Class of 2011 at UCSD- Official Decision Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: ERC, Biochemistry
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 640, W 660, Math 710 (2010)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math 2, 640 USH
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 4.3, UW 3.9
[</em>] Rank: 2 of 300
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP Bio, Chem, Language, US History, Calc AB, Lit, Environmental Science, Econ, Govt
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: NA
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Lit, AP Environmental, AP Gov/Econ, Journalism 2, Physics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Girls State Rep, AP Scholar, Honor Roll, Calculus Medals, Tennis Awards, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Hospital Volunteer(100+), Make a Wish Treasurer, NHS Secretary, Environmental Academy VP, Varsity Tennis, Math/Engineering Club, others that I forgot lol
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier one summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good, not extraordinary though
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not anything I can recall...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, average high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, ELC
[<em>] Strengths: math, science, politics
[</em>] Weaknesses: some bad AP scores, sat possibly?, no big personal struggles in my hs career
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I hope it's because they like me, lol. I don't know, I'm just happy they accepted me.[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations everyone! I'm very glad we all know now, FINALLY. Now for UCLA... :/</p>

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<p>I'm amused by how many of us there are who say something along the lines of "good" or "strong" for the essays... not that I'm saying we're all crappy writers, but it's just funny that we have high opinions of ourselves XD</p>

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<p>Yeah, the term "good" or "strong" is so relative, especially for essays and EC's....</p>

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<p>unless I have an essay that I specifically like for whatever reason, I usually say they're "meh"... but I'm also the "no expectations, no dissapointment" person so... can't expect any more optimism than that from me XD there's also the fact that I don't remember most of my essays... haha</p>

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<p>Better modest than rejected I would have to say...</p>

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<p>^ I agree completely.</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href="Winter%202008%20Quarter">/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Warren / Undelcared
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2000 (M: 710 W: 690 CR: 600)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 720
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: 3.34? W: 3.7
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[<em>] ACT: 28 (didn't put on app)
[</em>] APs (including this year's): English Lang/Comp, Comp Sci A, Calc AB, Statistics, English Lit
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): not offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Light - 2 APs, 5 courses total
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A LOT
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): not useful... Honor roll, Principal's Recognition Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 2 years JV tennis, Secretary/Historian of bridge club, freshman/senior program, peer tutor, hospital volunteer, library volunteer,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1) being a F.O.B and how I tried/failed/succeeded testing into AP English 2) wrote a story about tennis which showed my dedication/hard working nature 3) parents divorce, immigration, unmotivated -> motivated, appreciating my mother, etc
I liked my essays, i thought they were pretty decent/good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive public HS
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: didn't put on app
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): parents' divorce? first generation college
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think I was accepted as a Winter Admit because honestly my stats are very borderline at SD, and I'm just happy to have been admitted to SD, my #1 choice.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Winter or not, I'm still leaning towards going to SD.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: UCSD, Undeclared Physical Sciences (or Undeclared Letters and Sciences, don't really remember)
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): Math: 720 CR: 800 Writing: 620
* SAT IIs: 660 (US History) and 720 (Lit)
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
* Rank: Forget >.> (like 10-15%?)
* ACT: N/A
* APs (including this year's): APUSH, AP Euro, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Chem
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: Art, Gym, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Chem
* Number of Apps from Your School: No idea
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): FBLA - 3rd in 2 events state-level and 8rd in 3 events district level
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: FBLA, NHS, tiny bit of community service
* Job/Work Experience: None
* Essays (subject and responses): Nothing special
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA, US
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: F
* Income Bracket: Er, upper middle?
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
* Strengths: None
* Weaknesses: GPA, ECs
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: SAT and grades
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>I personally spent a good amount of time on my UC essays and thought that they were good, but by high-UC standards, they were considered average. Also, many essays have odd grammatical errors in them; I've learned from SAT Writing that what sounds horribly incorrect can be correct and vice versa, and many people may have written what sounds good, but is wrong, especially when read by a trained reader. I understand that most people think that they are above average, but by definition, that can't be so.<br>
We all worked hard and thought up of good ideas for our essays, but while our essays may have been good or great, a lot of people had equally great essays, and so it is very difficult to know what "above average" is.</p>

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<p>well "pretty good" is to me better than "crap i screwed up big time," believe me, i screwed up my essay on a big college and it still haunts me :( i'm lucky i answered the question correctly, lol</p>

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<p>I'll say, I bsed the crap out of my Johns Hopkins 3rd essay (took 5 minutes of intense unflowery language) because I didn't want to go there anyways (parents forced me to apply to a private school). Eh, they're over the private craze and I'm not too fond of Maryland so we're all good =)</p>

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<p>hahaha, let's just say i forgot to answer one of the short essay questions for my private school... strained eyes, online apps, it's easy to scroll down and miss that stupid, stupid question (i hope they don't hate me after this), clicking submit and going "NOOOOOO"</p>

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<p>ouch. missing questions does suck :&lt;/p>

