I was accepted into UCD Cluster 9: Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems as a sophomore.
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@MythicArcher wdym
???: UCD
???: first choice 6, second choice 9
???: 4.0 UW (school doesn’t weight, all honors/acc)
???: freshman
??? ??? : Rejected
??? ??? : 8 I thought they were pretty good and I had some friends look at them too including an upperclassman that attended COSMOS.
??? ???: 4 I wrote about my experience in a math contest and the writing was decent but it was a bit rushed
???: 5 school math team, math club (freshmen aren’t allowed leadership), coach for elementary school math team
??? ???: 7 one from my math teacher this year: She didn’t write recs for everyone who asked so I’m glad she picked me but I don’t think she would’ve written a particularly good one she doesn’t seem to like me that much
7th-grade math teacher: I didn’t want to get a rec from my 8th-grade teacher since he literally didn’t give a crap about any of his students and my 7th-grade teacher really liked me. She was happy to write a rec for me and I think that hers would have been pretty strong but idk if cosmos was ok with a middle school rec.
I honestly don’t know what to improve besides maybe spending more time on the writing and getting a leadership position in math club?
UCI cluster 7 accepted! anyone else?
@fallenapple I’m in the same boat as you… a tad disappointing but I haven’t come across any freshmen that were admitted in this forum, perhaps our age is the disadvantage that is holding us back? I’m not sure though. If any freshmen were admitted, can you guys explain your application.
i got waitlisted for UCSC 3 & 8. anyone wanna do a favor and drop it bc my parents are really hoping for me to go. btw i’m an out of state applicant so that might be why i got waitlisted ??? (im a sophomore btw)
One bright side about getting waitlisted is that, if you got accepted the first time, the deadline to notify the school if you’re accepting/declining is April 10 - not May 1, like most colleges. So we’ll probably find out if we get off the waitlist soon.
btw does anyone know when we will find out whether we got off the waitlist ?
@iLoveExpressoHi i’ve heard that a lot of selective programs like SSP (and mb cosmos) dont admit underclassmen as much since it takes away an opportunity from a junior who will not be able to experience that again.
@iLoveEspressoHi yeah I definitely think being a freshman is a huge disadvantage for COSMOS. the few freshmen I know that applied all got rejected and one got waitlisted at UCSD.
DD got accepted to UCSD #10 Robotics
11 grade, heavy on math courses
Congratulations to all accepted. Good luck next year to people who didn’t make it this time.
Hope the virus gets under control soon so everything can be back to normal…
Wait where were you supposed to write the awards? I applied this year but got waitlisted on clusters 7 and 9.
@ssanso11 where were you supposed to put your awards in each category? Years? Because I just wrote how many years I’ve done the activity??
@penguinandcats you could have mentioned them in the personal statement section
accepted to UCI cluster 2
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how do you know which cluster you are waitlisted for if you applied to two?
Yeah I put my awards next to my extra curriculars
ucsd cluster 3, accepted
4.0, 11th grade, great recs and great essays, bad ecs
@ssanso11 how’d you put your music awards in there if the activities part? Did you put music as one of your activities and list your awards?
If so, goddammit because I’m CM Voice Panel with state honors and convention 