2013 Official UCLA Transfer Decision Thread!

<p>Accepted
Economics major
3.8 GPA</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/26/2013 5pm</p>

<p>Objective:
UC GPA: 3.93
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
TAP?: Yes
IGETC?: Yes
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing spectacular
Job/Work Experience: Part-time teacher at afterschool, assistant at law firm
Volunteer/Community service: Not much
Personal Statement: Weak, not much of a story
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Illegal immigrant
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): I don’t know
Reflection
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: Not much of a story, nothing spectacular besides GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
General Comments: Work hard</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected
**Decision Date & Time: 04/26/13 5:00pm **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA:3.87
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: done this semester
[<em>] Intended Major: Anthropology
[</em>] TAP?: no
[<em>] IGETC?: yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (gwc red cross), (key club), track and field, 1st flute, (korean club), (history club)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: sales associate at macys
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: had a bunch listed
[<em>] Personal Statement: alright, decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[</em>] Country (if international applicant yes):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic, Islander, White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: low income
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 1st generation college student
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: 1st generation college student, diverse ethnicity, GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: personal statement, ECs I suppose
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My personal statement was pretty weak I suppose. Guess they just didn’t think I was special enough : (
[/ul]General Comments: Just really disappointed, hope this doesn’t mean that CAL is rejecting me too…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**Decision Date & Time: 5:00pm **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.5
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: About half, maybe less
[<em>] Intended Major: Design Media Arts
[</em>] TAP?: no
[<em>] IGETC?: yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): none
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: yes
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: none
[<em>] Personal Statement: it was okay
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public ccc
[</em>] Ethnicity: none
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: low?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): ?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Portfolio
[</em>] Weaknesses: none? :
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The portfolio was the most important factor[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who got in! :D</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

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<p>Decision Date & Time: 6PM 4/26</p>

<p>Objective:
UC GPA: 3.8ish (OOS don’t know to compute)
Major Pre-reqs Completed: missing a slew of pre-req’s
Intended Major: Environmental Engineering
TAG?: nope
IGETC?: not 100% sure but I’m pretty sure the equivalent is complete</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PTK
Job/Work Experience: worked straight out of HS, joined the Marines, worked a while after getting out before going back to school
Volunteer/Community service: soup kitchen, DD’s school, various local non-profits
Personal Statement: Terrible, written last minute but got my points across well enough.</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: late
State (if domestic applicant): CA Vet
School Type: OOS CC
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic female going into engineering, first gen cit, former foster youth, major adversity</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I would say GPA, but 3.8 is average for UCLA
Weaknesses: not many prereqs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pre-req’s and personal statement</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: April 26, 2013 5:03 PM</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.94 (went down after winter quarter - it’s about 3.88 or so now)
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All except Calculus 2 (in progress), Microeconomic Theory (not available at my CC), Statistics for Economists (not available at my CC)
[<em>] Intended Major: Pre-Economics
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, badminton,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Real Estate internship, tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteering for Key Club, at the library, & at a temple (all during high school)
[<em>] Personal Statement: It was ok. 7/10. Talked about being an outsider.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Undecided.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA was around the average admitted GPA, all pre-requisites will be completed by spring 2013 (except the ones that were not available at my CC)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars could have been stronger. I didn’t volunteer at all during college.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Competitive GPA.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>UC GPA: 3.65
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): ALL (included the recommended ones) complete in the spring
Intended Major: Microbiology
TAG?: no, UCD-UCLA
IGETC?: no, finish UCD’s GE though</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): nothing really (mostly from high school) but i do work at a lab.</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: female
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):Most likely YES. Depends on the date. </p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses): decent GPA, finish all my pre-req and GE, and lab job</p>

