Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 3.93
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): by spring semester
Major: Linguistics
TAP (Y/N): No
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): At the end of this semester
Personal statements: I have no idea. strong?
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: captain and MVP high school football team, former area manager for a restaurant chain, student ambassador at my CC, co-founder and president of a club at my CC, two semester member of my CCs AGS (honors society) chapter.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: the lowest of low income. I’m over 24 years old so they do not take into consideration my parents income.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses):
I’m a re-entry student with strong extra curriculars and a long history of holding leadership positions. Also, my GPA was very strong for my degree, which is non impacted at UCLA (or anywhere else for that matter)
Admission Decision: Accepted.
Overall GPA: 3.63
Major GPA: 3.67
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): I am in the process of completing my last pre-req.
Major: Pre-Political Science
TAP (Y/N): Yes.
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): Incomplete.
Personal statements: In my opinion, 8/10.
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: President of BSU club, Student Rep. on Equity and Diversity Committee at my CC, Commissioner for Student government director, interned for a candidate running for city council in the city of my CC, mentor for middle school girls at the school across for my CC, member of PTK, member of the BSU, Scholars, and Adelante programs at CC, completed a research program at LMU, CCCP Scholar. These are all I can remember now.
State (if domestic applicant): California.
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: $0.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses): Honestly, I still cannot believe with my GPA that I got accepted to UCLA. I believe it was my EC’s, and being part of the CCCP program and my TAP. I did have a pretty good application, but I felt my GPA probably would’ve gotten me denied.
Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 3.93
Major GPA: 3.95
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Y. Will be completed by the end of Spring
Major: Mechanical Engineering
TAP (Y/N): N
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): Y. Will be completed by the end of Spring
Personal statements: 8/10 Talked about being a first generation American immigrant and a student parent
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: Math/Physics tutor, EOPS Tutor, volunteer at local elementary school, received Math/Physics Award at my cc
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: EFC=0
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses):
Strong GPA in major related classes (calculus, physics, chemistry, and programming)
Applied: UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD, UCI, CPP, SLO, SJSU, CSUS
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, CPP, SJSU, CSUS
Rejected: SLO
Waiting: UCB
Rejected
Overall GPA: went to six schools, several out state, lots of classes don’t transfer, plus I’m over the unit cap, so very hard to determine but probably about 3.3.
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs complete: No
Major: Business Economics
TAP; N
IGETC: Done this Spring
Personal Statements: Totally winged it, didn’t really care. Just told a story about being in the army basically.
EC’s/Awards: I guess veteran status goes here? On my application I described the medals and awards I got in the Army.
State: CA
EFC Income Bracket: Just my income and I look super poor because they don’t count the GI Bill as income.
Why do I think I was rejected?
I’m taking an applied calc class that UCLA doesn’t accept per the articulation agreement with my current community college. Also, I applied to the major with the most applicants and the lowest acceptance rate. I knew it was swinging for the fences, but the application fee was waived so it was worth the shot.
Applied: UCR, UCD, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCSC, SJSU, SDSU, CSULB
Accepted: UCD, UCSB, UCR, UCSD, SJSU, SDSU, CSULB
Rejected: just UCLA so far
Waiting: UCI, UCSC
Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 4.0
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): all
Major:History
TAP (Y/N):Yes
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): yes
Personal statements:8/10
Admission Decision: ACCEPTED
Overall GPA: 3.62
Major GPA: 3.8 or 3.9?
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): No, missing two.
Major: Philosophy
TAP (Y/N): No. UC-UC transfer
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete):
Personal statements: At least 7/10, I don’t think they were anything lower. They were coherent and tied in with the rest of my extracurriculars and really explained the origin of my interest in the major and how it has developed within the past 2 years and what I plan on doing with it.
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: Paid Internship at Law Firm (40 hrs a week for 4 months), Target (right after I graduated high school), Deans Honors List, UCR Highlander Scholarship, Academic Award for Best Attorney in Trial awarded by my history Professor, participation in the UCR CHASS F1RST Program for incoming freshmen to work more closely with distinguished faculty, AP Scholar Awards, etc.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses):
I think my personal statements might have helped me out considering that my GPA isn’t stellar.
Applied: UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Accepted: ALL
Admission Decision: ACCEPTED
Overall GPA: 3.95
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): YES
Major: Communication Studies
TAP (Y/N): No
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): Complete
Personal statements: Bomb AF!
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: 3 internships in Comm, volunteering, Dean’s List all semesters
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses):
Internships, GPA, and Pre-Reqs
Applied: UCLA, Cal
Accepted: UCLA, Still waiting on Cal
Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 3.7
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Y
Major: Philosophy & Political Science
TAP (Y/N): Y
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): Complete by Spring 2016. Missing only transferrable math course.
Personal statements: Pretty good I would say. I made sure to have several people proofread and check them for grammatical errors.
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: Government & Community Relations program ambassador (3 semesters), internship with local law firm in my town (6 months), internship with Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office (5 months), pre-law club at school, full-time regular employment (32 hrs/week), Dean’s List, Honors Program completion.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses): all the extra curricular activities I participated in were directly associated with my major and post-graduation plans, essays, and major GPA.
Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 3.90
Major GPA: 4.00
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Yes
Major:Pre-Psychology
TAP (Y/N):YES
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete):YES
Personal statements:8/10 talked about my passion for psychology and the humanistic approach, applying it to the people around me
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: PTK, Honors Program (TAP), VP LGBTQ Club, Mentored at-risk youth, community service, deans list, presidents honors, UCLA-CCCP. Worked part-time for school district emphasis with special ed classroom.
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: $500
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses): First generation college student, competitive GPA, and involvement with community.
Admission Decision: Accepted
Overall GPA: 3.67
Major GPA: 3.75
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): No (Second semester O-chem)
Major: Neuroscience
TAP (Y/N): No
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete):YES
Personal statements: 7.5/10
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: Not strong, soccer my freshman year and I volunteered around my CC
So I was admitted as a Geography major. I am a part of the TAP program and I am taking my 5th and final honors course right now. In the TAP requirements it states that you have to “complete 15 units of honors courses with a GPA of at least 3.5 with no grade lower than a B, preferably”.
So my dilemma, it’s going to come down to my last assignment for my honors class to determine wether I get a C or a B, with a C my honors coursework GPA would go to a 3.4. Does anyone know how stingy UCLA is on this? Will they pull my admission offer?
Through CC I have had a very high overall GPA, 3.9, and my ECs are really strong as well.
Any help/insight you guys can give would be awesome. Thanks
Admission Decision: WAIT LISTED
Overall GPA: 3.593
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): completed
Major: International development studies
TAP (Y/N): N
IGETC (Complete/Incomplete): incomplete
Personal statements: 9.5/10
Extracurriculars & Honors/Awards: Internship, working at business school, VP of business and tech club
State (if domestic applicant): International
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: about $160000
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected (strengths/weaknesses): GPA not high enough, but I’m also applying from another UC school (UCI)