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<p>How do colleges decide who to admit first? GPA or just random?</p>

<p>… read the post at the top of this forum</p>

<p>Are you serious? Instead of posting me that BS all you had to do was answer the question. Obviously I can’t find the answer to it or I wouldn’t have asked. If you can’t help me then don’t post</p>

<p>From the “UC Transfer FAQ” post:</p>

<p>1.What do the UC’s look for in a transfer student?
Mainly GPA and Prerequisites. Very very important. If you do not complete your prereq’s you are at a disadvantage, especially for people who apply to competitive majors such as ucla biz econ. This year the cut off gpa was 3.8. I think someone on this board got rejected with a 3.77 gpa. Ucla and Ucb tend to be more strict on prereq’s while the other uc’s are a little more forgiving on prereq’s. Also, you should complete the required math and english. Extracurricular activities can help, but I personally don’t think it matter as much as gpa and prereq’s. My advice would be do activities that interest you or activities that will help build your resume for grad school. I think some of you are considering grad school. About personal statements, I will get to that later.</p>

<p>7.Personal statements
People have debated over the importance of it. I don’t think it is as important as gpa or prereq’s, but you should still not bs it. It will probably benefit borderline candidates the most.</p>

<p>If you’re asking why they notify certain people before others I would imagine it is just who they evaluate first, but that order doesn’t really “mean” anything, especially for the UC system. For private schools (like USC), how many units you have and how many GEs and pre-reqs completed impact that timeline.</p>

<p>Haha I was just going to post the same thing about “peterr’s” senseless response … anyone want to post a useful response instead?</p>

<p>Thank you Mr. Adam Morrison from gonzaga and now the Lakers. You answered my question in your second paragraph</p>

<p>@ ktothe10: I’ve heard that a few UC’s evaluate and release TAG students admissions’ first for those schools that admit on a rolling basis. I’ve heard on this site that this can be the case for Davis and UCSD. I’m not 100% on this, but I’m pretty sure TAG students come first for both evaluation and admission.</p>