<p>My URSA trick had no FA. So it worked in my case.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Decision Date & Time: 4/26 6:00pm</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.7
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All except 1.
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): , NaNoWriMo participant, FBLA from high school, USC program.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at family business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for presidential election (many many hours) and tutor for French students at old high school.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Very good, at least I thought so until now.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] School Type: Community College
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: About 70k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None I guess
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA I got all A’s except for Calculus 2, I had 8 AP scores with seven 4’s, one 3.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I don’t know.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think maybe I tried to transfer to early. I have everything in the IGETC done another year would be stupid. I wish I could have another shot but I don’t want to get rejected a third time.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to you guys next year!</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision Date & Time: (Friday 5:00 PM)**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] UC GPA:3.81
[ *] Major Pre-reqs Completed: ALL
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] TAP?: No
[ *] IGETC?: Yes
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HS Tennis team for 4 years, captain and MVP for 2 years, on the High School boy’s athletic association. I think that’s it…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at the local Hockey Rink for a few years
[ ] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a homeless shelter
[ ] Personal Statement: It was pretty decent. Nothing too special, as far as I am aware.
[ /list][ b]Other
[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[ *] School Type: CCC
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle I guess?
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Maybe being international.
[ ] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Not sure, still waiting on USC
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[list]
[ *] Strengths: High GPA and all pre-reqs done
[ ] Weaknesses: Lack of ECs and one W
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really think it was my high GPA that sealed the deal
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
Congrats to all those who got into UCLA. I got rejected from Berkeley, so I know how those who got rejected from UCLA feel…stay strong!</p>

<p>UC → UCLA 1 year transfer is possible. </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Decision Date & Time: 4/26 5 PM</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
[<em>] Intended Major: Non-Impacted Major
[</em>] TAP?: No.
[<em>] IGETC?: No. UC Reciprocity.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, Tennis,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: No.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A little.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: UC
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 140,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No.
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): No.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: None.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High GPA, Pre-Reqs Done, UC Reciprocity
[/ul]General Comments: good luck to those who view this next year.</p>

<p>also: the MyUCLA Summer Trick, URSA Financial Aid Summary and Housing tricks are almost full proof. If you don’t get them you still might get admitted though. Here is a general timeline of the tricks for me:</p>

<p>Before Monday: Completed summer trick, bar says “unkown summer session” or whatever.
Tuesday: Bar says my major
Wednesday: Bar turns blank, my financial aid summary is on URSA
Thursday: My housing message changes from “unsure of enrollment” to “application unavailable”.
Friday: 5 minutes before decision I could see SIR on URSA.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
**Decision Date & Time: 04/26, 5pm **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.49
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Art History
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Honors Society member and President/Dean’s Honors List recipient for a few semesters in a row.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two small, temporary jobs.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None at the time I submitted my application.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Typed it up two days before the deadline but I felt it was strong enough. I talked about how I changed my majors numerous times (history, to art, to history again and finally art history) but as a result, it broadened my horizons and led me to art history as a major.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college, low-income, experience in general history and studio arts.
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: All pre-reqs and IGETC completed, personal statement, major GPA.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Possibly GPA, lack of extracurriculars, job/volunteer experience.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: I wanna think the studio art and general history experience made me stand out a bit from the other art history applicants but I can’t be too sure, haha…
[/ul]General Comments: The URSA financial aid summary trick worked for me! I saw it a few days before admissions came out and voila, accepted! Congrats to everyone else who got accepted and good luck to the applicants of next year. :)</p>

