<p>I’m so relieved that there’s other people waiting just like me. Most of the people in my school already heard from UCR, so I felt kinda singled out and very worried.
I’m crossing my fingers for all of us, good luck guys!</p>
<p>Pentland gets filled up pretty fast. You might want to sign up for Pentland as soon as you find out that you are going to UCR for sure. Other dorms are fine though. It’s just that Pentland is more private oriented.</p>
<p>You should DEFINITELY sign up for honors program. It’s a little extra work that does not really worth it, but you’ll get class registration priorities, research opportunities, and graduate with honors bachelor’s degree, which looks good on your resume.</p>
<p>If you want to transfer after 2 years, I think it would still worth it.</p>
<p>Even if you sign up for honors program, I don’t think they’ll force you to go to UCR.</p>
<p>FutureEEMajor, as Linoch stated, occupancy in Pentland gets filled up fairly quickly. </p>
<p>To clarify linoch’s statement, one DOES NOT receive university honors for solely completing the lower division component of the University Honors Program (UHP), he MUST complete both the lower and upper division components or just the upper division component. Participants of the program will be required to do extra work, however, they will receive priority for class registration. As for research opportunities, if your outset is to gain experience working with researchers, it does not mean that you must register for the UHP, you can still find such opportunities without having to partake in the UHP, several colleagues of mine who are not part of the honors program have been offered opportunities to assist in the conducting of research. </p>
<p>Since, your end is to transfer, I suggest you take into account factors that will affect your chances of being accepted, such as a stellar GPA (3.5 and above) and the completion of the breadth/requirements set forth by the other institution. Also, you should note that the retention rate for the lower division of the honors program is low (especially in the hard sciences), and the most frequent reason for the drop outs is the unsatisfactory GPA. And that [lower division component] is not the most difficult part of the program, the hardest part of the program is the upper division thesis (the thesis submitted to the UHP is not as demanding as one done through your department because the UHP standards are lax since they want to encourage students to join and stay in the program). Thus, you should think carefully before applying for the program, if you are confident and believe that you can maintain your GPA, then apply for the program because it will help you stand out as a transfer candidate, else, stay on the regular track.</p>
<p>To address linoch’s point about resume building. If you complete both components or the upper division component of the program, your transcript–NOT your diploma–will have a university honors distinction on it. The only distinction on your diploma will be the latin honors, which are based on GPA (>3.9 for Summa cum laude; >3.7 for Magna cum laude; >3.5 for cum laude). Typically alumni only indicate the name of the institution they studied at, their major(s)/minor(s), their GPA/latin honors distinction, and the title of their thesis. It does carry some weight if you plan on advancing to graduate school, and can be a double-edged sword because the institution can review your quality of work in the undergraduate thesis.</p>
<p>Do not let any one sway you one way or the other, if you sincerely believe that you want to do the honors program and are prepared, then sign up. </p>
<p>Unless you have submitted your SIR, you are not obligated to attend the university. Once you have submitted the letter of intent then you have committed yourself to attending that institution.</p>
<p>you should DEFINETLY sign up for the honors program, because even if you have absolutely no intention of sticking with it, if you get in you’ll have priority registration for the first quarter you are here. you don’t have to do any work your first quarter if you dont want it for your second quarter.</p>
<p>If you have no intention of completing the program or wish to drop out after the first/second quarter, then I advise you not to register for the program. It is not rational to register for UHP for the sole purpose of having priority registration, and then drop out shortly thereafter, for you will not benefit much–if at all–from priority registration as an incoming freshman since you will not be able to enroll in many classes due to prerequisite requirements, and the classes that you will be able to register for usually have seats of 100-300+ students. You will truly begin to reap the benefit of priority registration in the later quarter of your freshman year. Furthermore, the situation with respects to the availability of classes is not the same for UC Riverside as it is at the community colleges and CSUs; at UC Riverside, students are generally able to enroll in classes. And with the cap at 16 credits for initial registration, there will be plenty of spots left opened in upper division classes for all class level standings, including freshmen.</p>
<p>**Decision: accepted **
**Major: MechEng **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200
[</em>] SAT IIs: chem - 690; lit - 790; mathII - 690
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] GPA: 3.96-ish
[<em>] Rank: 22/440-ish
[</em>] Other stats: 9 APs by graduation? i know, not as impressive as others. meh
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were pretty awesome :]
[</em>] Teacher Recs: the teachers i chose know me pretty well, so good, i guess.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: my counselor loves me!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: california
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: latina
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
- AP scholar w/ honor
- NHRP scholar
- Questbridge Finalist
-took logic class at UCR over summer (A-)</p>
<p>@concretegirl: UCs don’t need recs?..</p>
<p>you’re probably right that i wouldve gotten the classes i wanted anyways first quarter, even if i wasnt in the honors program, but the fact that i got my classes at the times i wanted was still priceless.</p>
<p>asdfjklxd: did you get into UCR? Your stats look like you would be accepted.</p>
<p>crizello: did I post my stats up or were you reading someone else’s’? Haha. But I haven’t heard from UCR yet >:( I definitely think I’m not getting in now considering a lot of people have heard…</p>
<p>Son is still writing.</p>
<p>@xinxija: bahaha, just copied and pasted all the stuff from another school decision board. ah, the virtues of double checking which school i’m talking about (good thing i didn’t do that on any application essays :])</p>
<p>Someone from my school got accepted a couple days ago.
Sooo, we should hang in there for a little while longer, I’m staying positive.</p>
<p>If I didn’t get in by now should I expect a rejection?
3.2UW 1960SAT
I thought ucr would be the easier of the uc’s to get into even for me :/</p>
<p>I’m still waiting too. I’m thinking it’s not looking good, but who knows…
3.5 UW, 1800 SAT
Apparently they got 20% more applications than usual, so it’s a lot more difficult this year.</p>
<p>I got accepted in early February for Bioengeering. There’s still time…don’t give up guys!</p>
<p>Early feb and mid march big difference :/</p>
<p>still waiting too 
idk whats going on. some people i know have been accepted, some have been recently rejected.
looks like its completely random</p>
<p>Has anyone tried contacting them about this?
I wish they had their own discussion board…</p>
<p>I got accepted yesterday (March 15) as a Business administration major! </p>
<p>I’m a transfer student from a CCC. GPA: 3.51</p>