<p>A buddy of mine was denied admissions to UCLA. He has a 4.0 GPA and is a political science major. He also has a high ranking position on a student representation organization. He also had a TAP agreement. I think something messed up with admissions. What can we do? He doesn't know I am trying to do research on this. He is one of my best friends and I want do try and figure out what happened. Is there anyway we can check if something didn't go through? Would an admissions officer be able to clear things up? I mean... he is a 4.0 student. What more do they want? He is missing some of the pre-reqs. Big deal. He could finish the rest over summer at their university.</p>
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He is missing some of the pre-reqs. Big deal.
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<p>Yes.</p>
<p>It is a big deal.</p>
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<p>Missing one pre-req is auto-rejection. Sorry dude</p>
<p>how many prereqs is he missing?
ucla admissions is bs in my opnion, a lot of peopel that are qualified didn't get in, a few that are posting on these threads right now i might add</p>
<p>My school doesn't offer a lot of the pre-reqs. Are you guys 100% sure that if you miss one pre-req for UCLA it is an automatic denial? That is stupid. He is missing 4 pre-reqs. One of the pre-reqs is a course that if you talk to the department once admitted, they give you credit it for it. So, technically, he is missing 3 pre-reqs.</p>
<p>A buddy of mine got into BuzEcon at UCLA and is missing two accounting courses.</p>
<p>If he misses a prereq that your school offers, then yes it is essentially an auto-rejection.</p>
<p>For the most part it's safe the assume that missing a pre-req for UCLA is usually a rejection for an impacted major. I've seen many people these past few years who apply to Biz-Econ with TAP and secondary major as regular Econ and not finish Calc 2 all get rejected</p>
<p>Ektaylor,</p>
<p>He took all the courses my school offers. 3 of the pre-reqs are not offered at my college.</p>
<p>Laguna,</p>
<p>My buddy for BuzEcon got in missing quite a few classes for pre-reqs.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, they both are 4.0 students that are highly qualified. I don't think it is fair that my buddy got denied.</p>
<p>accounting wasn't made a prereq until this year. It was simply encouraged in prior years to make an applicant more competitive.</p>
<p>UCLA is a stickler for prereqs.</p>
<p>I had a 3.8 with TAP</p>
<p>I was missing calc 2. I even indicated that I'd take it over the summer. No go.</p>
<p>I got admitted for my Alt major (Spanish)</p>
<p>Took the AP test and am fourth year level at my cc.</p>
<p>Your friend shouldve put an Alt major that they were competitive in.</p>
<p>Which prereqs? That seems highly unlikely for your CCC not to offer the prereqs for Political Science at UCLA.</p>
<p>What to do? Don't gloat + be a human being.</p>
<p>As soon as i read the part about pre-reqs i was like "oh that explains everything"</p>
<p>Impacted majors= all pre-reqs must be done to be considered</p>
<p>Edit: Well actually the transfer admission guide says something slightly different</p>
<p>look under poli-sci and that will explain why he was rejected.</p>
<p>other majors like psychology and bizecon require all.</p>
<p>And from what's been explained to me..at any UC, missing 4 pre-reqs is automatic non-consideration. I don't know the validity of this, but 3 is usually as far as UCs will push it. And they usually add .1 to their gpa "cut-off" if they have one. For instance, if they determine their cutoff to be 3.5, then with one missing pre-req, they're looking for students to have a 3.6 to be considered, etc. </p>
<p>Not sure how true that is, but it's just what I've heard...</p>
<p>UCLA is very strict about prereqs. I believe that Business Econ majors now need a year of accounting to transfer. UCLA is too crowded of a school and does not want their lower division courses filled with 3rd year transfers, in addition to their freshman/sophomores.</p>