<p>Rejected with supplemental questionnaire</p>
<p>rejected and received supplemental questionnaire as well</p>
<p>accepted with it</p>
<p>got in w/ it :)</p>
<p>i got the questionnaire, but didn't realize it until late march, so i didn't really fill it out very well or send a teacher rec... still got in though. i guess it doesn't make that much of a difference.</p>
<p>rejected/given uc merced transfer option with the talent questionnaire. :(</p>
<p>Got the hardships supplemental, but looking back my answers on the survey were really short and uninspired, and I didn't get a teacher rec. Rejected and really disappointed, but I'm gonna appeal because I have some information that wasn't fully explained in app.</p>
<p>Accepted with the illness supplement!</p>
<p>accepted with hardship supplement! =)</p>
<p>I got one today too!!! Everyone that got one, should take it very seriously since it means that we are on the border line!!!</p>
<p>I got in with the illness supplement. lol</p>
<p>wait, do these come out all at once or in waves? If we haven’t gotten one by now, what’s the latest we can expect to get them by, if at all?</p>
<p>has anyone received these yet? it looks like around this time last year is when people got supplemented</p>
<p>So is it good or bad to receive one? </p>
<p>I got one that asked me to talk about my talents, but I’m pretty sure my 2200 4.0 GPA surely isn’t a “borderline” applicant for cal?</p>
<p>Borderline applications are handled by augmented review, which includes a supplemental questionnaire, a reference and a chance to report first half senior grades.</p>
<p>However, the supplemental is also requested for at least two other categories, neither of which seems to be an indicator of borderline status.</p>
<p>The ‘talent’ version of the supplemental can be given to applicants who may be solidly in on their stats alone, but also to people who would be solidly out on the basis of stats. Cal wants to create an interesting and diverse experience for students by including some with rare talents, experiences or attributes. All high end schools do this to some extent. They may be looking for the great cellist for the orchestra, looking for superb athletes for teams, looking for the person who has written and published a novel or who has some other dimension. The other students have a chance to associate with peers who have extreme capabilities, not only in taking standardized tests or in garnering high grades or even in piling on extracurricular activites, but in all the other aspects of success in the wider world. </p>
<p>Another type of supplemental request handles those who have some disability mentioned in their application. This too does not seem to be strictly related to a borderline situation. In some ways it is similar to the talents, in that it ensures a student body that exposes others to those who can achieve while overcoming challenges. </p>
<p>For those whose supplemental information request is not tied to a talent, achievement or disability, you were selected as part of augmented review. This means that once the reader of your application scored you, you fell into three zones. The first few number scores are those who will be given an offer to enroll. The last few number scores are for those who will be declined. A score exists for those who are uncertain - out of that pool in this zone, some will be accepted and some rejected. The school wants to gather additional data to help make the final cut, which is the process of augmented review.</p>
<p>In general, receiving a request is a good thing. If you have a talent or a challenge and recieved one, your odds of being accepted have jumped up, particularly if Cal is a stretch for you. If you got one for augmented review, your odds are pretty decent, certainly better than the average odds for applicants as a whole. </p>
<p>If you thought Cal was a safety school but got an augmented review request, you weren’t as overwhelmingly qualified as you thought, but odds are still good. If you thought you had no chance at Cal but got an augmented review, your chances are better than you thought. </p>
<p>Augmented reviews produce the scatter effect on the charts your counselors use to show you the decisions for applicants to Cal from your high school - the outliers are not only the recruited top athletes, but those who were given supplemental questionnaires and then accepted.</p>
<p>^I applied quite early and haven’t got anything - I don’t know what that means</p>
<p>hi, i got the request for supplemental review (for disability), so I’m filling out the review (they sent it to me on 1/20… will it matter that i’m sending it three days late? is it important that it was prompt?), and i’m having my employer of several years fill out the recommendation form for me (i know she’ll send in a great recommendation, she’s wonderful =)), however i got drastically worse grades this semester. i wasn’t slacking off it’s just that the particular classes i took were more challenging for me. anyway i’m pretty sure my gpa will end up below 4.0 (and my cpa on my application was around 4.4…) how badly do you think this will effect my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>aerobic, don’t wait to send it in, but make sure you review it carefully before sending it. Take your time, do it well, get it in. If you received it on the 20th, it should not be “3 days late” since they generally give you 8 - 12 days to complete and get it back in. Did you read it right?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>lol sorry it was just me being paranoid, but i meant three days after i first got the message… i panicked a little on whether or not they keep track of how quickly we respond because they are sent me like a “final reminder” type email that scared me a bit. Thanks though =)</p>
<p>so will my horrible first semester senior year grades hurt my chances? because they keep repeating that the supplemental stuff can only enhance my chances buuut i thought they use it to decide if someone’s in or not?</p>