<p>I am posting this because I think it will help future applicants.</p>
<p>Major: Business Admin
GPA: 4.0 (I’m a straight A+ student. There are four legit "A"s on my transcript. The rest of the A’s I have were given because my professors did not grade on a +/- scale.)
Major Prerequisites: Completed.
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Completed.
Breadth: Completed.
ECs/Work Experience: Won international writing competition in HS (flown into another country to meet a royal for the award ceremony), writing distinction from an australian university, top student (top 3%) of my HS, MERIT Service Award in HS, National achievement award for service, dean’s list, secretary of the student council in HS, volunteered ~500 hours in both HS and college (300+ hours in college for a church student welfare group as a leader), secretary of a club in college, PTK, tutored elementary and college level kids for both income and volunteer work, worked part time during my summer for various companies doing admin-related stuff.
Personal Statements: the UC ones were strong. I cannot judge the Haas piece.</p>
<p>Received “Financial Aid: Offer Now Available on MyFinAid” Email: No. Intl.
Received “Financial Aid: Financial Aid Document Needed” Email: No. Intl.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected.</p>
<p>You can never be sure. I don’t have any relevant work experience in business or banks… but I was hoping that the effort I put into the other areas would have made up for it. Guess not.</p>
<p>I hope this was useful for someone else in the future. Good luck. :)</p>