Students with 2.8-3.5 GPA POST your STATS!

newchapter14
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:37:44 +0000

Accepted: CSULB
Pending: UCLA (TAP), UCI (TAG), UCSD, Cal, USC

Objective:
UC GPA: 3.57
Major Pre-reqs Completed: Will have all completed by the end of spring (except for Berkeley… they have very different pre-reqs for English and I will have only completed about half of theirs)
Intended Major: English (2nd choice major is Comparative Lit for UCLA, UCI, USC)
TAG?: Yes, UCI
IGETC?: Completing my last course this semester

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Student Ambassador, English Club (Founder/President), Alpha Gamma Sigma (Historian), etc.
Job/Work Experience: I have worked since I was 18. I worked full-time from the age of 20 until 24. I’m now 26 and work part-time.
Volunteer/Community service: Reading Partners, Circle K, Animal shelters… not as many hours as I would have liked, but I work a lot.
Personal Statement: I’d say it was strong. I spoke about my experiences while working and trying to go back to school and how I kept myself motivated.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State: CA
School Type: CCC
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: My EFC is 0. That says it all, I think.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

Reflection
Strengths: I think my app shows that I’m very self-motivated and mature. I have a strong upward trend as I’ve had straight A’s for the past four semesters.
Weaknesses: I have many, many W’s on my transcript from the years when I worked full-time. I also wish I had had more time to polish my personal statement.
General Comments: After waiting so many years to finally be able to transfer, I feel scared that I won’t get accepted to my top choices. Of course, I am just thankful for being motivated enough to return to school, and to have the opportunity to transfer at all. I’ve just struggled a lot to get where I am now, and getting accepted to a great school would make me feel like all of my hard work paid off. I’m also kind of wishing that I would have TAG’d to SD instead of UCI, but I was worried that I might not be able to pull up my GPA by the end of last fall. I passed the 3.5 required with my fall grades. Oh well. Live and learn! Good luck to everyone! Hopefully the next month before decisions will fly by! :)