Who else was rejected from UCLA, and what were some of your stats?
ACT: 32 comp, 31 science, 35 English, 35 reading, 28 math
GPA: 3.89
EC’s: Pretty good
AP’s: Physics 1&2, Micro and Macroeconomics, Stats, Environmental Science, Physics C Mech., Calc. AB
Sat II scores: Physics 700, Math 2 660
Personal Essays were not so great
I was waitlisted (but I was accepted to Berkeley so I’m totally fine with that)
ACT: 30 Comp, 28 Math, 31 Science, 31 Reading, 31 English, 31 Writing
GPA: 3.964
EC’s: Pretty darn good
AP’s: Language and Composition, Biology, Government, Calc and a couple of college classes
Personal essays: Pretty darn good, I was pretty proud of them.
Rejected to LA and Berkeley Mech Eng:
ACTL 34 (35 E, 34 M, 33 R, 33 S, 32 W)
GPA: 4.7W/3.96UW
ECs: decent, showed dedication, but nothing much with my major.
APs: 5s on the 4 I’ve taken, 9 total. Including Physics B and Calc BC
Essays: relatively strong, put a lot of effort into these.
Also Subject Tests were decent for me too: 790 Physics and 760 Math II
What major/college did you apply for? Which college you attend is actually a pretty big factor in UC Admissions. If you applied for something like the College of Chemistry or the College of Engineering, then admissions is going to be much tougher than if you applied to the other colleges.
@adidinescu had fantastic stats but still got rejected. I would say because he/she applied to the College of Engineering, basically the most competitive and the hardest college to get into. Berkeley College of Engineering boasts a sub 10% admit rate while overall it has a 17% admit rate.
I was accepted to UCLA, UCB, UCD, UCSB, UCI (all I applied to)
•4.5 UC GPA
•2020 SAT Score
•SAT II Bio-720 US History-700 Literature-610(lol)
•CA Resident
•Tons of ECs, even volunteered at UCLA Hospital
•Fellowships/ internships
•Essay 8/10 (wrote about 70lb weight loss two summers ago and my volunteer experience at UCLA)
•URM: Mexican-American (they do consider it)
•APs: Biology (3), World History (4), Eng. Lang (5), US History (5), Calc AB, Eng. Lit, U.S. Gov, Environmental Science
•Awards: AP Scholar, awards for multiple huge service/ volunteer projects, no huge academic awards.
The applicant pool was highly competitive this year with 112,000 applicants (92k+ were first year freshmen). Each individual school this year was the most competitive, with the school of nursing having an A.R. below 4%, the School of Engineering below 5%, the College of Letters and Science below 13%. I am a Biology major (pre-Med). If you are an Asian student applying to any of the the colleges above, it is extremely difficult. Not only must you bring outstanding credentials, but you must be better than those other students. UCLA has a record low number of URMs applying and too many Caucasian (non-Hispanic) and Asians applying. I’m sorry to say, but it many cases this is the reason why many qualified students are rejected. The best way to be accepted is to omit your ethnicity/race on the app (only if ur Asian) and apply as “undeclared”. It is a rumor that if you’re accepted to UCLA you’ll be rejected from UCB, not true. Best of luck wherever you may attend, and do not be discouraged.