如何逃脱等待区？手把手教你向学校申诉

Appeal机制，顾名思义，就是当你拿到了拒信定论后，你还有翻盘机会，你可以表示对你的申请结果表示不满，进行申诉，并给出大学应该录取你的理由。...

汇程Xroader源自英文的Crossroad十字路口。我们的每一次择校，工作都出在一个人生的十字路口，方向未定。我们的目标就是在这个踌躇不定的十字路口，指引理想的方向。 ▌什么是Appeal机制？

Appeal机制，顾名思义，就是当你拿到了拒信定论后，你还有翻盘机会，你可以表示对你的申请结果表示不满，进行申诉，并给出大学应该录取你的理由。

Appeal机制和waitlist不同。Waitlist作为待定录取结果的一种，本来就处于录取和拒绝的灰色边缘地带；而Appeal则仅指当你的录取结果已然是被拒的情况下才可以采用的、死马当活马医的方法——after all, you have nothing to lose.

Appeal的结果分两种：Appeal成功被录取，或者appeal失败被拒绝的命运依然不被改变。而需要注意的是，appeal失败后的悲剧结果是100% final decision，也就是说没有任何一种方法能再垂死挣扎了。

▌是不是所有大学都接受Appeal？

并不是。Appeal并不仅仅是打个电话去AO办公室、发个邮件给AO哭诉一下那么简单，appeal是有正规流程和对应的方法和截止日期的。而一般大学给出的录取结果都是很谨慎的了，尤其是拒信的决定不会轻易给出，所以接受被拒后再appeal的大学数目非常有限。

目前了解到的美国前五十名及左右的大学接受appeal的大学是： UCB加州大学伯克利分校、UCLA加州大学洛杉矶分校、UCSD加州大学圣地亚哥分校、UCD加州大学戴维斯分校、UCSB加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校、UCI加州大学欧文分校、UIUC伊利诺伊大学香槟分校、USC南加大、UW华盛顿大学。

▌如何Appeal？

A. UCB加州大学伯克利分校

a) Appeal渠道：登陆MAP@Berkeley Login Portal  http://admissions.berkeley.edu/myapplicationportal

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 5月1日；Appeal结果在6月1日前被告知

c) Appeal方式：

提交500字appeal letter一封，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容（包括UC申请ID）

B. UCLA加州大学洛杉矶分校

a) Appeal渠道：在https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Appeals/Login.aspx登陆UCLA的账户

b) Appeal时间：4月1日 – 4月15日；不保证在5月1日前答复Appeal结果

c) Appeal方式：

1) 提交appeal letter一封，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容

2) 不接受：12年级的新在校成绩、新的奖项和活动、推荐信

C. UCSD加州大学圣地亚哥分校

a) Appeal渠道：用UCSD MyApplication账号和密码登陆https://saforms.ucsd.edu/SSO/ADM/AppealsNFRS/AppealFormNFRS.aspx

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 4月15日，尽可能在4月30日以前出结果

c) 可接受的Appeal材料：

1) 有效但申请时期缺失的ACT/SAT分数

2) AP/IB没有列出的honor课程

3) 个人困难及/或

4) 额外的个人情况、事故

d) Appeal方式：

1) 登陆后，先检查自己的基本信息是否正确

2) 选择appeal理由是下列的一种：原UC申请出现差错、新增的医疗情况及证明文件、原UC申请过后额外取得的特殊成就、经济困难、最近的个人生活骤变。

3) 根据上述选择在文本框中阐述具体的appeal理由（250个字）

4) 提交其他的辅助文件（若需要）：医疗情况证明、资金证明、个人生活变化证明以及其他appeal相关的证明文件

D. UCD加州大学戴维斯分校

a) Appeal渠道：用UCD的账号登陆https://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu/applicants/current/status/appeal/index.cfm

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 4月15日

c) Appeal方式：

1) 在“申请更新表”中更新12年级上、下学期的课程信息，并在“Additional Comments”中提供下半学期的预估成绩：https://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu/applicants/current/myrecord/reportingChanges/fresh_courses.cfm

