<p>@ alexbelsky: that’s so fuddling how they’d reject a 3.8 with TAG and 70 units</p>
<p>@ mythology: wow nice - they got back to you so quickly and even wrote that they’d personally take a second look for you. Was your e-mail to them written before 4 PM on Friday? (otherwise, does that mean they’re working on Saturdays?)</p>
<p>no, it was after 4 PM. They emailed me at like… 7 AM their time…</p>
<p>I will still be calling on Monday</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, my advisors at school told me if you mess up one small thing on your application they can reject you. For example, maybe you guys messed something up when you typed in all your classes and grades. Who knows, but I am pretty certain if you indicated TAG and IGETC on your application and you didn’t get in, you must have made a mistake somewhere. </p>
<p>Also, make sure you QUALIFIED for TAG in the first place. Go over the TAG agreement again and make sure you met all those requirements.</p>
<p>@ mythology: sounds like a good plan. </p>
<p>Would you also advise other rejects to shoot a brief e-mail, similar to the way you did it?</p>
<p>due day is May 1st, what are u guys gonna do? send by mail or fax?</p>
<p>I’m in!
3.56
TAG
Thurgood Marshall
Economics
Essays-meh
Deciding between UCSD and UNC. Any input cc amigos?</p>
<p>i sent my verification by mail along with a copy of 2009 tax return yesturday. hopefully it meant postmark by may1st and now literally at their desk by may 1st : l</p>
<p>Just call them on Monday.</p>
<p>TAG does not guarantee you into a major, even if it’s not impacted.</p>
<p>Here’s how it works, your application goes to review. The admissions department sees you’re TAG approved, so they approve your application into an undergraduate college. They send it to your first undergraduate choice and your first department choice for your major. </p>
<p>Those departments then review your application with their own criteria. “Do we have space?” “Did he finish enough prerequisites?” They make a decision and let the admissions department know. </p>
<p>If you don’t get into your undergraduate college, they send your application to your second choice, and so forth.</p>
<p>If you don’t get into your department, this is where things get complicated. The department doesn’t have to take you. Think about that for a second. Let’s say I run the department for Chemistry and we have enough classes to accommodate 1750 students of mid-Sophomore status. You have TAG and applied to Chemistry, but we already have 1650 students in mid-Sophomore level. There were 150 other applicants who had TAG, but they’re in junior status and ready to move past the mid-sophomore classes. And another 150 in that same genre, mid-sophomore. </p>
<p>What do they do? They have 150 students with TAG and 100 spots to give out. So of course, they admit the 100 best in that genre, send the other 50 back to admissions for reevaluation in another major. </p>
<p>If you didn’t pick an alternate major (optional if you’re not going to impacted) then I’m guessing they deny, and when you ask them why, they ask you to declare a different major.</p>
<p>@hellostranger57- How good of financial aid do you get at community college?</p>
<p>Because USC is known to meet a LOT of financial need through grants regardless of GPA.</p>
<p>yes, but if that’s the case, then i should be in the clear for economics seeing as how there are plenty of others who have a GPA lower than mine. there’s also another guy here with the 3.8 that was denied and had TAG. i refuse to believe someone with a 3.8 and TAG was rejected due to the fact that he was “pushed out”</p>
<p>I’m not saying it was the case for him. I’m saying there are many reasons it could’ve happened. TAG does guarantee admittance into the school. Worst case scenario, you call, there was a problem with your application and you correct it, you’re in. Or they ask you to declare an alternative major.</p>
<p>@essenar i didnt even get financial aid for community college.</p>
<p>Yeah i know but the thing is i am ineligible for financial aid for USC due to my immigration status. So it’s either i take loans or ask my dad to pay for them. So idk i’m really so torn :(</p>
<p>What’s your major?
UCSD is no joke man. It’s ranked #7 in the country for public universities. Have you been to the campus? It’s beautiful.</p>
<p>@Essenar
“If you didn’t pick an alternate major (optional if you’re not going to impacted) then I’m guessing they deny, and when you ask them why, they ask you to declare a different major.”</p>
<p>But if your guaranteed into the college, then they can’t deny. There is no TAG requirement to have an “accepted” major. I think your right that there are other possible reasons for denial but I really don’t think it is because of the major you chose.</p>
<p>Here is what it says about impacted majors:
“On your application, if you choose an impacted major, you must also select an alternate major that is not impacted. These choices will not affect your overall admission to UC San Diego, and if admitted to the university, you could be admitted into either major.”</p>
<p>If impacted majors are defined as those that you may not be guaranteed, then what would you define non-impacted majors as?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure if you didn’t find out about your acceptance until the evening of April 30th, they don’t expect you to have your financial aid info in the next day. I’m sure they will work with us. They can’t be that ridiculous lol</p>
<p>Yes there are majors that don’t have enough room and your not guranteed for. They are called impacted majors. The majors that have enough room and are not an issue for acceptance are called non-impacted. These are the definitions of these categories. This is why I say non-impacted majors are guranteed. This is why non-impacted majors don’t have to bother selecting an alternative major and impacted ones do. This is what the UCSD reps and counselors have been telling me over the last eight months or so. </p>
<p>I may be wrong here, but I’m fairly confident I’m not.</p>
<p>If anyone on here finds out if they were denied strictly because of their choice in a non-impacted major, please let us know and I will freely say I’m wrong here.</p>
<p>@Essenar I’m majoring in Communications. I haven’t been to the campus but I’m going to transfer day on May 8. I’m so excited to go see it because I’ve been hearing nothing but good things about the campus! Are you going to UCSD?</p>
<p>i sent my verification worksheet today, hopefully that does not be marked as delay or something~~~</p>