<p>I submitted my application online a long time ago for Berkeley as well as UCLA but the instructions were kind of unclear and I heard from someone that you only have to send your transcripts once you're admitted.</p>
<h1>1: Is this correct?</h1>
<h1>2: No teacher/Guidance recommendations needed?</h1>
<p>Thanks so much.. I'm kinda having second thoughts now about my application and I'm worried.. :(</p>
<p>You could have simply searched this. It's been asked thousands of times.</p>
<p>No, you don't send transcripts unless and until you've been accepted and you choose to attend; they'll be due by mid-July.</p>
<p>No, the UCs neither require nor want recommendations; if you send them, they will be thrown out.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks I feel 100% better now. and.. wow... i wonder how many people lie on their online app then</p>
<p>Not many, I would think. When you send in your transcripts, they're checked against what you reported on the application; if there are discrepancies, your admission will be rescinded. (Yes, this has happened to students before.) In addition, UC randomly chooses 10% of its applicants to validate an item on their applications, so most wouldn't dare lie about an activity/award/whatever.</p>
<p>Of course, that doesn't mean applicants don't actively embellish, but I don't think it often comes to outright lying.</p>