♠ 2012 UCSB Transfer Decisions Thread ♠

<p>Its about damn time one of the UC’s let me in first batch. :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Date Received: 03/19/2012
Objective:</p>

<pre><code>UC GPA: 3.5
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
Intended Major: Accepted Alternate Major Political Science
TAG: No
IGETC: No
Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 64 Semester Units
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Mock Trial
Job/Work Experience: 7 years military. 2 years Retail Managment
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours
Personal Statement: 9/10
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: CCC an Diego
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: non existent after military discharge.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation. Veteran
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: Writing/Communcation Skills, Wok Ethic
Weaknesses: GPA compared to applicant pool
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Personal Statement/
Good GPA
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<p>General Comments: If I know Mary as well as I think I do, she’ll invite us right in for tea and strumpets</p>

<p>@San Francisco Kid. I’ve noticed you did not complete English and Math requirements. I remember my counselor telling me that finish your English and Math requirements before you apply is very important. I guess what they said was true?? Could it be thats the reason why?</p>

<p>^^ exactly! about damn time UC accepted us first batch. I was having so much doubt of even getting in any UC</p>

<p>@lawlking</p>

<p>I was told it wasn’t that important as long as I finished it by end of Spring. I scored high on my AP exam. My first counselor enrolled me in classes that weren’t UC transferable which really didn’t help me at all. Could they really reject me because of that? I thought first batch rejects were one’s who were totally unqualified?!</p>

<p>@SanFran. It could be. I got my advice from both UC and CC counselor to finish your English and Math requirements ASAP!</p>

<p>well I have a math disability so I repeated remedial math several times. I’m 100% on all other subjects. I only had one english left…reject someone based on that? REALLY? I have a physical handicap also, so way to go UCSB. what do I do? I have no school to go to. might as well find a bridge.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Date Received: 3/19/2012 </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.89
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: None - just checked right now and I had no prereqs completed… except for 1 in progress (Stats) this Spring
[<em>] Intended Major: Communication
[</em>] TAG: No
[<em>] IGETC: Yes, will complete by Spring.
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 60-70</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time as a server
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Personal Statement: Could have been better, but at the time I thought it was good.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: CC
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: N/A
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[li] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: High-ish GPA?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Academic renewal and many W’s, no prereqs completed
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High-ish GPA?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m still pending for SD, so I’m so glad I made it into the 1st batch! I’ve been biting my nails anxiously for weeks.</p>

<p>@irvine Pretty stoked although you got into Econ/Accounting. my first choice was Econ. Good thing about SB is i can always still try to get into Econ later</p>

<p>@nsws - for reals, if I wasnt admitted for this first batch I would’ve been so bummed. I was almost certain I’d have to wait, since I have to wait for irvine and sd…</p>

<p>@Citiz3 yeah ive still gotta wait for Irvine and SD. I know LA is prob not gonna happen but we shall see.</p>

<p>@SanFranciscoKid: A bunch of people call and ask! And they’ll give you a response like “well the cutoff was X.XX and you didnt meet it” and you’ll say I have a feeling you made a mistake on my application. My friend got rejected last year because they didn’t receive her Fall 2011 grades. Mistakes happen and you should give them a call…that’s if you care about attending UCSB.</p>

<p>Rejected from UCSB
GPA: 3.6
Major: Anthro
Essay: 10/10
IGETC: will be completed at the conclusion of this semester
ECs: General volunteer work during my high school years… worked in Europe for a year… “overcome hardships” and all that good stuff.</p>

<p>My last English and Math class are both IP… maybe that’s a problem? Nobody ever expressed to me the importance of completing math and english early- I always thought IGETC was IGETC- just have it done by the end of the spring semester before transferring.</p>

<p>Guess this kills my chances at UCLA as well? Or do I still have a chance since they don’t have the TAG program? I hear their admissions are very major-specific, and anthropology isn’t exactly impacted… but I may just be in some “pathetically hopeful” grieving stage after my UCSB rejection.</p>

<p>Congrats all who made it in to UCSB!!</p>

<p>^ That’s definitely the problem. UCSB, as stated by dilapidatedmind in another thread, takes missing English/Math courses heavily.</p>

<p>^^thats crappy. Your GPA is good. I would see if they have an appeals process or maybe even try talking to a counselor to see. My math is actually IP right now so i’m not sure how accurate that info is about getting them both done early. My english classes were complete my Freshman year though.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected
Date Received: 03/19/2012
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.83
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Like half, missing a couple…
[<em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[</em>] TAG: Yes/no. I didn’t have the required 30 at the time of completion of TAG, but my counselor said to apply anyways, and so I did. UCSB said that it went through and everything was okay.
[<em>] IGETC: Completed.
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 60 Semester
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I’m in the Honors Program, I am in Phi Theta Kappa, I play in band
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I have a part time job at sears.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Personal Statement: I am a one year transfer with freaking awesome essays explaining my totally legit story
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Community College
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Like less than 20,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Time college student, 1 year transfer
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I don’t even know
[<em>] Weaknesses: I don’t even know
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The only reason why I can think of, is because SBCC, where I go to school, is too close to UCSB. I have no idea.
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>@Acoustickitty123: My transferable math is still in progress for this Spring (Stats) but I did finish up my English courses. I didn’t know it weighed that heavily in admission decisions. :’( That bums me out as I’m still waiting for SD/LA/Cal, and my major is super impacted. I always thought as long as you finished up by Spring you were OK. :/</p>

<p>Still pending…</p>

<p>Looks like a lot of high gpa’s were rejected due to not finishing the English requirement.</p>

<p>@Acoustickitty123 </p>

<p>that’s good to know. i hope they really did make a mistake. wouldn’t be the first time colleges have messed up my application. </p>

<p>i still cant believe people out of the country with 3.5s get in but in-state cali get rejected.</p>

<p>^^ Out of State Tuition</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Date Received: 04/19/2012
Objective[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Intended Major: Pre-Mathematical Sciences
[<em>] TAG: No
[</em>] IGETC: Completed
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Honors Transfer Program, Alpha Gamma Sigma, lots of extracurriculars in high school
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: High school…didn’t really do much in college
[<em>] Personal Statement: Long and heartfelt
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Spent 1 semester at an out-of-state, 3 semesters at a CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Probably not
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: -
[<em>] Weaknesses: Personal statements were addressed toward declared majors at UCLA and UCSD.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pre-reqs & IGETC completed, relatively high GPA
[/ul]General Comments: GOOD LUCK!</p>