Official 2013 Decision Thread - Stats only

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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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: Exercise Biology
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[ *] SAT I (by section): 600 w, 660 m, 670 r = 1930
[ *] SAT IIs: math 2 610, chem 610
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.54, 3.2
[ *] Rank:top 20% of class of 400
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] APs (including this year’s): us history, calc a/b, american gov’t, art history, biology, french, chemistry
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: no
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: european lit, ap calc a/b, ap art history, student gov’t, ap bio, ap gov’t
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: alot
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): various science awards, and volleyball recognitions
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: volleyball, softball, key club, student gov’t, spirit club president, tutoring, youth commission for the city
[ *] Job/Work Experience: softball umpire all of high school, work for family business
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):i thought they were good
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nope
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): routinely makes top list of public high schools in CA, on the 1-10 scale we’re like a 9
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: >350k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ *] Strengths: lots of Ec’s, good essays, maybe lots of challenging classes pertaining to my major
[ *] Weaknesses: lower gpa
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i was surprised by it, but maybe for lots of involvement in school/community. challenging myself. who knows
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] congrats everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Neurobiology/Physiology/Behavior
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 800, CR: 620, W: 630 (2050 Total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Math 2, 700 Bio E
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W: 4.12
[</em>] Rank: None
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Chem, Art History, Calc AB, Comp/Lit, Govt, US Hist, Micro/Macro Econ, Bio
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc AB AP, French 4 Honors, Comp/Lit AP, Govt AP, Physio/Anatomy
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: N/A
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Not really…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Badminton Captain, Key Club, Band, NHS, Music Ensemble, ASA, Chinese School
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Coke flavored chicken wings and being an immigrant from China
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nope…
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 40K-50K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[<em>] Strengths: ?
[</em>] Weaknesses: ?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: ?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Nope.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand how some applicants with 1800 SAT’s and 3.5’s and be accepted over a student with 2100 and 4.0’s. Does OOS have that much weight? The new UC regents rules should make it easier for the OOS not more difficult.</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: History
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): M 670 CR 590 W 520
[ *] SAT IIs: USH 550 Math II 590
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:3.83 UW
[ *] Rank:Top 5%
[ *] ACT:26
[ *] APs (including this year’s): No AP’s offered, Calculus + Trig at city college
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Rigrous
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 5?
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): n/a
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:President of JSA and Student Body
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 250+ Volunteer
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Self Discovery - so-so
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Founding class
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:California
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): New
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 50k-70k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
[ *] Strengths: Math and History
[ *] Weaknesses: English
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Easy major?</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: n/a
[ *] SAT I (by section): 650 M, 490 CR, 560 W I KNOW IT SUCKS :frowning:
[ *] SAT IIs: 760, 580
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.725 unweighted
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] ACT: 23
[ *] APs (including this year’s): ap world history, ap english lit, ap chemistry, ap psychology. have only taken one ap test :stuck_out_tongue:
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: University of Washington English, Calculus, Senior Seminar, Washington state history, Government, Ceramics, Ap psych, ap chem
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: i have no idea. i’m OOS
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): two time Superior ranking in National Piano Playing Auditions, varsity letter awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Youth advisory board member, executive member, and liaison. Key club secretary, NHS member, golf varsity captain, national piano playing auditions
[ *] Job/Work Experience: intern at local shipping store
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): uhh i forgot :stuck_out_tongue:
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: Washington
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: x < 30,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): independent/leadership
[ *] Strengths: decent gpa?
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea actually :D</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: nah</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] College/Major Applied To: Chemical Engineering
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2050 (too lazy to find section scores
[ *] SAT IIs: 780math2, 650 lit, 560 physics (only did half a semester of physics before i took the test el oh el)
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.7, idk
[ *] Rank: unranked
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 5
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: apphysics, apcalcbc, aplit, apecon (macro/micro), apstats
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: idk
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): uhh idk
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: intern at allergy center, dance, vp of keyclub, leadership, uhh…forgot
[ *] Job/Work Experience: ya…
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): pro essays :wink:
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): everything aja
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: ca
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): um…
[ *] Ethnicity: korean
[ *] Gender: f
[ *] Income Bracket: low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </em> this question was already asked
[ *] Strengths: idk
[ *] Weaknesses: uhh low gpa and sucky sats
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: cus my essays were pro elohel</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undecided - Physical Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 CR, 780 Math, 760 Writing (2310)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Lit, 750 Math 2
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 unweighted, 4.2something weighted?