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<p>b]Decision: Accepted**</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Human Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 630 CR 770 MATH 700 WR (1400/2100)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Korean 800, MATH IIC 750, BIO 690
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 3.93 UW 3.69
[</em>] Rank: Does not rank
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 7 (Lang&Comp, APUSH, Bio, Chem, Govt, Eng Lit, Calc BC)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: not offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Govt, AP Lit, HP physics, orchestra
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 90% of the class applied (class size: 165 ish)
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): not much awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: founder of Red Cross club (Secretary 1 year, president 1 year, 400+ service hours, 4 years of orchestra, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor for 3 consecutive years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): very good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): goes into top 5 in California. small, public, entrance exam-ed school. super competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: very low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wrote about me coming to the U.S. in 7th grade in one of my essays.
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, strong math and science field stuff (including all the trainings I got from Red Cross)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: um, I think my SAT and ECs helped a lot. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Warren / Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 740 Math, 680 CR, 620 WRT
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math IIC, 710 Physics
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.7, 3.5
[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, but supposively I was in the top 20%
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 5 (plus 1 honors class): Calc AB, Calc BC, Music Theory, Chemistry, Statistics, Spanish 4 Honors
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, Architectural Design, AP Statistics, Government/Economics, English 4
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: umm... I'd say about 200
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): CSF Life Member, Scholar Athlete Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Guitar, Peer Tutoring, Piano, Pole Vault, Track and Field, Hospital Volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): COSMOS, GATE, and Pole Vault. Mediocre essays.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I did COSMOS twice. It's a math and science program that is run by the UCs. I did it after freshman year at Davis and after junior year at UCSD. I got to meet a few professors down there. Also, GATE looks pretty good from my school since there are not that many people who do it.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Bay Area, California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Best school in the 2nd best public high school district in California.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Did not state on application, but I am half polish and half chinese.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class...?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Musical Background
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA (yet I'm in the top 20% of my school)
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Personally, I think that COSMOS greatly contributed to my admission. I also ended up being in the promotional video for the program in San Diego, lol.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to everyone! I am also waiting for UCLA (kind of a longshot).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Marshall/Economics</p>

<p>SAT: 630CR 670W 770M (combined: 2070)
SATIIs: 800 Chinese 760 MathII
GPA: 3.69 UW
APs: 6
Rank: 15%ish
Essay: wrote about moving to a public school in Washington from an international private school in Shanghai during my junior year and the struggles (socially). family ended up moving back to Shanghai for my senior year, and I decided to stick it through in Washington and live with a guardian even though I really wanted to be back at home in Shanghai with my friends (since it was pretty much my comfort zone). talked about independence, responsibilities, etc during my senior year.</p>

<p>State: WA
School type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese/Chinese)
Gender: F</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Shanghai-Cheerleading Captain, Newspaper Editor in Chief, Community Service Club Secretary, Student Council Secretary. Washington- Senior Class Council Representative, clubs.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Muir/Economics (first choice)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 550CR. 630M. 690Wr. (1870)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish:670 MathIIC: 630
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.18UC. 4.00UW
[</em>] Rank: 38/427
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs (including this year's): USHistory, Spanish, Calculus, Statistics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Span, AP Calc, AP Stats, Peer Tutor, Leadership, Sr. English
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No clue, but no one I know got in...
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Meh.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: A lot of volunteer work, leadership, ish
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I've had two jobs during school year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Very well done and passionate
[ ] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Sr. Class President, XC Captain, Pres. of Enviro. Club, Relay for Life TDC, MUCHOS other things
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 4th in WA state
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Out of state tuition?
[</em>] Strengths: Leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My essays, my GPA, and my leadership
[/ul]Other Factors:*
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:I don't think I'm going to go here but it's nice to get in!</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared, sixth
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[ *] SAT I (by section): CR :420 Writting:530 Math: 690
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio-600 MathII-650
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: weighted- 3.91
[ *] Rank: none
[ *] ACT: 25
[ *] APs (including this year's): 1- this year Calc BC
[ *] IBs (including this year's: none
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Physics, Calc BC, Econ/gov, Spanish3/4, Asian Lit
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: ALOT
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Publicity team leader, webmaster, wrapping buddhist books.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Selling stuff at Uncle's store, resturant for 3 years- 12 hours a day in summer.
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): My hero who influences my life. My immigration story.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nothing
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: 0
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ *] Strengths: Dramatic story about life
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores/ no AP class
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I dont even know. I didnt think i will get in.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] well...to juniors out there with low SAT scores: dont give up! I actually got in haha.</p>

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<p>accepted accepted but i am going to BYU...go mormons! unless ucla admits me (unlikely)
accepted accepted
accepted accepted
6th college (secind choice) poli sci major</p>

<p>cr730 m670 w630 (2030)
us730 lit690
uc gpa 3.7
6 ap's (including senior year) 1 community college course (phil. 110) 5's 4's and a 3
Eagle scout
boy state
captain of varsity football and volleyball
president of club
350 hrs. service
some minor awards
worked on republican campaign schwarzenegger 08' (though i tend to agree more with leftist politics) worked at voting poll
other stuff
i am white, my dad's income puts me in the upper bracket greater than 200,000, and i have had no struggles that ucsd would have given me pts. for. i thought the fact that i am a well to do, white, suburbanite would hurt my chances severely. but no!!!!!! yeah!!!!!!!</p>

<p>essays: leadership in sports, boy state, caretaker of siblings </p>

<p>basically, i think i got in because of my wide, but deep variety of extracurricular's. I would not have thought I would be accepted with a 3.7 uc gpa, although my test scores were solid. I personally think the UCSD point system is ludicrous, but that is me. Hopedfully i can ride my wave of luck into UCLA, (but i doubt it).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Muir/Political Science(first choice)
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 640CR. 630M. 700Wr. (1970)
SAT IIs: Spanish:760 US History: 690
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.14 UC
Rank: NA
ACT: NA
APs (including this year's): World History, Biology, Psychology, US History, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, US Gov't & Politics, Comparative Gov't & Politics, English Language, Macroecon, Microecon
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Span, AP Gov, AP Eng Lang, Adv Dance, AP Econ, Health
Number of Apps from Your School: hundreds!!
Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: A lot of volunteer work, leadership, etc
Job/Work Experience: Worked over the summer
Essays (subject and responses): Very well done
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Not sure!!
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, very competitive
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation college
Strengths: Leadership
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My essays, test scores, and my volunteer work
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:I'm excited but still waiting on UCLA.</p>