2014 ucsd decisions - statistics

<p>i didn’t receive my ucsd admissions decision email yet?
am i supposed to check the site or wait for an email?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: Muir/ Business Economics</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: no</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): 700-w 720-r 710-m (best sitting however was a 2120 with a 690 writing)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: MATH IIC: 680, BIO-E: 620, Lit - 710, Us History - 660</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 4.0, GPA: 4.29, 3.71 Unweighted</li>
<li>Rank: school doesnt rank</li>
<li>ACT: 30</li>
<li>APs (including this year’s):9 Honors:8</li>
<li>IBs (including this year’s:</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP english lit, APES, AP Stat, philosophy (semester), history and film (semester), religions of the east (semestr), faith through the arts (1 semester), gov</li>
<li>Other stats (Awards, etc.): Laureate 4.0 or above and straight A’s, HIghest Honors 4.0 and above</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Higher Grounds Caf</li>
</ul>

<p>@chancecc19 go on the site myapplication.ucsd.edu
to check if you got in</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Not really much to say; accepted to UCLA and Irvine w/ Honors prior. And Cornell ED before that. Didn’t expect it, pretty much wombat if you think about it.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: sixth/ undeclared social studies
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[ *] SAT I (by section): math 730 reading 760 writing 690
[ *] SAT IIs: chinese- 730 bio 630
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.21, 3.5
[ *] Rank: 13 out of 400 some students
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year’s): stats, econ, gov, lit, chem., eruo 4, bio 2, U.S. 3, environment 3
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: none
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: stats ap, gov ap, econ ap, chem. Ap. Lit ap, anatomy
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): a ton of honor awards and top scholars, and scholor athletes
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: a ton of volunteer, varsity tennis (2 years) jv swim (2 years), MUN
[ *] Job/Work Experience: piano tutor and Spanish tutor
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): my volunteer work and my dream to be a doctor
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: southern cali
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian and caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ *] Strengths: tri-lingual, captain of varsity tennis
[ *] Weaknesses: wasn’t consistant on extra activites.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: a big fish in a small pond, my school isn’t altra competitive. Pass that info on to siblings and younger friends. It helps. Also, Model United Nations. Great program.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] congrats to all who made it and hopefully this helps younger generations!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Revelle/Undecided
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2090 (700 W, 660 M, 730 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature (730), Math II (650), US History (690)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.55W, 3.95UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): US History(2008) 5, Latin Vergil(2009) 5, English Language(2009) 5
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s): N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP - Latin Literature, English V, Calculus AB, US Government and Politics; Honors - Physics, Greek IV; Regular - Law Studies, P.E. IV,
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I think I was the only one
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Varsity Letterman
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Football, Varsity Track and Field, Rugby Club, Mock Trial Team, Peer Support
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club of America
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): The affect New Orleans and its culture has had on me as a person and how that makes me the person I am.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Hurricane Katrina
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Orleans, LA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private/Religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None I can think of
[<em>] Strengths: Work ethic
[</em>] Weaknesses: Undecided major
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: A certain # of OOS are accepted and the # applying is relatively low[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in. UCSD is a great school and I hope to be enjoying the SoCal sun come Fall 2010.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: ERC/ Poli Sci, though I’m changing it to Physics
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nah
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 Math, 690 Reading, 650 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 640 Physics
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UCW 4.1
[</em>] Rank: 60 of 550, or something. Top 15% though.
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 7
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: School doesn’t do IB
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Not the MOST challenging, but 3 AP classes, so…
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Loads, most were rejected
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 3 congressional leadership awards, Boys State delegate, various math competition awards, some other stuff.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Recycling club, Varsity Soccer, Black Belt, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m a tutor, and I work at a photography lab
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Won’t go into detail, but I did really well on them.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 1st generation student, I’m foreign (Scottish citizen), lots of leadership stuff got me in I think
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: San Diego, CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Not particularly competitive, large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White as rice. Didn’t get any points there, for sure :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation college student, foreign citizen, as I said.
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, very diverse resume, SAT wasn’t too bad
[</em>] Weaknesses: My GPA for sure. I didn’t think I could get in on a 4.1 :stuck_out_tongue:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: As I said before, it’s all about leadership, everyone! Do a bunch of things that show off your abilities as a leader and you can get into almost any school you want![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to the Class of 2014! I look forward to meeting all of you :smiley:
I’m still shocked I was accepted, I’ve wanted to go to UCSD since I was a kid dreaming of being a scientist! Haha :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Revelle, (applied to Biomed in for Undeclared)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700 CR 800 W 740 M = 2240
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio M - 720. Math II - 740. USH - 720
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.87 UW 4.15 W
[</em>] Rank: no ranks. top 15%
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Bio (5), USH (5), English (5), Econ, Calc AB
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: English, Speech & Debate, Calc AB, Physics Honors, Gov Hon, AP Econ…not the most challenging. been slacking off a bit
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Probably 200ish
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar, science fair 1st place thing, bunch of awards in speech, state finalist in speech…speech degrees in national forensics league. Mainly…just SPEECH.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Vice president of Speech and Debate, Hospital Volunteering (300+hrs), Karate, Piano, Field Hockey
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: short thing during summer. nothing really
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about karate, other one about speech. both decent
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Jose, California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): incredibly competitive large public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $400k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: dedication to speech?, leadership roles in speech, SAT I, volunteering
[<em>] Weaknesses: sat II scores, APs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea. i feel like i barely got in but who knows. i guess i had enough points.
[/ul]Other Factors: i really milked out speech and debate haha
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: probably choosing UCSD as of now…since i got rejected from LA. waiting on berk, but don’t really want to go there. depends on this whole undeclared major issue…</p>

