<p>@ wintergreeen</p>
<p>Congratulations! I got in to all the same schools, including UCI.</p>
<p>@UCdrone thanks! haha congrats to you too! 
where are you siring?</p>
<p>@ wintergreeen</p>
<p>I don’t know UCB, UCSD, and UCI all gave me the same amount of money. Because of location, UCI is a full ride, and UCSD is too! UCLA gave me the crappiest amount, and only for one year!</p>
<p>How about you? Did you get crappy aid from UCLA?</p>
<p>I hate to interrupt, but @UCdrone, come to UCB!!</p>
<p>@ xcballin</p>
<p>I’m married! Everyone is here, plus, I feel like a fraud…like I’m smart enough for CAL. Sometimes, I think they got my name mixed up. They should make us put down our weight, so I would know for sure!</p>
<p>YOU GOT IN!!! Who did you tell first?</p>
<p>@UCdrone Ah, dang 
Pshh what is this nonsense you speak of about not being smart enough for Cal?! They accepted you for a reason! </p>
<p>I told my momma first! Haha</p>
<p>@ xcballin</p>
<p>did you join the transfer group on Facebook? I got the invite from Berkeley, join and friend me! I wonder what happened that ■■■■■ from the UCLA thread, his posts were erased…except for the dog punching one!</p>
<p>@UCdrone Hmm which transfer group? I think you’re talking about the official one by Berkeley that you get an email for? </p>
<p>Ya, that ■■■■■ definitely disappeared once UCLA and Berkeley decisions came out!</p>
<p>@UCdrone I am not sure if the amount is crappy or not… it was my first time applying for financial aid but how do you know if it’s for only one year?</p>
<p>@ xcballin </p>
<p>I was too mean, and said things I should NEVER say, but he totally had it coming. If he would have insulted any of the rejected…I would have really made him feel like dirt! Like I told my cousin…I got into Berkeley and UCLA…I poop unicorn!</p>
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<li>Disclosure: I don’t really think that ;)</li>
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<p>@ wintergreeen</p>
<p>My one aid is a scholarship, when you put the mouse over it, it says that its non-renewable and good for one year! Cheapskates… I’m going to try to get it reviewed for reconsideration.</p>
<p>@UCdrone yeah i just checked and mine says that too and it’s about $ 4300 but are they renewable at all tho? well cal grant for me alone covers for the tuition so i am very grateful for that! and UCLA is actually giving me about $ 700 more than CAL</p>
<p>@ wintergreeen</p>
<p>No, it’s just my award. It’s a scholarship that’s good for one year, I hope I can get reconsidered. </p>
<p>I have almost everything covered at CAL, I still have to come up with my EFC.</p>
<p>Who did you tell first about CAL and Berkeley?</p>
<p>i actually told my aunt first because she called my cousin the moment i checked my admission haha and I had my cousin checking it for me lol got too scared</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Intended Major: Geography
UC GPA: 3.46
Major GPA: 3.71
Major Pre-reqs Complete? yes
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCLA, UCSB
Accepted: UCLA
Rejected: Berkeley
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: UCSB</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: N/A
Job/Work Experience: Work-study Receptionist
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Achievements/Awards: Deans list
Personal Statement: 9/10 Amazing feedback and help from various tutors/counselors</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Lowest</p>
<p>Reflection: Not too disappointed, UCLA has accepted me.
Strengths: Personal statement, and talent
Weaknesses: low GPA due to several classes and professors
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: Very low-income and maybe low GPA</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Intended Major: Lingusitics
UC GPA: 3.67
Major GPA: N/A
Major Pre-reqs Complete? No, none are offered at my school but I’m taking a second term Japanese class classes this Spring.
IGETC: Complete by Spring</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCLA, UCSD
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD
Rejected: Berkeley
Waitlisted: N/A
Pending: N/A</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience: English tutor
Volunteer/Community service: DSS Notetaker (failed to put this in my app)
Achievements/Awards:
Personal Statement: 6/10 - One response was somewhat strong, the other was rushed and very mediocre</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lowest</p>
<p>Reflection: I’m devastated. Berkeley was my dream school. I was hoping my story of dropping out of high school and making a huge turnaround would make an impression on the adcoms but I suppose I played the pity card too hard and my grades didn’t reflect the big improvements that I touted in my PS.
