<p>Everyone go here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1327563-2012-ucla-transfer-decisions-only-trick-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1327563-2012-ucla-transfer-decisions-only-trick-thread.html</a> and fill out the three little questions for next year’s transfers, please! :)</p>
<p>How the hell do i check my admission statussssss</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/20/2012 5:05ish PM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA:3.67
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All required
[<em>] Intended Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
[</em>] TAP: NO
[<em>] IGETC: Completed Fall 2011
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Study abroad Biology program in Mexico, Tutoring Biology through my CC, tutoring middle school students
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A few part time jobs while in CC
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring middle school students, volunteered in a hospital
[<em>] Personal Statement: I thought they were good, but not amazing. Wrote about my major and my parents getting divorced.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I can think of
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, Pre-reqs, GPA? (not that high for UCLA)
[<em>] Weaknesses: Repeated a few courses very early on in my CC career
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and pre-req completion and a good essay that talked about my passion for my major
[/ul]General Comments: Way too excited to think ATM</p>
<p>@deanza, <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Decision/Login.aspx[/url]”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Decision/Login.aspx</a></p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>3.9 GPA.
Economics Major
PS. 7/10
Ton of EC’s</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>&</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision Date & Time: (FILL IN THE BLANK)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Major Pre-reqs Completed:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] TAG?:
[ *] IGETC?:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ ] Volunteer/Community service:
[ ] Personal Statement:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ ] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ ] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>im in, no need for me to explain my past, 2k posts in, research my journey</p>
<p>CONGRATS KITTY!! Are you gonna go there instead of Davis?!</p>
<p>IM IN
3.5 astrophysics, i think i had a great essay because my GPA is below the 3.7 of the major</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: 20 April 2012 5:15PM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.85
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Missing last semester of physics
[<em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[</em>] TAG?: no
[<em>] IGETC?: no
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Coordinated the Navy’s ONLY 24-hour search and rescue squadron for 2+ years, coordinated the Navy’s ONLY 24-hour medivac squadron in the middle east for 1+ year
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: US Navy Avionics Technician for 5+ years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Personal Statement: awesome
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Viet
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than 19k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: work/leadership experience, decent GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: missing pre req
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m pretty sure it was because i was missing a physics class[/li][/ul]General Comments: got into cal tech so who cares. i hate LA traffic and rent is too damn high anyways</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>3.76
Philosophy
2 Pre Reqs of like 4 (others weren’t offered)
IGETC: YUP
Personal Statement: Straight gangstah
EC: 6 years of mock trial, tons of awards etc, high school i did pretty much everything
Work: 2 jobs, one of which was mock trial</p>
<p>Indian
Didn’t get any fin aid</p>
<p>OMG, I got decision pending. They said there are students whose decisions have not been finalized. Please continue to check back. What does this means? ><’’ Accepted/ or Rejected? Chances?</p>
<p>Accepted :D</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Major: English
Pre Rec: um, I think I did 6/9.</p>
<p>Anyways, yipee! Very happy</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/20 at 5 pm</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.57
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Will be completed by the end of spring
[<em>] Intended Major: English
[</em>] TAG?: TAP!!!
[<em>] IGETC?: By end of spring
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder/President of English Club, Student Ambassador, Historian for Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society, etc. etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked full-time for years while going to school, now working part-time on campus
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteer work
[<em>] Personal Statement: I think my PS may have been my saving grace. I focused on my circumstances and what I’ve had to overcome to finally be able to transfer.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Heck yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian (did not provide my ethnicity on app)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: EFC=0
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Have overcome many obstacles
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): YES
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong upward trend, had straight A’s the past four semesters, started my own club, strong personal statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: I think I have set a record for the number of W’s on my transcript. Seriously, it’s shameful. If I hadn’t explained why I had so many W’s in my PS, I would have been rejected for sure.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, by the grace of God, and TAP to give me priority. Otherwise, there is no way I would have had a shot.[/li][/ul]General Comments: This is one of the greatest days of my life! I’m just relieved that I finally know.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Objective:
UC GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed: yes, 4.0
Intended Major: English
TAP: no
IGETC: Will be 100 percent complete by the end of this spring</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I just put down my job of 30 hours a wek
Job/Work Experience: 2 years, 30 hours a week job
Volunteer/Community service: none
Personal Statement: pretty good, I’m an English major
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I can think of
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: definitely GPA and essay
Weaknesses: lack of volunteer hours
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, essay, all pre reqs done </p>
<p>General Comments: IM A BRUIN!!! all that hard work finally translated into something ive been hoping for!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: 20 April 2012 5:15PM</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>UC GPA: 3.70
Major Pre-reqs Completed: ALL
Intended Major: Civil Engineering
TAG?: no
IGETC?: no
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UCD Hydraulics Internship, Private Math tutor, engineering Tutor for school, musician, other little things
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Personal Statement: pretty good
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Internship, essay
Weaknesses: gpa, and extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low gpa for major, the amount of time i spend with music doesn’t really materialize into anything that a university cares about. Also, everyone and their mother is a tutor so my job experience is lacking.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Accepted to UCD and UCSD so far</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (4/20/12 @ 5:06PM)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.49, 4.0(major pre-reqs)
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All except 1(No course articulated).
