***Official Berkeley Class of 2018 Discussions/Decisions***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
201

<p>Decision: Accepted COE</p>

<p>Objective:
Major: Mechanical Engineering
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (680 CR, 770 M, 690 W)
ACT: 31 (didn’t send)
SAT II: 800 MII, 770 Chem, 720 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, 4.49 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile (top 10%) [unofficially 5/241]
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Calc AB, 5 AP Chem, 5 AP Eng Lang, 5 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Spanish, AP Eng Lit, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar w/ Honor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Water Polo, Ski Club (Head of Publicity), NHS, Varsity Swim, Diversity Group (Group Leader)
Job/Work Experience: tutor
Volunteer/Community service: random service projects, program educating middle schoolers about drugs & alcohol
Summer Activities: Sports, traveling, learning computer programming
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 – wrote first essay about my mom going back to work and my second one on a thermoelectric system I built to conserve energy in showers
Teacher Rec #1: n/a
Teacher Rec #2: n/a
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
first gen college student
Reflection
Strengths: Genuine essays, unique circumstance, solid grades
Weaknesses: No true hook, subpar test scores (for engineering, atleast)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, to be honest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UVA, UT (Engineering Honors), USC, Notre Dame, UCSB, USD
Rejected: Stanford REA, Princeton, Columbia, Duke
General Comments: Most likely will be attending in the fall. Go Bears!</p>

202

<p>Got in!</p>

203

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: EECS
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2350 (800/800/750 CR)
[ *] SAT IIs: 780, 780, 800
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.68, 3.98
[ *] Rank: top 9%
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 5’s on 6 tests, 5 more tests this year
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 ap’s
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: lots of debate, tennis, volunteering, some other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: debate stuff
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): english teacher said they were the best she’d seen
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] Classified in-state? yea
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): middle sized
[ *] Ethnicity: indian (US citizen though)
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): too many antihooks
[ *] Strengths: grades, essays, dedication for ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: indian male with no cs research/interships applying to EECS
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: cause of weaknesses
Other Factors:
General Comments: going to UCLA, got regents consideration for UCLA, kinda pissed about berkeley</p>

204

<p>@Averaa accepted to Berkeley and University of Michigan as a Ross pre-admit, which is where I I plan to attend. Waitlisted at WashU St. Louis, UVa, and Vanderbilt. Rejected at UCLA, Northwestern, and Penn. </p>

205

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: EECS Computer Science
[</em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t take
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S)
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Music Theory (5), APUSH (5), AP Micro (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Stats (4), AP Lang (4), AP CS (5), AP Comp Gov (5), AP Chem (5), AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP Physics C: Mech, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Psych
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s): none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Bio, Spanish 5, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Macro, Psychology
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar (which probably doesn’t count for much…)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 years on the boys’ high school swim and dive team, senior year NHS, volunteer at local library since sophomore year
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon over the last summer, recreational soccer referee since freshman year
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Smash Bros + CS goals (world you come from, 7/10), Experience in first-grade that led me to like math and experience in eighth-grade that led me to pursue CS (8/10)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MN
[</em>] Classified in-state? Nope
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school that graduates ~800 per year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~200K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Objective stats, Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of leadership positions, typical Asian applicant
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I wasn’t impressive enough.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Honestly, I’m shocked. I know at least four classmates with comparable stats who were accepted, and I get rejected. I think I was the sacrificial lamb for the high-stat, yet unimpressive, excuse for a rejection that year for my high school in Cal’s admissions office. I’m with ya, @OutOfBoundsError, I’m baffled and pissed off. Just remember, selective college admissions does NOT favor the late-bloomers. I am one, and I got screwed over. If I had a time machine, I would’ve told my freshman self to bust out of my introverted shell and start getting involved in school and the community. I probably would’ve been happier as well as more successful when college admissions season rolls around. But I only have the future to look forward to. <em>sigh</em> </p>

206

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters & Science - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I: 1820 (CR 570 M 620 W 650 E 10)
    [</em>] ACT: 26 (E 26 M 27 S 27 R 22 E 09)
    [<em>] SAT II: N/A
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [<em>] UC GPA: 4.31
    [</em>] Rank: 7/73 (Top 10%)
    [<em>] AP:
    - [10] AP European History (3)
    - [11] AP English Language & Composition (3)
    - [11] AP Environmental Science (2)
    - [11] AP US History (4)
    - [12] AP English Literature & Composition
    - [12] AP Calculus AB
    - [12] AP Biology
    - [12] AP Government & Politics: US
    [li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]- AP Calculus AB
    - AP Biology
    - AP English Literature & Composition
    - AP Government & Politics: US
    - Honors Spanish IV
    - Dramatic Arts/Film/Video/Television
    - Visual Arts & Comprehensive Imagery
    - JROTC IV
    - Church History & Comparative Religion
    - Economics/Business
    [li] Major Awards:[/li]- AP Scholar Award
    - The American Legion Military Excellence Medal
    - 2013 Saint Michael’s College Book Award: Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience
    - Awards of Excellence
    - Dr. Joseph Bator Memorial Scholarship

