Hello. I’m first going to start off by saying that I know this process has very slim chances of being successful, so I’m fully aware that I’m most likely going to be rejected again. But, I wanted to give one last shot at getting into my top school. First off, I’m a transfer student which may change my circumstances and the pool of applicants I’m competing against compared to the freshman class. I have a 4.0, good extra curriculars, and a good essay (I wouldn’t say great, but it was good). When I applied I had 13 units on file and when I went to talk to an admissions counselor for the reason of my rejection, she told me that was the only problem she saw. She said that I could appeal, so because my application was rejected due to my lack of units, should I send in progress reports and letters of rec? I currently now have 21 units and will be finishing with 37 in about a month and a half, I also have 4 letters of rec from college professors. Does anyone have advice on what else I should include, any past known situations of appeal, and any other advice? Thank you!
Literally anything helps, even if you aren’t a transfer. I just need opinions because I want to do to most I can, even if it won’t work out in the end.
Where are you transferring from? The transfer criteria is much less stringent than new college students go through. Typically a 3.0 with 30 college credits should get you in.
Also, don’t give up. Applying for spring semester versus autumn makes a difference. So if you don’t get it for AU19, try again for SP20.
I’m transferring from Santa Monica College in CA! Yeah, I applied as a senior in hs and didn’t get in so this was my second shot. I thought they would at least defer me until my spring grades came out if they were really serious about that minimum but I guess just flat out rejection. The counselor did also mention about moving my application to spring if it didn’t work out so I may do that, but osu and another school in Europe were and are my only choices. So if I don’t get this appeal, I’m most likely off to Europe 