<p>oohnelle - Did you get your TAP scholarship thing today? If you call the TAP office, please let us know what they say. I have a feeling they will give you the “official decisions will be out later this week line”. Maybe you will get someone more willing to provide info!</p>
<p>hahah niggit42, bearclaw15, monta vista in cupertino? i went to lynbrook. c/o 05.</p>
<p>hahaha yeah i went to monta vista, lynbrook was a rival. grad 05’ baby. (though I didnt go to the crazy schools our alums went to…)</p>
<p>=(
I just screamed and cried for no reason. I don’t know what to do if I get rejected 1 week later. And my parents expect me so much. I am so stressed. =(</p>
<p>ohh i know some kids from the bay area who went to monte vista and what not, fremont schools, etc.etc.
i seem to only know UCLA kids though… :/</p>
<p>If on your UCLA FINAID thing it says “ON-CAMPUS” but you know you want to live in Off-Campus Univ. apartments…what do u do if you get in…</p>
<p>lilsunflower:</p>
<p>Relax. No big deal. Those who are diligent will always have ways to succeed, regardless of college. Your parents expecting you to reach certain standards are for your own good, but the truth is the only thing you should expect from yourself is doing your best. As long as you’ve done everything in your reasonable power to succeed, there’s no reason to stress. You can’t do better than your best right? Heck, even if you haven’t done your best, the past can’t be changed. Change what you can. Stressing at this stage is a waste of energy that could be focused on your current and future issues. </p>
<p>To put things in perspective, I’ve seen a father lose his job, and along with it his family’s sole source of income. Yet he kept a cool head. Why? He did everything in his power, such as calling up relatives, friends for job opportunities, and posting his resume everywhere. He planned ahead and saved money, giving him time to resolve the income issue. *The critical point here is his motive for saving. * He saved money because he wasn’t willing to take the fears, stress, and risk of gambling his family’s sole source of income in the event that something happened to him. He was conscious of all these things, this gave him more control over the direction of his life and family. Fate sucks. Anything helps right? *As a side note, although the story may be interesting, I ultra-simplified the story into a meager few sentences just to get the main stuff across. </p>
<p>I’ve always felt that this man’s story relates to many of our transfer experiences. Where we head to college has a significant impact on our lives, but we don’t necessarily need to get into our “dream” college. We can change our dreams, or look for alternative routes to the dreams. Staying another year or maybe attending another school are also viable plans. No matter which college we end up at, we can always work hard on the graduate application/GMATS, etc. Heck, even if one screws up the graduate application, they can still transfer…while at graduate school! If they were to screw up the transfer to a better grad school, they can always look to further their career wherever in the workplace. The point being that alternatives are everywhere, we don’t need to fear hitting a “dead end.” </p>
<p>Stress can be eliminated by planning alternative resolutions incase you should be rejected. In fact, you may even find an alternative course of action that could land you at a college even better than your dream school! In that case, you will be glad to have been rejected. Having back up plans is a good habit, not to mention it can save you a tissue or two :). </p>
<p>After months on this forum, much of the fear at this stage seems seems to result from students who either didn’t mind the stress, or those who didn’t care to plan ahead. Regardless, their fears are well warranted. With the exception of those who have a great shot at admittance, applicants who bank on being accepted to a certain college should be wary of the impending stress and fears that is a direct result of undertaking such a high stakes risk. The father from the anecdote I spoke earlier doesn’t like to stress, or fear. In other words, he doesn’t like to gamble, as such he chose to save money incase something should happen to him or his job. </p>
<p>Whether or not you choose to plan alternatives or not, make sure you always know what kind of ride you’re in for. There are many cases where i’ve taken a high stakes gamble. The trick is being able to decide which risks are worth taking, and which risks aren’t. </p>
<p>Not to mention, by taking more control of your direction in life, you can give the ever-so-hard-working Lady Luck a break 
.</p>