Subjective:

  • [li] Extracurriculars:[/li]- [9, 10, 11, 12] **JROTC<a href=“11%20%7C%20Cadet%20Master%20Sergeant%20-%20Brigade%20S-3:%20Training%20Assistant%20NCO;%2012%20%7C%20Cadet%20Lieutenant%20Colonel%20-%20Brigade%20S-2:%20Information%20&%20Current%20Affairs%20Officer,%20Brigade%20S-3:%20Training%20Assistant%20Officer”>/b</a>: 222 Hours
    My school’s JROTC program has been around since 1902, and I am the first to hold the Brigade S-2 position. I am commissioned to the second-to-the-highest rank in a brigade of 300+ cadets. This makes me 5th in command. I have also revamped and redesign the school’s old newsletter (last published in 1991) under this new position.
    - [10, 11, 12] Spanish Club: 45 Hours
    Our Spanish Club involves many activities that include an annual trip down to St. Augustine, salsa dancing lessons, a traveling art show, planning International Day, and helping out an orphanage down in Mexico.
    - [11, 12] **Benedictine Knights of the Leo Club<a href=“11%20%7C%20Co-Founder%20&%20Vice%20President;%2012%20%7C%20Board%20of%20Directors”>/b</a>: 112 Hours
    I co-founded this club along with a friend in hopes of finding community service opportunities for our friends to do, and to have fun doing them together. Our school requires 70 hours of community service to graduate.
    - [11, 12] **Yearbook “Sabre” Staff<a href=“12%20%7C%20Editor-in-Chief”>/b</a>: 116 Hours
    I have completely redesign the entire yearbook this year by myself versus reusing all of the templates from my predecessors.
    - [12] **Math Team<a href=“12%20%7C%20Founder”>/b</a>: 31 Hours
    Reviving an old, happy, middle school memory, I started a Math Team.
    [li] Job/Work Experience: N/A[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]- [10, 11, 12] National Honor Society: 96 Hours
    I developed a tutoring program and work the blood drive.
    - [11, 12] STEM Club: 20 Hours
    I founded this club and is also the Environmental Division Head. I established a recycling program for the school under this club.
    - [11] Lions’ Club International: 7 Hours
    An annual event where my friends and I unload hundreds of Christmas trees, and help sell them to raise money to purchase eyeglasses for those in need of them.
    - [11] Tara Feis: 4 Hours
    An annual Irish festival, in which I help by managing rides, cleanup after folks, and serving food. It’s completely ran by high school students.
    [li] Summer Activities:[/li]- LeadAmerica Conference on Business Innovation at Stanford University
    - National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at the University of California-Berkeley
    [li] Essays:[/li]- Personal Statement #1: I wrote about growing up in the back of nail salon that was located in a bad neighborhood, and how that caused my young, innocent to realize the evils of the world earlier than most children. I also mentioned being an Asian kid of immigrant parents, who speak broken English, growing up in the Deep South and on the East Coast. I played a lot on my identity as an Asian versus an Americanized Asian person.
    - Personal Statement #2: I wrote about taking care of my young brother while my parents work 24/7. I emphasized on playing the parent role and how I taught my brother various things that all kids learn from their parents ranging from riding a bike to being potty-trained. Also, I said that my younger brother has also become my own model, teaching me how to dream and to never completely grow up.

Other

[ul]
[</em>] State: GA
[<em>] Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Small (323 Students), Private, Religious, All-Boys, Military
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College Student
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