2) 选择appeal理由是下列的一种：原UC申请出现差错、新增的医疗情况及证明文件、原UC申请过后额外取得的特殊成就、经济困难、最近的个人生活骤变。

3) 根据上述选择在文本框中阐述具体的appeal理由（350个字）

4) 提交补充材料（若需要），可以邮寄也可以在本页面上传：推荐信、资金证明、医疗情况证明、个人生活变化证明以及其他appeal相关的证明文件

E. UCSB加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校

a) Appeal渠道：纸质版邮寄appeal letter

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 4月15日

c) Appeal方式

1) 提交appeal letter一封，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容

2) 如果appeal理由是申请中在校成绩的改变和提交的标化分数错误，需要提交额外证明（比如成绩单或者修改后的分数报告）并和appeal letter在同一个信封内寄送到

3) 强烈建议附上所有的高中成绩单或者大学成绩单（若有）

4) 推荐信不要求提交；但如果要提交，至多提交两封

F. UCI加州大学欧文分校

a) Appeal渠道：纸质版邮寄appeal letter及相关材料。注意，同一个申请者的所有材料都要装在同一个信封中一起邮寄。邮寄地址见Appeal Cover Sheet底部。

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 4月15日

c) Appeal方式

1) 提交Appeal Cover Sheet一封。下载地址：http://www.admissions.uci.edu/pdf/Appeal_Cover_Sheet_F10_revised.pdf

2) 提交appeal letter一封，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容

3) 最近期的高中成绩单。成绩单必须包括课程信息、12年级上半学期期末成绩以及其他已经有成绩的学期。最好将成绩单装在学校官方信封中递交

4) 其他补充文件

5) 推荐信不要求提交，除非被工作人员要求递交

G. UIUC伊利诺伊大学香槟分校

a) Appeal渠道：登陆MyIllini，进入相关申请，点击右上方的Appeal

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 5月1日，2 – 4周内在线出结果。

c) Appeal方式

i. 提交appeal letter一封，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容。如果需要在appeal中换专业，请在下拉菜单选取专业，并补充说明对该专业的兴趣所在。

ii. 最近期的高中成绩单。成绩单必须包括课程信息、12年级上半学期期末成绩以及其他已经有成绩的学期。最好将成绩单装在学校官方信封中递交。

iii. 暂时不需要其他补充文件。不考虑如下材料：12年级的新成绩、新的活动或奖项、2月4日以后招生办收到的标化分数、推荐信。

H. USC南加州大学

a) Appeal渠道：登陆https://you.usc.edu/，进入左侧Submit application documents，选择Documentary Library下的Appeal of admission decision；或者通过传真。

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果 – 4月8日；结果将于5月13日前被告知

c) Appeal数据：每年收到1000份左右，30-50份录取结果会改变

d) Appeal方式：

1) 提交一份Cover sheet，提供你的全名、USC ID、高中的名称和地方

2) 提交appeal letter一封(长度不超过一页)，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容。

3) 将Cover sheet和appeal letter合并成一份pdf通过USC portal内上传

4) 如果之前没有提交过Mid-year report，可以在CommonApp上补交

5) 不接受额外推荐信

A. UW华盛顿大学

a) Appeal渠道：Mail, Email or In Person

b) Appeal时间：收到申请结果开放appeal；收到appeal申请之后2-3周包裹通知

c) Appeal方式：

1) Mail形式的话，需要在材料中签名；Email形式的话，需要用申请邮箱

2) 提交letter一封(长度不超过三页)，阐述不得不appeal的理由和appeal内容

3) 高中成绩单

4) 接受至多三封推荐信，推荐信和appeal不能分开递交。如果mail或者in person，那么推荐信和appeal必须在同一个信封里；如果是email，推荐信扫描件需附在邮件中

5) 不提供面试，不接受艺术作品、作品集、写作等材料

▌是否要Appeal？

每个接受appeal诉求的大学都强调的关键词是，appeal材料必须是new and compelling（新的、有说服力的），也就是说appeal的材料和appeal letter中说明的内容必须是申请者主观不可控的因素。排名越靠前的大学对appeal的把控越严，因为这些大学对于拒信的结果审核已经很严格，那么需要大学推翻这一结果的材料必须有足够说服力，是发生了怎样的客观不可控情况才致使你的申请得到了不合理的结果，从而才提出了appeal的请求（比如说申请期间的个人困难、计算错误的在校成绩、显著提高的学术水平和其证明等）。

所以到底要不要进行appeal呢？无非取决于这两点：

1. 你是否有正当的appeal理由和适合的appeal材料？

2. 这所大学是不是你的dream school，你是不是愿意为他做任何事情？

Appeal是否能改变命运？很难。但是不appeal就一定不能改变命运！

附上一篇成功的UCB申诉信【My Successful Letter of Appeal to UC Berkeley】

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-f-adler/college-decision-appeals_b_2918586.html

UC Berkeley was my dream school.