<p>Good point walnut. Even kids who get into Yale, Berkeley, UCLA, etc… if when they get there and don’t work their asses off to succeed, when they finish school and start to enter the work force, they can easily get beat by those other kids who went to “lesser” schools such as Long Beach State, San Diego State, etc., who did work their hardest and were determined to succeed. </p>
<p>Because in the end, when you enter the work force, what matters the most is how much knowledge and skills you possess and not where you went to school. There are lots of talented students in the CSU system who can put many of those students in the UC system to shame.</p>
<p>ughhh you MV/ Lynbrook kiddos… haha y’all were the death of me when I did debate in high school. <em>shakes fist</em></p>
<p>I can’t see my financial aid so it’s freaking me out. UCLA has never contacted me throughout this whole application process. T_T I have a 3.93 GPA, International Development Studies Major.</p>
<p>class of 2006 baby!!! where are all u 1988 babies??? we’re the unique ones…1988 was turning point in history and anyone born in that year is bound to be admitted to ucla…</p>
<p>to verdet and those who received the TAP scholarship application in the mail, i just called Mary Ries… coordinator for TAP, and she said it does not guarantee admission. their website is just confusing… it really means that out of all the scholarship applicants, only those who are admitted are considered… which is obvious. i don’t know, but she was a little careful with her words. i’m sure someone else has called with the same question. 2 more days!! good luck everyone =)</p>
<p>uhh btw, sorry for adding any stress, but she mentioned rolling admissions… which sucks. i know. so we will not all find out at one time.</p>
<p>edit: just remembered i called the undergrad admission provost on accident and she said admissions only know that applicants are TAP or not, in order to give priority to those applications. after that, they do not work with the TAP people or financial aid. a heads up</p>
<p>I hope I’m not one of the unlucky ones that will be hearing from UCLA at the end of May, like my friend did last year. She got her UCLA acceptance only 1 week prior to the June 1st SIR deadline. It sucks that some people have to wait another whole month from now to find their status. I better not be one of them!!!</p>
<p>anyone know the transfer acceptance rate for Anderson Undergraduate Business major?</p>
<p>■■■■!!! DID YOU GUYS READ THE BLOG ON UCLA’S ADMISSION SITE?</p>
<p>April 24, 2007
FINALLY, we are ALMOST THERE!!!</p>
<p>Lma<em>5 Decisions will be released today for most of our 13,400 transfer applicants to Fall 2007! While this may represent only 21% of our applicant pool, the review of transfer applicants to UCLA takes a lot longer than the freshman review. Though many factors we look at are the same—such as employment, extracurricular activities, community service, awards, personal achievements, and hardships—unlike freshmen, transfer students’ college work becomes part of their permanent course record. Furthermore, since we expect transfers to enter UCLA as college juniors ready to take on upper division course work in their majors, we review every last course listed on each application to make sure students have made progress toward major preparation requirements. And where our freshman reviews are conducted by a combination of admissions employees and outside 3evls</em>5 readers (over 100 people), transfer reviews are done by only 12 people called evaluators. Every college employs people with this title. Their job is to determine how courses taken at other schools translate to their school. Sounds simple but, believe me, it isn’t—especially for a place with such a wide draw as UCLA. Collectively, our evaluators hold detailed knowledge of educational systems not just in the US, but throughout the world. (Some of our evaluators recently penned education profiles on China, Mexico, and Oman that will be used by colleges and universities nationwide.) As of today, my evaluator colleagues can take a short but well-earned breather before the transcripts start rolling in, and they are once again scanning lists of courses.</p>
<p>care to provide us with the link?</p>
<p>Just saw the posting as well. </p>
<p><a href=“http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/</a></p>
<p>OMG!
<a href=“http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/</a>
good luck everyone!</p>
<p><a href=“http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/</a></p>
<p>here you go. i am glad i can be of service :-)</p>
<p>im like jLo. im real.</p>
<p>nvm i found it…</p>
<p>wow I sure hope this blogger’s words are correct! I HOPE IT’S TODAY!</p>