<p>congrats to all of you who got acceptances! especially if they were double acceptances.
it was nice to go through all of this with y’all!! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (April 26th 2013. 5:05 PM)</p>
<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: No
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Mostly from tutoring for school, volunteer tutoring for math club, Phi Theta Kappa, etc…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in CNC industry for a good 5-6 years.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring.
[<em>] Personal Statement: I feel good about it but it is not spectacular by any mean.
[/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: <50,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student.
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): UCLA is my number 1 choice but Berkeley also accepted me so I am in a dilemma. Strong maybe.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, work experience, tutoring
[</em>] Weaknesses: long gap in education.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hardcore. :)[/li][/ul]General Comments: wow it’s UCLA. it’s really here.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 26 April 5:00PM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA:3.91
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed:Yes
[<em>] Intended Major:History
[</em>] TAP?:No
[<em>] IGETC?:Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Helped at local community theatre
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Work 35 hours a week
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:100 hours community service in High School
[<em>] Personal Statement:It was below average, I finished it the night before
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[<em>] School Type:California Community College
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:240,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Immigrant? If that counts
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):Probably
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:GPA, work experiance
[</em>] Weaknesses:ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:My GPA[/li][/ul]General Comments: All the tricks worked for me</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>&</p>
<p>Idk how the code works.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.84 (4.0 Major)
Major: History
Prereqs: All completed
IGETC: Finishing Math this semester
TAP: Not officially, though I did honors classes.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (5:00 pm)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: No Physics, Biochem, or LS 23L
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lab Assistant
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant for a Pharmaceutical Company
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[<em>] Personal Statement: 7/10
[/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: Asia
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Shouldn’t matter
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen and Research
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yah!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Prereqs?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA FOR SURE!!![/li][/ul]General Comments: Invited/Applied for Regents! Bruin4LIFE!</p>
<p>Congratulations everyone :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: Not sure, I have 18 years worth of college units and even the counselors had trouble picking through them. Over 40 A’s except and 1 B and 1 C.
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All of them
[<em>] Intended Major: Geography
[</em>] TAP?: Nope
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes and CSU Breadth both
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis) & Job/Work Experience & Volunteer/Community service: 15 years in Fire/EMS including fire mapping, Volunteer Firefighter, Volunteer EMT, Tutoring, Network Admin, Home Health Aid, and a bunch more. 35 years on this planet racked up a long list.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Detailed my fight to overcome a learning and later medical issue that hindered me early on.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, and from what they show on their, I’ll be getting a full scholarship!
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Went to LMU, and over a dozen Junior Colleges
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen I guess. Don’t know if that ever came up.
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): I believe so.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: 18 years of Academic excellence, 15 years of work in the field of my major, ability to overcome a severe learning disability and still get high marks
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lots of W’s on my transcripts from semesters where I had to drop classes due to fire season. Low marks on 1st year classes at LMU before learning disability diagnosis, and were later retaken for A’s.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A member of the UCLA review board came to my community college to speak and one thing she mentioned was that students who struggle early think that they can come back, put in a year of good effort and that’s good enough. They care about WHY you struggled. Were you partying? Were you just not serious? Showing just 2 or 4 semesters doesn’t show them that you’ve changed in her opinion. When she saw my LMU transcripts, she was not impressed, and said I’d need to do some major work to make up for that. When I handed her a giant stack of 16 years worth of A’s since, she looked at me and said, “THIS! Is what I’ve always wanted to see. Someone who can show not just a quick change, but steady proof of academic commitment.” That’s exactly what I gave her, as well as the medical documentation showing why I struggled before simple accommodations like graph paper were implemented. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I was told I was an iffy chance, even with the above. She said I was by no means a slam dunk and I had applied to UCSB, UCSC, UCLA, CAL State LA, SDSU and CSUN. UCSB, SDSU both said no. UCSC, CSULA and CSUN said yes. I really felt that with the UCSB rejection, I was probably going to be told no by UCLA too and I was probably going to settle for Cal State LA. I was pretty shocked, and happily surprised to see that I got in, and now I’m simply going to make the most of it. My advice to everyone is don’t ever let anyone tell you to quit. That you can’t do it. That you’re wasting time. I may be on the 20 year program, but I’ve worked hard, I’ve got 7 AA/AS’s, 4 Skill Certs, 2 Certs of Achievement and I’ll have my bachelors, and a masters in however long it takes. NEVER GIVE UP.</p>
<p>ACCPTED!
English major.
