Rejected and Hopless Veteran

walnut
Thu, 03 May 2007 14:29:24 +0000

If we explained to you in depth the admissions process, and you continued to ask for leniency, then 'tisthetruth’s comments would be warranted.

Anyways, the first couple posts here were great. I would recommend Malishka’s post as the most actionable route to UCLA. Look into the academic renewal and TAP programs. Good grades along with completion of the TAP program is known on these forums to have a near 100% admittal rate. UC’s are particularly forgiving about academic history, which explains why they have a policy is paying no attention to the total amount of community college units.

Large community colleges and Universities will offer extremely generous scholarships and benefits created specifically for military and ex-military personnel. I’m sure you know of the GI bill too. I’ve met a couple Veteran’s at my CC who wouldn’t have been able to attend school full time if it hadn’t been for these services.

Make no mistake, Veteran’s do deserve leniency (or benefits, depending how you view it). While the Veteran’s were out serving the country, us college students were comfortably increasing our future earnings potential. Although such benefits don’t exist substantially in the admissions process, they can be found elsewhere as I mentioned previously.