<p>Agreed. Don't appeal. They recieve around *55,000 applications every year. I doubt they will want to deal with rejected folks. UCLA is big... if it were a small college, appeal might work. But not in this case.</p>
<p>*corrected. thanks to alamemom</p>
<p>^ Slight correction... UCLA receives over 50,000 freshman applications each year.</p>
<p>Haha! Now it looks like I am correcting your number DOWN! :)</p>
<p>So, I'm the mom.....feeling extremely depressed this morning. My D has wanted UCLA as long as I can remember. We've gone to Bruin Woods every year since she was 3, go to the basketball games, and spend time on campus. That said, she def. has the grades and numbers to get in. Now I'm second guessing everything (for her). Was her essay not strong enough? Her stats are very comprable to some of her friends who got in. She keeps texting me from school, "...and so and so got in, too. Why not me?" I told her to look at all her friends who did NOT get in. But I can honestly say that she wanted UCLA more than any other kid I know.</p>
<p>How do I handle her these next few days (hopefully only days)? She doesn't want to hear the typical bs that it wasn't meant to be or there is a great school out there for you, etc. She's always been such a high achiever and succeeded at most everything. I suppose it's a good life lesson, but it hurts to see her so crushed.</p>
<p>I've read all the comments about appealing and I get it, so I won't encourage her to do that. If she brings it up, we'll take it from there.</p>
<p>Guess I just needed to vent, too. Thanks for listening.</p>
<p>I think the best thing to tell her is that UCLA made a HUGE mistake. Shame on them for not accepting such a talented student.</p>
<p>Of course being at school is both the best and worst thing when you're going through this kind of disappointment. The thing is with such enormous applicant pools, more kids are experiencing disappointment than joy, sadly. I keep reminding my child that this is both a business and a game. It's NOT personal, even though it feels that way. Most of us are going to have to brace ourselves to try to support disappointed kids (I'm a mom too) and both the unknowns and the disappointments are stressful and sad. Good luck--I know things will look up in a few days, but you're pretty much in support role. I'm sure your daughter will be okay, and will either find another school she loves or will plan to try to attain her dream by transferring later.</p>
<p>I understand the feeling to be rejected. When I heard MIT rejected my daughter, I was so disappointed. However, when I heard my coworker's son who has perfect score is also
rejected by Standford and MIT. I do feel it is school's loss.</p>
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<p>This is true. They have no idea what they are doing.</p>
<p>yeah.. i mean i don't think they overlooked much in my application. i'm pretty smart.. great gpa and test scores but i guess no reason they should reconsider my status... GOD this ****ing sucks.. like really really bad
and i don't want any false hope either.. cannot handle a second rejection</p>
<p>i guess i just have to deal with it now.. anyway i did get into Pepperdine</p>
<p>aaaaahhhh
well hey.. thanks everyone for your opinions and advice... it helps sooo muchh and i wanna say good luck to anyone who is dealing with rejections (dream school rejections)</p>
<p>xx</p>
<p>honestly, i think doing something is better than doing nothing</p>
<p>if you want to appeal, do it..................if not, well then this is the opportunity to explore new colleges and maybe learn something that you had overlooked before about a school.</p>
<p>remember, the college will not make you rich and famous
you can become anything from any school
it all depends on your attitude and effort</p>
<p>Yep, it is up to the individual. Move on, but never forget who rejected you.</p>
<p>If you applied to other universities see which one you'll get in.</p>
<p>It doesn't hurt to appeal, and if you have a 5% chance of getting in, it's simply a question of whether you want to make the emotional investment. Your call.</p>
<p>I have a friend who so desperately wanted to go to UCLA but was rejected. She went to UC Santa Cruz for a year and decided that she really, really wanted to transfer to UCLA. She applied for a transfer, got rejected and appealed that rejection and GOT IN and graduated from UCLA.</p>
<p>She said going to Santa Cruz was the best thing that happened because it really helped her to focus on what she really wanted.</p>
<p>I know for my son, he wanted UCLA...but got into UCI. If he really, really wants to go to UCLA he can try. I know they take CC transfers first, but then they open the doors to the other UC schools.</p>
<p>Anything is possible. But you have to at least try.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>Dude, your life is over whether you want to admit it or not. I suggest using a 9mm pistol, its light and compact so it makes suicide easy for first time gun users. However, it is somewhat less lethal so make sure you make the shot count. Since you got rejected from one of the most competitive universities that has had one of the nation's lowest acceptance rates this year due to the economic crisis, I wouldn't be surprised if you are so dumb you mess that up too.</p>
<p>I got rejected too, but I don't have the balls to kill myself. I've taken the second best option which is instead of degrading myself to feel my degrade the school (who wants to go to a PUBLIC school anyways, that's for poor people.) <em>Strolls down to the USC subforum</em></p>
<p>ya it sucks not to get in, but you need to move on otherwise you will find yourself at somebody's college next fall thinking about how much you wish you were at UCLA.</p>
<p>thanks again all...
"listenkid" haha i would never</p>
<p>well i got into uc santa cruz earlier and recently found out they gave me a full ride!!!</p>
<p>but i am still doting on UCLA... i was already looking at potential apartments... :/
i don't think i will appeal.. ( there is still room for persuasion) my argument probably won't be all that strong</p>
<p>and "mom2jej" i am DEFINITELY going to try to transfer
for now it is ucsc until i hear from berkeley</p>
<p>caaiil09:</p>
<p>what do you mean you get a full ride? Like a full sholarship? So you applied to UCSC's scholarship other than fafsa? that's sounds great! I got some fafsa money but it's not much! I have heard some people said they got full scholarship, so it that the scholarship that you need to apply besides app? and it covers everything for you?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>How could a 3.95/32 ACT not get in? That has to be a mistake. What was her strength of schedule like?</p>