Cal Spring Admission

emilsinclair9
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:46:28 +0000

Hey! I was a spring admit…and weirdly, I had applied as a philosophy major too lol. Honestly, I have a couple theories as to why we’re spring admits. I’ve pooled my info on the ppl that I know personally that are spring admits.


One girl I know had a 4.0 in CCC but was missing a key prereq for the psych major.
I had a 3.76 GPA and claimed to be a double major + premed…when I applied I had no clue what I really wanted. (spring admission could be due to having a ton of reqs (i.e. premed/ 2 majors))
Others seem totally random with high GPA’s and prereqs done. Others I know had like 3.3’s and go in.


My theory is that each spring admit has something glaring in their application that is questionable enough to defer them a semester. For me, it could have been the iffy GPA or the fact that I had so many requirements to still complete. As an example, philosophy requirements are barely EVER offered at CCC’s. For my friend with the 4.0, imo it was clearly because she was missing a prereq.

Overall, I’d avoid ambiguity in your personal statement. Write about being premed if, indeed, you have some/most of your premed reqs done. But if you have say 1 or 2 done, I’d advise against writing about it because Cal wants you in and out ASAP…it allows them to bring in more students and make more money. The semester deferment to spring allows the student to focus on getting those extra prereqs done.

Just my two cents :).