<p>Major: Economics
GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>Rejected! :]</p>
<p>Major: History
GPA: 4.00
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Habitat for Humanity + part time working
Personal Statements: Good, hard to rate my own</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: Yes</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted Fall 2011 :D<br>
SO EXCITED!!!</p>
<p>Major: Civil Engineering
GPA: 3.78
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 3.5/3.6ish
IGETC: No
ECs/Work Experience: Strong, not directly major related but I tied them together in personal statement.
Personal Statements: Strong</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Other: Had >10 Ws from my old major, and some Fs (non-transferable courses). My grade trend is way up, and I explained that I turned myself around once I found my passion. Strong personal statements. Future applicants – believe you can do your dreams! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted for Fall 2011</p>
<p>Major: English
GPA: 3.5
Major Prerequisites: One missing
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Tutor at East Oakland elementary school, copywriter/researcher for eco-friendly clothing company, community organizing in NOLA.
Personal Statements: Very strong but not mind-blowing.</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Note: Went to small, relatively well-regarded liberal arts college in MA (that gives evaluations instead of grades) for three years before doing 1.5 years at CCC - tons of lit classes taken.</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted</p>
<p>Major: Chemical Engineering
GPA: 4.0
Major Prerequisites: Complete, I think? Except for the bio req, which is awful.
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: TA for chem classes @ my CC, symphony orchestra the last 6 years
Personal Statements: Strong? </p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, two.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted! :)</p>
<p>Major: Business (Haas)
GPA: 3.70
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: Haven’t calculated (All A’s and one B in Calc)
IGETC: No
ECs/Work Experience: Average EC’S (Mentoring, a few clubs, little leadership positions). Very strong work experience (Exec Assistant at Re/Max Accord Real Estate)
Personal Statements: Very strong</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, two of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: Yes.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!! Fall :)</p>
<p>3.82, Economics, Everything complete</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>Major: Anthropology
GPA: 3.65
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: Not sure
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: None
Personal Statements: Strong</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Result: Admitted Fall 2011</p>
<p>Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
GPA: 4.0
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Tutor 1 year, Completed honors program, Volunteer at hospital weekly
Personal Statements: Probably not stellar, hard to self-judge</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Major psychology
GPA 3.84</p>
<p>Spring admit</p>
<p>Go bruins</p>
<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.9
Major Prerequisites: NONE
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Stuff from highschool… which… was really nothing LOL.
Personal Statements: Meh.
Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED. **** YEAH!!!</p>
<p>Decision: ADMITTED for fall 2011!! :)</p>
<p>Universities applied to: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, CSULB</p>
<p>Accepted to: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, CSULB</p>
<p>Major: EECS</p>
<p>GPA: 3.85</p>
<p>Major GPA: 3.76 (Berkeley-specific)</p>
<p>Pre-reqs: ALL complete by spring '11</p>
<p>IGETC: No (not applicable for engineers)</p>
<p>TAP: No (not applicable for engineering admissions)</p>
<p>ECs/Work Experience: Weak ECs, but strong work (full time) and family responsibility
Personal Statements: pretty strong - older non-traditional student - overcame significant obstacles and hardships.</p>
<p>Personal Statement: pretty strong - decscribed how I overcame obstacles and achieved under grueling circumstances!</p>
<p>Did I get the email/scholarship letter? NO</p>
<p>Comments: I think being an older, nontraditional working student who achieved under difficult circumstances, and the fact that I incorporated these into my essays helped a lot!</p>
<p>Major: American Studies
GPA: 3.63
Major Prerequisites: Done
Major GPA: 3.67
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Decent.
Personal Statements: I emailed them to a Cal admissions officer before submitting my app, and she said they were “wonderful” and “powerful” and that she had no advice.
Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No - I didn’t apply for FA.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: See above.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected.</p>
<p>Major: English
GPA: 3.6
Major Prerequisites: Yes
Major GPA: 3.9
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Pretty decent, good internship where I was offered a part time job and accepted
Personal Statements: Thought they were pretty good - elaborated mainly on my experience as an Army brat.
Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted for Spring 2012, apparently because “our deferred admission is not a reflection on your academic or personal performance, but rather an indication of the size and rigor of our transfer applicant pool which numbered more than 16,000 this year.” Who knows. Can’t decide if I should wait or go to UCSB with practically full ride financial aid.</p>
<p>I was rejected from UCLA, for reference, by the way.</p>
<p>Major: Molecular Biology
GPA: 3.89
Pre Reqs/IGETC Missing:None I think
EC: Decent a little bit above average
Essay: Decent
Got the email!
Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Woot, got rejected from irvine, accepted to ucsd, and pending at ucla (originally rejected but they made a mistake and are reviewing my app again)</p>
<p>Pending: USC</p>
<p>I only applied to cal to see if I got in, congrats everyone!</p>
<p>Major: EECS
GPA: 4.00
Major Prerequisites: Done by spring’11 (taking math10, chem12, eng 2 & 31), no CS series & EN series
Units : 45 units completed by fall’10, 5 units in winter’11, taking 17 units in spring’11
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: N/A
ECs/Work Experience: Good
Personal Statements: Good</p>
<p>1.5 year transfer from SMC</p>
<p>Status : Admitted !! =)</p>
<p>Hope next year’s generation of CC finds this information useful:</p>
<p>Major: English
GPA: 3.94
Major Prerequisites: Missing two. My CC only offered one, and I took three at a nearby college.
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yup
ECs/Work Experience: Just ASG
Personal Statements: For Cal to judge</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted</p>
<p>Pretty stoked! Cal was my top choice.</p>
<p>rejected
congrats & best of luck to you all.</p>
<p>Major: Economics
GPA: 3.90
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 3.90
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Two part-time jobs + econ/statistics tutor at college
Personal Statements: Had no one read them… so I’m not sure!</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No. </p>
<p>Decision: HELL TO YEAH ADMITTED!! :)</p>
<p>I AM THE 1 IN A MILLION PERSON THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN INTO CAL. PLEASE READ BELOW!</p>
<p>Major: Chemical Biology
GPA: I thought it was a 3.6ish but today I just found out it’s a 3.4! (since only UC transferable stuff counts)
Major Prerequisites: Missing 1 but now I think I have to retake another 1 that isn’t transferable
Major GPA: 3.8 or 3.9
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Various volunteering/ Working Full-Time my whole life
Personal Statements: I’m the only person that read them.</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted Fall 2011</p>
<p>For the record, I only applied to Cal because I realized I had a fee waiver AFTER I had already paid for the other UCs. I had an appointment with my CC counselor today and I found out that the Stats I thought I had were totally wrong and my GPA was a lot lower than I thought since not all my CC classes credit transfers.</p>
<p>2.00 GPA from the University of Delaware (only 22 credits)… 3 years at a CCC with about a 3.8 GPA (100+ credits)… 19 Ws yes NINETEEN CUMULATIVE WITHDRAWALS ON MY TRANSCRIPTS.</p>
<p>Rejected: UCSB UCLA probably UCSD
Pending: UCI
Accepted: UCR</p>
<p>Remember to never give up on yourself.</p>