In fact, as a student at a large public high school in the East Bay, as the son and grandson of alumni, and as a young person interested in politics, the University of California, Berkeley, was one of the few schools I knew.

I applied in November of my senior year of high school.

That spring, I received a thin letter in the mail from the admissions office. I went to the garage to open it, to receive the good news. Maybe the small letter would inform me that the fat packet of smiling faces of my future classmates was on its way or available online?

Nope.

I decided to appeal the decision. I knew the odds were slim: less than 1 percent of the student body at Berkeley were admitted off an appeal. Additionally, I was under the impression at the time that making an appeal was discouraged unless an applicant's GPA was miscalculated by a full letter grade or their SAT scores had risen significantly. Neither of these applied in my case.

(A big thanks to the Office of Public Affairs at UC Berkeley, who clarified their appeal policy for me. According to one official, while "successful appeal applicants tend to provide new and compelling information... that may have been left out of the application or not placed in proper context," the admissions office could not confirm that specific GPA or SAT score fluctuations were part of the appeals decision-making policy at the time I sent in my letter. Likely, a "holistic review that looks at each and every aspect of the student" was policy, despite my impression at the time otherwise).

I wrote the letter in one sitting. It took about four hours. I read it over once, and printed four copies. I addressed one copy to the admissions office, another to a professor in the College of Letters and Science that I looked up online, and the other two to a dean and the chancellor. Aside from my parents and the these recipients, I have not shared this letter with anyone.

The letter is below, unedited:

"You made a mistake." I am sure that hundreds of students and parents have spoken these sentiments to the admission department at UC Berkeley in the course of the past few weeks. I am sure that thousands more throughout the state, throughout the country even, have laughed, cried, and yelled these words, being sure to diminish your institution with each remark. Personally, I hold Berkeley in the highest regards as far as colleges go; having been a life long Bay Area resident, I have come to cherish the diverse atmosphere and thirst for knowledge in Berkeley and the surrounding area entropy. It is in this high-esteem for the university and the community that I write this candid letter.

When a school such as Berkeley is so inundated with qualified applicants desiring to go there, the job of an admissions officer can surely be frightful. Truthfully, I do not feel that UC Berkeley has necessarily made a mistake in its selection, for how can a school sift through the numerous outstanding individuals and select a class meager in proportion to the number of students who wish they could attend. Yes, I write this letter as an appeal for my admissions decision for the Fall of 2003, but more so than that, I feel the need to give a dream school of mine at least one more shot. Regardless of the consequent decision, which I fully realize is statistically to be against my desired response, I must write this letter.

Having listened to my father speak of his college years at UC Berkeley and MIT, the two schools hold a certain mystical quality to me. Knowing well that the type of education I would receive at MIT does not fit who I am and the dreams I strive for, Berkeley has long been the cynosure for my desired collegiate experience. As I recently toured the Berkeley campus, I thought of my dad and tried to picture him in a younger state, walking down the same stretch of Market and Telegraph en route to his favorite hot dog joint, Top Dog. The stories of his time at UC Berkeley held me in awe. My father, a former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee, could relate first hand the type of people associated with Berkeley: as I do now, I have always held the school, students, faculty and alumni with respect and admiration.

Wherever I go, I know I will earn an outstanding education. The schools I am deciding amongst (Occidental, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Santa Clara, and possibly Pomona) are all revered institutions of higher learning. Further, I feel confident that my desire to succeed and do the best I possibly can will further guarantee a positive college experience. Since submitting my college applications in November, I have gained a better understanding of myself, and a better understanding of the surrounding world. Through numerous event planning and participation in the Link Crew events, I realize how impressionable young minds are, and the importance of positive role-models. Thus, I have focused more of my energies into sharing personal ideologies as well as high school experiences with the lower classmen. Currently I am organizing a Drug-Awareness assembly to take place prior to finals week. The assembly is specifically designed to inform the freshmen of various substance abuse and health problems they may encounter in their next few years in high school, and the consequent malignant effects each substance/disorder can have on an individual's life.

