I applied to a few UCs and am interested in information regarding the appeal process. I am mainly interested in attending UC Davis because it is within commuting distance from my residence. My stats are: SAT I: 1330; SAT II: 570W, 600M1, 510USH, and GPA: 3.35-3.4.
To start off, I’d like to say that, obviously, I haven’t been rejected from a UC campus yet. Though, I feel such a decision is somewhat imminent considering my SAT II scores.
The main reason I am planning to appeal is because I took the SAT IIs again on January 22nd and feel I did considerably better this time around(though I haven’t seen my scores yet because I had to correct insufficient information on my standby test form), but the UC system normally does not accept scores after the December test administration. If I sucessfully appeal, the scores will be considered by the campus(Right?).
My question is, how exactly do you effectively prepare an appeal? Has anyone sucessfully appealed to a UC campus(or another college, for that matter), and is willing to share how they did it?
An important aspect of this is obviously preparing an appeal that influences the reviewers to deem it qualified for reevalutation(So I kinda need to know how to embellish my circumstances to make them look “extenuating” enough :)).
<p>I know for a fact on the University of California Notes website, there is an article on what each school does or requires. All the information was provided by the school, so they are all a little different. They also talk about how many people appealed and how many they accepted. I can't find the link right now, but I am looking for it because I am interested to see it again myself....</p>
<p>Generally, appeals to the lower UC's work very often, as long as you spend time on your appeals. My friend appealed to SC, SB, and Davis, and got into all three. You WILL be able to find stuff that you didnt include in your original apps.
Sometimes, when a UC finds that its incoming class is too small, they may accept more appeals.</p>
<p>My brother appealed to UC Davis last year and got in. Keep in mind to make your appeal letter reasonably short (within one page) and state your case clearly. Sound like you are deathly interested in going to their school and provide reasons why. Also mention some other notable qualities about you that you failed to mention on your original app.</p>
<p>Good luck to you, my brother had way lower stats than you and yet managed to pull it off. And UC Davis in particular grants many appeals, I'm fairly confident you're in.</p>
<p>I'd say with 80 percent certainty that you've made it to Davis. You can even call the admissions officers and ask them a trivial question, then say "so how are my stats". UC Davis is known to be the most open about their admissions, far more open than flagships UCLA and Berkeley.</p>
<p>if your sat 2 scores are low, it probably is an indicator of how well suited you are to do well at a UC. obviously-- not so well. try a applying to a CSU or something. maybe they'll let you in.</p>
<p>I think you're GPA is an equal problem to your SATII scores. If that is your UC GPA, it's way below average for UCD. Are you in the top 10% of your class. I think appeals can work if your stats are close and you have a good reason. Otherwise, this year is going to be very hard at UCs.</p>
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I think you're GPA is an equal problem to your SATII scores. If that is your UC GPA, it's way below average for UCD. Are you in the top 10% of your class. I think appeals can work if your stats are close and you have a good reason. Otherwise, this year is going to be very hard at UCs.
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Yes, it is my UC GPA. I'm expecting my significant improvement in 11th grade to somewhat make up for my low GPA(I went from a 2.88 to a 4.0). I'm hoping that if I am rejected and I am relatively close, my new SAT II scores will put me a step ahead of other rejects in an attempt at an appeal. Though, it certainly does concern me that less than 6% of appeals were granted admittance last year. We'll have to wait and see what happens.</p>
<p>One of my teacher's son appealed to UCLA and got in. He sent a tape of himself playing the tuba, got in with the help of band and ended up getting out of band. So find something that you think they may want and emphasize it.</p>
<p>Only GPA for 10th and 11th grades count. UCs do not have the same ability to study applications and look for trends that private schools do. The focus on numbers: UC GPA, class rank, SAT scores with II being emphesized. If you fall below what they want on one or more of these measures, it's time to be realistic and consider your alternatives. The UCs will just keep getting harder to get into with the budget situation for some time.</p>