Ok, so I wasn't outright rejected to all the universities I applied to, my 3.4 GPA was only good enough to get waitlisted which, according to CSU Fullerton, happens to everyone with a 3.69 or less.
Thanks to the CA economy, state schools no longer enroll for spring which means that every fall, a year's worth of students inundate every campus in the state. Enrollment letters go out to the 3.7+ students but depending on whether those students accept enrollment will determine if the school goes to the waitlist and, if the school does, the order of merit is determined solely by GPA.The
So, if you're in CA or want to study in CA, you'd best be a B+ average student or better.
The odd thing is that I beat out over 600 applicants to be a finalist for UCLA Film School only to be cockblocked by my GPA. If that were the case, why did they let me get that far to begin with?
This doesn't add up.
It is what it is.
Thanks to the CA economy, state schools no longer enroll for spring which means that every fall, a year's worth of students inundate every campus in the state. Enrollment letters go out to the 3.7+ students but depending on whether those students accept enrollment will determine if the school goes to the waitlist and, if the school does, the order of merit is determined solely by GPA.The
So, if you're in CA or want to study in CA, you'd best be a B+ average student or better.
The odd thing is that I beat out over 600 applicants to be a finalist for UCLA Film School only to be cockblocked by my GPA. If that were the case, why did they let me get that far to begin with?
This doesn't add up.
It is what it is.