<p>Says up on the site it's currently in review. Who else is in my boat and what did you write in your letter? </p>
<p>My "new and compelling info" were last quarters grades. A in biochem and o chem will hopefully turn some heads. </p>
<p>Good luck to those who are trying! The odds are certainly against us.</p>
<p>I'm with you. Either way, I'll have a plan this fall.</p>
<p>What's your plan? My backup is UCSD which is very good in the sciences (my major is Bio), so I'll be pretty happy either way. I just think I'll be happier in LA :)</p>
<p>Have you submitted your SIR to UCSD?</p>
<p>Yes, I did. Any idea how acceptances are going to be sent out? Man I'm so nervous right now. Our final decisions are going to have to pass by the director of admissions himself, Vu Tran, who I hear is kind of a hard ass :/. Anyway, any idea when decisions come out?</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that some UC's will not consider you further if they find out you've submitted an SIR to another UC.</p>
<p>You can check the application status site. UCLA should notify you there and through postal mail. They should come out roughly 3 weeks from when they received it. They received my appeal on May 24, so I have another week and a half or so for waiting.</p>
<p>I know that a commitee reviews the appeals, and if one person thinks your appeal is good, they'll pass it on to another member. If he or she OK's it then it is sent up to a higher person. That is when the final decision is made.</p>
<p>What else have you heard of Vu Tran?</p>
<p>I don't know, it seems kind of weird that they would completely disregard an appeal based on the applicant's decision to send in an SIR to another school. Penalizing an applicant who has taken it upon himself to consider fallback options is not something I would expect of an institution such as UCLA, or any for that matter.</p>
<p>Anyway, as far as Vu goes, my counselor at my CC has relations with admissions at Berkeley and LA. She is perhaps the only competent counselor I've ever had and goes far beyond what I expected. But anyway, she told me that those who are in a honors program which is certified by UCLA, their appeals go through a different ADCOM and the ultimate decision does not reside on Mr. Tran, but another admissions officer who, she said, is not as hard to sway as Vu. </p>
<p>She says Vu is stiff with little emotion. Now, I'm not one to judge a book by it's cover, yada yada yada, but I mean, look at the guy. What she has said about him would certainly fit his image:</p>
<p>Assuming what you said is true about the SIR, I think I would have sent in the SIR anyway, knowing beforehand it would affect my appeal decision. I think it would be unwise not to.</p>
<p>Oh and I think mine got there at the same time as yours. Sent mine on Monday the 22. From northern california, I assume they should have goten it within two days. Ah, the wait is killing me now.</p>
<p>No, you did the right thing. I'm not sure if UCLA cares, but I specifically heard of UCR weeding out the applicants that have already committed to another institution.</p>
<p>If what you said about honors students' appeals going through another acdom is true, that gives me a little more hope. I was TAP certified this year and was still rejected. Are you a TAP student, Christo?</p>
<p>Either way, you'll be going to UCSD at worst, which in fact, isn't that bad of a backup school. I personally chose to reject UCSD and UCI's offer of admission, and soon USC's to spend a 3rd year at a JC [a very productive 3rd year]. That's how much I want UCLA.</p>
<p>Do you have any idea why UCLA rejected you, Christo?</p>
<p>You know, I really don't know. I had a 3.5 and a 3.4 science GPA while applying. Had really good essays, spent a lot of time on them. Although my ECs were a bit limiting as I was just volunteering at Stanford hospital. I worked about ~15-20 hours a week. </p>
<p>Again, from this same counselor, she said that they received more applicants for the sciences this year than they have in previous years, making it more competitive. </p>
<p>That may explain some things, but I know people with lower stats getting in. I know my essays were not the limiting factor, so other than that, I really don't know.</p>
<p>Yeah, someone with a 3.1 GPA got into MIMG with a year of biology [he got a C in Bio II], ochem, and calc. Basically all the applicants with a 3.0 or above and the prereqs got into a UCLA science major. Perhaps UCLA just gives a lot more priority to CC's nearby?</p>
<p>Well from what I've heard. The UCs do give preference to students who are in thier "area". So of course students who attend CC in SD have a better chance at UCSD and students who attened a CC in LA have a better chance at UCLA. Of course all that is only speculation... and I've never heard a firm source, so its just a theory.</p>
<p>Well UCLA only offers TAP to nearby colleges. And I'm sure that UCLA cuts a little more slack to local colleges as opposed to a college in norcal. Not trying to sound bitter, but way too many underqualified people got into UCLA from my CC. They accepted this applicant who did all their honors classes this spring! Someone else with no EC's and a 3.1 got in. That same applicant got denied from UCSD. It seems UCSD is looking for the more well-rounded and UCLA just wants to see completion of major-prep. UCLA looked at his prereqs and said ok, you're in.</p>
<p>No, I'm not TAP certified. Before being a bio major, I was comp sci where being TAP cert. held no bearing, so I just didn't do it. Was not till about a month or two before applying did I realize my major, being the college of letters and science, allowed me to be in the honors program and be TAP certified. Thing is, it was too late by then. I would not be able to fulfill the necessary reqs before spring quarter. </p>
<p>I promptly gave myself a metaphorical kick in the nuts for being so dumb. Oh well.</p>
<p>And those science majors who got into UCLA with the 3.1s here on CC seemed to have been from students who attended Santa monica College. Correlation? Probably. Did it help? Most Likely. Am I bitter? We'll see in the coming week or two.</p>
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It seems UCSD is looking for the more well-rounded and UCLA just wants to see completion of major-prep. UCLA looked at his prereqs and said ok, you're in.
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UCSD just goes by gpa; they don't look at prereqs.</p>
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<p>Not entirely true. Someone I know got a rejection from UCSD with a supplemental letter telling him the reason for rejection was because he did not take two classes. They weren't major reqs, they were liberal arts classes I think. He was an ok applicant too, 3.2+.</p>
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the reason for rejection was because he did not take two classes. They weren't major reqs, they were liberal arts classes I think.
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Sorry, YES , duh, they want IGETC and 60 units and the bottom line math and english requirements.</p>
<p>I didn't complete IGETC and I still got in though. I don't know, the whole process seems so...random at times. Who knows what they look for in an applicant.</p>
<p>It's not that random. I didn't mean to say that they don't consider IGETC, etc.; I meant to say that they dont consider prereqs.</p>
<p>bump !</p>
