Borderline supplement?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Just wondering, who here has received a supplement recently? There are tons of threads/posts regarding supplements on the Cal forum, but pretty much none are here. I'm just curious, because I'm really hoping to get one. When do supplements usually get sent out? </p>

<p>Also, based on my stats and stuff, would I be likely to get a supplement?</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Asian male (fml)
OOS
Income bracket: 250k+
School: Very competitive, grade deflation, sends at least at least a dozen kids to Ivies every year
Rank: School doesn't report
GPA: 3.33 UW
3.8 W
3.7 UC GPA
Upward trend
SAT: 1510/2250
SAT II: 800 MATH II 800 CHEM
AP: All 5s (chem, bio, calc ab, music theory, english lang&comp)
Senior sched: AP Econ, AP stat, AP calc bc, AP english lit, rest are electives
Course rigor: Most rigorous
ECs:
-Piano 9 years: Played in Carnegie Hall and other well-known halls multiple times, played frequently for local senior centers, did a bunch of recitals per year, tutored some local kids, got some awards (dunno how prestigious)
-Violin 7 years: School orchestra since 4th grade, played in outside ensemble which performed several times a year since 8th grade, also tutored local kids
-Academic league co-captain
-Breakdance: Leader of school's "crew," performed for several school events, performed several times out of school
-100 volunteer hours in Chinese school
-50 volunteer hours in environmental center
-Internship in Credit Suisse hedge fund
-Internship in Rutgers University 2 summers
Essays: Well, all my teachers (including a professor at a top Ivy) said they were awesome. Overall, my essays should be the best part of the app. </p>

<p>Prompt #1 - Used a very out of the box way to write about how the competitive nature of my school/classmates motivated me to strive for academic success during my junior year. Basically I tried to address my GPA and give them the impression that my senior grades will be very good, so they'll give me a borderline supplement.
Prompt #2 - Creative piece about breakdancing and how it makes me who I am.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>I know some people that got supplements. They gave them to people who were borderline, so you don’t really want to get one. It’s like, the admissions people aren’t sure about you and wanna hear more from you as like a final decision type of thing. I think they also ask for your first semester grades on the supplement but I don’t remember. If your essays are good (and you say they are), I doubt they will send you one. The only reason that they might send you one is because of your low GPA, but I doubt it because you have good test scores. The people I know that got the supplement had stats much worse than yours.</p>