixed set of requirements are the 3.0 gpa, IGETC …and so on.</p>
<p>If you did not have TAG, then you’re subject to the “competitive” admissions pool</p>