2011 Cal Transfer Applicants: The Decisions-Only Thread

<p>ACCEPTED :)</p>

<p>Legal Studies
GPA: 4.0
Law Internship
Essays: IDK, apparently good :slight_smile: I wrote about going to law school later</p>

<p>Congrats everybody.</p>

<p>Oh - and they gave me full scholarship. unlike UCLA. So I’m going with Cal</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Major: Psychology
GPA: 4.0
Major Prerequisites: Missing 3 Pre-reqs
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: hospital volunteering, hospice volunteering, worked for 7 years, owned my own business…
Personal Statements: Started it at 12am and finished at 2am on the last day to submit</p>

<p>Financial Aid: FULL RIDE (EVERYTHING is paid for, EVERYTHING) - $31566</p>

<p>FEELS REAL GOOD</p>

<p>i posted something stat-esque somewhere but i dont remember where. anyways</p>

<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.7 (i have some lame-o grades from 5+ years ago)
Major Prerequisites: all done
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: two kids, english tutor for office of special services, ptk
Tap: no</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: yes
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: None</p>

<p>Decision: Spring Admit 2012</p>

<p>got an (amost) full ride as well, am now trying to decide between LA and Cal! ahhhhh.</p>

<p>oh and i got rejected from UCSD today also. go figure.</p>

<p>Major: Music
GPA: 3.6
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: N/A (all in progress)
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Jamba Juice, directed a lot of plays
Personal Statements: Graduating high school a year early and finishing two years of college before that - pretty strong
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 for Spring 2012!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHH</p>

<p>Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.68
Major Prerequisites: Missing 1
Major GPA: don’t know
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: mediocre
Personal Statements: one mediocre, one strong</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: no
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: no</p>

<p>Decision: Denied. </p>

<p>Not that I care though, Cal was like my 4th or 5th choice. Still wanted to get in for bragging rights though :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>GO BRUINS ;)</p>

<p>Major: Civil Engineering
GPA: 3.82
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 3.95
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Carpenter, 10 years work experience
Personal Statements: Good</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</p>

<p>Major: Psychology
GPA: 4.00
Major Prerequisites: Incomplete (Missing 2)
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Lame
Personal Statements: Lame</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 4/29</p>

<p>Didn’t expect to get in since I’m missing pre-reqs.
Anyways, I’ll be going to UCLA in the fall.</p>

<p>My Friends stats</p>

<p>Major: Anthropology
GPA: 3.02
Major Prerequisites: Done
Major GPA: 3.41
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: Volunteer at the share institute, works at the transfer center and at a kids science camp</p>

<p>Decision: Denied from UCLA 4/25 and Berkeley 4/29</p>

<p>Major: Media Studies
GPA: 3.61
Major Prerequisites: In progress all but 1 that had no course articulated
Major GPA: I don’t know
IGETC: Yes, (waiting for certification)
ECs/Work Experience: Music Industry Internships, Recording Artist/Session singer stuff
Personal Statements: Strong i guess. About travelling and culture/ self perception</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No/ International Student
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No/ International Student</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted</p>

<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.63
Major Prerequisites: 0 completed (none was offered at my ccc)
Major GPA: N/A
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: a few…
Personal Statements: don’t know how to rate myself!</p>

<p>I DID NOT SUBMIT A FAFSA</p>

<p>Decision: ADMITTED!!! :D:D:D:D
(SPRING ADMIT!)</p>

<p>Major: EECS (Computer Science)
GPA: 4.95
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: NO (Out of State, Illinois CC)
ECs/Work Experience: President of South Asian Club, Vice President of Mathematics Club, Robotics Club member, Engineering Club member, Internship at Motorola headquarters, Internship at U.S.R. headquarters, 20 hours community service.<br>
Personal Statements: Written on taking education for granted. (Strong)</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</p>

<p>Correction: </p>

<p>GPA: 3.95</p>

<p>Major: Political Science
GPA: 3.84
Major Prerequisites: Complete, also Poli Sci 3
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: nuthin
Personal Statements: Wrote a love hymn to community college and my immigration
Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: don’t need it</p>

<p>my account was also reactivated from summer sessions 2010, so I knew before.</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted, SIR’d, guess I am not going to UCLA (thank god)</p>

<p>I am posting this because I think it will help future applicants.</p>

<p>Major: Business Admin
GPA: 4.0 (I’m a straight A+ student. There are four legit "A"s on my transcript. The rest of the A’s I have were given because my professors did not grade on a +/- scale.)
Major Prerequisites: Completed.
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Completed.
Breadth: Completed.
ECs/Work Experience: Won international writing competition in HS (flown into another country to meet a royal for the award ceremony), writing distinction from an australian university, top student (top 3%) of my HS, MERIT Service Award in HS, National achievement award for service, dean’s list, secretary of the student council in HS, volunteered ~500 hours in both HS and college (300+ hours in college for a church student welfare group as a leader), secretary of a club in college, PTK, tutored elementary and college level kids for both income and volunteer work, worked part time during my summer for various companies doing admin-related stuff.
Personal Statements: the UC ones were strong. I cannot judge the Haas piece.</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No. Intl.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No. Intl.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected.</p>

<p>You can never be sure. I don’t have any relevant work experience in business or banks… but I was hoping that the effort I put into the other areas would have made up for it. Guess not.</p>

<p>I hope this was useful for someone else in the future. Good luck. :)</p>

<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.63
Major Prerequisites: None were offered at my community college.
Major GPA:
IGETC: Completed by Spring
ECs/Work Experience: I’m a non-traditional student, so I worked all through college and had a year-and-a-half gap.
Personal Statements: Wrote it like one of my rants, but it was honest and collected.</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>Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.81
Major Prerequisites: Complete
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: President of Phi Theta Kappa - Alpha Omega Alpha chapter, Meals for Mankind, Psychology Club, Presented a paper at HTCC Conference & had abstract published
Personal Statements: Assuming they were good.</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: yes, 2.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: I don’t think so?</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted</p>

<p>Major: Pre-Econ
GPA: 3.79
Major Prerequisites: Complete</p>

<p>Major GPA: i don’t even know how to calculate this. probably 4.0</p>

<p>IGETC: Yes</p>

<p>ECs/Work Experience: TAP, worked at a law office, interned for wholesale distribution company, associate students committees, econ club, honor society. Just a bunch of random and useless ****.</p>

<p>Personal Statements: both decent 8~9 range. I wrote one of them on starcraft 2 and led into internships.</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: Yes, 2 of them.</p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: Yes</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5
Major: Philosophy
Major prereqs: none offered
Essays: above average id say.</p>

<p>ADMITTED FOR SPRING.</p>

<p>Didnt check all the financial aid stuffs.</p>

<p>gl to all. UCLA FOR ME. WOOT WOOOOOOOOOT</p>

<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.80
Major Prerequisites: Completed, except for PHIL12A
UC to UC Transfer
UC Reciprocity
ECs/Work Experience: average
Personal Statements: average </p>

<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: no
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: no</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted</p>

<p>Major: Psychology
GPA: ~3.6 depending on how OOSU credits transferred
Major Prerequisites: complete by spring
Major GPA: ehh. 3.8?
IGETC: Complete
ECs/Work Experience: I’ve worked full time since 16 and I’m an independent student even though I’m only 21.
Personal Statements: Very personal, they obviously liked 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 for Fall!! </p>

<p>Didn’t actually expect to get in. Torn between UCLA and Cal now, it’s going to be hard to turn down the number one public school in the country considering how far I’ve come.</p>