3.59 (Cal Grant GPA)
4.0 Major GPA
3 Pre-req IP
IGETC</p>
<p>English tutor, Waitress, Club Newsletter Chair</p>
<p>Congrats fellow Bruins!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (April 26, 5:25pm)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Sociology
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): PTK
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked part-time all throughout 3 years at community college
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours community service at local elementary schools
[<em>] Personal Statement: Good. Thoroughly explained how I have continuously overcame adversity.
[/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: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Married student, income <$15,000/year
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal statement, GPA, volunteer work
[</em>] Weaknesses: extracurriculars
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have a decent GPA and have received awards for my academic success and volunteer work.[/li] [/ul]General Comments: I should note that none of the UCLA tricks worked for me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: ~3.7/major 4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: 3/4 polisci, 1/1 stats
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science
[</em>] TAP?: nope
[<em>] IGETC?: finished before spring
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HS–EIC of newspaper, president of three clubs, three sports. CC-- campaign internship, manager of restaurant with 30hrs/week, 10volunteer hours/week
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ^
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ^
[<em>] Personal Statement: mehh it was okay, 7/10!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: lacking in pre-req and GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: i dont know…haha but im not complaining!
[/ul]General Comments: all tricks (major appeared then white bar, housing, financial aid tracking) worked for me and LA is very generous with their financial aid!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (Friday ~5:00 pm)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.85
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Nope
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer hours for high school
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: First essay was pretty good, second was terrible imo
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~80k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay, Pre-reqs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly no idea. I had no honors courses so I never thought I had a chance in the first place[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Congrats everyone!! I just have a quick question. </p>
<p>Is that the GPA you guys applied with? So the GPA up until the Spring semester before the Fall semester when you guys applied? In other words, it doesn’t include the Fall semester (when you guys were applying) GPA correct?</p>
<p>I don’t know about the others but I listed my GPA as 3.5, which is my overall GPA from all the semesters. My GPA for the fall semester only was 4.0.</p>
<p>Could you be more specific about the subject of your personal statement? I am at a loss about what to write for mine and it’s scaring the hell out of me! I am also an anthro major.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: 4/26/13 5:00 PM</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.578
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: NO (3/5… thought this meant an instant rejection)
[<em>] Intended Major: English
[</em>] TAP?: No 
(Really wish I completed honors program)
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Average at best, but not related to my major. Includes: Freelance Music Composer, Freelance Web Developing, some clubs back in HS, and Journalism my junior year (talk about throwback)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 32 hours of wielding a hammer for Habitat for Humanity
[<em>] Personal Statement: I honestly believe this is what got me in, but after re-reading it several times before decisions (paranoia…), I’d say they were decent but could definitely have been better (for an English major, at least).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: 15k in grants (EFC over 13k)
[<em>] School Type: CCC (Santa Monica College)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal Statement, Non-impacted major, Upward grade trend (2.82->3.3->3.58 in 3 semesters)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Incompletion of Pre-reqs (!), Lower than average admit GPA (3.72 for English), Lack of work experience, Relatively average ECs (of which none relate to my major except Journalism back in HS), and the list goes on…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, UCLA must have seen something in my application that I did not see in myself. I always considered UCLA the “numbers game” vs. Berkeley as more holistic, but I was proved wrong. I can only predict that my personal statement is what got me in as I had lower than average stats in almost everything. Also, my major was slightly easier to get into, although I was lower than the average admit GPA (3.58 vs. 3.72). Needless to say, I’m so grateful for this opportunity and look forward to attending UCLA. Go Bruins!</p>[/li]
<p>Advice for future applicants:
[li] WORK HARD: Choosing to go to community college was the best choice I ever made. If not for CC, I would currently be at Northern Arizona University (a school I did NOT feel I deserved). Now, I have the opportunity to attend a true dream school of mine, just one I didn’t think was possible. The past two years have been a grind, and I dealt with serious anxiety my first year and got a 2.82 my first semester. I felt ashamed that my friends were all going to great universities while I was at community college. Now, after getting into a good school, I’ve learned that the person who beat me up the most about going to community college was MYSELF. True friends don’t care where you go to school, they will support you whether you go to Santa Monica College or UCLA. </p>[/li]
<p>As for getting into UCLA specifically (in order of importance):
- FINISH your pre-reqs (Use assist.org, plan your schedule in advance, and lastly, focus on getting A’s in them versus your other classes)
- GPA (Research your professors, study hard, and it WILL pay off. The feeling of getting into your dream school is life-changing!),
