<p>@BioToUcla</p>
<p>congraz!!! i got accepted toooo. lol. too lazy to post status. prolly do it after my 2 midterms. so have you decided where to go? LA or SD? I am so torn. i heard the mcdb program at UCLA is a gpa killer following neuro and physio science. lol.</p>
<p>Congrats to you too!! I have noo idea right now, all the UC’s are such great schools and I’m torn between them! I heard that about MCDB at UCLA also, and I’m sure it’s not any easier at UCSD. Basically all the schools are really competitive for bio right? So I think location is what matters at this point.</p>
<p>@BioToUcla</p>
<p>environment indeed is a factor. have you looked at the ucsd major requirement? i think they have somewhat easier requirement and the classes are more interesting.(maybe because they have a fancier website than UCLA :))also check out their human bio major, i feel like if i decide to go to sd i would switch to human bio. lol. it is going to suck so bad if our GPA drop. what is your plan after graduation? i am aiming for pharmacy school, so this plays a role. sigh~~~~~</p>
<p>[Molecular</a> Biology](<a href=“http://biology.ucsd.edu/education/undergrad/maj-min/majors/molecular.html]Molecular”>http://biology.ucsd.edu/education/undergrad/maj-min/majors/molecular.html)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday April 26, 2013 around 5ish.</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.5
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
[<em>] Intended Major: Pre-Math/Econ
[</em>] Inter-campus transfer after 2 years.</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: SAT Instructor, 2 internships
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Group on campus, volunteered at local hospital in high school
[</em>] Personal Statement: Good, I think!
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: UC
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian-Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes!
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[list]
[</em>] Strengths: I think my essays were really good, and that’s what got me in. Also, while my GPA is not the highest, I have gotten A’s in every economics class I have ever taken.
[li] Weaknesses: GPA</p>[/li]
<p>I also got into UCSD, UCI, and UCD. Still waiting on UCSB.</p>
<p>I don’t think I posted my stats yesterday because I was too excited haha
Accepted!
Major: psychology
GPA: 3.85
finished all prereqs and IGETC
applied: UCD, UCI (TAG), UCB, UCLA
accepted: UCD, UCI, UCB, UCLA</p>
<p>I have job experience, some extracurriculars, volunteer work and so on…
I assume my essays must have been pretty good if I got in right? (:
Beyond happy and thankful!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.93 (Major GPA 4.0)
Intended Major: Biology
TAP: No
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCSD
Accepted: All ;)</p>
<p>EC/Volunteering: hospice, chem/bio tutor
Job/Work Experience: paid tutor at my college
Achievements/Awards: nothing lol</p>
<p>Personal Statement: the one about major was pretty bad but the one about myself was good I think but I never got them proofread so idk</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA and completion of pre-req
Weaknesses: not much EC or work experience, 4Ws, an F, and a D on my transcript (all replaced with A’s) </p>
<p>Additional comment: I think getting into UCLA is more about GPA and completion of your pre-reqs 
oh and the trick works!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Intended Major: Geography
UC GPA: 3.46
Major GPA: 3.71
Major Pre-reqs Complete? yes
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCSB
Accepted: UCLA
Rejected: Berkeley
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: UCSB</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: N/A
Job/Work Experience: Work-study Receptionist
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Achievements/Awards: Deans list
Personal Statement: 9/10 Amazing feedback and help from various tutors/counselors</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Lowest</p>
<p>Reflection: UCLA has accepted me, very surprising.
Strengths: Personal statement, and talent
Weaknesses: low GPA due to several classes and professors
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: My talent and Personal statement.</p>
<p>Someone make a 2013 transfer Facebook group!</p>
<p>@agarcia1989</p>
<p>Did you TAP?</p>
<p>Heres the link to the 2013 Transfer Group <a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/368747706559270/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/368747706559270/</a></p>
<p>Posting a little late, but here I am!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
&</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday, April 26, 5:01pm</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.55
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes. Also took a lot of language-related classes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[</em>] Applied: UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[<em>] Accepted: UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching/Jazz Band in high school, youth orchestra while college,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at a private school as a language tutor; have worked with translator teams in the past
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Working with animals
[<em>] Personal Statement: Good. Writing is definitely one of my strengths so I think I was able to set up and deliver my life story as it relates to my major in a positive way.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Santa Monica College
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, have a language blog that has been featured on LanguageLog, interested in different cultures, proficient in Latin.
