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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.88</p>
<p>Major GPA: I don’t know</p>
<p>Major Pre-reqs Complete? Yes</p>
<p>IGETC: No</p>
<p>Tap: No</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCLA,UCI,UCSD, UCD
Accepted: UCB, UCI, UCSD, UCD
Rejected: UCLA
Waitlisted: No
Pending: No</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: Rebuilding boat, cousin’s gokart (designed a sprocket and had it lasercut out of steel), physics TA</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Fire Sprinkler Contractor, Cookie Shop</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Various</p>
<p>Achievements/Awards: Outstanding Community Service, Phi Theta Kappa, Highest Honors AA Degree Natural Sciences</p>
<p>Personal Statement: Baller. Wrote it on my own in a few hours, had my mom look at it, she said it was good, I submitted it.</p>
<p>School Type: Community College</p>
<p>Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>Gender: Male</p>
<p>Reflection: Phenomenon that occurs when light encounters a mirror.</p>
<p>Strengths: Personal statement, passionate about engineering, </p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA, time at CC</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/rejected: LBNL internship, Physics TA, personal statement</p>
<p>rejected with a poiseeee!!! damn berk youre a jerk. </p>
<p>dont really care though. haas would have been a b~tch.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: Friday, April 26, 5 ish</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.7+
Major: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes.
Intended Major: Criminology, Law and Society (UCI–TAGGD) Sociology at the rest
TAP?: No
IGETC?: Yes</p>
<p>Applied: UCI (Full Ride), UCSD (Full Ride), UCLA (Stingy…1 time, non-renewable aid), UC Berkeley (COA completely covered after EFC)</p>
<p>Accepted: ALL (UC Berkeley-- Spring Admit)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NADA!</p>
<p>Personal Statement: Strange, Risky, and Totally Me!</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Generous
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): YES</p>
<p>Parting words:
Last year I only applied to UCI and they laughed me out of admissions. After one final academic renewal and more classes, UCI had to take me this year because I TAGGED! The best thing that ever happened to me was the UCI rejection! I would not have received aid (average grades). I applied for academic renewal last fall, and got in to every UC I applied to, and even got 2 full rides. Sometimes, you have to be thankful that you were rejected. Keep your eye on the ball, don’t pay attention to what anybody says.</p>
<p>@BabySmurf i definitely agree with you about it being ok to leave blanks on the supplemental app. i applied to uc berkeley haas this year and was admitted and i only put 1 award and left 2 blanks on volunteer, and 1 bank each on both work experience and ECs. i was honest and didn’t over-exaggerate because honestly the ad-coms are really good at knowing what is bull vs. the truth. if you’re gonna lie, be smart about and make it sound realistic/doable. i think they appreciate honesty and remember it’s more about quality than quantity.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Intended Major: English
UC GPA: 3.89
Major GPA: 3.94
Major Pre-reqs Complete? 2/4
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCSC, UCSB
Accepted: UCSC, UCSB
Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none
Pending: none</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:none
Job/Work Experience: none in my field
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered in high school about 80 hours in elementary schools and volunteered over 100 after high school at science camps. I haven’t volunteered in about a year though.
Achievements/Awards: none
Personal Statement: For an English major, I’d say it was weak. Overall I think it was above average though. I got no help from anyone. No one looked over it. Both personal statements were done in about two hours total, and my application was submitted a couple minutes before the deadline. The first part wasn’t about my passion for English but instead my love of reading coupled with love for teaching. The second one was about my my dad’s cheating, my mom’s leaning on me for support, them getting back together after, and being able to forgive and grow up.</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: average</p>
<p>Reflection: I was shocked. I applied only because my parents made me and didn’t think I’d even had a chance.
Strengths: Possibly my personal statement? It wasn’t stellar or my best work. At the same time I think they got a feel for who I was. It was honest. My gpa might be seen as a positive. It is Berkeley though…
Weaknesses: My ecs are lacking as of lately. I had a semester off after graduating high school as well. Missing the prerequisites even though they were offered at my ccc was a main flaw. I would have done them if I had actually thought I was going to apply here.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: see strengths. Those might not even be accurate though. I really have no clue.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]UC GPA: 3.98 (Only 1 B in Linear Algebra)
[</em>]Major Pre-reqs Completed: ALL
[<em>]Intended Major: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
[</em>]TAP?: No
[<em>]IGETC?: No
[</em>]Applied: UCSD, UCSB, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Berkeley
[<em>]Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis
[</em>]Rejected: UC Berkeley, UCLA[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Basketball in High School, Math Honors Society. (Also in Math Club and Physics Club. Volunteered at my Father’s church and Volunteered for my brother’s Eagle Scout Project for Boy Scouts. But didn’t put this on my app. Didn’t think I would need it/wasn’t important)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: 25 Hours Per week working at Mcdonalds
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>]Personal Statement: 8.5/10[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>]Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>]School Type: California Community College
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[li]Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Not Admitted[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]Strengths: GPA was extremely strong. Essays while not the best, were still solid and should have been enough to get me in.