Strengths: PS (overcoming hardship)
Weaknesses: Grade trends (got C and 2 W’s in fall of application), PS, no linguistics related classes completed til Spring
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: Grade trend, No prereqs completed, mediocre PS (response about major), no demonstrated interest in major, perhaps not much EC’s. In order of importance.</p>
<p>Posting a little late, but here I am!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
&</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday, April 26, 5:30pm</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.55
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes. Also took a lot of language-related classes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Linguistics
[</em>] TAP?: No
[<em>] IGETC?: Yes
[</em>] Applied: UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[<em>] Accepted: UCR, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching/Jazz Band in high school, youth orchestra while college,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at a private school as a language tutor; have worked with translator teams in the past
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Working with animals
[<em>] Personal Statement: Good. Writing is definitely one of my strengths so I think I was able to set up and deliver my life story as it relates to my major in a positive way.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Santa Monica College
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, have a language blog that has been featured on LanguageLog, interested in different cultures, proficient in Latin.
I started my application a day or two before the deadline, and submitted it right on the deadline.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My experience with languages, and incontestable interest in linguistics. I was away from school for a few years. I came back last fall, took 15 units, and passed with a 4.0, all while working part-time. I speak 4 languages fluently besides English. This semester, almost all my classes are language-related: American Sign Language, Linguistic Anthropology, 2 linguistics courses at different college – 17 units total, while working still.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My passion for linguistics and potential to succeed in the field[/li][/ul]General Comments: Having gone through this process now, I can tell future applicants: don’t just talk in your application about your interest in your major; show it with the classes you’re taking, and some heavy unit loads each semester.</p>
<p>I also had an F from a class I didn’t drop from when I first attended community college a few years ago. I was able to get academic renewal on that in January, and informed all the schools in February.</p>
<p>Finally, I got accepted to all the UC’s I applied to, although I saw myself getting into UCR only (lol). The moral of all this is: work hard, and the top schools will recognize that.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late post. I hope to give people who didn’t have extraordinary GPA’s hope in the future. I was just accepted for Environmental and Economic Policy with a 3.39 GPA. Came as a total shock. I applied from SBCC and my EC’s were nice but nothing spectacular (3 summers of interning at a large company office, HS sports, 150 hours Community Service). I guess they must’ve liked my personal statement… The acceptance came out of nowhere but I’ve never been more happy</p>
<p>I just got a call from Berkeley congratulating me on getting accepted. I bet everyone gets a call but I have to say it was pretty awesome, and it really felt good to actually have someone from the school congratulate me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.8 /Major GPA: 3.0
Intended Major: Art Practice
TAP: No
Major Pre-reqs Completed: two completed, two in progress. But there aren’t any articulated courses on assist.org, so I’m not completely sure…<br>
**IGETC: ** In progress</p>
<p>Applied: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSC (kept my options open because I didn’t know where partner was going to be accepted)
Accepted: All</p>
<p>EC/Volunteering: not much, volunteered for one semester at a middle school<br>
Job/Work Experience: not much, only worked 2/8 semesters. started working recently, though, in a summer job related to art.
Achievements/Awards: numerous school art shows/exhibits, scholarship winner, published in school journal, A.A. in photography
**Personal Statement: ** When I first wrote them I was satisfied, but after submitting them I began to worry that they were too similar to each other and that they were too informal. I just reread them last night and I’m really happy with what I submitted.</p>
<p>Strengths: Essays, achievements<br>
**Weaknesses: ** Not completing many pre-req classes and getting B’s in the ones I have taken.</p>
<p>**Additional comment: **<br>
Once applications were submitted and I began lurking this board, I began to doubt myself a lot. I was scared that I didn’t challenge myself enough by taking any honors courses and that it would reflect negatively. I started comparing myself to all y’all and I felt like I had pretty light schedules all these years in CC. I was pretty sure I was only going to be admitted to UCSD because of TAG and I felt like my essays were too risky. In retrospect, I was just being neurotic and I’m happy that I believed in myself enough on November 30 to submit the essays I wrote because I think that’s what saved me.</p>