  • [li] Strengths: GPA, Extracurriculars, Personal Statements[/li][li] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Community Service[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted?[/li]I think I was accepted because of my personal statements and GPA. My personal statements were just that, personal. In fact, I bawled my eyes out when I was writing my second one about my younger brother. I felt like I was relieving a huge weight on my shoulders, being able to be honest and to tell my life’s story. As far as my GPA goes, I think it being a perfect 4.0, compliments well with my class rigor when you consider that my school only offers 10 AP classes and 19 Honors classes. My extracurriculars are all over the place, but they do show a lot of innovation. Instead of seizing opportunities, I created opportunities for myself, as well as for others. I spent a lot of time trying my best to make a change at my school, and I believe that it’s another form of leadership in itself.
    [li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted:
    - University of California: Riverside (UCR Achievement Scholarship, Chancellor’s Scholarship, & First-Year Honors Program Application Invite)
    - University of California: Merced
    - University of California: Irvine
    - University of California: Davis (Provost Award)
    - University of California: Santa Cruz (Campus Merit Scholarship & First-Year Honors Program Acceptance)
    - University of California: Santa Barbara
    - University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA Achievement Scholarship)
    - University of California: Berkeley
    - Pepperdine University
    - University of Georgia (HOPE Scholarship & Zell Miller Scholarship)
  • Waitlisted*:
    - University of California: San Diego
    - Emory University
  • Rejected*:
    - University of Notre Dame
    - Rice University
    - Washington & Lee University
    - Vanderbilt University
    - University of Southern California
    - Tufts University
    - Princeton University
    - Stanford University
    - Yale University
    - University of Pennsylvania

General Comments:
I honestly don’t know what to say. A lot of people had their doubts about me being accepted into Cal, and I did too. I’m so thrilled and happy, because I fell in love with this school when I stayed for 10 days during the summer for a program. It was inspiring and motivated me to start up things and make a change in school! I’m excited now to be able to return. But to those who have doubts, because you have a low test score, well… Anything can happen! Trust in yourself and write a darn good essay! Do things to make up for your weaknesses! And just be honest! And for those who might be wondering why I applied and got rejected from so many private universities, is because I applied under QuestBridge. My QuestBridge application and Common App essays were not as well done and written as my Personal Statements for the UCs. So as you can see, a good essay comes a long way. Good luck to next year’s applicant pool! FIAT LUX!</p>

207

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science
[ *] SAT I (by section): didn’t submit
[ *] SAT IIs: didn’t submit
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted GPA for Junior and Senior years is 3.8
[ *] Rank: n/a
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] APs (including this year’s): n/a
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB Physics SL, IB Spanish SL, IB Mathematics SL, IB History HL, IB English HL, TOK
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 IBs and TOK
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam award, a school scholarship, Science Olympiad placement</p>

<p>Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: Newspaper, Music Appreciation, Drama Club, Varsity Tennis, Environmental Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: volunteering at a state park, “Writing Lab” where I edit other students’ work, and set design
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I used my Common App essay and wrote the second really quickly</p>

<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very small private school
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese and white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 300k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ *] Strengths: stats
[ *] Weaknesses: no trend in ECs</p>

208

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared/Letters and Sciences
[ *] SAT I (by section): 710-M 640-CR 800-W (2150)
[ *] SAT IIs: (these are bad…) 680-MIIC 630-Latin 650-Bio USH-740
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3/3.9
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Euro-4, Microecon, US history, Lang&Comp-5, Bio, Calc AB, Physics B, Lit&Comp, Govt
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Art, AP Physics B, AP Govt, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Biology, Academic Decathlon
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Camp Royal Delegate, Girls State 1st Runner up, Academic Decathlon State and regional medalist, All School Award for Economics, AP Scholar with Honor </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, Friday Night Live, Court Intern, Latin Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about being first generation college student, coming from a Pakistani parents. Talked about photography business/volunteering
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 4 years Academic Decathlon, photography business </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] Classified in-state? yes
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, ~1500 average SAT
[ *] Ethnicity: Pakistani/Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen college student
[ *] Strengths: ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea!
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments[ /b]</p>

209

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Sciences (Comparative Literature)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR 680/Math 630/Writing 710 (2020 total)
[<em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 uw/4.1 w
[<em>] Rank: 10
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): World History (4), US History (2), English Language/Comp (4), this year: Calculus AB, English Literature/Comp
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Economics/Government, AP Calc ab, AP Literature, Ceramics
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Speaking for the Voiceless (animal rights), Particle Physics Master Class, Telescope Operators Club, KEY Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): (1) Being an outcast in my family and forming my identity, (2) surviving and seeking help for depression. I’m often praised for my writing, so I assume it’s what really qualified the basic topics enough to be good essays.<br>
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] Classified in-state? Yes
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): The AP pool is pretty small, and the amount of people going to universities or any other non-JC is smaller
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mixed: white/hispanic (Costa Rican/Mexican)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: lower
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe URM? you tell me. I’m also gay, though I don’t think (and I hope) that’s not under-represented at Berkeley.<br>
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses/Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:: My writing had strengths, and my SAT scores were decent although not great by Berkeley standards, so I was a little surprised (although I must say, I did not take my SATs seriously, they were the day after school got out and I didn’t know people actually study for them, I showed up at the last minute because I was already signed up and they were being administered near the closest Sonic). I’m relieved to be accepted and it seems like the next best place for me, as New York seems to have the perfect opportunities for my future but I can’t afford to go to the university I got into there, so Berkeley was my unlikely fallback before UCSD, but I didn’t even submit a recommendation when they gave me the option to, yet I still got in. I’m hoping I can go to the Bridges overnight program and consolidate my cautious hopes with more concrete observations/experiences at Berkeley. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors: profound unilateral hearing loss</p>

