<p>@mf18233 ooooooooo… i was talking abt my bro lolololol… awk sorry for the misunderstanding I too was just being a hater and yeah I regret posting that it just sucks when you work so hard for four years just to get rejected but yeah nvm lets just move on and pretend this awk convo never happened and sorry @Dogeboi for getting you involved its just being on the east coast going to california was a dream guess im going to have to settle for NYU </p>
<p>Son was accepted
- SAT: 2210 (Reading 800, Math 680, Writing 730)
- Subject Tests: Chemistry 780, Literature 800, Math2 770, US History 770
- Unweighted GPA: 3.95 (don’t know UC GPA)
- AP: English Language 5, APUSH 5, Chemistry 4 (self-studied)
- Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes + Intro Computer Science
- Good essays and extracurriculars
- No hooks
- Accepted at Pomona, Vassar, Hamilton, Grinnell, Willamette, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz.
Rejected at Yale, Brown, Swarthmore, Amherst, and UCLA.
Will attend Pomona College.
Congratulations to all!</p>
<p>Accepted! Got in as R&C scholarship candidate but didn’t get the scholarship… awk. </p>
<p>*SAT: 2120 (Reading: 700, Math: 710, Writing: 710) Not up to par with typical Asian standards, but oh well.
*Subject Tests: Biology (M): 700, Math 2: 680, Chemistry: really really embarrassingly bad and no I don’t mean bad on just Asian standards I mean BAAAADDD.
*UW GPA: 4.2
*AP: Art History 4 (pretty good considering I took the class for the sole purpose of staring at nude male statues), World History 4 (dunno how tbh I never had a clue what was happening in that class), Bio 4, English Lang 5, Psych 5, Calc AB 5 (this must be a mistake. I have never been more unprepared for a test.)
*Senior course load: 5 APs and band. I’m stupid I shouldn’t have taken so many.
*Okay essay. Didn’t go for a sob story or anything…Kinda just rambled about my future goals and being Asian.
*ECs: sports and clubs and church and piano (I suck at piano)
*Awards: Mostly from sports and some academic stuff
*Accepted to UC Irvine, UCSD, UC Davis, UCLA
*Rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins. Not surprised.</p>
<p>Debating between Cal and UCLA as I was awarded $10,000 per year at UCLA for 4 years, but nothing at Cal. Still in love with Cal but Asian parents like to go where the money goes… </p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b] Decision: Accepted [ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: L&S, Undecided Mathematical and Physical Sciences
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2210 (710 Reading, 730 Math, 770 Writing)
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 MII, 790 Chem, 780 Physics
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: like 4.4 W, 3.85 UW
[ *] Rank: awful. Like 45/360 or something
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Chem (5), APUSH (4), Calc AB (5), Psych (IP), Calc BC(IP), Lit(IP), Lang (IP), Physics C Mech (self study, IP)
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Organic Chem I, Calc BC, Multivariable Calc, AP Psych, AP Lang, AP Lit, German IV, Band, Orchestra, self-study course (for credit)
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Not much. NMF, AP Scholar, won a few things here and there. The usual. </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Bassoon performance (all-state, etc), violin performance (all-state, etc) , FTC robotics team (captain), FRC robotics team (student leadership/build lead), Math and science club (founder/copresident)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Paid research assistant, a little library volunteer work.
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Essay 1: Support of my parents in exploring passions, Essay 2: Adapting to change (have attended new school every other year since birth basically)
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nope. Research was pretty low-key. </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IA
[ *] Classified in-state?: nope
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. A few top tier acceptances here or there.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: High.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Yeah no.