[<em>] Intended Major: Anthropology
[</em>] TAG?: N/A
[li] IGETC?: Yes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): key club, church stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 4 years of experience in corporate wholesale. Also little jobs here and there. Also worked for So California Edison as a temp.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: key club
[</em>] Personal Statement: Honestly, I think this is why I got accepted. I’m sure after the app reviewer read it they were like “Cool story bro!”</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian(Chinese)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: less than 30k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen
[li] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): YES</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: PS
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My PS. I wrote about hardships of returning to school. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I was a sub C student in high school, got kicked out and sent to continuation school than went to ccc for 2 years just to become a drug addict and drop out with a 1.4 GPA. Than I cleaned up and got a full time job and climbed the corporate ladder for 4 years. Than returned to CCC with a vengeance! So to the older CCC students out there, it’s never too late to fix your mistakes! Good Luck 2013 transfers!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>**Decision Date & Time: April 20th, 5:00 **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.9 transferable GPA
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All IGETC, up to Calc II, Gen Chem sequence, Biology sequence.
[<em>] Intended Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
[</em>] TAP?: Yes (but needed an Ochem, which I didn’t have, so that maybe bumped me off)
[<em>] IGETC?: Completed
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: (President) Phi Theta Kappa, (treasurer) Associated Student Government, miscellaneous others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 years food and 1 year electronics
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Religious volunteering and community service from high school. A lot of school wide community service events.
[li] Personal Statement: pretty strong 8/10</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Community College
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lower-middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Immigrant, fled war, blah blah
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Apparently nothing. But seemingly solid GPA and extracurricular.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Did not take ochem or physics…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably lack of science pre-reqs. Physics wasn’t required but not having one semester of ochem probably affected me.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m not too stressed. Got into UCSD with regents scholarship so its better off for my major. Still waiting for Berkeley.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
**Decision Date & Time: 4/20 @ 5:00 PM **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.82/4.00
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All completed excepted Micro Econ (In Progress)
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] TAG: No
[<em>] IGETC: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Economics Club (President), Various AS Committees, AGS, Econ Tutor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Bookkeeper/Office Assistant (Part-Time)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Volunteer, Relay for Life Team, Campaign Committee for City Councilman
[<em>] Personal Statement: 9/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Waiting on Berkeley decisions.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, Extracurriculars, Community Service
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly did not expect to get into UCLA with my GPA. Glad to know UCLA liked the other stuff in my application. [/li][/ul]General Comments: To everyone on CC (past and present), thank you so much! You’ve been an invaluable resource throughout this whole process!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 04/20/2012 @ about 5pm ← (wasn’t at home, not sure)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: ~3.9
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Sort of…
[<em>] Intended Major: English
[</em>] TAG?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- HS clubs
- one CC club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: - Hospital
- Local library
- Random (charity, book festival…)
[<em>] Personal Statement: Completed and had 5 people read it. I think it was good overall, but not spectacular.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Rather not disclose
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, really.
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Hopefully
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: High GPA, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of major courses (foreign language/translation)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^^ See strengths, plus one of the essays where I talked about my passion for writing fiction and the like. I tried to be honest, but not too cheesy.[/li][/ul]General Comments: SO excited. I can hardly think straight!</p>