<p>did anyone get into the skaggs undergrad pharmacy school? or know anyone that did? if so, please post stats! thanks!!! :)</p>

<p>@arriviste,
I’m in the same exact position, applied for bioengineering got in undeclared. So I’m going to wait on Berkeley. There’s multiple people in the same boat right now.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Earl Warren / Computer Science

  • Fee Waiver Used?: No
  • SAT I (by section): Math: 690, Writing: 640, Critical Reading: 570
  • SAT IIs: Math: 670, US History: 700
  • GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.72/3.46
  • Rank: school doesn’t rank below 10% but I’m guessing top 25%
  • ACT: didn’t take
  • APs (including this year’s): 5
  • IBs (including this year’s: n/a
  • Senior Yr Courseload:AP Calculus AB, Government/Econ, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, Literature and Film, Spanish 4
  • Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure but guessing around 75-125?
  • Other stats (Awards, etc.): California Scholarship Federation, Honor Roll etc.
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Badminton 4 years, Leo club (community service) 4 years, Interact(community service) 2 years, ATDP summer program at Berkeley (5 years taking it, one year TAing)

  • Job/Work Experience: None
  • Essays (subject and responses): Getting out, Why I Learn in the Summer
  • Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):None
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): no idea but 800 + API score and California Distinguished
  • Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: ~$70000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student, sister in UC system (Berkeley), parents retired, Dad ill and requires more attention in last few years
  • Strengths: Nothing
  • Weaknesses: Everything
  • Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Surprised I got in. I feel that many more qualified people academically were rejected but I’m not going to cry over spilled milk and appreciate that I was accepted.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Grats to everyone who made it. For those who didn’t, I offer my sincere condolences.</p>

<p>I’m going to post my statistic not in the format, looks waay too complicated XD.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>-College:Warren/Communication
-FeeWaiver Used: None
-SAT I: 2120
-SAT II: Math 2: 690 Chinese: 760
-GPA UW/W 3.27/3.41
-Ranking: Thank god our school took it out, I wasn’t even top 50%(top 100 school in the nation)
-ACT:None
-AP: 5 of them :smiley:
-IB: School doesnt have it
-Senior Courseload: AP Macro, AP Micro, Principle of Business/Financial Accounting(all at CC) AP Calculus AB, Physics, English 12, Finite/Discrete Mathematics, Government/Economics, Digital Imaging I
-Jobs/Experience: 11th grade summer job :smiley:
-Essay: My personal problem, big gpa jump from 1st semester jr year and 2nd semester</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>-State or Country: CA
-School Type: VERY COMPETITIVE HIGH SCHOOL(if available): 900+ API Score and California Distinguished
-Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese/Korean
-Gender: Male
-Income Bracket: 100k+
-Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student, dad went to UCB, sister already done with UCSC, parents both went to college in the US, personal problems(got me a supplemental questionaire at UCB)
-Strengths: SAT I?
-Weakenesses: GPA DEFINITELY, and EC
-Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I Literally stared at my screen at disbelief when i saw accepted, since i was called the day b4 that i was waitlisted. I really really have no idea how i got in. I called UCB today and they told me i was 1 point above the cutoff moving me into the accepted area.</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Grats to the Class of 2014 UCSD class :smiley: or the applicants who made it. Applicants who didnt, don’t worry the right college will find u :D.</p>

