<p>I was wondering how much UCLA cares about ECs/work experience/internships for biz econ applicants? I know Cal seems to care quite a bit about that stuff but does it weigh a lot in your admission for UCLA? Or is completion of prereqs and GPA the main deciding factors?</p>
<p>Would be great to hear from some biz econ acceptants from this year.</p>
<p>hii jk_91.</p>
<p>I was accepted as a pre-bus econ transfer for the upcoming fall. I am not sure if they put that much emphasis on EC and work and stuff. but of course it is kind of important to have some since they help define you and give the admission committee a better sense of who you are. i think that if you really do not have one EC/work that would probably put you at a disadvantage. oh and i remember talking to my HS counselor and he said that CAL really likes volunteer work more than actual paid work...i think UCLA might be the same.</p>
<p>completing all the pre-reqs and having a high GPA is definitely important. i think there is a thread in this forum with stats of who got in and those that were rejected and most that i saw were rejected because they did not complete all their pre-reqs before the spring they intended to transfer.</p>
<p>Hey thanks for the response. Even though they like volunteer work better, wouldn't it look a whole lot better on your app if the paid work pertains to your major? I'm talking about business related work like at an insurance firm. </p>
<p>What kind of ECs/work experience did you have? I know there is an area to list your high school ECs and I feel like that's what may be my downfall. I have a few middle of the road ECs but nothing worth mentioning really.</p>
<p>i am not sure if it really matters for ucla cause i did not really have that many business work experience. i actually did more volunteer work that were probably not related to my major at all, they were just think that i liked to do. i volunteered at children's hospitals, at a children's museum doing visitor services and admin stuff, and joined one or two clubs on campus and habitat for humanity. oh and i also had a job while doing these ECs during college.</p>
<p>i think if i was able to get a job at an insurance firm, i would take it because it is a great experience and you get paid. however, everything you do can ultimately relate to your major. i think you just have to show them the reason why you wanted to do it. if there is a good reason, not simply because you wanted to have fun or because you get paid or because it is a "true" business experience.</p>
<p>in high school, i did some clubs but i was not like the super ambitious people who did a laundry list long. i did about the same as what i do now, maybe a little more, and no job except during one or two summers. </p>
<p>i would list everything you did done including all of high school. even though you might not think it is worth anything, it at least shows that you did something with you time and did not bum around doing nothing. plus if what you did was for a really long period of time that shows commitment and i think they like that. when i applied as a freshman, i was rejected from ucla. i would like to think my gpa was pretty high and my course load was tough and i had EC but i didn't show a lot of commitment on paper. although i was active in all the clubs i joined, i started joining late and i did something new every summer. a friend of mine with a slightly higher gpa but a less tough course load was accepted which i think is because she volunteered at the same church every summer.</p>
<p>i don't think high school stuff really matter as much. just show that you have changed for the better.</p>
<p>I guess it would make sense to list out my ECs from high school. Like I said, it's nothing too significant though. I played varsity baseball and was a founding member and current vice president of the chess club...yeah I think that's about it, haha. Hopefully I can do some more significant things in my time in CC.</p>
<p>3.9+ GPA, one or 2 ECs , above average essays.
If you are not very unlucky, with that stats you should be admitted (btw, given that you are not international student). The admit rate for next year as I anticipate is about 13-14%.</p>
<p>So 3.9 is the safe area? That's pretty tough. Also, I plan on applying in fall '09 or possibly '10. I know it's getting tougher every year so that's a bummer.</p>
<p>3.9 is not the safe GPA. i am sure there are other people who had 4.0s and were rejected. i certainly did not have a 3.9 when i was accepted (i still don't have one now) and i was also not TAP certified. i think it is just extremely important, obviously, to get more A's than B's. but if you were someone who worked, had several ECs, then i think it is understandable to have a few more B's because there is only so much you can do and so far you can push your body everyday. just don't let other people saying that you need to get a high GPA discourage you. because GPA is not everything, actually doing other things besides studying will get you somewhere in life much further than just going to school and study.</p>
<p>umm playing baseball and having found and is the VP of a chess club is actually pretty good. granted, combined they do not make a laundry list but baseball, or any sports, takes a lot of time. so in my opinion since you actually do something else besides baseball is shocking in a good way. plus it is good that your EC are not very similar. and you should probably continue baseball, if you still like it, because some universities do specifically pick students because they can play a sport. getting into college in most certainly not just about how smart you are academically, everything factors into it.</p>
<p>4.0 got rejected? I don't know anyone in that situation so far (but I don't say there is no one). But All in All, it involves a great deal of luckiness in the admission process. I have a friend with 3.6x and got into Bus Econ. (no significant ECs nor work. In addition, except if he had had someone wrote the essays for him, I don't think he could have good personal statement).</p>
<p>What if I tell them that I dressed up in a costume on national television for American Idol as my EC?</p>
<p>good idea.</p>