Appealing Admissions Decisions

Most students have heard from most of the campuses by now whether or not they have been accepted. Tonight or tomorrow, UC Berkeley will release admissions decisions for Fall 2011. Many have already been notified by UCLA of their acceptance or denial.

If you have new or previously unreported information that you can share with the UC admissions offices, you can consider submitting an appeal to your admissions decision. Appeals are rarely granted. However, if you have information for the campus that you did not report previously, or if your circumstances have changed favorably since you updated your application in January (e.g. some excellent grades already posted this semester), then consider submitting an appeal.

Here are links to some of the UC campuses regarding submitting admissions appeals:
Berkeley http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=113&navid=N
Los Angeles http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/appealstr.htm
San Diego http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/contacts.html#transfer
Davis http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/fr_nonadmitted.cfm (This information is for freshmen applicants, but it is the only information I could find on their website.)

For all other UC campuses, contact their admissions offices:
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/index.html

Be sure to abide by appeals submission deadlines.

Appealing an Admissions Decision

Many students have already received admissions notifications from the universities they have applied to, and UC Berkeley is expected to release admissions decisions on April 30. If you are denied admissions, you might want to appeal the decision if you can provide some new or additional information that was not included in your UC application. Here are some links to Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego's websites with helpful information about appealing:

Berkeley: http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=113&navid=N

Los Angeles: http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/appealstr.htm

San Diego: http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/transfer/admission.html
Please note that the San Diego link is for Transfer Student Services. No appeals information has been posted yet for Fall 2010 admissions, so contact TSS if you have a question about appealing an admissions decision.

For any other UC or university campus, contact the Undergraduate Admissions office for information about appealing a denial. Again, you can only appeal if you have new or additional information to provide that was not included in your original application.