Does anyone know the best way to go about this? Also, the percent of students that get accepted after sending the appeal?
APPEALS TO ADMISSION DECISIONS
FRESHMEN APPLICANTS
UCLA does not set aside space in our class for students who appeal admission decisions. Therefore, though all appeals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, the number of decisions reversed on appeal is very low. We advise you to consider the following carefully before you decide to draft an appeal. Every denied application has gone through extensive reviews. Therefore, for an appeal to have merit it must bring to light new academic and personal information, as well as information pertaining to extenuating circumstances, that had not been present in the application—information that clearly shows the student to be stronger than had been earlier evidenced. High grades received in the senior year, recently acquired awards, or an increase in activities are not a basis for the reversal of a decision.
SUBMITTING AN APPEAL
Fall Quarter 2019
Appeals can be submitted online from April 1 through April 15 (5:00 p.m.). Late submissions and letters of recommendation will not be accepted.
Please be aware that we cannot guarantee a response by May 1, the date by which many institutions require their freshman applicants to make a commitment. We encourage applicants to consider all of their educational options carefully.
Appeals are rarely accepted so odds are low…
I’m gonna use this as a thread for c/o 2023 appeals for future reference
I submitted an appeal and I’ll post my letter below. It’s about my grandparents and taking care of them. I briefly mentioned it in my application, but didn’t place emphasis on it because I guess I felt somewhat ashamed.
Stats:
4.02 UC capped GPA (competitive private HS)
32 ACT
pretty good EC’s related to dance and environmental volunteer work
"UCLA Admissions,
(My grandfather died tonight. I was writing this appeal when I got the call to rush over to the hospital with my grandmother. So I am going to be my most vulnerable self as I continue.)
Thank you for reconsidering my 2019-20 freshman application and this appeal. In this note, I would like to emphasize an area of my application that I believe did not get thorough consideration as well as recent developments on the same tangent.
My maternal grandparents have been living with my family full time since my grandmother had a stroke and a serious back injury in 2016. Taking care of elders is an important part of Asian culture, and I have come to realize that participating in my grandparents’ life is something I will be grateful for in my lifetime.
It has been a rough few months. Both of my grandparents have had extended hospital stays: my grandmother for a pleural effusion procedure, my grandfather once for pneumonia, and again, beginning just yesterday for a broken hip. Neither of them speak english, so my parents and I took turns in the hospital during these visits to translate their needs. At home, it has gotten more and more draining. Each morning, I wake up earlier to make sure I’m prepared for school before I help my grandparents get out of bed, brush their teeth, and sit down for breakfast. At night, I pause my studies to massage their feet, brush their teeth again, and get them into bed. Every day is taxing. I am exhausted, but I am only doing a sliver of work, my parents take the bulk of the responsibility and I can only imagine the stress they have been in. Family is not a burden, but nobody said it would be easy.
Death has been a theme these past months. In December, I had a close school friend commit suicide and a family friend die. Today, I experience the closest death yet. My grandparents raised me when my parents were busy keeping us afloat financially. They taught me Cantonese. They taught me how to be hygienic. They taught me many things. But most importantly, they taught me to have big goals and to be resilient in reaching them. I am thankful for all the self discovery in these past months.
The most important lesson I have learned, and what I feel makes me a stronger applicant than what was submitted in November, is that I now know how to ask for help. My teachers have been understanding of my situation, willing to work with me at a pace appropriate for where I am and where I need to be, but only because I was verbal about it. I used to be shy in school, but I have learned that the people surrounding me only want to see me grow.
I believe my experiences, especially the one I detailed above, make me a stronger fit for UCLA. So I thank you for reading about my personal challenges and hope you will reconsider me for a spot in the class of 2023.
Sincerely,
my name"
@cccali it can be a bad idea to post essays like this online since they are out there forever and can be plagiarized.
I hope your appeal works. However your essay describes things that happened over the last few months. The UC’s do not look at senior year grades so even if this pulled down your GPA it doesn’t seem like it is new information for them to consider.
@badgolfer I honestly don’t care if people plagiarize me… that’s all on them. I know it’s unlikely to be accepted through an appeal, but my school college counselor suggested I do so if I lost points (rating, or whatever) in my application for personality/character. I also did not even mention GPA because I didn’t even consider my grades when writing this. I have decent numbers, so why not?
@cccali I’m so sorry for all of your losses and in particular your grandfather. It sounds like there has been quite a bit of additional stress during an already stressful time. I don’t know much about how the appeal process works but I do endorse the motto “nothing ventured nothing gained”. Good luck to you in your appeal and I know you will do well wherever you land!
My S appeal denied today. Onward.
@TwoforT wait so you already heard back from them?
@imgradgoals yes I heard back before May 1st. Appeal went in April 1st. Maybe it will be good news for you since it’s taking this long. Good luck!
@TwoforT i just realized you’re probably an incoming freshman. I’m a transfer student so that’s probably why. Lol