Appeals (Rejected/Accepted)

annikasorrensen
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:27:39 +0000

CSUs are unlikely to consider any appeal unless it is based on correcting transcripts which then affects the GPA. CSUs only look at location and GPA for admissions, there isn’t a nice feel-good category for ECs, LORS, grade-trends, etc to give admissions any wiggle room. As far as I am aware, it would be a waste of time to appeal a CSU decision unless there was a clerical error somewhere.

UCs do review ECs, essays and LORs in their admissions process and therefore have these categories to consider also in an appeal (unlike CSUs), but they are also bound by budget cuts and forced to shrink enrollment numbers. An appeal would have to be about fixing a clerical error or some other massively important piece of information that was missing in the original application to make a difference. The UCs just don’t have the room/budget and is unlikely to be very receptive to appeals these days.

Privates are probably the most open to appeals these days–especially if you are a full pay student. But do note that applications are up at privates (in part because students are being chased out of the CSU/UC system from the budget cuts, over-crowded classes, etc) and they have a bumper crop of students already to chose from, including their waiting lists which are larger these days for all these same reasons.

I highly suggest you spend a lot more effort on Plan B than your appeal process.