<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor in College
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
[<em>] Personal Statement: Acceptable
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Community College
[</em>] Ethnicity: British
[<em>] Gender: Straight Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: IDK
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): IDK
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Probably
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Won scholarship, GPA, and TAG. personal statement is ok but not fantastic
[</em>] Weaknesses: Absolutely no extracurriculars/volunteers!!
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: B/c of my 4.0![/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>@csfuture thanks!!! you toooo :))</p>
<p>@ evelynnnlaw</p>
<p>Crazy, right? We got in, I mean I can really say, “GO BEARS!”</p>
<p>@UCdrone hehe congrats!!! what are you gonna decide on?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED HUNTY</p>
<p>Intended Major: Sociology
UC GPA: 3.82 (got a C in a cc class took in high school so really like ~3.9
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Complete? (Y/N): yep all of em
Major Pre-reqs completed (list): yes? same as above?
IGETC: yeeee</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCSC, UCLA
Accepted:UCSC, UCLA
Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none
Pending: USC
SIR: probs Berk</p>
<p>Extracurriculars? Wind Ensemble in cc
Job/Work Experience: 12ish hours a week all through cc in retail
Volunteer/Community service: tons in gay community
Achievements/Awards: merher
Personal Statement: pretty good wrote about my involvement in the gay community, tied it to my major, then talked about bullying in my second one</p>
<p>State (if OOS applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: cc
School name: SMC
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): gay</p>
<p>Reflection: Honestly still in shock. I gave zero fs in high school and went to cc because I had no where else to go. Worked my my butt off and now have the opportunity to go to one of the top schools in the nation.<br>
Strengths: strong gpa, 4.0 in prereqs, they offered a certain prereq at my cc that a lot of other ccs dont offer so I was lucky enough to take it and get an A in it.
Weaknesses: C from high school
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: because I’m a certified baddie
General Comments: BAYUMMMMMM</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.9
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
Intended Major: Comparative Literature
IGETC: No; UC Reciprocity completed</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Currently studying abroad; member of UCSB Honors Program
Personal Statement: Put a lot of time into them!</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: UC intercampus transfer
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle class</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Major: Psychology
GPA: CCC 4.0, Oversea 4-year university economics major 3.23
Major Pre-req: 2 in progress
IGETC: 2 in progress
TAP: No</p>
<p>EC: Some club member at CC, Some Volunteer Work
Job: Part time job in home country
PS: Average</p>
<p>International Student from Macau, first generation attending college
Strength: Strong CCC GPA, Upward Trend
Weakness: Non-resident, low GPA in home country, average essay and EC</p>
<p>Accepted to Davis, but will definitely appeal for Cal</p>
<p>@ evelynnnlaw</p>
<p>Don’t think I can go to either, can’t afford it. I didn’t get very much at all, and you? I gotta put my stats up, but…eh, I hardly know my GPA.</p>
<p>@mrandall @EconBerk211 @xcballin @ ANY OTHER ECONOMICS MAJORS</p>
<p>I was admitted for the Spring 2014 semester as an Econ major. When were you admitted? What were your stats? What kind of extracurricular? You planning on accepting the the offer?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted for Fall 2013
UC GPA: 3.62
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All for psychology, none for phil (none offered)
Intended Major: Philosophy/Psychology double major (applied as phil)
TAP?: YES
IGETC?: YES</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none
Pending: none
SIR: Submitted to CAL</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Nothing special
Job/Work Experience: Various jobs
Volunteer/Community service: NAMI
Personal Statement: Really good
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: CC (Mount San Antonio College)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: EFC = 0
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably personal statement, I have to admit it really does paint a picture of me
Weaknesses: GPA,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: PS, TAP probably helped, upward grade trend
General Comments: Never Quit</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
GPA: 3.82
Major: Molecular Environmental Biology
IGETC: No
No TAP</p>
<p>Very surprised I didn’t even do the supplemental forms they required.</p>
<p>Congratulations on getting accepted to Cal!!!</p>
<p>I have created a Facebook group and I would like to welcome you guys to join. It would be a great place for you to connect and help each other out throughout your transition into Cal.</p>
<p>Go Bears!!!</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/448840758544136/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/448840758544136/</a></p>
<p>Accepted:Fall 2013
Major: Anthropology
UC GPA 4.0
I am 32 year-old single dad, returning student, with no high school diploma or GED. Dropped out of high school in the beginning of my freshman year. </p>
<p>Thank you all and College Confidential.</p>
<p>Congratulation to those of you that will be attending Cal or any other university. We did it!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Intended Major: Psychology
UC GPA: 3.9
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Complete? Yes 3 IP will be done end of Spring
Major Pre-reqs completed (list): Intro Bio, Sociology, Stats, Poli Sci, Intro Psych
IGETC: Will be completed by end of Spring</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCLA, UCD, UCSD, UCSB
Accepted: UCD, UCSD, UCSB
Rejected: UCLA (Did not finish Chemistry Prerequisite)
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA
SIR: CAL </p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: Student Government, AGS Honor Society, Cabinet member of Puente Club.
Job/Work Experience: 2 years 24 hrs. Weekly at grocery store
Volunteer/Community service: 20 hours Kinship Adoptive Foster Parent Association
Achievements/Awards: AGS Scholarship, Promise Scholarship, Deans List & 2nd Team all league football *High School award
Personal Statement: 10/10 Worked on with Berkeley Admission Officer
(Started in August)</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
School name: West Valley
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under 35,000 a year
Hooks: Low Income, First Generation, Foster Adopt</p>
<p>Reflection: Hard Work pays off
Strengths: High GPA, Personal statement, and well rounded EC activities.
Weaknesses: Cannot think of Anything
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: Well Rounded
General Comments: Follow this quote if you want to get into a top tier school </p>
<p>“I am exactly where I want to be because I realized that I have to commit my very being to this thing. I have to breathe it, eat it, and sleep it. Until you get there you will never be successful in life, but once you get there I guarantee you the world is yours, so work hard and you can have whatever it is you want.” –Eric Thomas</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>Intended major: Biochemistry
UC GPA: 3.76
IGETC: Yes
Prereqs: No (Especially surprised with this because I’ve only done about 4/5 prereq classes)</p>
<p>Strengths: My personal statement. I can guarantee that if you ever somehow get your hands on a copy of my PS, you will never have read one like that before.</p>
<p>I did have a good grade trend. From B’s/B-'s my first year to straight A’s throughout the second and third years.</p>
<p>Still extremely surprised to have been accepted into Letters and Science.</p>
<p>Anyone have stats on the percentage of transfer applicants admitted?</p>
<p>@ucdrone I got 14k from UCB. but UCLA gave me 20k and UCI 21k. Im very conflicted!</p>
<p>@evelynnnlaw </p>
<p>It seems like UCLA is the best option! : ) Great psychology department and they gave you 20k… why NOT?!</p>
<p>Accepted.
GPA: 3.8 (upward trend)
Major: Film Studies
Prereqs: All that were available at my CC. Finished IGETC.
ECs: Very good.
Essays: Very good.</p>
<p>Also, UCB is the only school so far to offer me any money. Big deal right there.</p>
<p>@Eviity true that!</p>
<p>congrats to all of you who got acceptances! especially if they were double acceptances.
it was nice to go through all of this with y’all!! :)</p>