<p>Accepted!! Looks like I’ll be choosing between USC and Berkeley for the fall! Congrats to everyone who got in (:
Oh and I’m considering doing the Overnight Stay Program for one of the weekends in April if anyone else is doing that also!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT:36
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Physics (800), Biology M(800), Chemistry (800), Math II (800), U.S. History (800), Chinese (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Physics C: mechanics (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Statistics (5), AP Chinese (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5), AP World History (5), AP Art History (5), AP Studio Art (5), AP English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government and Politics, AP English Literature, Differential Equations (college class), AP Environmental Science, AP Physics C: E&M
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 time qualifier for USAMO, 3 time qualifier for USACO, 2 time qualifier for USABO, 2 time qualifier for Chem Olympiad, Semifinalist for FIRSTRobotics, 2nd place for National CyberPatriot, Multiple Awards for Science Olympiad national and state (Microbe mission, gravity vehicle, technical problem solving, chemistry lab), Multiple state awards for Clarinet and Piano
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (3 year president), Youth Symphony (2 years Principal player), Chess Club (4 year president), Science Olympiad Club (3 year president), Key Club (2 year president), Varsity Track and Field (4 years), Varsity Football (2 years), Piano (13 years), Clarinet (8 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Scripps Research Institute for 3 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key club for over 600 hours
[<em>] Essays: Wonderful
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think this one was pretty good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: EECS at College of Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Prefer not to say
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, E.C.'s, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: None that I know of
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know why I was rejected. I thought my stats were good enough for Cal, but apparently not.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
MIT > Cal</p>
<p>O.o ^■■■■■?</p>
<p>@deathlord7: You can appeal, but I think you’re trolling.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Natural resources </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1900
ACT:30
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank :1 of ~280
IB : French SL (5). Will be testing in IB Bio HL, History HL, English HL, Visual Arts HL, and Calc SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio, IB English, IB Tok, IB French, IB History, IB Calc, and IB Visual Arts</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars : Key Club- 4 years (Secretary), Math Team- 4 years, Knowledge Bowl 2 years
Job/Work Experience:None at the time
Volunteer/Community service: Around 200 hours a year
Essays: I wrote my essays the day before I applied, but I feel like they turned out well. </p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared for now.
State : MN
School Type: Public high school
Ethnicity: Mixed, White/Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted: I honestly have no idea why I was accepted! Seeing some of the people being rejected with incredible stats makes me wonder why I got in. Maybe the college I applied to is just easier to get in.</p>
<p>As an out-of-stater, will the extra fees be worth it? I really want to move out to CA and Berkeley is an amazing school, but I’m a little worried about the debt I’m going to have by the end. </p>
<p>Edit: I also visited the campus this last summer! Not sure if that makes a big difference but thought I’d add it. And congrats to those who were also accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (w/Regents’ Scholarship)</p>
<p>Applied to the College of Engineering as an Undeclared Engineering major</p>
<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (540 CR, 710 M, 700 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (34 E, 35 M, 26 CR, 24 Sci)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II (760) and Chemistry (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.951
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/639
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (2) and US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP French Language and Culture, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some regional and state awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive bowling (11 years, 2010 California State Youth Champ), website development, youth coaching
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at bowling pro shop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Ran a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital, tutoring through school
[<em>] Essays: Very good. Talked about how my environment has led me to the field of engineering, winning the state championship for bowling, and a major surgery I had when I was young.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: None for application but my letters of recommendation for the Regents’ were very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: None
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: My Regents’ interview went okay, not extremely well. I’m actually a little surprised that I ended up getting the scholarship.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Applied as Undeclared Engineering. Probably going into Chemical Engineering or Engineering Physics.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Large public (~2700 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Decline to state
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Uniqueness of extracurricular activities and essays, possible upward trend
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure haha[/li][/ul]General Comments: Definitely going to be attending in the fall, especially with the Regents’ scholarship! Go Bears!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (M 720, CR 760, WR 760)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): World History 800, Math II 760, Biology 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/100
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), English Lit (5), Spanish (5) and Human Geography (5). Statistics, US History, US Government & Politics and Psychology all pending.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Stats, US History, US Gov and Psych (all honors towards AP). Anatomy and Physiology - Honors. Shakespeare/The 20th Century American Novel (each a one semester course). Journalism. Spanish VI - Honors. Photography. Senior Seminar.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national, just a few local awards[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper (features writer), Gay Straight Alliance (secretary), Human Rights Action (founder), political debate club (vice-president), Christian Union (president), community service development (coordinator) and volleyball.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: No paid work or work experience (apart from volunteering)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive volunteering (food bank, homeless shelter, peer to peer etc). I have received the President’s Volunteer Service Award at bronze and silver levels. Girl Scouts (Gold Award).
