<p>You see, I got scared after reading about UCLA's students getting rejected with 3.9-4.0 GPA's because they didn't take pre-req's not available at their college.</p>
<p>On Assist.org, it says:</p>
<p>"There are four required lower division film courses, which are generally not
available at community colleges: Film 25A-25B (History of Film); Film 28A
(Documentary Film); and Film 28B (Avant-Garde)."</p>
<p>~STATS~
GPA - 4.0
E.C. - less than average
Essay - I cannot give an objective opinion, but without sounding arrogant, I had one professor and two faculty members proofread it and each thought it was "impressive." </p>
<p>Also, I only did ONE of the two languages that we needed for CAL. My counselor called them and they said that I could finish the language department in the event that I do get accepted and that I could even do them at a CC.</p>
<p>If you are attending Cal right now, then you are in a different category called intercampus transfer. For intercampus transfer, you should complete the general education and major prerequisite requirements at Cal. The UC reciprocity agreement allows you to use the requirements from Cal to fulfill the requirements at UCLA.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about Film, but for Political Science majors, we NEED to complete AT LEAST 3 out of the 5 required, even if they were not offered at the school at the time we need to take it.</p>
<p>For example, my friend needed to drive to take the 3rd Poli Sci class at a nearby college in order to fulfill the minimal requirements.</p>
<p>You’re appealing, right? You, me, and Oquendo are the strongest applicants that I’ve seen rejected. I really think that the three of us have compelling reasons on this one.</p>
<p>lol I was up until 5:30 AM researching this and composing my appeal letter.</p>
<p>1) Letter containing “new and compelling info” or explanation for something ambiguous. For me, I received AR this January, and it wasn’t on my transcript when I applied. That said, I have 1 extra D on my transcript. GPA: 3.57 with D. GPA: 3.74 without D.</p>
<p>2) optional: 2 letters of rec. I think I’m going to only include one. I’m doing this because I’m submitting an original piece of my writing.</p>
<p>3) transcript (for me).</p>
<p>4) I’m going to cite the things I love about UCLA/professors that I was interested in working with if I were to be admitted in my letter. My logic is that I’ll looked studious and interested in being a Bruin…which I am interested! lol. </p>
<p>I think my letter is pretty strong, and I’ll even PM it to you if you want to read it. It’s not quite finished though.</p>
<p>You are not “penalized” if your CCC does not offer the pre-reqs. However, for **very **competitive majors (like Film at UCLA; < 3% acceptance rate), applicants with the most complete set of pre-reqs are more competitive and therefore push out those who do not have all the pre-reqs completed.</p>
<p>There is no need to prepare for an appeal to Cal just yet. Wait for the decision to come out before you decide whether you should panic.</p>
<p>@foothilltransfer I messaged the Undergraduate Political Science Department at Cal, and they told me that there had been applicants who were accepted with less than three prerequisites. One of the advisers told me that she does not believe it would influence my chance of admission.</p>
<p>@foothilltransfer Not necessarily. I was accepted for poli sci with only one pre req done. That said, I have a 4.0 and am TAP certified, but they do make exceptions in certain cases. Also, one of their requirements for me to enroll is that I complete two of those classes over the summer. But I’m fine with that :)</p>
<p>@Ms.Sun or anybody else: I am thinking of appealing to UCLA since I didn’t get into TFT. I had COMP LIT as my alternate, but I really want to do Philosophy. </p>
<ol>
<li><p>I have done a course in Literature, but it says “TWO YEARS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE” which I hope my high school Spanish can count, right?</p></li>
<li><p>I have done two courses in Philosophy - Intro and Religion, but not the other two. Do I have a better chance with Philosophy? Or do I have a better chance with Comparative Literature?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>any econ applicants for berkeley know if the statistic prereq is required? they dont have it at my school, so i was under the impression that it wasnt offered anywhere else besides berkeley… am i wrong? eikk hopefully that doesnt ruin anything</p>
<p>@panicbutton, I don’t think it is offered anywhere else than Berkeley although usually the write “must be taken at berkeley” on those. It isn’t offered at any of the community colleges around me either, so I dont think it will hurt you. Did you take any stats class?</p>
<p>@Oquendo, 1) you can use HS Spanish to satisfy the foreign language requirement; 2) pick the major for which you have completed the most prereqs.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that for your appeal to be considered, you must prove that you are a much stronger candidate than what was presented in your application. Specifically, you must present new and compelling information that was not previously available to the admissions office.</p>