<p>to the new UC Merced/UCLA Shared Experience program. You are among a very small number of students selected for this program." *** :( Anyone else offered this program, if so any of you going to do it? Man I really want to go to UCLA but I need to do 60 credits @ UC Merced first!?!?! Outragous.</p>
<p>ive never heard of this but, if u've taken AP tests can't you just transfer your AP scores at Merced credit? cuz then u'd be like half way done at least</p>
<p>There was an AP article about this in the newspaper.
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MERCED, Calif.- The University of California, Merced has a new strategy to attract students: do a two-year stint in the fledgling San Joaquin Valley campus, and then transfer to one of the system's better-known schools.</p>
<p>The "Shared Experience" program will allow about 1,000 students who narrowly miss admission to UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine or UC San Diego to attend the Merced campus for two years, and then finish their studies at a more established school.
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To me, one thing probably worth doing if you really want UCLA is appealing your rejection. Normally this is a longshot, few are successful. But according to the article those offered the option were almost admitted, so if you can come up with something on appeal you probably have a better chance of getting in than the average person. Read the info carefully on the grounds for appeal, and then try to show how it applies to you.</p>
<p>What a clever tactic. I'd rather just go to UCSD. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>i wouldn't do it either unless you are desperately looking to go to UCLA</p>
<p>bump... i too would like to know who else got into this program</p>
<p>i'm wondering if the only people who got the merced/ucla option were the ones who expressed interest in both schools (aka sent an app to merced too)... did those of you who got into the merced/ucla program apply to both?</p>
<p>interesting. i wonder if "shared experience" students are guaranteed admission to the second school (after meeting some reasonable unit/course/gpa requirements of course), or if they are thrown into the pool of other UC to UC transfers.</p>
<p>im pretty sure they are guaranteed admission- after all thats what the whole program is about. i mean, if they didnt offer guaranteed incentive to go to merced, no one would go.</p>
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i wonder if "shared experience" students are guaranteed admission to the second school
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Yes, that's the whole carrot of the program. The goal of the program is to get kids to enroll at Merced with the hopes they'll like it and stay. Even if they don't Merced has gotten some strong kids who were ucla caliber for 2 years. Berkeley had a similar program with Santa Cruz in the 80's and 90's for the same reason, to get more kids to go to Santa Cruz.</p>
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Man I really want to go to UCLA but I need to do 60 credits @ UC Merced first!?!?!
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<p>60 units is just like any other transfer I believe. If you'd like to save money, go to a CC for the same path.</p>
<p>But mikemac's advice is of highest priority.</p>
<p>I received this offer, and I plan to appeal even though I know it is a longshot. Although I am concerned, as there were no mistakes in the academics of my application, and I don't have much new to add. I can state extra stuff about my extracurriculars though.. and get strong letters of rec... any suggestions?</p>
<p>Anyone here offered admission, but not your first choice major?</p>
<p>yeah, guess its time to start writing that appeal</p>
<p>Do they tell you that your are part of this on your rejection/admission letter?</p>
<p>I got the same admissions letter from UCLA. The letter came in the mail the day after. You have to maintain a 3.2 average in your courses at Merced.</p>
<p>And yes, I am considering it, even though I got accepted at both Irvine and Berkeley as fall admit.</p>
<p>yes, I got a letter in the mail informing me</p>
<p>I dunno...I might be willing to do it. I'd use it for 2 years of easy access to Yosemite...</p>
<p>Haha, yeah Yosemite is pretty close, guess I could go live in a cave for a couple of years...</p>
<p>UCLAri, in your opinion would an appeal from someone who got this shared experience offer have a better chance than other appeals? especially if one were to list a medical condition that hindered their gpa?</p>