[ *] Strengths: Extracurricular involvement, maybe test scores? Taking Organic Chem lol
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, no major awards, class rank (deflated from school change)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Just barely good enough haha.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments[ /b] Quite excited. Seems like Berkeley has great opportunities for those interested in science, but will not make final decision until visiting. Delighted that I chose to apply L&S honestly, could have been bad if I went with my other interest of engineering (way scarier with selection)… Congrats to all, no matter the decision!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Letters and Science
[ *] SAT I (by section): -1770 was my best overall score
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted 4.0, Unweighted 4.76
[ *] Rank: 5/180
[ *] APs (including this year’s): US history(3), World History(3), English Comp.(4)
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Spanish III
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): </p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: Leadership(ASB vice president), Interact(president), Green Team(president), Spanish Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Paid-intern over the summer at my dad’s old engineering company
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my complicated life situation and my school’s work to include the large Hispanic population
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Definitely community service</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: Lots of leadership and community service, including a service trip to Ecuador where we reforested
[ *] Weaknesses: A pretty terrible SAT score, not a great GPA, not the greatest AP scores…
[ *] Why you think you were wait accepted: I actually don’t know… My essays were very good</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: I was accepted, at UC Santa Barbara, Tulane, Chapman, and Berkley. Rejected from Cal Poly and UCLA and waitlisted at Pitzer and UC Davis. I was pretty shocked to find out I was accepted to Berkley… I’ll be going to Tulane in New Orleans, congrats to everyone who got into their schools!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color]<a href=“WAITLISTED”> /size</a></p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Bio
[ *] SAT I (by section): 730 R 730 M 800 W (2260)
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 M2 and 770 Bio
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 UW, 4.5 W
[ *] Rank: 7 out of 790
[ *] ACT: 33 (nasty test)
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 5 on English Lang, Calc AB, Spanish 4, Euro History, US History, 4 on Bio
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc III/Diff. Eq., AP English Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Physics C, AP Chem
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NFL All American (debate, not football), ranked 33rd in state for debate, multiple leadership positions (president NHS included), NMSQT letter of commendation</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: varsity tennis, speech and debate, NHS, PLUS, 10 years of classical piano
[ *] Job/Work Experience: junior summer worked at legoland
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): weak and i regret that
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): really well rounded</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] Classified in-state?
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian American (Indian)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: low-ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: everything but essays
[ *] Weaknesses: essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: honestly the essays were not bad at all, and I just believe myself to not stand out. Think of it this way: I blend in with everyone at my school with similar class rank because we do all of the same ECs (not even kidding). Unfortunately, i’m the only one of them who didn’t get in straight away. Let’s hope this year is a good one for wait lists.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science
[ *] SAT I (by section): CR 660, Math 770, W 740
[ *] SAT IIs: Math II 780, Chem 740
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 4.0, W 4.5
[ *] Rank: None
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] APs (including this year’s): AP Physics B, AP Lang, AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Chem
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics B, AP Lang, Multivariable Calc, Psychology, Orchestra 5 Honors, Econ/Gov
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Eagle Scout (Youngest in troop’s 55 year history), Speech & Debate Captain, almost 300 hours in community service, State History Day competitors, Traveling to Spain for Orchestra</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Boy Scouts, Speech & Debate, Orchestra, History Day, Cross Country and Track & Field
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): 1st Essay: Bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood through my year-long eagle scout project, and the thousands of people I helped with it. Also, a lot of reflection of how I grew.
2nd Essay: The apathy and superficiality I found at my high school, and the niche of people I connected to who had a great deal of passion and ingenuity through their accomplishments and personality.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Eagle Scout and Project were very impressive. Also, I have spent all three summers of high school at prestigious summer programs (Stanford, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] Classified in-state? Yes
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: N/A
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: All A’s in my classes, pretty good sat/ACT scores. Essays about Eagle Scout Project and my school community were both very refined.
[ *] Weaknesses: My SAT score was slightly below average for berkeley. Also, I have absolutely no work/job experience.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: The grades/scores were a huge factor. The leadership and value I have for community must have made a great impression for Berkeley.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments[ /b] Can’t wait to be a golden bear!</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>EECS or L&S?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Comp Sci (L&S)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR 800 / M 770 / W 800
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math2 800, Physics 800, Lit 790, (foreign lang) 650
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 4.0; don’t know weighted GPA, but he had many AP and CC/CSU classes
[<em>] Rank: n/a (homeschooled)
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): CS A, Calc BC, Chem, Comp Gov, Lang, Stats – all 5s; this year: US Gov, German, Macro</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Classified in-state? yes
[<em>] Ethnicity: white/Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Income Bracket: middle class</p>[/li]
<p>posting for my son. Regents candidate</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>** Stats:**[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied: College of Arts and Sciences! (Pre-Haas Undeclared)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Did not submit!
