<p>i think my situation is pretty weird too...accepted to UCSD but rejected from UCI and UCSB</p>
<p>Accepted
1140 SAT
4.397 GPA
ranked 5/586
dont have time to fill out whole thing, sorry</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1510</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770 writing, 770 2c, 780 Chem</li>
<li>GPA: 4.15</li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: I don't really remember, pretty good probably</li>
<li>Hook (if any): meh, I'm mostly involved with music and science</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: I live like 6 miles from campus</li>
<li>School Type: private, across the street from ucsd</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: lots of ecs</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I obviously rock so hardcore that they couldn't resist the oppurtunity to have me at their school</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Rejected
Stats:</p>
<p>1500
660,790,720
3.4uc, 3.6hs</p>
<p>obviously the low gpa hurt me</p>
<p>Does anyone know how hard it is to transfer from like irvine to san diego?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! (muir college, sociology major!)<~both my #1 choices
Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1330 (660 v, 670 m)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 670 (w), 670 (1c m), 690 (bio)</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: my school doesn't rank</li>
<li>Other stats: 4 on ap bio exam, 4 on ap eng. lang. exam, school soccer 4 years (2 jv, 2 varsity), soccer in general for 10 years, captain of my club soccer team for 3 years, coached U10 girls and summer camps, worked 2 jobs last summer</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: not particularly orginal topics, but i thought i did them pretty creatively. honestly, i didn't spend too much time on them, though.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: nope.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:nope.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): i'm very passionate about soccer and have become very involved in all aspects of it (leadership, playing, coaching, volunteering)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: HELLA norcal!</li>
<li>School Type: EXTREMELY competative public high school (we account for 1% of the total undergrad population of ucsd which i find CRAZY)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white-ish (1/2 italian and 1/2 turkish)</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: i'm pretty well rounded. i'm not spectacular in any one field, but i'm decently strong in a bunch of areas.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: because i'm a good student who did well in a good high school. also, i'm involved in something other than academics.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: i kick ass. duh!</p>
<p>*note: congrats everyone! i'd love to chat with anyone who will be joining me at muir college next year! also, how many of you are going to admit day?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - Marshall for communications</p>
<p>Stats: </p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1430</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770 writing, 730 IIC, 680 Spanish</li>
<li>GPA: 3.54 unweighted</li>
<li>Rank: 103/572</li>
<li>Other stats: dance, active in 3 clubs, only 1 leadership position at church, 4 APs (taking 3 more right now) with scores of 4 on all, piano, school television program, track, not that much volunteering, LOTS of church activities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: the first two were great, but I had no idea what to write for the third one so I basically bsed it... >.<</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none </li>
<li>Hook (if any): 10 years of tap dance...</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Southern California</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Korean</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: strength = toughest courses offered, weakness = low GPA</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Honestly I have no idea how I was accepted when others with amazing resumes were rejected... the only aspect that I stick out in was, again, the tap dancing factor... and maybe church as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: tutored at local elementary schools as well as private English tutoring, moved schools.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Winter, Revelle (not first choice), no information about major yet.</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1st: 710m,760v. 2nd: 770m,720v
[</em>] SAT IIs: 620w,630mIIc,650physics
[<em>] GPA: ~4hs. Much lower UC. (don't know exactly)
[</em>] Rank: mid tens/400.
[<em>] Other stats: Founded Network Security Club, Leadership of Robotics Club, THS ASB, I self-study everything... etc.
[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not bad, not excellent though.
[<em>] Hook (if any): No space on UC app for my research, didn't include it.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Sonoma
[<em>] School Type: Technology High School Program within larger school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pale-skin
[<em>] Gender: XY chromosomes
[</em>] Strength: nothing they could see via app.
[<em>] Weakness: Bad transcript and low SAT II.
[</em>] Random Speculation on Decision: Accepted for winter is kinda bittersweet, I almost didn't make it. My guess would be transcript really hurt.[/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: Nothing they could see via the application. UC's app is pretty bad.</p>
<p>Okay so everyone use this format to post their decisions. </p>
<p>Decision: <strong>Accepted</strong>______</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 670V / 800M </li>
<li>SAT IIs:780 Chem / 760 MIIc / 680W</li>
<li>GPA:4.2 UC / 4.5 Wtd</li>
<li>Rank: N/ A</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Chem 5 / Physics 5</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays:Good / Excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good / Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good / Excellent</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Grade / Boards / Content 24 Col Prep Courses
Limited EC's</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Ca</li>
<li>School Type: Large Public / 2000+ 4 yrs</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Male<br></li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
Grades / Course Load</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, electrical engineering, Warren College</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1530</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780/760/760/740</li>
<li>GPA: 3.97</li>
<li>Rank: 7/689</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Chem 4, AP US History 5, leadership in several clubs, some community service, National Merit Finalist, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: decent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Arizona</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian Indian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>ACK! I just found this thread! Damn... Regardless of tardiness, I'm still going to post up my stats. I know some juniors are lurking in this thread and I'm hoping my low numbers will help boost morale.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Thurgood Marshall, Biochemistry</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 630v, 530m</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 710wr, 570m1c, 670lit, 620ushist.</li>
<li>GPA: 4.19</li>
<li>Rank: 9/87</li>
<li>Other stats: 28 ACT, AP US Hist.: 5, Academic awards</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: strong</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: UCs don't do recs.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: see above</li>
<li>Hook (if any): The immigrant experience, being bilingual, discussion of psychological effects of being an Emergency Room volunteer, & other sensitive information.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipino (which, for me, means human cocktail)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: distraction, laziness.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: My essays. I knew that there's no way in [heck] I would be able to rely on my scores, so I worked really hard to make my essays strong.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other factors: Editor position in Yearbook, 430-something hours of community service, other community service stuff.</p>