<p>^ :o Holy crap! You must have had some seriously good essays!</p>

<p>haha thxn zippidyduda, I believe I did. It hasn’t failed me anywehre cept UCLA and I did get a supplemental questionaire for one part on my essay :slight_smile: for UCB</p>

<p>shibykin, you’re chinese/korean as well O_O?</p>

<p>where you from? i live in south san jose, and go to a pretty bad school, lol.</p>

<p>I rather not say. But it’s in bay area and a top 100 school in the nation :).</p>

<p>My bad I called UCSD not UCB -.-</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To:Warren / Undeclared
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 730 Writing: 640 CR: 540 ( 1910)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chinese 790 , Math II 760 , USH 730
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 4.09 UW 3.88
[</em>] Rank: top 7%
[<em>] ACT: Comp 28
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 5 (APUSH (4) , other 5 in May)
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistic, AP Environmental Science, AP Art History, Multicultural Lit, Gov/Econ
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Athletic Scholar, Renaissance, Honor Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Leo Club (4 Years + treasurer) , Interact Club (2 years), California Scholarship Fed (3 years) , JV/ Varsity Badminton (4 Years) , Volunteer Income Tax Assistant, CSME Stage Crew Co-Manager, Great Wall Youth Orchestra (6 years), Link Crew , Chinese Language School (12 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Teacher Aid (1/2 year)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Personal Culture Clash involving life/death, Volunteer Income Tax Assistant
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large, competitive class
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian Chinese American
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: mediocre SAT/ACT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Senior Year Courseload, Personal Statements, ECs [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Congrats to those who got in.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] College/Major Applied To: I don’t remember what order I put my colleges into, but I’m in 6th, and I honestly don’t remember if my major is undecided humanities, or undecided social sciences.
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[ *] SAT I (by section):660.670.640
[ *] SAT IIs:630. 640
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted 4.3, Unweighted 3.8
[ *] Rank: T39 out of 779 or something
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] APs (including this year’s):Ap Euro, AP US, AP Lang, AP Psych, AP Stats
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: IB Lit, IB Math Studies, IB Japanese IB 20th century Latin american history list goes on and on
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:AP Stats, AP/IB Psych, IB Lit, AP/IB Japanese, IB 20th Century History
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: no ide a
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): none really, just national honors society and csf
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Key Club, MUN, Mock Trial, Volunteering, Academic Decathlon, Young Liberals Club — all of them for all four years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): volunteering in india, and my diverse background - real original i know<br>
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: High enough to not qualify for aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have ADHD and Bipolar but never said so in my app.
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I’m smart, but don’t apply myself that much in school. I’m so passionate about helping other people that volunteering is what most of my time goes in to - not school.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Yay for getting in, boo for sixth</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Muir/General Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yup
[<em>] SAT I (by section): math 660, reading 650, writing 540. 1850 total -.-
[</em>] SAT IIs: math2 620, writing 620, ushistory 710
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UC weighted. dunno about unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 41/546. top 7%
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 7.
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:0
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ap stats, ap enviro, ap government.
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: varsity volleyball 4 years, key club 4 years (tech chair 3 years), 200 hours community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: nada
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): talked about my dog, :slight_smile:
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: california
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): magnet, pretty competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: vietnamese american
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: lowwwwww
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: honestly don’t know… [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i think i’m quite an average student when you compare myself to some of you others here, but I’m really happy I got in.</p>