[<em>] SAT IIs: 630 US History 710 Math 2C
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted: 3.9 UC GPA: 4.3
[<em>] Rank: 30/710
[</em>] ACT: 33 (35 superscored)
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Euro (5) AP Chem (4) APUSH (5) AP Psych (5) AP Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Econ, AP Calc, AP Lit, Ceramics
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Angeles National Forest Supervisor, Volunteer Outreach Supervisor (all for environmental organizations), NHS Treasurer/Member, GSA Publicist, Literary Magazine EIC, Hospital Volunteer, Key Club Secretary, Varsity Volleyball Captain
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer Outreach Supervisor for a volunteering organization.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1st essay: Talked about how my childhood allowed me to understand rudimentary foundations of marketing. 2nd essay: talked about how my reluctance to work with others disinhibited me from reaching my true potential.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Los Angeles, CA
[</em>] Classified in-state? YEEEE BOY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Highly competitive, public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120K a year
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
[</em>] Strengths:Volunteer work, interesting essays!
[<em>] Weaknesses: Stats
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: College is such a crapshoot. Good luck everyone 
[/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments[ /b] SIRed to berkeley a couple days ago. GO BEARS!</p>
<p>Waitlisted
L+S: undeclared
SAT: n/a
SATII: Math Level II:800 Bio:720
ACT:35 (one sitting)
GPA:3.99
weighted 10-11 GPA: 4.67
AP classes: Sophomore year: World History, Chem, Calc AB, Calc BC, Junior year: US History, Stats, Bio, Physics B, Psych, Lang (took all but the Physics AP exam) Senior year: Physics C, Lit, Gov, Econ
National Merit finalist
National level athlete (team sport), Coach, Animal rescue volunteer (countless hours), 2 Summer jobs as teaching aide, club president.
Class rank: n/a
CA resident
Essays were fine
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: actually…no clue. </p>
<p>If no late acceptance from Berkley, most likely going to UCLA (Regents scholar) Congrats everyone who got in. </p>
<p>@Onion1 It is very surprising that you have gotten the UCLA regents and yet not getting UCB acceptance to L&S undeclared. </p>
<p>Anyone else with such odd acceptances? Forgot to add: accepted to all other UC schools Santa Barbara with Regents, UC Davis with other merit scholarship, and San Diego</p>
<p>I applied to UCSD, UCI, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. Only UCB accepted me. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science in L&S
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR 730, Math 750, W 740 (2220)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II 780, Physics 790
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 4.0 (IB predicted: 41/42)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP CS A (5), AP Microecon (5)
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s): CS HL, Economics HL, Mathematics HL, Physics SL, English SL, Spanish AB
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ^ Those IB courses
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Some programming awards, school awards etc</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of Music stuff (Guitar, Mandolin, Uke), programming stuff (app development, web development etc)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship in tech firm as salesperson
[<em>] Essays: First essay - about CS, Second essay - about how I got over a bad habit
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: India
[</em>] Classified in-state? No
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths: Perfect high school record (no B’s ever), high-ish SAT, focused EC’s (on music and CS)
[</em>] Weaknesses: My SAT score was slightly below average for berkeley. Also, I have absolutely no work/job experience.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: dunno[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None
General Comments</p>
<p>Nice to review the thread. As a professional engineer, I knew about “true random” and “pseudo random”.
