Class of 2013 STATS PLEASE (International students or Out-of-State)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Hey guys.
First of all, I'd like to congratulate those of you who got into UCLA class of '13.</p>

<p>I have a question for those who got accepted and do not live in California.</p>

<p>1)What were your stats? 2)How many APs did you take? 3)Are you an IB diploma candidate? 4)What were your extra curriculars like?5) What do you think really grabbed the attention of the admission officer in your essay? 6)Were you confident that you'd get in before you applied?</p>

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<p>There are already a lot of threads on this, use the search feature.
Like here’s one: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/671386-official-ucla-decision-thread-class-2013-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/671386-official-ucla-decision-thread-class-2013-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’ll just copy-paste the whole darned thing here…</p>

<p>Basic Stats:

  • SAT Reasoning Test: 2220 (800M, 730W, 690CR)
  • SAT Subject Tests: Math ii: 800, Chemistry: 800, Physics: 780
  • TOEFL (iBT): 115/120
  • Race: East Indian
  • Location: India→Singapore
  • Applicant Type: International Applicant
  • Course Applied For: Computer Science and Engineering</p>

<p>School Type:

  • Small Competitive Catholic till 10th Grade ~230 people
  • Large (country’s best for half of the 11th Grade) ~1200 people
  • Large (on scholarship in another country- top 5 nationally) ~800 people</p>

<p>Academic Performance:

  • Excellent grades for the 9th grade: School Rank: 1
  • Excellent grades for the 10th grade: School Rank: 1
  • Good (top 10%) grades for the 11th grade: School-doesn’t-rank
  • Very good grades for the 12th grade: (Predicted by teachers)</p>

<p>Awards listed on the application:

  • AMC12A School Winner: 115.5, AIME: 9, First ever to make the USAMO qualifier (school)
  • East Zone Colors Award (Exceptional performance as a Cricketer (National))
  • NASA Ames International Space Settlement Design Competition: Honors
  • SIA Youth Scholarship: National Scholarship awarded to around 20 students every year.
  • National Mathematics Olympiad: Silver Medalist </p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities on the application:

  • Animator (Diploma holder in 2D animation)
  • Creative Head for Indian Society (National Level Gold and Silver for Drama and Dance)
  • Cricket (National A-Division Player)
  • English Drama Society: Lead Actor in 6+ public plays. National level Award.
  • Research: On sound as a source of renewable energy using piezoelectricity at high dB</p>

<p>Community Service as listed on the application:

  • Collection of recyclable wastes (school-initiated): Participant.
  • Worked with a NGO to educate rural, illiterate farmers about new technologies.
  • Peer-tutored a weaker student for math and physics.
  • Represented country at an international forum to discuss about youth-problems.
  • Initiated a project to collect shoes and funds for poor schoolchildren in another country.</p>

<p>Work Experience:

  • Paid intern at the world’s largest media-marketing firm. Worked on KFC campaign
  • Teaching 12th graders mathematics as a teacher (short-term) in a good school.</p>

<p>Earnings Used:

  • To start my own designing and graphics business.</p>

<p>Essays:

  • Life in a village, the capital of a developing country and a developed country + how it has made me want to work for people.
  • Second essay about how people initially thought I was crazy doing research about sound energy and how I persevered through!</p>

<p>Yup… so that’s basically my whole application… actually, it’d be nice if other internationals could post up here too… it’s better than having to hunt it down in the regular decisions thread (cuz internationals and OOSers are quite few around here!!</p>