Rejected and Hopless Veteran

CollegeFanatik
Wed, 02 May 2007 19:24:09 +0000

Lightemup,

While I don’t have PTSD I have served 6 years in the reserves with a lot of CONUS training and OCONUS deployment time. I’m 24, originally from Los Angeles, and just started the transfer application process a few months ago. So far I’ve been accepted into George Washington University and I’m waiting on Georgetown, American University’s, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s decisions. I would have applied at some UC’s but I started the process too late.

What I’ve learned through the college application process is that state schools don’t really care about the person as much as they care about that person’s stats. Your best bet would be to apply to a private university becuse they tend to look at the whole package instead of just one or two parts.

UCLA is a fantastic school but you can’t put ALL your eggs in one basket. You can be happy elsewhere. Are you a California resident? I like option 2 from foxdie - I would move to California (if you aren’t already there) and go to a Cali CC - earn residency and UCLA will look at you with a little more favor than some other out of state person.

The entire UC system is great and you should also look at other UC’s - like Davis, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Cruz, etc. They have varying degrees of difficulty and I’m sure if you just take the time to look you can find a great fit.

Being a veteran is not a free ticket. It can definitely help but you have to really develop and show other parts of your personality on your application in order to really shine.