[</em>] Rank: 1
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 6: APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Govt., AP Microecon, APES, AP English 12
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: Not offered at my school
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: CP Physics (no AP offered), AP Calc AB, AP Govt/AP Microecon (semester courses), APES, AP English 12, Leadership
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I dunno… 5-10?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, NCTE Achievement in Writing Award Winner
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Cross Country, Golf, ASB Historian, there were others but I forgot
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about growing up in a tiny town and how it shaped me and how cross country has strengthened me as a person or something.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): uhh I went to COSMOS… is that a hook?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Tiny public high school in rural NorCal
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$80,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): pshhh I dunno
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, GPA, took the hardest coursework available at school
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a lot of community service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Because I was ELC[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I also got a Regents scholarship. Hooray!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2110 - CR: 620, Math: 800, Writing: 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2: 790, USH: 660, Chem, 630
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:W: 3.455 UW:3.269
[</em>] Rank: 50/368
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): USH, Chem, Calc AB, US Gov
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Francisco, CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[ *] SAT I (by section): 1710 - 510 Math; 590 CR; 610 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 520 Lit; 640 US Hist
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted - 4.52 Unweighted - 3.8
[ *] Rank: 10
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs (including this year’s): APUSH, AP Eng Comp, AP Span Lang, AP Macro Econ, AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Sociology 1H, PreCal 1H, AP Macro Econ, AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: no clue…
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ELC
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Varsity/JV Water Polo, Varsity Dive & Swim, Dive Captain, Cheer, Cheer Captain, JV Softball
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): 1) family at Christmas time
2) most odd water polo game of career
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: San Diego, CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Charter
[ *] Ethnicity: Mexican
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >$30,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, single parent, low income
[ *] Strengths: any social science
[ *] Weaknesses: math…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Congrats. again to all of you =D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>hahahaha
i know…it looks all obnoxious
lol</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Chemical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 640, WR: 700, MA: 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: US: 700, Math IIC: 660, Chem: 610
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted: 3.91, Non-Weight: 3.55
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t submit
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 9
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: American Government AP, Microeconomics AP, Calculus BC AP, Physics Honors, English Literature AP, Computer Science A AP, Statistics AP
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): principal’s honors award (3.5 weighted GPA or higher)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: Anime Club, Chemistry Club, Red Cross Club, Robotics Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Golf Shop Assistant
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about going to Japan and about how I wanted to use chemical engineering to save the environment.
[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): dunno…average?
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese/Japanese
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100000
[*] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: luck. I think I was REALLY borderline with that crappy GPA.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Okay, so I was mad whenever I got rejected or excited when accepted/wait-listed (even though the two are far from the same), so I never really got around to doing this. But I want this to be here for future generations. Good luck.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.</p>

<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Computer Science
Fee Waiver Used?: nope
SAT I (by section): 2130
SAT IIs: , 800 Math II, 740 Molecular Biology
GPA: 4.3
Rank: n/a
ACT: n/a
APs (including this year’s): Euro (4) CompSci A (4) CompSci AB (5) USHistory (3) Biology (3) Eng Lang (3) Current: USGov, Econ, Calc BC, French, Eng Lit
IBs (including this year’s: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: 6 classes, 5 AP
Number of Apps from Your School: dunno
Other stats (Awards, etc.): none
Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Senior Rehab Center (Bingo)
Mexico Missions
Academic Tutor
Business Intern
Essays (subject and responses): Revised nearly 10 times by Harvard and Berkeley student (cousins are helpful)
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ?
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): One of the best in CompSci.
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: M
Income Bracket: income > 300,000
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Definitely going to Davis.</p>