<p>Ha, I didn’t realize they did it at home! That’s kinda cool, I’m glad she wasn’t stuck on campus for it.</p>
<p>I noticed that some of the info was stuff I’d already looked at, which makes me kind of happy. I am not a fan of surprises!</p>
<p>Anything stand out to you?</p>
<p>Besides the dog, not really; They both basically summarized the information on each slide, so you did not miss any additional details. The answering-question portion was probably the most helpful. What major are you? There were many Haas, Econ, and Coll. of Chem, questions that were asked.</p>
<p>psych, so I paid special attention to the L&S slide</p>
<p>Did she answer the questions verbally? Did she say anything about psych and or application tips?</p>
<p>Yes, she answered them verbally. </p>
<p>She strongly recommended applicants to: make good use of both additional comments sections, write strong responses to both personal statement prompts, and start the application early (lol to the last one). They tried to make the webinar as general as possible, and only took a more focused path when answering major specific questions.</p>
<p>Unrelated:
The following are some tips that I have found helpful. You might have done this already, but, if you live near Berkeley, it could be beneficial to visit the campus’ Transfer, Re-entry, and Student Parent Center (100 Cesar Chavez Student Center) to get one-on-one, more relevant advice from an admissions counselor–they offer drop-in transfer advising on Thursdays and Fridays 2:00 – 4:00pm. Also, you can schedule a meeting with one of their Psych major advisors by email.</p>
<p>Also unrelated to the webinar, but possibly helpful: I found out that applying to a capped major does not affect your chances! My girlfriend told me that, and she got in as a Psych major last year with a ~3.5. Her tip: Write an AMAZING personal statement.</p>
<p>Thanks! I was wondering why I wasn’t getting a response!</p>
<p>Unfortunately I live in southern CA, so as much as I’d like to visit UCB it is unlikely (at least until decisions are released). But the psych advisor email sounds like a very good idea!!</p>
<p>I’ve read about the capped majors and applying to a college (humanities, social sciences, etc) instead of applying directly to the major. Hopefully that works in everyone’s favor! Congrats to your girlfriend! Did she end up at Berkeley?</p>
<p><a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/home/uc-transfer-admission-update-2014/”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/home/uc-transfer-admission-update-2014/</a></p>
<p>Interesting read. Here are some of the highlights:</p>
<p>-previous transfer application(s) are available and will be reviewed/compared to your current transfer application (note that your freshman application will NOT be reviewed if you are applying as a transfer)</p>
<p>-Winter grades submitted during the January Transfer Academic Update are NOT calculated into the GPA used for admission evaluation. However, some UCs MAY use the information for selection.</p>
<p>This should be stickied somewhere on this forum for the admission/application season: <a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/UCLA_TAG.pdf”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/UCLA_TAG.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thanks Cayton! This is great!</p>
<p>No problem, @ShuttlepilotND.</p>
<p>Curious, do you think the selection process folks differentiate between what was taken online and what was not? Does it even matter?</p>
<p>On my transcript, online classes are indistinguishable from campus classes, so I’m not sure they’d be able to tell.</p>
<p>I don’t really think it matters so long as it was done at an accredited school.</p>
<p>@fullload </p>
<p>They wouldn’t be able to tell at the time that they’re reviewing your application which of your classes were online and which ones weren’t.</p>
<p>Hey guys, almost done with my app, just working on my personal statement and I have a question:</p>
<p>How does the fee waiver for the applications cost work, is it easy and similar to filling out a bog waiver/general fafsa?</p>
<p>I receive bog to get my unit costs waived, but nothing from fafsa fyi.
I don’t think I’ll be turning in my app until that Thanksgiving week if this matters for a processing time or w/e.</p>
<p>To add to Justin’s question, when should Fall 2015 applicants apply for loans and FA? I’m not going to be eligible for FA, but I should qualify for a loan. When is the best time to start that process for Fall 2015, considering I don’t even know what schools I’ve been accepted to yet?</p>
<p>Justin: the fee waiver is an automatic calculator at the end of the application that takes into account the information on income and household size earlier in the application. Time of submission will not affect it</p>
<p>Fullload: In January 2015 you can fill out the FAFSA (just make sure it is the right site, it should be free). I personally will wait for the financial aid offers before I put anything in motion, since I do not want to take out a loan and start collecting interest before I absolutely have to</p>
<p>@luckie1367 So does that automatic calculator give you an instant Yes/No response whether you’re eligible? And does it calculate different types of waiver/coverage, like full, partial, or none at all.</p>
<p>@fullload
Like Luckie said fill out your FAFSA beginning in January. I believe the deadline is March 15, but don’t quote me on that. You’ll need to have already completed your taxes to do your fafsa. Technically you don’t, but it’ll be easier if you do, and you’re less likely to have your fafsa audited.</p>
<p>Once you receive your acceptances from schools, each school will give you your financial aid package. You’ll get it either at the same time as your acceptance or within a few days. </p>
<p>Justin, yes it is automatic and it tells you then and there.</p>
<p>also fullload, you can estimate your FAFSA with the previous year’s returns if they are close to the ones you will be filing.</p>
<p>Just down to the personal statements now (I suck at writing, let’s see how they go :P). I’m curious as to how much extra curricular activities matter. I’m applying to Davis, SB, Berkeley, UCLA and Irvine all for Chemical Engineering, but I just moved here last year so I pretty much have zero EC’s (unless you count MESA). I guess my Personal Statements need to be pretty good in this case? GPA should be around a 3.8ish or better after this semester and I have all the prereqs except maybe a bio class. (Mainly looking at UCSB for which I have all the required courses)</p>
<p>I’m filling out the courses I’ve taken for the UC application right now and I’m getting the error message for all classes I’m filling out as “In progress” or “planned”:</p>
<p>“Please enter a valid grade other than IP (In Progress) or PL (Planned).”</p>
<p>I don’t understand. Do they not want to see my in progress or planned courses? Why would they even have these two as an option if they don’t want you to choose IP or PL?</p>
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<p>I’ve figured it out. Ignore post.</p>