<p>don't worry guys, nothing we can do now, hope for the best</p>
<p>ya, i figured that i could always switch majors when i got there, probably will switch to physics from engineering, although with impacted majors you still need to apply for that major when you switch (although if ucla does it differently let me know)</p>
<p>solace2718, wuts ur opinion on this?</p>
<p>Congratulations on admission to the UCLA School of Engineering!</p>
<p>An Open House for all newly admitted students will be held
on campus on Sunday, April 15 which we hope you can attend.
If you have not already done so, please RSVP for this event at
<a href="http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/openhouse/openhouse2007.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/openhouse/openhouse2007.html</a>
You will also find information at this web page about the campus,
financial aide, etc.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you on April 15.</p>
<p>Best wishes,
R. Muntz
Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies
CS Dept.
UCLA</p>
<p>it actually said the word "congratulations"... um... so what do you think now?</p>
<p>well, we could do something, only if we had a Dr. Evil like lair and a nuclear weapon (and properly plugged in as per Stephen Colbert's adage)... [raises pinky to corner of mouth]</p>
<p>ok so what we know is the initial snail mail letter was an open house letter</p>
<p>this recent e-mail is supposed to be admissions?</p>
<p>The letter we got in the mail clearly shows that we got accepted.
It says, "In the near future, more information about your acceptance will be contained in a formal letter from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools (UARS)." I don't think they would put this in the letter if we haven't been accepted yet...</p>
<p>well then what is this?</p>
<p>UCLA Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>Dear Student:</p>
<p>We welcome you to the UCLA Electrical Engineering department. We are looking forward to your visit to campus on April 15th to attend the School of Engineering Open House . If you have not done so yet, please take a moment to RVSP at the link <a href="http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/openhou...house2007.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/openhou...house2007.html</a>.</p>
<p>The UCLA Electrical Engineering department is a leader in teaching and research in the field. We are part of a major public university, one of the finest in the country. UCLA maintains active education and research programs across a variety of disciplines, from medicine to the letters and sciences, to law, business, and engineering, to name only a few. Joining a university of this caliber will expose you to a dynamic and rich academic environment; you will be challenged to learn and excel at the highest levels.</p>
<p>We encourage you to seriously consider joining our department.</p>
<p>UCLA Electrical Engineering is setting the foundations for the information society of the 21st Century. Our department and school are proud to have contributed in important ways to the Internet and the wireless communications revolution. Just observe the enormous impact that these two technologies alone have had on the way we communicate with each other and how they have influenced our everyday lives. My email communication with you today is a testament to this progress. And as you know, UCLA Engineering is the birthplace of the Internet.</p>
<p>Many opportunities await your creative minds. Our renowned faculty members are outstanding teachers and researchers. Along with their students, they are pursuing research in many exciting areas. Opportunities abound for you to be an active participant in their investigations. Be part of a department that is setting the stage for the next breakthroughs in technology, including progress in</p>
<ul>
<li>Cellular (phone) technology</li>
<li>Multimedia communications (video streaming, audio, coding)</li>
<li>Biomedical devices; advanced medical interfaces</li>
<li>Nano devices; bio circuits</li>
<li>Deep space communications</li>
<li>The Internet; linking the real and virtual worlds</li>
<li>Monitoring the environment through sensing</li>
<li>And many other exciting areas</li>
</ul>
<p>We look forward to your visit on April 15. Again, please remember to RVSP.</p>
<p>For any questions, please do not hesitate to write to us. You are welcome to write to me.</p>
<p>Sincerely yours,</p>
<p>Ali H. Sayed</p>
<p>Professor and Chairman</p>
<p>UCLA Electrical Engineering</p>
<hr>
<p>Ali H. Sayed</p>
<p>Professor & Chairman Editor-in-Chief</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering Dept. EURASIP J. Advances in Signal Process.</p>
<p>University of California Phone: (310) 267-2142</p>
<p>Los Angeles , CA 90095 Fax: (310) 206-8495</p>
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<p>a good amount of people in this forum lacks reading comprehension</p>
<p>Congratulation on your acceptance, hopefully its for real</p>
<p>well, at least for Shadowdrgn20 it seems fairly clear</p>
<p>i believe dimedropper that the UCLA electrical engineering e-mail is more of an acceptance than the letter we received in the mail. This is because of the first line "We welcome you to the UCLA Electrical Engineering department." I believe that means we're accepted. Also, others in the other engineering departments got a "congratulations on your acceptance"</p>
<p>Adding to what SonicBoom said, the email even says, "We encourage you to seriously consider joining our department." To me, it implies that you have already been accepted and that they are strongly inviting you to join the school.</p>
<p>If you followed the previous threads, the engineering letter doesn't not 100% guarantee admission. From previous years, it meant 95%+.</p>
<p>Now that there are more applicants, I figure this percentage to be slightly less.</p>
<p>I wonder if they purposely leave the ambiguity to torture prospective students such as ourselves :)</p>
<p>er Boelter are the other 5% because they werent good enough or something happened? But why would they want you to RSVP for the department open house if they were going to reject you?</p>
<p>yeah seriously that is so mean aha. travel all the way there for nothing</p>
<p>also boelter, just to clarify, im talking about the new e-mails that came out, not the letters that were sent out about a month ago. The new e-mails seem to be acceptances and also a reminder about open house.</p>
<p>solace, first of all, i called the ucla admission and they said it was a open house and that's all, i then called eng admission office and they said taht it was just an recommendation, then i called the number listed on the letter and the person in charge of the open house said taht if you got the letter, than the chacne of you getting an admission package is 99.999999. And i am not kidding, she really said all those nines</p>
<p>I love it when gpine does research so I don't have to. I'd still feel a lot better if we got an email though =/</p>
<p>good for yall , congrats Engineers</p>