<p>I thought UCSD didn't read applications. I just got an email from them saying:</p>
<p>We have received your University of California Undergraduate Application for Admission and Scholarships. Thank you for your interest in our campus.</p>
<p>We are in the process of reviewing your application. Before we can complete our review and reach an admission decision, we need the following information from you:</p>
<h2>After a thorough review of your application, it is unclear what activities you were involved in immediately after high school graduation until January 2008. You indicated several times that you needed to work to save for school, etc.; however, there is no employment information that corresponds to that time period. If you were working, please provide dates, duties and hours per week. If you were attending any academic institution(s), please scan and send as an attachment the transcript(s) (both front and back).</h2>
<p>Anyone else get anything like this? What should I do just send them an email back with that info or does it need to be more formal? I ran out of room on the employment section to include everything haha.</p>
<p>I got something similar awhile back. It was from the central UC processing, and not UCSD itself. I had very briefly explained by education gap in the application, but I responded with a very detailed response of exactly what I was doing. This is what mine said:</p>
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<p>We have received your University of California Undergraduate Application for Admission and Scholarships. Thank you for your interest in our campus.</p>
<p>We are in the process of reviewing your application. Before we can complete our review and reach an admission decision, we need an explanation for the gaps in your educational history during the following time period:</p>
<p>Please explain your activities, employment, ect. from 12/1/2005-8/1/2009.</p>
<p>We must receive this information within five days of the date of this message, or processing of your application may be delayed or canceled.</p>
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<p>Since then I was accepted into UCSB, but still have not heard from UCSD</p>
<p>LOL I wonder what they’ll think when they read mine. I graduated HS in 2003, tried to take some CC classes in 04, got a B in one and W’s in the rest, then I wrote (since it automatically put in the next 4 years on the application) “Alcoholism/ drug addiction/ homeless” for each semester something like 5 times, until it changed to “Jail; Rehab” then “Working” then finally back at CC. Hope its at least good for a laugh, and also me getting in to Cal ;)</p>
<p>My application pretty much looks the same as yours! From what I know all that matters is in the past 2-3 years you have been consistent. I actually would like to think we have a leg up and are separating from our fellows because of that. Call me idealistic if you will…</p>
<p>I got an email too… Two actually, from UCSD–but all UCs can see your answer. A week later I was accepted at UCSB though?</p>
<p>Also, on the email there’s a link that you click on that takes you to a page. That’s where you write the response. If you don’t they’ll cancel your application so do it quickly.</p>
<p>While it is generally true that UCSD is pretty much a “numbers” campus for the most part, I’m wondering if any of you guys who got that email applied to an IMPACTED MAJOR? </p>
<p>The UCSD website does specifically say that impacted majors would use “supplemental criteria” which would involve evaluation of the candidate by the department. So it is possible that they do somewhat of a holistic review for these majors</p>
<p>I heard UCSD is shifting toward a holistic review process, with this year being “semi-holistic” (my term). That may explain it.</p>
<p>However, I think they’re looking to explain your gap in education. They really do this to ensure you didn’t omit any bad grades from that period. In their attempt to find out what you were doing they read the relevant parts of your application, but decided you didn’t provide sufficient explanation. This doesn’t necessarily mean they read everyone’s application.</p>
<p>They did this to me too, except I didn’t apply to UCSD (and got an email somewhere else, can’t remember).</p>
<p>Personally I’d have to hold back the urge to tell them to stuff it. I’d hate to see what they’d ask someone that’s been working for say, 20 years, that decided to go back to college.</p>
<p>^They wouldn’t have a problem if the person listed a job history. If there were 20 empty years, they’d want to know what the person was doing. If it was “Playing video games in Mom’s basement,” the adcom probably wouldn’t respond favorably.</p>
<p>No, I’m an anthropology major. It’s not impacted.</p>
<p>I was working in Europe for a year, but I did not enter the information I believe because honestly, most American applications do not cater to foreign addresses/etc. I’ve given up on trying to fill those out. But I did say I was working and traveling a lot during the that time.</p>