2011 UCLA Transfer Applicants: The Decisions-Only Thread

<p>Major: Math/Econ
GPA: 3.775
Major GPA: 4.0
ECs/Work Experience: Private math tutor, but pretty lacking besides that
Personal Statements: Somewhere between “meh” and “eh”
Other: UC-UC Transfer, no reciprocity.</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: Didn’t check
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: Didn’t check
3) Housing Message: Didn’t check
4) No Call or E-mail</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25 </p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone admitted!</p>

<p>Major: Design Media Arts
GPA: 3.83
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: No
TAP: No
ECs/Work Experience: Combination of volunteer/work for Independent game design company for 5 years and was Prop Mistress for a theater company for a year. Also mentioned hobby of being an amateur comic strip artist and some other media-related hobbies.
Personal Statements: Excellent and Meh
Supplemental DMA essay: Pretty good I guess!</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: Viewable and I didn’t check anything else.</p>

<p>I have to say that I had no plans of going to UCLA and sort of applied as a joke. I was aiming for Berkeley. Thus, the DMA application was the least stressful part of the process, I just had fun with it. My whole portfolio was tongue-in-cheek and very much a genuine representation of myself, rather than the version of me I thought most likely to get accepted. If I had known how awesome and competitive their program was I probably would have taken the process more seriously – i.e., screwed it up!</p>

<p>The moral of the story is (for art majors at least), RELAX! </p>

<p>Decision: ADMITTED 4/25! ONE of TWELVE!</p>

<p>Major: American lit and Culture
GPA: 3.56 Major gpa: 4.0
Pre-reqs: All done
Tap: Nopes
E.C: tutor
Personal Statement: Dunno</p>

<p>Admitted on 5/25</p>

<p>can someone copy and past there acceptance i got mine but i am curiouss to see if they are all the same!!!</p>

<p>Major: Biochemistry
GPA: 3.567 (3.68 when applied)
Major GPA: Don’t know
IGETC: No
TAP: No, My CCC doesn’t have that!
PRE-REQ: 2 to be done by Spring
ECs/Work Experience: Pretty Good
Personal Statements: Very Strong (Graded by my two English Teachers)</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: Didn’t apply
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: Didn’t mess up with that :slight_smile:
3) Housing Message: First I was able to apply then after one hour “Not available for Fall 2011”</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Congrats to all who got in :smiley: :D, best of luck for all pending decisions :slight_smile: and hugs for my friends who got rejected.</p>

<p>Major: Applied Math
Gpa: 3.34
IGETC: Yes
Pre-reqs: All done
Essay and ECs: Very good</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Funny I got rejected by Davis, my essay was based on engineering because that’s what I applied to everywhere else. I applied to UCLA just for fun since it was free for me and I randomly picked applied math. Now I’m considering the possibilities UCLA can provide.</p>

<p>To the people rejected, don’t feel bad and keep on trying. I originally planned to transfer in 2 years but I messed up REALLY bad in my 2nd year fall semester. Had a bunch of Ws and a D. My GPA dropped from 3.6 to 3.2 and I almost gave up. I stayed for another year, finished pre-reqs for various UCs and completed IGETC and things worked out pretty well.</p>

<p>“never say never” - Justin Bieber
LOL</p>

<p>HAS ANYONE SIRD yet>
i want to…
but lil ol me is nervous
ahah</p>

<p>Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 3.87
ECs/Work Experience: Volunteer work, part-time worker, tutoring
Personal Statements: Pretty good
TAP: No
Pre-reqs: Finishing all of them this semester.

  1. Financial Aid Information: Never checked
  2. Major Status on MyUCLA: Never checked
  3. Housing Message: Never checked
  4. Alumini Scholarship call: yes received one.
    Decision: Admitted 4/27</p>

<p>Major: Aerospace Engineering
GPA: 3.86
Major GPA: 4.00
units: about 90 semester units.
ECs/Work Experience: Volunteer work at my local church. Nothing related to my major.
Personal Statements: Im gonna hide these essays for the rest of my life.
TAP: No
Pre-reqs: finished all except one by the time of application. finishing the last prereq this semester.

