<p>Do any of you guys know when/how/where we can apply for AAP? It seems like there is no online app and we have to actually go to the school to apply. Is there a deadline for AAP apps?</p>
<p>I remember one of the speakers at the AAP workshop saying that people who indicated that they were interested in AAP in their college apps, have already been reviewed for eligibility. Does this mean anything besides the fact that we might be approved faster when we apply?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Mm, you're automatically accepted into AAP if you indicated that you were interested, and they found you eligible for AAP during the UCLA admissions process. Otherwise, you have to come to Campbell Hall to apply for AAP.</p>
<p>There will be an email coming out soon to students who qualify. This applies to other related programs such as PLUS.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks guys. I am barely sending in my PLUS app. Hopefully I still make the priority deadline. =[ My essay isn't that great. How competitive is PLUS exactly? 200 seems like a really small number for a school as big a UCLA.</p>
<p>From the PLUS students I've talked to, the application process wasn't that stringent.</p>
<p>From its description online, its like AAP in that it supports students who are more unlikely to succeed (e.g. first-generation college students). PEERS/AAP/PLUS are in the same vein I think.</p>
<p>This hasn't been mentioned in this thread but it's worth repeating: qualifying for AAP doesn't necessarily guarantee priority enrollment. You can appeal for priority enrollment but you have to specify specific conditions that would deter you from getting the schedule you need because of obligations like commuting to jobs etc.</p>
<p>Although priority enrollment would be AWESOME, I am doing AAP more for the tutoring. I applied for PEERS, but I didn't receive anything about it yet. I think I might have missed the deadline for sending in the app. I sent it in the EXACT day it was due. Hahaha.. procrastination is a killer.</p>
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PLUS is not very competitive. It's just that fewer students are qualified, and there are other programs which provide the same "service".</p>
<p>PLUS is very annoying. The only benefit is priority enrollment, and probably opportunities to get tutoring from AAP. In fact, it is mandatory you get tutoring in all your classes. You also have to meet with two counselors several times per quarter, which may end up being hours of sitting in a room and listening to some woman talk about her three dogs and five goldfish.</p>
<p>Ugh, AAP. They have the rudest letter if you apply and are not accepted into the program. It says, "your story (essay?) was not compelling enough..." Yes, so people like my friend, whose father is disabled, people who have families that make less than 20 grand a year, our stories are not "compelling enough??" I don't mind being rejected, whatever, but that was just downright a horrible thing to say.</p>
<p>Its unfair really. I honestly think that the services should be extended beyond Covel Tutoring which is already overflowed. The math department has an limited amount of available resources. Sure, minorities/first-generation students/financial-aid students are more unlikely to succeed. How much support does a typical student need anyway? In my case, I found it frustrating and at least managed to squeeze throw. I'm tired of the idea of "no hand-holding" and the image of making it out of a huge research university where there exists a higher-drop out rate than typical universities of similar prestige. Sure, it gives you a self-satisfaction in the end. What if you don't make it though?</p>
<p>cocoa, I totally agree with you about their letter. It made me feel so awkward.</p>
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<p>As for tutoring, tou have to take into consideration of WHO WANTS TO BE A TUTOR. Covel only offers $13-15/hr. There is quite an amount of responsibilities for this job, to prepare lessons.</p>
<p>With so many things to cover, one can just do outside tutoring and make 25+, or group tutoring.</p>
<p>And even with the budget quota, I don't know if enough people are qualified or even feel qualified to teach and answer ANY questions about a particular subject.</p>