@Jedimom @“james cai” I think two teacher recommendations are a requirement, although you might be able to explain your situation to admissions and see if they can make an exception.
Just know they we did all we could and hope for the best, James. No point in stressing over it. Time to look into summer backup plans!
@probablyneedhelp. Thanks for the advice. I hope so.
@“James Cai”, if you really wanted, you could email COSMOS and explain your situation, but I agree with @Jedimom - just hope for the best!
what clusters did you guys apply for?
@bubbles6, I applied for UCSC Cluster 1 (Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics) and Cluster 6 (Computer Networking and Robotics). I know these by heart now since I typed them out so much for my essay drafting lol
@bubbles6 UCD Cluster 2 (Physics & Engineering: From the scientific method to technological applications) and Cluster 3 (Intro to Engineering Mechanics)! How about you?
UCI cluster 8 and 4
Thanks guys I think I will email them later but I guess I should probably start looking into some other programs. Any recommendations?
UCI Clusters 4 & 8 as well! good luck to everyone
does anyone know the acceptance rates? it seems like no one ive asked knows
also anyone applying to uci clusters 3 or 6?
@ilovekeyclub I’m applying to those exact clusters! what are your stats, if you want to share them?
Good luck everybody! At least there’s nothing to do now but wait for April 14th…
Acceptance rates are more or less at 25%, or at least at UCI it is. I heard that last year they accepted around 160-170 students out of 700.
@mistyrain01 Sure! You’re the first person that I know who applied for both clusters 3 & 6 at UCI! Do you also mind sharing your stats as well?
Grade: Sophomore
GPA: 4.00 UW (school doesn’t do weighted)
Class rank: 1/700ish
Current Schedule: AP Biology, AP World History, Math Analysis (Pre-Calc), German 2, English 2A (honors)
Additional Classes: Biology summer class at a community college (totally regret not mentioning it in the COSMOS app)
Extracurriculars: Active Synopsys Science Fair participant, Key Club (freshman class director & now vice president), Interact Club (2 years of board member), Member of City Council, Political Science Internship, Muslim Student Association historian, class officer (treasurer and historian)
Awards: I mentioned that I won an honorable mention at the California State Science Fair.
Teacher Recs: I got one from my 8th grade science teacher (9.5/10) and another from my English 2A teacher (7/10).
Essays: I actually wrote my essays the night before the COSMOS app was due, but I definitely put a lot of passion and exemplified my curiosity for biomedical research in them. I also added a personal story to make the flow of my essays more smooth and connect to why I wanted to attend COSMOS to learn more about tissue biology and the biomedical field (those are essentially uci’s clusters 3 & 6)!
Did anybody apply for UCD’s Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems (cluster 9)?
UCSC clusters 1 and 6 anyone?
i did ucsc video game design & computer networking/robotics @orchdork19
@orchdork, I applied to both of those clusters!