@Pepsi1022 exactly, that’s the reason why most appeals get denied in the first place. Not only they need to have new information, but it must be COMPELLING (Aka really significant) information.
Haha you saw that huffpost too eh. I checked out another website adivising us on Cal appeals and the site said that most people like to style their appeals based on that Huffpost appeal lol. What people don’t understand was that was many years ago when there wasn’t a word limit on appeals. Now we have to explain all of our circumstances in 500 words so we can’t be fancy. We’ve gotta take advantage of every space and explain only our circumstances directly.
@goodafternoonsir You need new and compelling info from the fall 2018 or earlier, otherwise it makes it unfair to other applicants. While they may consider some new info, the bulk needs to be something that was left out of the November application but had already happened.
Second, appeals do not necessarily go after waitlists. The UCs sometimes make mistakes and accept an appeal when the mistake is pointed out. And considering appeal results happen faster than waitlist openings, one may assume they are not following a designated order.
@Ohm888 On the UC Berkeley faq for denied applicants, it says the following:
“In the appeal form, you must provide significant new information (i.e., semester grades, additional achievements) for us to consider”. I’m not 100% sure whether this statement means that this includes achievements or new grade after fall 2018 or not. Regardless, for our appeal to have merit we must explain exactly how we are a much stronger applicant than what was originally presented in our UC Application in fall 2018. It’s safe to assume that presenting significant information that occurred this spring can only help us support our reasons why admissions should reconsider their decision.
Note, you’re correct Ohm when you said that the UC’s base their appeals on significant and compelling information from fall 2018 or earlier this academic year. But, as I said previously, new information that occurred in spring 2019 can help further your argument and can connect to a situation that happened in fall 2018 that was left out of the UC application, as this happened to me.
According to Mrs. Sun, “the UCs have become heavily reliant on the waitlist to meet enrollment target and therefore appeals are likely to receive more scrutiny”. Therefore, waitlists are higher in priority than appeals. True, genuine and significant mistakes do happen which compel the UC’s to accept an appeal, but that isn’t the norm.
Disclaimer: I know that the first paragraph above has been pointed for UCB appeals, however, the process for UCLA appeals and UCB appeals are similar. The significant difference is that UCLA appeals are rolling, whereas UCB appeals aren’t.
you need new & compelling evidence or you need to point out a fault/mistake on the UC’s part. i met with an appeal service last year that said the latter is very rare to find but usually a better case than the former.
im not sure if this counts, but UCLA said i didnt finish enough major re reqs but how could i possibly finish them when the major (pre public affairs) was just offered this fall? the major isnt even listed on assist so there are no listed classes to take. On their public affairs transfer guide (which was posted this school year) they list classes and i finished about 3/4 of them mhmm
So, my honors coordinator did not certify me for UCLA TAP despite completing all the requirements given by my school. This is most definitely a mistake on their part and I believe this would be a good reason to appeal along with my other circumstances.
Having UCLA TAP would allow me to choose an alternate major and have higher priority in admissions. I’m confident I would get in if not in my First Major due to priority admissions, then in my alternate major due to not being impacted. In other words, If I would have been certified as I should have been, then I’d probably be admitted into the university already and we wouldn’t even be having this conversation to begin with.
@GoodAfternoonSir Hi, I was wondering, where can we check if we are TAP certified? I’m rejected and worried that I might not have been TAP certified as well. I’m also trying an appeal since I’m rejected right away with 3.9 GPA and TAP. And my major, linguistics is not even impacted
@KYOTEN I’m going to call tomorrow and ask why I was rejected. I think they’re more friendly and would take a look at your application and explain what happened.
I was told that my application wasn’t able to be TAP certified by my Honors Coordinator. This was strange since I checked out the requirements and I’ve completed any that was required from both my college and UCLA.
@GoodAfternoonSir If you call please let me know what they say! I’m scared to because what if they give you accurate information that wont even allow you to appeal.
I called and asked why I was rejected and then said it was because of my W’s. However, I explained my W’s on my application and stopped having them since Spring 2018 I had about 5 and only 2 of them were transferrable classes that I later made up.
@Joseph590 Yeah I called to ask why I was rejected. The person on the phone first asked what my major was. After I told her it was anthro b.a., she asked if I had finish my major prerequisites and seven course pattern. I said yes to both and then she asked about my grades. I mentioned I had an upward trend and then she put me on hold to pull up my application.
Just my view, please do not mind if it is not what you want to hear.
Once someone fails you, all the reason would just become an excuse. Mainly this process is not a GPA-based to say why W can hurt someone or why the lower GPA can get in. It depends on the committee if they can feel your autobiography or not. Then I would never want to ask people the question like that such as Why you dislike me, Why I fail, Why I cannot get full credit. Instead, I usually try my best to re-do it and submit a better one, maybe not the best yet but must be much better. You can get advice from others to figure out the approach to touch the committee from a different aspect or to correct all possible misunderstanding. But you should not waste your time and your mind to ask the grader/selector. That argument probably will not be on your favor at all.
@Bibihcmvn I didn’t understand any of that. Do you mean that we should just not appeal if reasons like our GPA wasn’t good enough was the basis of our denial? I’m a little confused, please clarify.
@twelveseveneight So how was your approach to asking them? Sorry, this is a stupid question but I’m just wondering if you asked directly like, “hello my name is twelve and I would like to inquire why I was rejected”.
@pbbunny97 I’ll definitely let you guys know what the situation is. I suggest you ask yourself tomorrow because you won’t know what it is you’re dealing with unless you ask them what was wrong in your application specifically.
@twelveseveneight Also, I find it strange you were rejected because of the W’s in the transferable classes that you made up. It’s safe to assume they wouldn’t factor the other W’s because you said they aren’t UC Transferable so I say that it’s bogus admissions said that based on what you’re telling me right now.
I had about 5 and only 2 of them were transferrable classes that I later made up.