210

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: EECS
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2180 (Didn’t submit)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97, 4.34
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP World [4], AP US Lit [4], AP Biology [4], AP Chemistry [5], APUSH [4], AP Language, AP Computer Science, AP Physics, AP Env. Science, AP US Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Comp Gov
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Language, AP Computer Science, AP Physics, AP Env. Science, AP US Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Comp Gov
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing special</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteering (tutoring in math and science), Robotics, Math Team (was never captain for either though…)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about my parents coming to America and about my interest in math/science. Nothing special—they were just okay.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mid-west
[</em>] Classified in-state? No
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public high school; sends around 8 to the Ivies each year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Numbers—GPA, test scores.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Everything else. Never had a leadership position and was never really dedicated to anything.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No real depth in my application.
[/ul]Other Factors: Took advanced math courses at local universities.
General Comments Kept thinking I had a chance. I remember looking over my school’s Naviance graphs and thinking that my stats would get me in. I should have demonstrated some real interest in some activity. I’ll probably be headed to my state flagship (didn’t get accepted to anywhere else). Not sure how affordable Berkeley would have been… anyways, congrats to those who got in! @yangmaster Are you me? I feel like we’re in the same boat with similar stats… your description of a late-bloomer also fits me exactly—I really only started thinking about those elite colleges junior year…</p>

211

<p>The stupidest most annoying rude child was accepted from my school. He only had a 1700 and a 3.9 or some crap it just pissed me off bc he got a 1 in chem and a 3 in bio yet they accepted him to biochem I don’t get it… He had a lot of ecs but that shouldn’t matter if u don’t have the stats… There’s my angry rant</p>

212

<p>Decision: Accepted

[list]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science (L&S)
[</em>] SAT I: 2200 // CR 700, M 730, W 770
[<em>] SAT IIs: none
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0, 4.3
[<em>] Honors/APs/IB/College Courses by time of application: 1 honors, 2 APs w/ 5’s, 2 courses at local CC
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs, 1 regular
[<em>] Activities: varsity sports, clubs, church leadership group
[</em>] Personal Statements: must have been good to make up for everything else lol</p>

<p>yay!!! after getting rejected from Cal Poly and UCLA I thought I had NO chance here. but I guess I’m gonna be a bear!</p>

213

<p>@mf18233 : what about his ACT? I’ve seen many average-minus-10% numbers that possibly can be explained with the holistic non-sense, so check out his EC/URM. Though I have to admit his UCB numbers are way too low for biochem acceptance. Maybe he’s trolling everyone.</p>

214

<p>Go bears! Why does it seem like half of all colleges have this animal as their mascot?</p>

<p>80-90% of the people in the top 10% of my graduating class will be matriculating here, so I bet you guys will unknowingly run into some of them. Congratulations and good luck, everyone! </p>

215

<p>Any hope for wait listed applicants? I read that UCB has a high acceptance rate for wait listed applicants. </p>

<p><a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■/blog-0/bid/146515/Waitlist-Admission-Rates”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■/blog-0/bid/146515/Waitlist-Admission-Rates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