I started my application a day or two before the deadline, and submitted it right on the deadline.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My experience with languages, and incontestable interest in linguistics. I was away from school for a few years. I came back last fall, took 15 units, and passed with a 4.0, all while working part-time. I speak 4 languages fluently besides English. This semester, almost all my classes are language-related: American Sign Language, Linguistic Anthropology, 2 linguistics courses at different college – 17 units total, while working still.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My passion for linguistics and potential to succeed in the field[/li][/ul]General Comments: Having gone through this process now, I can tell future applicants: don’t just talk in your application about your interest in your major; show it with the classes you’re taking, and some heavy unit loads each semester.</p>
<p>I also had an F from a class I didn’t drop from when I first attended community college a few years ago. I was able to get academic renewal on that in January, and informed all the schools in February.</p>
<p>Finally, I got accepted to all the UC’s I applied to, although I saw myself getting into UCR only (lol). The moral of all this is: work hard, and the top schools will recognize that.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! </p>
<p>Intended Major: Political Science
UC GPA: 3.51 (3.6 UCLA GPA)
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Complete? Yes 1 IP will be done end of Spring
TAP: Hell yeah
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: Berkeley, UCSD
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD
Rejected: Just Berkeley
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: Various sports teams, honors student, MUN, Political science club
Job/Work Experience: Worked for a few months at a candy shop and at a US Embassy while living in Asia.
Volunteer/Community service: BLAST after school program, Lots of community service abroad while in high school
Achievements/Awards: Deans list, various awards from orchestra/sports teams,
Personal Statement: 9/10 Amazing feedback and help from various English profs/counselors </p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k</p>
<p>Reflection: F*** YEAH UCLA!!!
Strengths: Personal statement, well rounded/unique EC activities, a very good excuse explaining my subpar GPA (and perhaps still having a somewhat decent GPA even with those setbacks)
Weaknesses: Crappy GPA due to one bad semester.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
&</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday, April 26, 5:01pm</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>UC GPA: 4.00
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All but Physics.
Intended Major: Microbiology Immunology and Molecular Genetics
TAP?: Yes
IGETC?: All but 1 (Humanities)
Applied: UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
Accepted: , UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a lab assistant in my community college
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer
Personal Statement: It was OK
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): international student
School Type: Santa Monica College
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great GPA, completed most of the prerequisites, TAP certified. I think it’s all they care about. I did extracurriculars for possible grad school.
</code></pre>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Intended Major: BizEcon
UC GPA: 3.9
Major GPA: somewhere from 3.5-3.8
Major Pre-reqs Complete? 1 IP
TAP: nope
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCSD
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD
Rejected: NA
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: Baseball @ CC, Intern during HS
Job/Work Experience: 2 part-time jobs, nothing big
Volunteer/Community service: usually 6-8 hrs volunteering a wk
Achievements/Awards: Don’t think I listed anything
Personal Statement: One was great, other was meh, pretty much just told them what they wanted to hear</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class?</p>
<p>Reflection: 5 more months :D…and don’t slack off your spring semester, so many Cs to raise to Bs in the next couple of weeks, a lot of stress when I should be relaxing right now.
Strengths: I’m a god
Weaknesses: Relatively average stats for my major i guess</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday April 26, 2013 around 5ish.</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
UC GPA: 3.7
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Missing one C++ class
Intended Major: Pre-Statistic
Inter-campus transfer after 2 years.</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: 20 hours part-time job everyweek, 1 internship
Volunteer/Community service:
Personal Statement: 7/10
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: UC
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: Female
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes!