[</em>] Essays: Worked really hard and was very pleased with them.[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Peace and Conflict Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Small, highly selective, non-denominational private in NorCal
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs are mainly non-academic, no work experience outside of volunteering
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Strength of my essays, my teacher who helped critique them, said it was evident when reading them how much I’d put into it. Plus my scores.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Despite being just 40 minutes from where I live, Berkeley is a strong contender for me, and at the moment it’s where I’m leaning. The ‘Peace and Conflict Studies’ major is a real draw for me, because one of the concentrations is human rights, and that’s an area I would like to work in in some way.</p>
<p>I was going to dismiss Berkeley at first, because I thought my parents would expect me to commute, but they have said I can apply for housing as they appreciate I want to be part of college life. They also said they wouldn’t expect me to go home a lot, because my two older brothers are at colleges further away, and my twin brother will be heading over 3,000 miles away to Middlebury College. Therefore, if I opt for Berkeley, they said they’ll treat me like I’m further away too to make it “fair”. When did my parents become so understanding?!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (M 790, CR 800, WR 770)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Bio 800, Chem 800, US History 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/250
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US History (5), AP Chem (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Government, AP Eng. Lit., AP Calculus BC, College Economics, College Business Law,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Siemens Semifinalist, multiple time honoree at local science fair, school award for biology, FIRST Robotics Promote, Innovate and Finalist Alliance Awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper (writer), Debate Club (central committee 3 years), Theater (Actor 3 years), World Language Club (Treasurer 1 year, President 1 year), FIRST Robotics Team, Varsity Gymnastics (4 years), Varsity Track (2 years)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 30+ hrs/yr
Essays: Worked very hard and was pleased with them.</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering (Undeclared)
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): (USA)
School Type: medium size public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Extensive research experience over the summers
Accepted: UPenn, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Wash U, Rice, UCLA, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test Scores, Grades, Awards
Weaknesses: No work experience outside of volunteering? Not enough leadership in EC?
Why you think you were rejected: DA ■■■. California v. Bakke.</p>
<p>General Comments:Really Annoyed.</p>
<p>Accepted! Going in fall :D</p>
<p>International (canadian) , 2100 SAT one sitting, 610 french 680 lit.</p>
<p>Taking all my ap’s senior year (5 aps)</p>
<p>hey, do any of you guys know anything about WiSE (women in science and engineering) housing? Also-are the mini suites in the units coed?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080: 800CR, 700M, 580W
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Literature, 690 Biology M, 680 Chinese
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not top 9%, that’s all I know.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology [4], Chinese [5], Studio Art 3D [3]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Studio Art Drawing, Physiology, American Lit, American Democracy[/li][</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dragonboat, Chinese Club…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at Kaiser, current residency at an art gallery
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in Chinatown
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Yes
[</em>] Additional Rec: Filled out the Berkeley Supplemental Questionnaire
[<em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Public Health
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Extremely large, competitive, Top 30
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lowest of the low, but not like…homeless low.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation college, Single-parent household
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT?
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculars, course-load, lack of honors/awards…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ???
[/ul]General Comments:
I still have no idea why I was accepted, considering I was rejected from Irvine and wait-listed from Davis, but I’m grateful (:</p>
<p>I’m fairly worried :(… All of these ppl had rly high GPA’s as out of state applicants…I rly want to go to berkeley but despite high test scores (2340 - SAT, 34 - ACT) and good ECs and leadership, I have a low GPA (UW - 3.71, W- 4.1)…</p>
<p>@bubblebee I’m pretty sure the mini-suites are single-gender.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (700M, 740R, 790W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 770 French, 750 Math II, 720 English, 660 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-ish, 4.19 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/330 (top 5%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), English Lit (5), English Lang (5), French (4), Psych (4), APUSH (4), World Hist (3), Chem (2), Macro Econ (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, TA, Gov, AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Econ (Macro), AP Calc BC, AP English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (12, editor), French club (11, VP), Shakespeare club (12, treasurer), soccer (9)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutoring 3 hr/week (11/12 grade)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Unpaid internship at an anti-distracted driving company (Impact Teen Drivers) junior year (3 hr/week)
[<em>] Essays: Fairly good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: All were excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, didn’t receive any
[<em>] Intended Major: applied undeclared
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]General Comments: Accepted for spring semester, but I’m doing FPF (fall extension program) so it’s basically the same thing.</p>
<p>…Deathlord is scaring me…lol</p>
<p>whimsicalspoon is scaring me too</p>
<p>@CAdancer,
which university did you choose to matriculate into?</p>
<p>@CAdancer,
which university did you choose?</p>
<p>Everybody is scaring me with their test scores! I have a high and very good GPA but low test scores: SAT 1590 and ACT 24. I applied to Berkeley and if my essays or EC’s don’t impress the admissions people, I don’t know what will. lol</p>