  1. Financial Aid Information: was able to see.
  2. Major Status on MyUCLA: major name appeared once then the bar turned into a blank.
  3. Housing Message: “unsure of enrollment”
  4. Alumini Scholarship call: no
    Decision: Admitted 4/27 </p>

<p>for future transfer students:
URSA hack generally works. if your financial aid is processed, you are likely in, yet there were some exceptions. also, if you are an engineering student, the completion of the required prereqs is the MOST important factor in admission.</p>

<p>Major: anthropology
GPA: 3.15
Major GPA: 3.25
IGETC: Yes
TAP: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: 18 hours of tutoring kids at a middle school, and helping out at a pet adoption agency
Personal Statements: i guess strong. Talked about how much of a f#%k up i was in high school, and how i tunred my life around in CC</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: none
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: what??
3) Housing Message: not sure
4) alumni: none</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted!!!</p>

<p>Major: Geography
GPA: 3.47
Major GPA: 4.00 (But I only took one class out of the three major reqs)
IGETC: Yes
TAP: No
ECs/Work Experience: Retail slave
Personal Statements: Easily the most impressive part of my application</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: There at the same time as the decision
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: Don’t remember
3) Housing Message: Application for Fall 2011 available
4) Obviously didn’t receive anything about the alumni scholarship</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25</p>

<p>I honestly didn’t expect to be admitted, as I applied only because UCLA is one of the few UCs with Geography and I was able to apply to four schools for free. I really wanted to move up north, and all my plans are practically finalized for UC Davis (where I was admitted as an International Relations major) just in case I didn’t get into Cal. Now, of course, the situation has changed a lot…but I am going to the Transfer Admit Reception at UCLA on May 6th just to see how I would feel about changing my plans this late in the game.</p>

<p>Pinoiako916! sorry I didnt notice ur post! its on my facebook. =D
u can add me and take a look!</p>

<p>Major: English
GPA: 3.72
Major GPA: lower than overall
IGETC: all but foreign lang
TAP: No
ECs/Work Experience: No EC, full-time work concurrent w/f-t school
Personal Statements: written last minute, nothing special</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25 evening</p>

<p>…still waiting on Cal today, (got the finaid email) but if not I’ll move up to LA from SD next month. Happy either way.</p>

<p>Congratulations to all the brand new bruin babies! See you next year! Oh, and holla to the new philosophy majors! You guys are in for it! ;)</p>

<p>Major: Microbiology, immunology, & molecular genetics
GPA: 3.96
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
TAP: no
ECs/Work Experience: Community service at church, work on campus as a bio, physics, chem, and math tutor/IA
Personal Statements: 1. curiosity and 2. my fish+work on campus</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: Viewable on URSA
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: Couldn’t log it
3) Housing Message: Application for Fall 2011 Unavailable</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25 at 4:00pm</p>

<p>Wait wait wait hold up – explain yourself predicthisflick!</p>

<p>thanks,
soon-to-be ucla philosophy major</p>

<p>Major: Linguistics
GPA: 4.00 – this is an odd case because I’ve applied after my first year in a CC. I had a 4.0 with only three classes in my post-high school record. Of course I have 4.0 this semester too, but that’s not apparent on the application.
Major GPA: N/A (covered by APs)
IGETC: Yes
TAP: No
ECs/Work Experience: local youth orchestra, local university orchestra, wrote testing material over summer for a job.
Personal Statements: Decent, possibly strong.</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25</p>

<p>@predicthisflick: What do you mean they’re “in for it”? Do you mean they got into UCLA because of the low GPA requirements for philosophy or because the UCLA philosophy program is rigorous?</p>

<p>Jim Gray: So jg2290, the world has anticipated long enough, what have you decided?</p>

<p>Me: (man this is tough), after much deliberation and hearing from both sides (Berkeley & LA)
THIS FALL, I HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE MY TALENTS TO…WESTWOOD and join the Bruins.</p>

<p>Jim Gray: you were accepted to both schools, why choose UCLA over CAL?</p>

<p>Me: Cuz its where i am supposed to be</p>

<p>Major: Biochemistry
GPA: 3.95
Major GPA: 4.00
IGETC: Yes
TAP: Yes
ECs/Work Experience: None
Personal Statements: Strong</p>

<p>1) Financial Aid Information: Viewable on URSA and FAO since 4/15
2) Major Status on MyUCLA: Never checked.
3) Housing Message: Application for Fall 2011 Unavailable
4) Received a Call and Email Regarding Alumni Scholarship</p>

<p>Decision: Admitted 4/25</p>