<p>I was accepted to a quite a few schools this year and was just wondering if I emailed them and told them that I am interested in attending again that particular university, although I initially decline their offer on May 1, would they consider my desire especially if they currently have an open waitlist?</p>
<p>Many of the schools that my S wrote no thank you notes to wrote back and said " if you ever change you mind". So I would say most likely they will still be interested if they can find the space and if you left on good terms… I would call and not email your request…</p>
<p>What if its like a top school like University of Michigan, UVA, or UNC? I know they have plenty of other students to choose from though.</p>
<p>Go ahead and contact the Admissions Office, because you never know until you try. You might be lucky. </p>
<p>But don’t be too surprised if these schools now put you on the wait list (and possibly even at the bottom of that list). As you noted, these are very competitive schools and already have plenty of people waiting to get in; they aren’t likely to have any empty seats now. Your chances are probably much better if you are in-state and/or you were among the top 10% accepted this year.</p>
<p>Has anyone done this successfully before? I really don’t plan to switch schools because I love my college I chose (UCLA) but I know one of my friends whose family is in financial difficulty and cannot afford to attend her top private school but was accepted to several other schools.</p>
<p>UCLA! thats were I want to go to. Im sorry if this is not helping you, but Ive been looking for someone whose gone there. Would you mind helping me on another post?
Its called “Email to UCLA” on the college admissions (1st page).
Im very sorry if I disturbed you.</p>
<p>Its okay but I don’t think I can help much since I will be attending UCLA for the first time this fall but ask away.</p>
<p>were you out of state or know about out of state acceptance?</p>
<p>yup I was out of state</p>
<p>FINALLY!
im going to post the email i sent to them (they didnt have someone respond, automated mail because its probably crazy busy there).</p>
<p>How is GPA calculated for out of state applicants? I saw that students are awarded 1 extra point for approved honors and AP courses, but I heard that UCLA does not approve honors for out of state students. I am curious since the UCLA average GPA is above a 4.0 for 10-12 grades but the highest I can achieve in my 11th grade is a 4.0 since there are no AP courses offered.</p>
<p>I think they ask you what your GPA is based on your school’s system for the GPA. They may recalculate your GPA based on their system but I don’t think you have to worry about that. I didn’t worry too much when I applied because I more than satisfied all of their requirements</p>
<p>what do you think the biggest achievements got you in? (If you dont mind, what was your gpa/ Sat/ ACT)?</p>
<p>I guess it would be my GPA. On my schools scale it was about 4.5 out of the 4.8. Then my extracurricular activities. Then my SAT. I had around a 2100 which is kind of low at the time of my application but I took it again and got a 2210 and I updated them but I dont know if they considered it. My others friends who got in also had like 2200+. My essays were pretty well written as well. So I guess it was a combination of things but I think GPA is important.</p>