Why are 4.0s rejected?

luckie1367
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 23:43:24 +0000

From my experience, the main reason 4.0 students get rejected:

-didn’t complete correct/required coursework
-had no ECs
-poor personal statement (seriously, I re-read one for someone after they were rejected and it literally made no sense. It was like a spam bot just spewed a bunch of random stuff and interlaced the words “achieve”, “dream”, “desire”, and “academics”)
-similar to a poorly written personal statement; a personal statement that doesn’t answer the prompt (yeah, slam poetry might be your thing, but the ADCOM doesn’t want to read your oddly formatted/punctuated piece)
-forgot vital application steps like the TAU
-are 1 year transfers and may have a 4.0 but don’t have 30 units by the time they apply
-getting caught in a lie

But honestly, its the didn’t do required coursework that I think gets most people. When I applied I triple checked the assist page and UCLA’s transfer-admit-by-major page several times.