[</em>]Weaknesses: Lack of Extra Cirriculars on my app
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably due to lack of extra cirriculars and my major being the most competitive major at Berkeley.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: I thought I was in for sure. I remember thinking back in December after getting straight A’s my last semester that I was already in. I didn’t even think I would be surprised when I was accepted. My counselor told me “If you don’t get in, no one will.” I have made a post on this website about my situation, asking others if they can think of a reason why I was not accepted. This thread also has a link to my transcript. I will update the thread as I continue to gain new information. Thread is here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1498334-3-98-gpa-cc-student-not-accepted-uc-berkeley-ucla.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1498334-3-98-gpa-cc-student-not-accepted-uc-berkeley-ucla.html</a></p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
UC GPA: 3.92
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
Intended Major: Economics
TAP?: No
IGETC?: No
Applied: UCSD, UCI, UCLA, UCB
Accepted: UCSD, UCI, UCLA, UCB
Rejected: None</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Nothing that stands out
Job/Work Experience: Part-time jobs here and there
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing much
Personal Statement: 7.5/10</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: California Community College
Ethnicity: Japanese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Honor’s program, improvement in grade
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Maybe</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: Lack of Extra Curricular activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m guessing my GPA?</p>
<p>Strange. I thought it was a pretty sure thing. I suppose I didn’t have enough prereqs completed. Doesn’t matter though, got into my first choice.</p>
<p>Decision: Denied</p>
<p>Decision Date & Time: (April 26, 2013 @ 5pm | First Day/Batch)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.302 | After 2013 Spring Term: 3.45
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Yes, except one, Calculus II. However, I completed it with an A during the 2013 Spring Term.
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics
[</em>] TAP?: Was in the program, but never became TAP Certified. (Only completed two Honor courses because I joined the Honors Program at the end of my first year in college, and my schedule didn’t allow me to take as many Honor Courses as I wanted to during my second year, because I need to complete my actual core requirements for my major.)
[<em>] TAG?: No
[</em>] IGETC?: Had two missing courses during application process, but completed them during the 2013 Spring Term. So, yes.
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Puente Club, Honors Program related stuff, UCR Puente Leadership Conference, Undergraduate Research, A lot of other Puente-related things. CCCP @ UCLA. I was involved.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, but I did become a tutor at one of the colleges I went to during the 2013 Spring Term.
[*] Volunteer/Community service: Too many to list. However, I did help raise funds that help built the C</p>
<p>hey @ree123 im an english major too, and im assuming to complete 48 units by end of fall 2013 with a gpa of 3.7-3.8</p>
<p>do you think this is safe or risky? need advice. please!</p>
<p>Current School: University of Toronto - Civil Engineering
Intended Transfer Major: Civil Engineering
Prospective Schools: UC Berkeley and UPenn, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon University, Caltech</p>
<p>Current Year: Rising Sophomore
College GPA: -3.42 first semester
-3.66 second semester (placing me in the top 15% in the class)
-CGPA: 3.54 (expecting substantial increase)
High School GPA: -in the 90s (80+ is an A)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
—College—
- Accepted into a 3 year internship program that allows me to work in all aspects of Civil Engineering (construction, consulting, government) created by the Government of Ontario
- Starbucks Barista for 6 months
- Piano Tutor</p>
<p>Awards:
- Destination Imagination 2013 University Level: one 1st place, two 2nd places, one 3rd place
- Concrete Canoe (a national level engineering competition) 3rd place overall in Canada - Structural Lead
- International volunteer internship program with Refresh Bolivia promoting sustainable infrastructure in the local community
- Many basketball and dragon boat intramural teams
- Various Canadian math competitions and physics competition top ten percent (high school)
- Osgoode Law school debate competition 8th Jr. speaker (high school)
- Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 8 Performance Test for piano</p>
<p>And a few clubs in both college and HS</p>
<p>Race: (Charming) Asian 
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Enough. Will not apply for financial aid
Citizenship: Canadian</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>