<p>So happy the wait is over!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (checked at around 6ish)</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Missing 3-4 actually so I’m surprised I got in
Intended Major: Chemistry
IGETC?: not yet</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): volunteer work mainly at a number of places
Additional Details:
Applied for Financial Aid: yep
State: Orange County, CA
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>I didn’t try any of the tricks so don’t know if they worked or not.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Decision Date & Time: 5:00pm</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.93
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Anthropology (focus in Archaeology)
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: None
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: No
[</em>] Personal Statement: Very Strong
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal statement and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of ECs from my time at CC
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my Personal Statement played a positive role in my acceptance and also my GPA[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t make a lackluster personal statements next year applicants!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/26, 5pm</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.88
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All lower division & OChem done by spring.
[<em>] Intended Major: Psychobiology (switching to Neuroscience)
[</em>] TAG: no
[<em>] IGETC: no
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: President of Medical Brigades club.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Medical and dental brigades in Honduras.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] Hooks: Non-trad student. Mature adult returning to college with life experience.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, leadership, philanthropy, completed pre-reqs, see “hooks.”
[<em>] Weaknesses: Large stack of W’s from several colleges (over nine years ago). Relatively low course-load in the last year.
[</em>] Comments: LA or SD? I officially have choice paralysis. Probably one of the best problems I’ve had in recent memory. [/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/26/2013 5pm</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>GPA: 4.00
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
TAP?: No
IGETC?: No
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): EC: Project Exhibited in World Expo, Physics Olympiad prize winner, University SGA
Work Experience: Teaching Assistance, Research Assistance
Personal Statement: Not bad
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): IL (Out of state applicant)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: 4 year University
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle
</code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>Strengths: 4.0 GPA, Research experience
Weaknesses: Out of state…
</code></pre>

<p>General Comments: Being an out of state applicant from 4 year university, I feel proud and lucky to get admitted.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor in College
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
[<em>] Personal Statement: Acceptable
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Community College
[</em>] Ethnicity: British
[<em>] Gender: Straight Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: IDK
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): IDK
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Probably
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Won scholarship, GPA, and TAG. personal statement is ok but not fantastic
[</em>] Weaknesses: Absolutely no extracurriculars/volunteers!!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: B/c of my 4.0![/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Decision Date & Time: ( 4/26/2013 5pm)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.3
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes, end of Spring 2013
[<em>] Intended Major: Anthropology
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes, end of Summer 2013
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): No
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: No
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: No
[<em>] Personal Statement: Strong
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA, local to UCLA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Community College
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong personal statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely my major and personal statement[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t hesitate to apply just because you think you’re not qualified. I was not expecting to get in at first either.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED: 4/26/2013 5:00</p>

<p>GPA: 3.82/ 4.0 major GPA
Intended Major: Pre-Psychology
TAP?: Yes
IGETC?: Yes</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholar’s Program (Director), Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Tutor for 1.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at hospital
Personal Statement: 7/10 They weren’t mind blowing; literally wrote them the night before the application was due…</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation in U.S
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): YES!</p>

<p>Strengths:My tap, my work experience, my upward trend, and my major GPA.
Weaknesses: GPA, not much extra curriculars.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am BLESSED! Never in a million years did I think this would happen, I was hoping for UCLA but that’s about it. My GPA was right at the average for psychology which has a 20% admit rate. I am simply grateful!</p>

<p>General Comments:Work hard and you will see that your experiences will guide you towards the right direction. UCLA isn’t everything, but it is a great accomplishment and we should all be proud for being admitted, but for those who weren’t admitted; keep your heads up high. Remember that we all have the potential to succeed, it does not depend on the school we go to. We determine our destiny, we all had equal chances, some of us made it and some didn’t for different reasons. Take what’s given to you and make the best of it, good luck in all your future endeavors!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ *] UC GPA: 3.8
[ *] Major GPA: 4.0
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] TAP?: No
[ *] Pre-Reqs Completion?: ALL
[ *] IGETC?: done
[ *] How many units complete by spring 13’?:105</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Pre-Health Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: secretary, sales associate/cashier, babysitting, hostess
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: doctor’s clinic, methodist hospital, OT/PT clinic
[ *] Personal Statement(1-10): 7/10
[ *] Awards if any:</p>

<p>Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] Gender and Ethnicity: female, Asian
[ *] Income Bracket: 30k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: high GPA, all prereqs done
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: same as strength</p>

<p>[ *] What other colleges did you get accepted/rejected to: accepted to UCB, UCI, UCSB
[ *] SIR (Which school and why): not sure yet</p>