Now I learned a new concept “holistic random”. :-)</p>
<p>Sorry for the digression. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Molecular and Cell Biology in L&S
SAT I (by section): CR 800, Math 740, W 790 (2330)
SAT IIs: Math II 800, Physics 780
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: N/A (IB predicted: 41/42)
Rank: N/A
ACT: N/A
APs (including this year’s): N/A
IBs (including this year’s): Mathematics HL, Chemistry HL, Physics HL, French B SL, Psychology SL, English L&L SL
Other stats (Awards, etc.): French Academic Award, International Youth Award Silver, not much seriously.</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Trumpet in various bands (4 years), MUN (3 years), Varsity Badminton (2 years),
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays: First essay - being an idealist (internal conflicts while representing countries in MUN), Second essay - overcoming my weaknesses (shyness, bad at Math/Phys/Chem)
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None.
Location/Person:
State or Country: High school was international school in China, nationality is Canadian
Classified in-state? No
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Strengths: Good grades, good SATs, good essays.
Weaknesses: No job experience (hard to prove commitment to major), general EC’s.
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Berkeley places alot of emphasis on stats (grades and SATs)
General Comments: #BerkeleyBound</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: L&S CS
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2340 (800 M/740 CR/800 W)
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 790 Chem
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.41, 3.90
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] APs (including this year’s): N/a
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: full diploma, math hl, chem hl, history hl, bio hl, tok, english sl, french sl
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: FBLA, tennis, volunteering, programming, some other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: programming
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] Classified in-state? no
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): meh
[ *] Ethnicity: indian (US citizen though)
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): OOS? can pay tuition?
[ *] Strengths: grades, essays, dedication for ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: indian male
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: can pay + lots of CS experience + good essays</p>
<h1>BERKELEY2018</h1>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied: Psych
SAT I (by section): 1900
SAT IIs:
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8
Rank:
ACT:
APs (including this year’s): IB diploma (36)
Senior Yr Courseload: IB diploma second year
Other stats (Awards, etc.): multiple scholarships, writing award, art award, best volunteer, etc.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Japanese Culture Club leader + founder, fencing, fluent in 4 languages (Jap, Canto, Mandarin, Eng obv.); to be fair my school had all activities in the same block (girl guide, magazine, debate, student council) note to self and everybody else out there: enroll in schools which have more than 2 graduating classes (including my current year…)
Job/Work Experience: working at cousin’s family shop (sorta like a flea market), photographer assistant in studio
Essays (subject and responses): 1st essay: being bullied and getting over it 2nd essay: bonding with autistic cousin
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
Location/Person: international
State or Country:
Classified in-state?
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very highly ranked private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: f
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths:
Weaknesses: stats
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: lol underqualified
Other Factors:
General Comments: applied bcs it was linked to the uc app :D</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted ** <a href=“Originally%20waitlisted”>b</a> **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Chemistry (Chemical Engineering)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Single sitting: 2060 (680 CR, 650 M, 730 W); Super-scored: 2100 (680 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Spanish 800, Math L2 630, and US History 610
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted: 3.98; Weighted: 4.33: UC GPA: 4.39 (been calculating it wrong this whole time, but now I got it right)
[<em>] Rank: 1/327
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Spanish Language (5), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP English Lang (4), & AP US History (3). Current: AP Art History, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, & AP Literature.
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar w/Distinction, & the President’s Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:
Tennis (4 years, varsity for last two, several awards from coaches)
Track & Field (4 years, varsity distance runner)
ASB (last 2 years, current), Senior Class Vice President, HOBY and Camp Royal leadership camps
Piano (2 years -received a 2-year scholarship for lessons, self taught afterwards)
Church worship group (lead vocalist, participated for two years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Community service: About 230 hours in varied projects.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I’m a native from an under-developed country (not specifying). Barely moved to USA four years ago. Wrote my essays about growing up in such country and about how moving to USA redefined my character.
[/ul]**Location/Person: **[list]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] Classified in-state?: Yes
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. About 1500 students.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $50k-$80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (not a real hook for UCs though) & woman in engineering
[<em>] Strengths: High GPA + decent activities + unique essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low test scores for major
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Waitlisted for weaknesses & then admitted for strengths?
[</em>]General Comments: Feels good to be admitted! Most likely won’t attend, though, since the school I’m committed to is a better fit for me. </p>