- TAP Program (my only regret is not doing TAP because it is such a good advantage in several ways [priority application review for UCLA, you have a second chance to get in through your alternative major, priority for classes at CC, etc.] and is not too hard to complete),
- PERSONAL STATEMENT: After months and months of perusing the College Confidential forums for advice on personal statements (specifically for LA/Berkeley), I have come to a conclusion that HONESTY is the best policy. Listen, as an English major especially, I sometimes fall into the trap of being pressured to use BIG, complex words and creative narrative structure. I’ve read advice from several admissions officers and one thing they stress is to stay away from trying to sound “smart”, and instead, just be smart. My personal statement was honestly very simple, but 100% honest. I didn’t ask for sympathy, I didn’t use big words, and I didn’t even have it proofread by anyone! All I talked about was why I liked my major, what I planned to do with my major, and one example that related to my major. It must have played a role if you consider that I didn’t even do 1, 2, or 3 in this list of admission factors (oh the irony…)</p>
<p>[li] BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: Be courageous! The secret to happiness is FREEDOM, and many people deny themselves freedom due to FEAR. Don’t be afraid to pursue a top school, or top anything for that matter. Don’t be afraid to do badly in a class. Instead, focus on LEARNING and the OPPORTUNITY you have to go to college, because some people are not afforded the luxury. </p>[/li]
<p>And if all else fails and you don’t get in, so WHAT!? Life goes on. College is but one SMALL stage in your life. There will be struggles and regrets. Trust me, I’ve had my fair share. What’s important is NOW, not THEN. YES, I got rejected by every school I applied to as a senior in high school (except one safety). YES, I wish I had gotten a 4.7 GPA, gotten a 2200+ SAT, and became president of some stupid clubs (Why? “Oh, because it looks good for COLLEGE”). YES, I got rejected by a handful of pretty girls from my high school (smh lol). But NO, I will NOT let these regrets weigh me down in the present. They have made me who I am today, and I am damn proud of that. Every experience counts! (Even getting rejected by all those girls because now I’m no longer nervous to talk to any pretty girl hereafter. It was good “practice” you could say…). Despite all of these mistakes, I’m here now and things aren’t so bad after all 
</p>
<p>**Life happens wherever you are. Take risks and don’t be afraid to fall. **
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision Date & Time: (4/26/2013 at 5 pm)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] UC GPA: 3.68
[ *] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: MCDB
[ *] TAP?: no
[ *] IGETC?: yes
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot
[ *] Job/Work Experience: a lot of work experience
[ ] Volunteer/Community service: none past high school
[ ] Personal Statement: good
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: w
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ ] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): yes
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: my GPA, prereqs
[ ] Weaknesses: missing “recommended” ochem 2
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and prereqs. I also had a good background in extracurriculars
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Good luck guys!!! </p>
<p>also if anyones curious, all the tricks worked for me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.84
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Y
Intended Major: Psychology
TAP?: Y
IGETC?: Y</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Associated Student Gov. Senator; Psi Beta; Phi Theta Kappa; President of Persian Culture Club.
Job/Work Experience: Y, since HS
Volunteer/Community service: Y (through ASG)
Personal Statement: 8/10 </p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: White - of Middle Eastern Descent
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): TAP (it really, really makes a difference).
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): N</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurric.; GPA; TAP; Personal Stmnt
Weaknesses: GPA too; could’ve been higher.
General Comments: Seriously consider becoming involved in extracurricular activity, at the very least, for the sake of having something to discuss in your application; keep that GPA up; DO TAP; if you’re a CC transfer and serious about Psyc (taking it because you genuinely want to pursue a field of/relating to it), get involved in RESEARCH ASAP - while you’re at your CC! Admissions LOVES that stuff!
And GOOD LUCK :)</p>
<p>*Note: I was admitted to UCB as well…TOOK THEIR OFFER BABY! Sorry LA!</p>
<p>Is there a FB page for LA transfers?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (April 26, 5:15pm)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.53
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
Intended Major: Anthropology (Archaeology focus)
TAP?: No
IGETC?: Yes</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Senate member for one year, completed three years of original Maya archaeological research and my work is about to be published. Worked for the Democratic party/Obama. Did Native American rock art conservation work in the Mojave. Was a drummer in a band as well. Other things too. </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked part time on and off for most of 3 years at community college.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at UCLA Archaeology lab for a semester. Volunteered to do voter registration, campaign work for local representatives. </p>
<p>Personal Statement: Somewhere between good and great. Was straightforward and explained the obstacles/circumstances (without making a bunch of excuses) that led to who I have become.</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Income <$15,000/year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Extracurriculars and volunteer work. Effective personal statement.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My extracurriculars were very very strong and demonstrated dedication to my major. GPA was just under the average admitted for last year.</p>
<p>General Comments: All of the UCLA tricks worked for me.</p>