<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I was hoping some of the admitted UCLA and CAL kids could share what they did for extra curricular activities... Community service, clubs etc etc. Thanks!!!!</p>
<p>please list your GPA and Major too please!</p>
<p>major: poli sci
gpa: 3.87
accepted: UCSD, UCLA
rejected: CAL
pending: NYU, georgetown university</p>
<p>activities: poll worker during elections, campaigns, 6+ years volunteering at homeless sheltar, tutored autism kids, organized fundraisers for aids walk and revlon walk, currently teaching piano for 4 years, play violin/piano/flute, working at law office as assistant, internship at the LA mayors office, honors society at school, volunteered at councilwoman’s office, etc.</p>
<p>Admitted: CAL and UCSD
Rejected: UCLA (BIz econ)
gpa: 3.946
major: econ
awards: eagle scout
6 months work xp unrelated to major
extracurrics: none (unless you include signing my name on the psychology club registration during club day and never attending a meeting).</p>
<p>Applied: UC Berkeley, UCLA
Admitted: UC Berkeley, UCLA</p>
<p>ECs: None</p>
<p>singularity, did you put psychology club under your ECs? lol</p>
<p>i think so haha, not like it related to my major at all</p>
<p>Major: Business Administration - Haas
GPA: 3.83
Accepted: UCSC, UCSB, UCB
Rejected: n/a
Pending: USC Marshall (this application was actually a joy to do, love the supplemental free answer section)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Volunteer phonebanker for Hillary Rodham during Febuary for a few weeks
-Volunteer phonebanker for Obama for a few hours a day for about 2 weeks leading up to election day
-25-30hrs of work at longs drugs (2 years)
-PTK member</p>
<p>that’s really it, I am shocked at my admittance to be completely honest. I was already getting ready for UCSB.</p>
<p>None. You don’t need any if you’re not applying to an impacted major.</p>
<p>I sat on my ass for two years.</p>
<p>that’s how we do it CCC88!</p>
<p>Not true. EC is important I think, unless you’re lucky. I had 4.0 but no ECs unless you count work for a major I thought barely anyone would apply for at Cal. Rejected.</p>
<p>ECs are pretty important for Cal from what I know.</p>
<p>what major? There’s something more to your situation if you had a 4.0 + some work exp. and were rejected even with no ECs if you applied to a really unpopular major. My gf was also accepted w/ zero ECs and she had an even more popular major than mine.</p>
<p>Applied: UCLA & Berkeley
Accepted: UCLA & Berkeley</p>
<p>Major: Political Science
GPA: 3.7
EC: certified crisis intervention counselor for domestic violence and rape, 12 years piano (certificate of merit adv level), Leadership Education And Development (LEAD) program, Honor’s program, Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Gamma Sigma, jazz dance for a few years, probably some more but i don’t remember?
Work: abercrombie model for 3 years and at the same time part time executive assistant 3 years</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
GPA: 4.0
Accepted: UCB UCLA UCSD
Rejected: UCD
Didn’t finish IGETS
Some TA and Tutoring Job at school.
Few volunteer</p>
<p>thanks for sharing</p>
<p>EC: none
Accepted at UCSC, UCSB, Berkeley
Rejected at UCLA</p>
<p>3.2
English
Accepted: UCSD, UCD, UCB
Rejected: UCLA
EC: 150 hours volunteer</p>
<p>I was admitted to UCLA (History) and Cal (Media Studies)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.83
Pre-reqs: All completed except one for CAL (not offered @ my CCC)
Essay: Excellent
ECs: I work part-time in the transfer center @ my CCC. I also worked full-time for 8 years while going to school part-time off and on. I really played this up in my personal statement. I let them know that I understand the meaning of hard work and how hard it is to be successful in the real world without a college education. I also wrote about working part-time in the transfer center and how rewarding it is to help my fellow students realize that they can follow their dreams too. Other than that, I really don’t have any ECs. I honestly don’t have time. I think I was accepted b/c I am the poster child for non-traditional students. </p>
<p>I was also accepted by CAL’s TAP which I think ultimately put me over the edge. This was not supposed to happen to me, so I am still very shocked.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.0-3.1
Accepted to: UCLA (geography, TAP), UCSD (management science)
EC: none, no job either</p>