<p>@ PreMedaholic</p>
<p>My aid is terrible, I get a little over 7k in some weird 1 year non-renewable scholarship. Money for insurance (if I don’t get insurance, its taken away), and 2k in work study. My FAFSA EFC is just a little over 11k. But I don’t have money for housing, and I live in OC. The vanpool leaves at 5am and comes back at 3pm. So, I can’t do workstudy, and I can’t stay late to study…</p>
<p>Did you apply to Berkeley? I got in, but just for Spring</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:</p>
<pre><code>UC GPA: 3.1 (3.31 by winter)
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
Intended Major: Gender Studies
TAP?: Yes
IGETC?: Yes
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): History Club officer, ICC Delegate and served on a student government council.
Job/Work Experience: English tutor in College
Volunteer/Community service: Abt 10 hrs/ week at an animal rescue
Personal Statement: Everyone said it was great, including a few professors and a counselor.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 0
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation and ex- foster care
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement, extracurriculars, TAP, and unimpacted major.
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of TAP, unimpacted major and personal statements. </p>
<p>General Comments:
Had extenuating medical circumstances that I put in the additional comments section</p>
<p>@Ucdrone: Yes, for some reason I thought you were talking about ur Ucb fin aid, I was! I saw my UCLA fin aid a few days ago and if I remember correctly then my contribution is a little higher.</p>
<p>@ttavakol you got in?! YAY! Congrats! Me too 
Looks like we’ll probably be running into each other again soon!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted for Fall 2013
UC GPA: 3.62
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All for psychology, none for phil (none offered)
Intended Major: Philosophy/Psychology double major (applied as phil)
TAP?: YES
IGETC?: YES</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Rejected: none
Waitlisted: none
Pending: none
SIR: Submitted to CAL</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Nothing special
Job/Work Experience: Various jobs
Volunteer/Community service: NAMI
Personal Statement: Really good
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: CC (Mount San Antonio College)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: EFC = 0
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably personal statement, I have to admit it really does paint a picture of me
Weaknesses: GPA,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: PS, TAP probably helped, upward grade trend
General Comments: Never Quit</p>
<p>Reguarding financial aid, does anyone see anything related to Cal Grant? Also, does anyone see anything related to Blue and Gold Plan?</p>
<p>These 2 financial aid grant sources may not yet be in our financial aid estimates. Someone correct me if i’m wrong.</p>
<p>Question from a future 2014 applicant.</p>
<p>Is finishing pre-reqs a major contributing factor to being admitted or not? And when I mean finish pre-reqs I mean finish them before applying during the fall.</p>
<p>Also, is TAP like TAG? how does it work?</p>
<p>@mikeT92 I was wondering the same thing… I do have Cal Grant available on my financial aid, but I don’t know if the blue and gold opportunity plan is included or if that will show up later? I feel like it’s already included, but there’s really no indication of it…</p>
<p>@p1inkbubbles Cal grant is Blue & Gold. Blue & Gold only takes effect if you don’t receive a Cal Grant and your family makes under the income threshold.</p>
<p>@TonyStark93
It probably depends on your major? Personally I got accepted even though I was missing several prereqs. (3-4 for chemistry)</p>
<p>@Econ/Accounting which is mine for example. I will have pre-reqs done by Spring before transferring, but I won’t have it done before applying this September.</p>
<p>Anyone who got TAP get rejected?</p>
<p>@dmsgml7832 yup!!! MCDBio way to go. Now are you excited or scared? I am a mixture of 2 cuz i heard UCLA’s MCDB program is super hard. Actually I am worried. What do you think?</p>
<p>^It’s hard but the faculty is really impressive. I switched out after a quarter. If it’s your passion, it might be more enjoyable. It was interesting at first but much too focused for my taste.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the generic conditions even means?
I know that we can’t get Cs to stay in the safe zone, but it also says that I need to keep a gpa that is consistant with the rest of my grades. Ive been getting like As and A-s so what would happen if I ended up with like a 3.3 (2 Bs, 1 A, and another A in a lab) or something? Would I get rescinded?</p>
<p>@mattbryan Thank you so much, that makes a lot of sense now!</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same thing ThugFish</p>
<p>@oceanpartier</p>
<p>can we even switch major?i thought transfer student cant switch major.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.17
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
Intended Major: African American Studies
TAP?: No
IGETC?: Yes</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars- Small business owner since 2009. I played two years of Junior College football, winning two state championships. I then coached two years of High School football. </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Owner/Founder/CEO of RightNow Training </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: None</p>
<p>Personal Statement: Definitely the strength of my application. I felt it was very strong. </p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement, extracurriculars, and unimpacted major.
Weaknesses: low GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Having a major that is not very competitive is the biggest reason. I’m not dumb enough to say that I am more deserving than others who were rejected. Having an unimpacted major is the main reason I got accepted. </p>
<p>General Comments:
I applied to UCLA four times. I was rejected out of high school, then again in 2011 and 2012 out of community college. I could have easily chosen to go somewhere else, but UCLA is the ONLY school I ever dreamed of going to. If you want it bad enough, never give up on the dream! Congrats to everyone who got in and I’m sorry to everyone that didn’t. I know what it feels like.</p>
<p>@ mermeid</p>
<p>You can, but I suggest you do it at orientation. They will do it for you right then and there. In most cases you can only switch into a major within the life sciences (e.g. Biology, MIMG, Physiological Science, ect). I mean if you have all the pre-reqs for something similar, like Anthro, you MIGHT be able to switch into that. If you want to wait to see if MCDB will work out, you can switch after you finish a quarter at UCLA. If you get any D’s/F’s in a LS core curriculum course (LS, Physics, Chem, ect), you can’t change. It’s unlikely to switch into Psychobiology though…cause they have this weird unit limit system. Other than that, there are no real restriction.</p>