@GoodAfternoonSir Yeah I basically said that! I said it very casually “I was like I was wondering if I can find out why I was rejected.”
To be honest, the person I spoke to didn’t seem to have a clear answer to tell me why I was rejected. She also mentioned that anthropology is getting more competitive every year but I feel like you can say that with any major since UCLA receives more and more applications every year, and that I had C and B’s in the past. But like I mentioned, I’ve had an upward trend of a 4.0 since summer 2018. Maybe my upward trend wasn’t long enough?
@GoodAfternoonSir also on the topic of the W’s, she also asked if there were any reason why I had them. I said yes and that I explained them on my application.
@twelveseveneight Maybe you should try to speak to a different admissions officer and see what they have to say? May a different person can be more helpful than the person you talked to day? I’d give it a shot. After all, you want to know explicitly why you were rejected so you can explain that ya know?
@twelveseveneight Yeah same, I’d like to make sure I’ve done everything on my part to show what I’m made of. But just in case I don’t get the appeal accepted I already SIR’d to Davis! I’m also waiting on USC so if I get in there and get a good financial aid package then I’ll be heading there if my appeal gets rejected.
But if my appeal does get accepted to both Berkeley and UCLA, then I’d be in a doozy, otherwise if I get into either cal or ucla then I’ll choose whatever I get since they’re equally prestigious in my opinion!
Do not ask the selector the question that Why you were not selected, you will only get an excuse to finish up that conversation. Meaning that, Do not waste your time and mind to call the Admission for a reason of rejection.
Once failed, do not focus on GPA or W, or any new achievements, try to find another value to present yourself to the committee instead.
I’m worried about if I call and ask would impact my appeal negatively, since they answered that in FAQ, which we may not get the answer of why we’re rejected…
@Bibihcmvn I disagree. People up here have gotten answers and sometimes the UC made a mistake. The appeal addresses it and the applicant gets accepted. But I will also agree that the answer is only as good as the person taking the call and what is noted in the application. The W scenario could indeed be true, but it also sounds a little arbitrary.
@Ohm888 I forgot to exclude the case that your rejection was a result of inaccuracy like the one commented earlier. But usually, the student must be the one who found that not likely the official can tell you the main reason. But I also see a lot of 4.0 students got rejections; I do not think GPA can play a crucial role in the committee’s decision. That’s why I think the student should find out the new approach to present himself in the appeal letter instead of just trying to say how good he is in academic work. Or re-read all the 5/6 essays in application to see if there is something could confuse the readers so that they skipped his application, then the appeal letter is his chance to make that value more apparent to the readers. I wrote that for the people who are trying to focus too much on calling the Admission to ask the reason for rejection.
Hi guys, I spoke to a UC admissions advisor and I was told the following,
Q1: Is the UCLA and UC Berkeley Appeals admission process rolling? In other words, the sooner I submit my appeal, the sooner they can give me a decision?
A1: There is no way to know for sure whether appealing early will have an advantage. However, having a crappy appeal doesn’t do you any good so I recommend working swiftly until you are certain you have a decent appeal, then submit it as soon as possible (don’t sit on it).
Does anyone know the number to call to ask about our admission decision? I know it’s not guaranteed they’ll explain why we got rejected, but I’m curious. Is it the regular admissions number?
Just got off the phone with UCLA admissions. Very sympathetic to my situation and told me that anything that was reported on the UC Application regarding circumstances shouldn’t be included in the appeal because they aren’t considered new information per se.
They do consider new information from Spring 2019 but she advised me that it shouldn’t form the basis of my appeal, rather it should be supporting information as to why they should reconsider your application.
Again, she was very nice and considerate of my circumstances after looking at my application and seeing that I’ve taken 29 units this semester and 30 units last semester. She also said that the officers who took a look at my application may have been concerned with the load I took this semester so If I show them all A’s in 29 units that should ease them a bit, after all we’re all human and it was extremely difficult for me to do this.
Hey guys I don’t know if this applies to you guys or not but I just UCLA Admissions and asked why I was waitlisted and the answer was pretty generic that “we just don’t have enough space” But the officer that I spoke to also told me that in fact they under rolled this year and their main goal is to get as many people off the waitlist as they can. Of course, this is not a guarantee so we all should still SIR the other schools. If they are trying to get many people off the waitlist then there might be a chance that they might accept some students from their appeals!
@ishitak Thank you for this news! A UC advisor told me that if they are a little under-enrolled this year then they’ll accept more people from appeals.
I’m so happy I found this thread, I’m for sure appealing to UCLA.
Idk why I got rejected I have a 3.4 gpa taking 17 units this semester as well so far have all As so my gpa will go up.
Also I have tons of ecs
And my essays were reviewed by my professors in my program and they said they were pretty strong essays.
Oh also I don’t know why I got rejected I applied with comparative literature and saw students on the thread get accepted with a 3.2-3.3 in my major
Guys, I just called them but the nice lady on the phone couldn’t directly tell me about my application? But based on generalization she said it’s most likely too many people who applied to psychology this year, and they couldn’t accept all who met their average admittance, even with TAP But she did encourage me to appeal at least.
I asked her about the word limit, she said she wasn’t sure about it but that more information on the appeals would be revealed this Wednesday, the first. She says we should start our appeal ASAP, though
You’re so lucky, I called today and the officer didn’t get to my application and just told me some “facts”. I would really want to get a specific answer.
Sorry this is late, but if you’re in CCCP, they’re having a workshop tomorrow at UCLA from 2-3 for those who have been waitlisted or rejected and want to appeal. This is only for people in the CCCP program unfortunately :/. I’ll be going tomorrow. Maybe I might see some of y’all there!
But she did encourage me to appeal at least.