Hello everyone, I got off the UCSD waitlist back in june. I accepted my offer by the deadline but my acceptance never got properly processed so the school never received it. I emailed the school and they sent me a link for a late opt in appeal. I sent them an appeal saying that I did in fact accept my offer on time yet they still denied me. I went to the admissions office in person and the office there was able to get my case looked at once more. Now they’re saying that they can’t admit me because I didn’t complete my SLR along with my acceptance. I completed the SLR six days after I accepted my offer. I competed other residency forms on time except for the SLR. Is there anything else I could do to get admitted 
because it was originally a system issue
would it be smart to contact the dean
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You could always reach higher up but if you missed a step - meaning you didn’t do the SLR - you can’t fault. Perhaps you can ask for a deferral ? Maybe you’ll get lucky but if they’re following a process, they might not budge. Hopefully you kept your original plan.
Normally, you receive a confirmation that your SIR has been submitted so do you receive confirmation? Did you pay the $250 enrollment? Do you have a screen shot or confirmation of submitting the SLR?
Whom did you speak with in admissions? Did you ask to speak to the Supervisor/Director of Undergraduate admissions?
If it was an error on their part then they should honor the acceptance so I would go directly to the top.
Sorry I cannot be anymore help but here is the Directors name if you did not have that information.
Blia Yang-Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
The issue is they wanted you to submit the SLR WITH the acceptance. You submitted it 6 days later. That means they needed the SLR immediately because THEY were on a timeline.
If the language and condition on the acceptance “letter” said to submit the SLR at the same time, you may not have a leg to stand on.
From the UCOP (The process for determining residency | Understanding residency for purposes of UC tuition):
The process for determining residency
“UC determines residency based on information you provide in the Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) — a form all new students submit (usually online) to the campus residence deputy in the Office of the Registrar. You submit this form after committing to a campus by filing your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).”
Email the dean of undergraduate admissions, Blia Yang and explain your error.
Call the staff and confirm your SLR status.
I wish you luck!
I have a fee waiver so I never paid the enrollment fee. I do have a screenshot of when i completed the SLR. All it said was to complete it as soon as possible which I did try to do. I spoke to an admissions officer who then spoke to the person who handles the late opt in appeals who ultimately denied me once more.
hello, all it said was to accept or deny my offer by the deadline. All other forms were to be completed but there was no set deadline. When I submitted my california residency questionaire, at the bottom it said that the SLR will be posted to my checklist within 24 hours and to complete it as soon as possible. I know that there are different requirements for different degrees but the only information i was anble to find under the grad ucsd website , it gives them 2 weeks to submit the SLR after the SIR.
So at this point, what’s plan B?
Re apply? Go to a CC? Or enroll somewhere else, perhaps as a non student and then enroll officially when you can?
You need a plan B - it sounds like you didn’t follow UC’s desired instructions. It might seem as if you did, but they are saying you didn’t and there’s probably some language you missed.
You can still pursue upward - to the President’s office, etc. but why UCs start later, others are starting now - and you need another plan to be elsewhere.
They aren’t showing the love - so move on - at least have a plan to do so - so that you don’t miss the entire semester.
CC might be the most reasonable thought with a transfer in two years. And you can continue to push upward at the school.
No one here can get you an acceptance.
Unfortunately i could not find Blia Yangs contact information. Is there another way to get the message to her or who else can I contact?
Try this email address: bly004@ucsd.edu
Yes, the “Graduate” student requirements are always completely different than an undergraduate student who is attempting to get into a university.
When I researched your issue (the minimal amount of time that I did), I went directly to “undergraduate admissions” and researched the requirements through that header.
I also went to the main “bulletin” at UCOP and that site, was what I quoted, to explain the general requirements for undergraduates who were admitted.
I agree that they don’t make it easy, and will stick it to you to confirm. But this is common with universities; they don’t make exceptions unless you have proof. The onus is on you to JUMP by saving proof through screen shots, emails and documentation.
It’s something that I learned as a student through experiences, with tears and frustration and rereading documents to confirm that I screwed up.
We provided this experience to our three kids, but of course, they didn’t listen! When they finally got hit in the face with similar experiences, our children finally admitted that they tearfully learned it over time: that you have to have everything, in hand, on time, before deadlines and with proof.
So you can keep fighting this, but because they’re already setting up their course schedules, and this occurred in June for you, it doesn’t sound like it’s gonna happen. It’s now August. I don’t think you have a prayer. You can try, but I suggest that you move on to your other university, because you’re out of time.
If you’re relying on financial aid to attend, and you don’t start that process now, with your current university, you’re going to miss out on that too. The dollars are finite.
They run out of money within their dispensed budgets.
So which battle are you going to fight?
Are you going to try to get into UCSD (FA dollars are being assigned now) which isn’t looking good? Your only chances are to speak directly to the admissions director but admissions may have already given your spot to someone else.
You may end up losing out on whatever university you also were admitted to. You can go to community college and try for UCSD again but your financial aid dollars won’t be there. Transfers get less money.