Why are 4.0s rejected?

zettasyntax
Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:17:53 +0000

I think it can commonly be major prep. I applied to UCLA in 2014 for linguistics with computer science and did have quit a bit of the prep done, but not all of it (I had more of the co sci prep done, but no science done yet) - rejected. I applied to USC as undecided (I would not have had 64 units that they require to be a junior) - rejected. CSULB for computer science - rejected. I did oddly enough manage to get into UCSD for computer science that year, but I was really hoping for a school closer to home. I tried again next year (after getting a B and a W or two) and my 4.0 was history, but every school that rejected me the year before, suddenly accepted me. I did however change my major though as I was scared to get rejected again. For USC, I even put down sociology as an alternate major despite having nothing done for it really (just 1 course), and that’s the one they accepted me for. I often think it does have something to do with major prep (even missing 1 cab be bad for impacted/popular majors), but USC confused the heck out of me with admitting me for sociology.