#1 Regret from your transfer app process

hw1776
Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:31:09 +0000

I wish I started on my essays/application earlier instead of typing my essays a few hours before the deadline and literally submitting my application one/two minutes before the deadline.

I should not have applied to UCSD since I had no desire to go there. I applied to four UC campuses thinking I was going to qualify for the fee waiver, but I didn’t. Wasted $60 that could’ve went to another school’s application…or gas/beer/food.

I should have applied to other schools such as Pomona College and USC, even though I probably had little/no chance at Pomona (and that application is a PITA and I probably wouldn’t have gone through with it).

Oh well. In the end, it all turned out OK. Got into Cal/UCD/UCLA/UCSD and am going to Cal. For a high school dropout, I can’t complain. Never though I’d be going to Cal (or ANY university) during my high school years, especially with my sub-1.0 HS GPA.

Oh yeah, and I don’t need to go to UCLA and be amongst Dodger fans in LA! :P