<p>I feel if we work together we'll all have a better shot at the appeal process so I'll let you know what I find out along the way and hopefully others can do the same :)</p>
<p>I'm starting my appeal to ucla because I made an error on the application.
I was unaware that a high school chem class fulfilled a missing pre-req so I failed to note its completion on my application. </p>
<p>So far I've requested my sealed high school transcript and printed out a copy of my summer class schedule, that philosophy will fulfill my final missing pre-req for my major which is psychology. As other psych majors will know the requirements are really different for each uc and my school advised me to fulfill berkeley's requirements because they are the most strict, which I want to put in my appeal to explain why the one prereq wasn't completed.</p>
<p>When I applied to UC's I never thought seriously about going to school in so cal and applied to ucla because "it was just a click" but after visiting the school in April I fell in love. There weren't any late start philosophy classes so I decided I'd take it over the summer so I could focus on upper division. I want to include this information as well to explain why the one pre-req still won't completed by the spring, what do you guys think? I think/hope I have a good shot because I have a good gpa (3.97)</p>
<p>*** But what I really want to know is if letters of recommendation need to be sealed as well. And any advise on what I should have my teachers write about they want to know what would help me the most but I'm really not sure.</p>
<p>Also for EC I've started working on a research project at the oakland zoo, observing primates that are going through behavioral therapy and taking Psychiatric medication, as well as hearing from speakers like Kim Peak, an autistic savant (the real Rainman) and Jeff Bell who wrote the book "Rewind, Replay, Repeat" about his experiences with OCD. I wanted to write about my experiences but I'm not sure if its adding too much, what do you think.</p>
<p>How long are your appeal letters going to be?</p>