<p>Rejected: Low GPA (3.4 or so), no honors classes (stupid school JUST started offering them, and they're all intro classes!), no volunteering in college, nothing published (English major)</p>
<p>Accepted: decent personal statement, lots of work experience (including work at a museum), tutoring, AGS, IGETC, major reqs completed, varied course load (chemistry, calculus as well as English, psychology, history) outside of IGETC, first gen college student</p>
<p>phi theta kappa? =ptk</p>
<p>Do UCLA or CAL have a waitlist?</p>
<p>PTK stands for Phi Theta Kappa. It's an international honor society network for the community colleges. I think SMC has a chapter. It's not really big here in the west, but outa state colleges in the east appreciate it more. <a href="http://www.ptk.org%5B/url%5D">www.ptk.org</a></p>
<p>oh ok. I once wondered into the meeting, but i am generally extremely lazy to do these things. LOL</p>
<p>haha I'm just as lazy. The good thing about being a board chair in PTK right now is the semester is almost over. We have virtually no time to do anything! So its all just for the paperwork. Oh, and for the scholarships or course. Sad, but true.</p>
<p>I got a letter from them the other day inviting me to an orientation meeting at my school. I checked their website online and our school doesn't seem to have a chapter. Strange.</p>
<p>So does anyone know if this honors society is reputable like alpha gamma sigma and phi thetta kappa or just the who's whos for junior colleges?</p>
<p>Cardinal, I don't understand your question. Will you rephrase it?</p>
<p>I'm just wondering whether Gamma Beta Phi is a reputable honors society or some sort of scam like "whos who amongst american high school students" ?</p>
<p>alll of em are scams!!!</p>
<p>hahah yah prolly</p>
<p>accepted-URM (gypsy), 3.9 gpa, unimpacted major, IGETC and TAP completed as of application, president of Phi Thetta Kappa Chapter, ASO vice president, personal statements that accurately reflect my academic and social superiority over most prospective transfer students, recruited by UCLA soccer coach.</p>
<p>rejected-Most of my counselers and teachers have told me I'm a lock into UCLA. I trust their beliefs and hold no reservations with them. With Cal however, I've estimated my chances to fall around the fifty percent mark.</p>
<p>"personal statements that accurately reflect my academic and social superiority over most prospective transfer student."</p>
<p>That is a sickening statement--it's not necessarily your intent, but the way you put it is...sickening..."academic and social superiority." What is your major, arrogancology?</p>
<p>And also, unless you aren't telling us something, your statement about Cal is way off the mark. If you are actually applying to an unimpacted major with a 3.9 and ECs there is no way you would be a lock for UCLA and only 50% for Cal. </p>
<p>The idea of being a lock for UCLA and 50/50 Berkeley is preposterous.</p>
<p>I'm sorry if my statements anger you, but someone along the line needs to put you in check. You'll certainly be put in check at a real university.</p>
<p>LOL @ gabew42's comment!</p>
<p>gabew42,</p>
<p>I'm sorry if I came across as arrogant but I know I stand head and shoulders above most students in the UC applicant pool. My teachers have told me this. My counselers have told me this. My friends who go to Cal and UCLA have told me this. My stats speak for themselves, buddy (btw the aforementioned brag sheets is the abridged version).</p>
<p>How is my statement off the mark?
I have the TAP agreement with UCLA but don't with Cal. Therefore, I've close to a hundred percent chance to get into UCLA and somewhere around the 50% to 75% to get into Cal.</p>
<p>Oh, wow...</p>
<p>There is a difference between "standing head and shoulders above" people and simply having qualifications that others don't. I hope you recognize that one day. You are in NO WAY better than other students. Being able to transfer to a certain school doesn't make someone better than another. </p>
<p>{{It is those who do not seek knowledge because they mistakenly think they already have it who are ignorant}}</p>
<p>And your idea about TAP is wrong. Honors classes increase your chances at Berkeley too, just without an official kind of deal. What major are you applying to? If it's in the humanities for instance then the overall rate is 44%. Since many applicants have GPAs in the 3.2-3.3 range, 50% would be a very modest estimate. And by changing your original estimate from 50 to "50-75," you've really flip flopped!</p>
<p>If i'm #1 or #2 on the waiting list for a class @ SMC, what are the chances of me getting the class??</p>
<p>kevintech, depending on the class it could be like 80%. Winter session courses are realtively easy to get into compared to regular session courses.</p>
<p>gabew42,</p>
<p>I didn't come on here to argue with you and I shall stop our heated discussion here. Let's just see who gets in to which schools a couple of months from now.</p>
<p>I know I'll be celebrating =)</p>
<p>IWannaIvy,</p>
<p>I bet my stats were better than yours. Oh wait, they were (4.0, transferred in one year.)</p>
<p>I was by no means above most of the UC applicant pool. I was more competitive, but I wasn't some demigod amongst mere mortals.</p>
<p>BTW, you're well-above 50-75% for Cal.</p>