<p>I know this is a stupid question but I've heard of people calling and ask. I don't know if freshmen are allowed to do that. I mean if I know the reasons that it will help me decide whether or not I should appeal.</p>
<p>(Because I got a supplemental request but ended up getting rejected so I really want to know why)</p>
<p>Sure, its possible to call and ask. You are not going to get a response though. </p>
<p>Its time to move on.</p>
<p>I agree that it is time to move on.</p>
<p>With 90,000 applicants, and affirmative action considerations, “first in family” to go to college considerations, geographic considerations, sports team, legacies, etc. etc. etc. and “holistic” admissions, the admissions process is very subjective.</p>
<p>Plenty of qualified people are rejected, and in fact, you may well find out on Monday that kids in your high school who would even acknowledge they have inferior records to yours might have been accepted. </p>
<p>UCLA is not going to pull out your file and tell you why you were rejected.</p>
<p>There may not even be a good reason why you were rejected.</p>
<p>And even if they wanted to that, which they don’t, they are no doubt busy handling calls from accepted students, and trying to figure out how many will actually attend, so they can then deal with the waiting list.</p>
<p>If you didn’t even make the waiting list, then it wasn’t even that close.</p>
<p>My son was rejected at one of his favorite colleges. My son has top stats. My friend’s son got wait listed at the same college. That tells me that my son really didn’t even come that close to earning admission.</p>
<p>Move on. There are plenty of other good schools out there. No different than if a girl turns you down. There are other fish in the sea.</p>
<p>^^California does not use Affirmative Action, they made this illegal in 1996. Hence the reason why UC/CSU’s does not have a high diversity. Proposition 209 made affirmative action illegal.</p>
<p>Affirmative action isn’t illegal. It was only illegal the way UC Davis was using it with Bakke. They still do use affirmative action, but not in the same manner they used to.</p>
<p>^^no way, didn’t know that. Thought it was completely gone because there is barely any diversity in all the UCs. It’s usually Asian majority schools except for SB and SC–but even in these schools Asians are 2nd majority.</p>
<p>Yes, move on if you can.</p>
<p>I still hang out here, and wonder why my D was rejected, and she will graduate from a very good college in May. We consider ourselves blessed/fortunate/lucky, but guess the “affirmative action considerations”, average or better for UCLA GPA and SAT scores, “great essay”, and a buttload of taxes, weren’t enough…why?..why?..</p>
<p>Don’t be like me! Hope you can move on!</p>
<p>I’m sorry though. Hope you have some good choices.</p>
<p>I happen to run across this thread on the main page. Everything happens for a reason. There’s really no point in dwelling on things.</p>
<p>9 years ago, I got rejected from UCLA and I was frankly shocked. I had a 3.98 UW/4.3+ W GPA (top 2% at a top HS), near perfect SAT scores 1550 (out of 1600), SAT II scores 800/800/780, and 5’s on every AP test. And, yes, I was a CA resident. But, the fact of the matter is, UCLA simply did not want me. </p>
<p>I went to an excellent college and then an excellent med school and life moved on. I hadn’t given it a second thought until I saw your post because I was in the same position not that long ago. If you are a candidate for UCLA, I’m sure you have/will have many other great college acceptances. Focus on what you have, instead of what you think you should’ve had.</p>