Politically, Berkeley is the place to be. With an on-going war in Iraq, the UC campus is the site of much heated debate. As I dream of one day becoming a politician, a dream I plan to make a reality through hard work and determination, Berkeley would provide me with the dynamic atmosphere of political discussion, the kind I relished in at California Boys State and continue to love. Through the relationships and subsequent dialogue I would have with peoples of different nationalities and beliefs at Berkeley, I would be better equipped to make my own decisions in life by way of the additional knowledge gained from such a "melting pot" of people. Needless to say, my goal of becoming a successful public servant continues despite being denied acceptance at Berkeley (currently I am reading Leadership by Rudy Giuliani, an inspirational and informative book which discusses how important it is to work hard for what you believe in) . Though, with this in mind, I feel I could make great strides in the right direction by attending Berkeley.

As I go from one activity to another, from tennis practice where I'm expected to lead the team as captain to musical practice (despite being musically inept, I have practiced numerous hours in the shower throughout my entire life, and plan to be the best Elisha J. Whitney Anything Goes has ever seen!), the disappointment and anxiety I feel at my denial to Berkeley continues. I realize that, like thousands of the other students who may be bewildered at an admission decision, I am simply used to trying my best and yielding the fruits of my labor. Life is full of ups and downs, successes and failures -- even at the green age of 18 I understand this concept well, and realize I will experience my share of both in life. I realize this is not a failure. All the events and activities I have participated in have been due to sheer love and enjoyment, and my knowledge gained from such experiences will aid me always, whether I attend Harvard U or Clown College. Indeed, the colleges I have been accepted to are among some of the top schools as well, and I do feel proud of my options.

Still, Berkeley lingers in my mind, and I must exhaust all enrollment opportunities to be fully content with the application process. A final, more personal note as to why I so desire to attend Berkeley over a few of my other possibilities: in the middle of November, in the midst of completing the bulk of my college applications, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Combined with applying to college, completing homework, staying on top of classes, and keeping my commitments to extra-curricular activities, the knowledge that my mom has a serious form of cancer made those few months all the more stress-filled and difficult. Thank the Lord, my mom has successfully completed radiation and continues to see specialists regularly, solidifying her status in my mind as the strongest person I know. Going off to college, I am going to miss my mom dearly, and she will dearly miss me. I've always been very close with her, and I recognize the ambivalence within her of wanting me to stay close to home in the Bay Area while wanting what's best for me. I feel similar sentiments, having the strong urge to protect and care for my mom, visiting on a regular basis, while desiring to grow as a person into the man I strive to be. Berkeley would be the perfect choice of school in relation to both aspects: its proximity to my home town of Livermore, as well as the educational opportunities Berkeley offers.

I truly believe that God has His plan, and that everything works out for the best. All I feel I can do is submit this letter and let fate have its way.

On re-reading the letter for the first time in nearly 10 years, I remember why I had to write it.

First, I wanted to make the case that if I were to attend Berkeley, I would do just fine. And second, I needed to write the letter for my own sake, not for anyone else; to rest easy with the knowledge that I had tried my best to get in.

The portion of the letter that took the longest to write was the last section. I tried to strike a delicate balance in writing about my mother's illness: I did not want to use the situation to curry any advantage, but I had to be honest about a painful issue that was affecting me and my decision-making -- and would continue to impact my life over the coming years.

A few weeks after mailing the letter, I received a personal letter from the dean. He said that he empathized with my situation and appreciated my reflection, but had no power to reverse a decision. He would forward my letter to admissions.

A week later, I received another letter in the mail: this time, from the admissions office. The letter was less a letter, and more of a fat packet of smiling faces with the words "congratulations."

I was grateful and, more so, encouraged. I had given myself a chance, and now I had proven to myself that I could.

Around the time that I received the letter, I went on a college trip down south to visit the other California schools where I had applied. Eventually, I decided to accept a generous offer of admissions from Occidental College. I decided it would be a terrific place for me to grow, a school of small size, high caliber, and limitless possibility that my favorite high school teacher said I could "make into my own."

The one regret I have with the letter is that I never sent a thank you to the dean for his kind words of support. He took the time to send a personal letter to some random kid who made a bold move. His letter touched me, and I never said just that.

Belatedly, but better late than never: thank you so much, Dean.

Finally, if you are a high school senior (or parent) who receives a thin envelop from a dream school this spring and are "bewildered at an admission decision," take heed. For: "life is full of ups and downs, successes and failures." And, if you do what you do out of "sheer love and enjoyment," and treat others accordingly, you will have already succeeded in life beyond any institution's measure.

You will be just fine.





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