<p>How holistic is UCLA when it comes to applications? I've read many different things about there here on CC. Are they big on extracurricular's / applications / work experience? Has anyone recently gotten into UCLA with a lower GPA for their intended major, but an expansive EC list?</p>
<p>Look through the official results threads from the last few years and see for yourself. I have, and UCLA and UCB have admitted quite a few 3.3s and 3.4s and I even saw a couple 3.2s get in. All were for non impacted majors. I believe all had their prereqs completed too. If you have a GPA around there and are applying to UCLA for a non impacted major I definitely think you should go for it but obviously your chances are much lower. If your GPA is really low, like under 3.0, then I dont think anything aside from an athletic recruitment can save you.</p>
<p>I’ve gone back and researched. I was looking for more recent answers, as in people who were admitted this past year. I have a GPA over a 3.0 and athletics, so no worries there. But I couldn’t do a sport there.</p>
<p>Yeah I was referring mainly to last years. Btw, I didn’t mean just being an athlete would get you admitted with a really bad GPA, but being a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>is your major impacted? Are your prereqs finished? that’ll make the biggest difference. I saw a few people with a 3.3 get accepted for a non impacted humanities or social science major (like history) but I didn’t see anyone get accepted with a 3.6 for biz econ, for example. </p>
<p>I also have a kind of low GPA. I plan on taking some short term classes in the spring so if I do get rejected, I can appeal and have another semester worth of classes to show my upward grade trend. I figured that between winter online classes and short term classes ended in March, I could bring my GPA up to almost a 3.5 by the time I’d have to submit an appeal. You could probably do something similar.</p>
<p>Its hard to say without knowing your GPA, major and type of extra curricular activities.</p>
<p>People who get in with low GPA’s and good ECs are the exception, not the rule. I’ve also read somewhere from Ms. Sun’s site that UCLA generally leans towards academic achievement.
Regardless, the average GPA admit statistics for your major are are a good indication of where you stand. Is this recent enough for you? [Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2012 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof12_mjr.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof12_mjr.htm)</p>
<p>I’m with DescartesQ. It has been UCLA, from my whole understanding, that cares more about your gpa. But Cal, again from my understanding, really takes a look at everything. But also, like previously stated, it’s really all a crapshoot of guesses without any hard info from you.</p>
<p>Obviously, that’s recent enough. I didn’t want a GPA dump. I’ve seen that page so many time I have it memorized. Does that website say anything about EC’s, individual applicants? No.</p>
<p>Shannon, that’s what I’m trying to do as well! Is your major impacted? Looks like we’re on the same boat. The one I applied for isn’t. </p>
<p>Oh, and I wasn’t saying me specifically, this was just a more generalized question about the application process.</p>
<p>No, my major isnt impacted. I have an obscene amount of major prep (13 classes included some upper divs when only 3-4 required), a significant grade trend, a decent amount of leadership in my ECs, a ton of work experience, and a compelling PS. I still have no expectations that my apps will be the exceptions, but I still think it:s worth applying.</p>
<p>I was going through AskMsSun’s blog, she said that we can actually continue to update our application through the end of March, although of course its not guaranteed to be included when our app gets reviewed. All the more reason for us low gpa applicants to register for short term classes and do well in thrm.</p>