<p><a href=“UCLA Transfer Students | Facebook”>www.facebook.com/groups/uclatransfers/?fref=nf</a></p>
<p>it won’t post the complete link but its just Facebook . com before the /groups
found this earlier today, there is some helpful posts and replies from current students on issues for new transfers. I found it pretty helpful.</p>
<p>It feels good to have filed my SIR to UCLA yesterday and submit my housing application today! :)</p>
<p>@cayton i want to submiy my sir already but im still waiting to hear back from my update :/</p>
<p>@sonic23 </p>
<p>Is it the update regarding that psycho history professor whose class you had to drop?</p>
<p>@Cayton lol yea it sucks,it says it may take 15 business days to hear back. </p>
<p>@sonic23 </p>
<p>Damn. Hopefully, they respond soon. I think you’ll be fine, though.</p>
<p>@Cayton yea im pretty sure it will be no problem but i till dont want to loose $100. Im excited to do it asap </p>
<p>I agree. Personal statements were really hit or miss for admissons on impacted majors. I think it worked in my favor though, since I was still completing prereqs and my strong PS may have given me a boost. </p>
<p>@bomerr </p>
<p>Hope you get into Cal, man. </p>
<p>@ocnative </p>
<p>Yeah, missing a pre-req for an impacted major like political science at UCLA and still getting in is something most people can’t do. Congrats there, man.</p>
<p>Is there another phone number admitted students can use for questions other than the line that’s only answered between 1p-4p?</p>
<p>They really answer in 5-10 business days 
I want to withdraw from my physics class (Which is not a pre-req for life & science majors), but I want to make sure that I can since it says it makes my app stronger if I do it. The last day to drop classes at my college is this coming Monday. I’m afraid to get a C or even fail this class…</p>
<p>my friend got rejected with 3.92 for biz-econ, I read his PS once and I think it was okay. Meanwhile, many of 4.0 GPA (even without any activity) got in. I don’t think that is fair.</p>
<p>random question…
do we get paper decision letters in the mail? or just our decisions from online. </p>
<p>@nydallas </p>
<p>You’ll be getting some mail from UCLA soon.</p>
<p>If you start expecting admissions to be fair you’ll be very disappointed. We never know all of someone’s circumstances. </p>
<p>Someone might look at my gpa (3.63) and think it’s not fair I got in while others who applied in my major with higher gpas were rejected. What most people wouldn’t know just looking at stats is that my gpa was lowered by 2 classes I took 15 years ago, and that my last 50+ units were all A’s and 1 B. My stats also don’t tell you that I finished those 50+ units in 3 semesters while working full-time. </p>
<p>So my heart goes out to everyone who doesn’t get into the school of their choice, but I worked my ass off to get where i am. Anyone who thinks it’s not fair that certain people get accepted while others don’t are being very narrow minded. We don’t know everyone’s full story. </p>
<p>has anyone submitted their SIR yet, if so have you been able to set up your school email address, its prompting me to set it up through google apps.</p>
<p>@cayton Thank you! </p>
<p>@RCLA325 </p>
<p>Yeah, I set up my ucla.edu address. It’s powered by gmail.</p>
<p>@DaBaDee
I agree with @2016Candles. I personally got into Biz Econ this year with a 3.88 GPA, which is much lower compared to your friend’s. So GPA doesn’t really play a big role. If you think your friend’s PS is OK, i personally think it may be not enough. UCLA needs PS that can impress them. And I think the 4.0 people you were talking about may have their own stories while their score is PERFECT. Especially, this is important if you compete for a spot in Biz Econ…</p>
<p>While I’m being thankful that I got in, I certainly think that I deserve it. I am a new immigrant (typically I think myself as International student cuz my parents are not around), I started my part time job (related to the major) since my second semester at CC, joined the Honors Program my first semester(so I’m TAP certified), volunteer at school as a tutor as well as serve at church. I also tried to make my time for researches, and got my projects presented to academic conferences and published. I read a lot and follow the news for my projects every day. I finished 19 semester honors units and among them I took 2 Honors Calculus class, which are the major requirements. </p>
<p>I come from an OK family and I am an only child, but I paid my own tuition and expenses last year (except for health insurance). I also got a serious medical condition the end of last year, although I did not mention it on my PS b/c i think it’s rather private. And that’s why my parents finally asked me to quit my job. But that actually turned out to be a Misdiagnosis…I was scared…but felt very lucky, too. </p>
<p>The first day I got into CC I decided to become a well qualified person, not only a student…but I feel bad for your friend, b/c 3.92 is not easy. My friend with similar GPA got rejected too, and I actually know that a lot of ppl with 4.0 got rejected…I think neither GPA or “activities” are important, but your own unique life experience and personal quality make a difference. </p>
<p>While feeling sorry for people who got rejected, I certainly think that everyone who got in deserves it.</p>
<p>@Cayton</p>
<p>What is it like on the other side?
I want to wait to submit my SIR until I hear back from Cal and have a chance to sit down and think about everything but I am so curious! </p>
<p>Are there a ton of forms to fill out? I know you have to pay for a few things right away (like the SIR and I believe for the processing of housing forms), is it credit card only?</p>