216

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Letters & Science – Pre-Business
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2270 (700 CR, 780 M, 790 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II (750) USH (700)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW/4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: 13/262
[</em>] ACT: Nope
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): English Lang (5), USH (5), Calc BC (5), Physics C: Mech (3), English Lit, US Gov, Statistics, French, Environmental
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Economics, AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Statistics, AP French, AP Environmental, Sales and Marketing 3 (Student Store Mgmt)
[</em>] Other Stats (Awards, etc.): </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
DECA (Chapter President, Regional VP, 3x State Qualifier, 2x State Finalist, 2x National Qualifier)
Library Administration IT Services Volunteer (managed purchases and invoices for entire system for 1 year, research work to improve Outreach service)
Microsoft Intern (see job/work exp)
Destiny Merchandising Intern (see job/work exp)
Eastside Baby Corner Volunteer
Mts To Sound Greenway Volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Microsoft Intern (1 year, 15 hr/week, manage corporate benefits/statistical analysis/competitive analysis)
DM Intern (sales and marketing efforts for company)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Don’t even remember the topic but I spent AT LEAST 2 months on all of my essays
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] Classified in-state? Nope
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Medium public, rarely sends to top tier or second tier universities
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Subject test scores?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Honesty I think I got rejected because I got accepted to UCLA – the classic UC curse. Sadly I only learned about this a couple days before decisions came out. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments I’m extremely angry with Berkeley since I applied L&S and less qualified people have gotten in. Nevertheless I’ll do my best at UCLA (ugh I wish I could’ve gone to Haas)! I didn’t foresee getting so many waitlists/rejects from my top universities…and some of them are really weird.</p>

<p>Accepted – University of Minnesota, University of Washington, WUSTL, UCLA
Waitlisted – UChicago, NYU, Dartmouth
Rejected – Harvard, Columbia, Duke, Berkeley
Waiting on – Georgetown (probably another waitlist/rejection since I applied MSB)</p>

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<p>@slamdunkz2496 - I feel you! I have very similar stats and was rejected from L&S as well. I wouldn’t feel quite as bad if I had been rejected from Engineering, but L&S seems to have standards that are quite a bit lower. </p>

<p>Having said that, I am very excited to go to UCLA next year, so apart from the ego blow of not getting accepted, I don’t feel too bad. I grew to love both Berkeley and UCLA this year, and I was going to have a very hard time choosing between them, so getting rejected from Berkeley actually made my decision a lot easier. </p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: L&S Biology
SAT I (by section): 1970
SAT IIs: Didn’t take
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.53 UW 3.92 W
Rank: school doesn’t rank
ACT: didn’t take
APs (including this year’s): AP Bio(2), Honors English, Honors Pre Calc, AP Calc, Honors Physics, AP Government, AP Economics, AP English
IBs (including this year’s): none
Senior Yr Courseload: AP gov, AP Econ, AP English, Honors Physics and leadership
Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing major
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: President of three clubs, tutor, hold office positions in 2 other clubs, 600 hours of community service, so much more
Job/Work Experience: Free Lance Photographer
Essays (subject and responses): How my mother’s migraines affected my life and how that obstacle nurtured my passion to become a neurologist and cure migraines (theres no cure for them!) The other one was about how i wan to stop labeling and stereotyping so I became president of the multi cultural club and directed a rally to celebrate culture rather than mock it.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): intern for a real estate agent
Location/Person: California
State or Country: CA
Classified in-state? yes
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school that is generally low performing (780 API, but jumped to 832 API This year)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: femaile
Income Bracket: ~40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, first generation american, low income
Strengths: Essays, EC’s
Weaknesses:GPA, Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My story was impressive
Other Factors:
General Comments: Honestly, I’m shocked. I did receive the supplemental questionnaire for borderline students, and I got straight A’s my first semester of senior year which probably helped a lot. I’m so blessed. I probably will be attending</p>

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<p>@mf18233 @DogeBoi I’m so mad he got in everyone knows him as the joke of the school. He can’t even write a decent essay. Once in AP WH a teacher asked him if English is his second language even because his essays are so bad. Last year in APUSH he thought the underground railroad was a legit underground railroad. His AP scores are as follows: APAH 1, APWH 2, AP BIO 3, APUSH 2, AP CHEM 1, AP ENG 3 , AP Psych 4. His UW is like a 3.2- 3.3 but has a decent weighted because of all the APS he takes and he literally spends all day studying and he still can’t produce good results. The thing that is so annoying is that he ALWAYS lies like he prob put he was on varsity tennis even though he has been on JV for the last four years because he sucks. He also lied about his Kaiser volunteer hours because he would get his parents to sign him in at 6 am because they work there and sign him out at night. Both of his essays were sob stories about being Mexican even though his parents are well enough and he has never had a single hardship in his life. I can’t believe he got in over people who truly deserve it. He’s prob going to flunk out by the end of the first semester guarantee.UGH. - _- </p>

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<p>@punkeeo96 what is kaiser? i dont think we were talking about the same person because the person at my school is now going to cornell-_- guess my jealousy for his acceptance into my dream school blinded my eyes to seeing his true potential…
LESSON TO EVERYONE: dont disregard the kid who u think is dum i was obviously the dum one in this scenario as u can see in the above posts with my ignorant arrogance… glad someone I knew saw this and put me into my place</p>