[ b]Reflection**[list][li] Strengths: essay, personal experience[/li]Weaknesses: GPA</p>
<p>I also got into UCSD,UCI,UCD,UCSB. Rejected by UCB</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: 4/26 at 5:00pm</p>
<p>[ *] UC GPA: 3.87
[ *] Major Pre-reqs Completed: ALL
[ *] Intended Major: Communication Studies
[ *] TAP?: NO
[ *] IGETC?: finished this semester </p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Alpha Gamma Sigma honor society, National Communication Association member, member of the Society of Consumer Psychology…there is more but I can’t list them all
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Yes, have had many jobs and started my own small business
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:LOTS
[ *] Personal Statement: 8/10</p>
<p>Other:
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Santa Monica College (CCC)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First female in my family to go to college, two amazing internships that directly involve my major, caretaker for my ill mother…
[ *] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): HELL YEAH…already sent in my SIR</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Personal statements, Internships, strong GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA was also a weakness, although it is pretty good the comm studies major is super impacted and usually requires a 3.89 and above.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know but whatever it was I couldn’t be happier, UCLA is my dream school! </p>
<p>Other UCs I applied to/was accepted to: UCB, UCSD, UCSB </p>
<p>GO BRUINS!</p>
<p>REJECTED!</p>
<p>UC GPA: Not Applicable. Out of state transfer :)</p>
<p>Intended Major: Biology</p>
<p>Extracurriculars</p>
<p>High School:
Drama Club
Concert Choir
Varsity Track and Field
Varsity Girls Golf
Junior Varsity Swimming
Mathletes</p>
<p>College:
Joliet Junior College Chamber Choir
Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Youth Interpreter for the Brookfield Zoo
Sales Associate at Macys
Sodexho Lunchlady (yes… I was 19 years old and working as a lunch lady at a middle school)
Zookeeper Intern for the Chicago Zoological Society</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Plainfield Humane Society Adoption Councelor
(Lead Volunteer Animal Caretaker Anderson Tree Farm)
Volunteer Research Assistant at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen Volunteer</p>
<p>Personal Statement: Wrote about my experiences working with animals . I’m an incredibly passionate person and I talked about my upbringing and how that made me a compassionate person. Corny? No, I didn’t think so. Honest? Yes.</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Community College
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mixed Nationalities 
)</p>
<p>Hooks: First generation college student, paying my way through school, designed a research project as a part of my internship for the Chicago Zoological Society, assisted researchers as they examined anthropogenic effects on migrating gray whales.</p>
<p>Strengths: Possible my 3.7 GPA and 4.0 Major GPA. Doubt my 29 ACT, 1960 SAT helped T_T</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Yeah… I don’t know if being out of state crippled me, lol. Also, my essays could’ve been infinitely better. It sucked though. I was working 40 hours a week while going to school full time 
. It was poor time management of my part, but certainly my writing in that essay wasn’t an accurate reflection on my actual writing skills.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s rough for out of state transfers . Also, I would have worked more on my essays . I worked on them while I was working full time. In retrospect, I knew that my essays weren’t the best quality (I typed them up while I was chopping up food for kangaroos). No regrets applying though :)</p>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to all of you that were accepted! Be grateful and happy! Trust me, there are plenty of students who wish they were you :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Intended Major: Sociology</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>Major GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>Major Pre-reqs Complete? yes</p>
<p>IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Tap: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCSB,UCI,UCSC
Accepted: ALL
Rejected: NONE
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Danceteam in highsschool </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Clothes Store associate </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: N/A</p>
<p>Achievements/Awards: Deans list, Presidents honors</p>
<p>Personal Statement: Very Interesting I’d say</p>
<p>School Type: Community College</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Black/Hispanic</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>Income Bracket: Idk</p>
<p>Reflection: After doubting myself during this long wait, UCLA proved me wrong!</p>
<p>Strengths: Personal statement, GPA, TAP</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Extracurriculars </p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: No idea! But I’m thankful (: </p>
<p>GOODLUCK EVERYONE! Phew!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision Date & Time: (Friday 5:00 PM)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>UC GPA:3.94
MAJOR GPA:4.0
Pre-reqs Completed:yes (finishing this semester)
Intended Major:International Development studies
TAP?:YES
IGETC?:YES
Applied: UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
Accepted: UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Phi Theta Kappa, Honors Club, International culture club (secretary) foreign language club
Job/Work Experience: Shift lead at yogurt shop 30+ hours weekly + working directly with the global headquarters of the company
Volunteer/Community service: help at church, summer camps in mexico, operation gratitude, several walks (Revlon group organizer), guadalupe center, organized food drives
Personal Statement: Left it to the very last minute 7/10
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:CCC
Ethnicity:Mixed (mexican/armenian)
Gender: Female
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Probably
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<pre><code> Strengths: GPA, TAP, major prep
Weaknesses: personal statement
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: GPA really is the most important thing. With a good GPA, major prep/TAP, and some extra curriculars/volunteer you’re golden.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (4/26)</p>
<p>Intended Major: Anthropology
GPA: 3.22
Major Pre-reqs / IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCSB, UCLA, UCSC, UCSD
Accepted: UCLA, UCSC
Rejected: UCB, UCSB
Pending: UCSD</p>