<p>If you appeal a school's decision, do you have to go there?
I'm thinking about appealing UCLA, but if they force me to go there after getting accepted i may not want to go..
i know chances for appeals are really slim, but UCLA has been my dream school forever...
but at the same time, i think that i may really enjoy irvine..</p>
<p>thoughts anyone?
thanks! :)</p>
<p>UCLA is better than Irvine. Now go appeal.</p>
<p>you will not be forced to go there
irvine is a good school so its all good if you dont get into ucla =)</p>
<p>this is what it says on their website:</p>
<p>"Because all applicants are examined so thoroughly in multiple reviews, admission decisions are rarely overturned. Requests for reconsideration are most likely to be persuasive only when students present new information. By "new" we mean information not already presented in the original application (e.g. missing ACT/SAT scores, classes that were not listed as AP/Honors that should have been, additional course work, etc.); information that clearly shows you to have a stronger academic record than had been earlier evidenced. Additional extracurricular activities or fall term grades are not a basis for a reversal of the decision since decisions are based on academic information that was available at the time of application.</p>
<p>In rare cases, students may find it necessary to be in Los Angeles due to a personal hardship. In itself, this is not necessarily grounds for reversal of an admission decision since there are several other colleges in the Los Angeles area. Academic qualifications combined with the particular hardship listed would allow for an additional review of an applicant. If you base your appeal on an emergency or sudden-need situation, please be prepared to document your circumstances."</p>
<p>...seems like there is ABSOLUTELY nothing you can say! anyone had successful appeals on CC?! if so please PM me, because i dont know how to overturn their decision.. would hard circumstances junior year which caused my bad grades and 3 years of CSF which i forgot to include be enough for appeal?!</p>
<p>help pleasee! thank you!</p>
<p>put it this way:
if you, after all that effort, may not even go there, why bother?
only appeal if you really * oo want to go there. otherwise, you and the admissions people are both gonna waste time, you especially.</p>
<p>depends on what kind of hardship you had, and how much it really affected your grades. CSF is not really important.</p>
<p>yeah, i see what you guys mean..
i think i'm already happy with UCI... so no point in writing the appeal and wasting everyone's time for the less than 1 percent chance of being reconsidered.
thank you CC!!</p>