<p>Let's make an official thread!</p>
<p>Accepted
3.8 UC GPA
1640 SAT
ok ECs
Good essay</p>
<p>Congrats to all who got in</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Decision Date: 3/15/13
Application Plan: RD </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (760 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: 800 Chem, 760 Math 1, 740 US History, 700 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Psych (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Comp Gov (4), Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, English 12A, Government/Economics, Digital Imaging 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as a busboy
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteering, Library Volunteering
Summer Activities: International Hospital Volunteering
Essays: Good, reviewed by lawyer cousin and developed over a few weeks
Teacher Recommendation: Not known, but I think great!
Counselor Rec: Not known, but I think good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State: CA
School Type: Top 50 Public In USA
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, Volunteering
Weaknesses: GPA, EC</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely SAT
General Comments: Good Luck to others!</p>
<p>Waitlisted.
UC GPA: 3.42
SAT: 2100
Good personal statements, OK ECs
Wow, I thought UCSC would be a safety for me. I’ve gotten into Cal Poly SLO and UCR so far. I guess this means I have no shot at any other UC.</p>
<p>Accepted
4.3 GPA (4.13 UC GPA, I think…), 2020 SAT (670 CR, 650 M, 700 W)
Human Biology Major
In state, below average ECs, solid essays. Lots of AP/honors classes.
Super happy (:</p>
<p>Admissions has been quite harsh at a LOT of schools this year, I wouldn’t sweat too much about it since you got in to SLO, good luck!</p>
<p>What majors?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 580 R/640 M/590 W - 1810
[</em>]ACT: Didn’t submit.
[<em>]SAT II: N/A (didn’t take any, … I know)
[</em>]UC GPA: 4.36
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2% in class of 154, we technically don’t rank though
[</em>]ELC?: Yes
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t offer AP
[</em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Statistics, Honors Digital Arts in Mixed Media, Honors Adv. Physics (Engineering), Honors English, Honors Spanish 4, Honors Calculus, Creative Writing, Yearbook, & my cohort class for senior project.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, but we won 1st Place Yearbook at our local county fair, I got a local leadership award, the Visionary award at a conference I went to, and I got $600 for being a student ambassador.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief, 3 years), Link Program (Leader, 3 years), School Student Ambassador (Treasurer, 3 years), People to People (Student Ambassador, summer 2012), Senior Committee (Logistics Coordinator, 1 year), Invisible Children (1 year), Representative for this anti-gambling conference I went to.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: local Children’s Museum intern, Private tutor (1.5 years)
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: My elementary school, my middle school, my church… some other random stuff.
[</em>]Personal Statement: I think they were pretty good. I wish I would’ve made them sound different, because when I read them back, they had similar endings, writing-wise. For the first one, I wrote about how the career I want to pursue stemmed from this online game I used to play when I was 10 (long, complicated story). For the second one, I wrote about how I used to love reading the “daily life” section of my history textbooks when I was younger, and how I got to learn a different culture first-hand through a home stay in Italy.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Undeclared - Visual and Performing Arts and Media
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Small (154 seniors, 600 students altogether), Charter, Relatively New
[</em>]Ethnicity: Filipino-American
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: Upper-Middle class (~$160,000)
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I really don’t think I had any…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Personal statement and grades
[</em>]Weaknesses: TEST SCORES!
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a unique story to tell which is what I wrote one of my personal statements on.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Really happy that I got in - UCSC is my safety school in terms of GPA, so I would’ve been disappointed if I was rejected… visited the campus last year on a long weekend and I loved how serene and peaceful SC seems.</p>
<p>@vulpesinculta YES! I got rejected from cal poly, and I know some people from my school who got in with lower stats!</p>
<p>@coquimom I applied as marine biology, but I might change it to regular bio</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.7 (3.52 unweighted)
SAT: 2020 (M 670, CR 650, W 700)
SAT II: French-570, Math II- 560
Great EC’s (Head of tech club and summer tech leader four years, two varsity sports–all four years)</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Also accepted at CalPoly SLO</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Decision Date: 3/15/13
Application Plan: RD </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 770 M, 780 W) - superscore
2300 ( 800 CR, 770 M, 730 W) - single sitting
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: 750 Math II, 730 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio(4), AP Stat(5), AP Spanish
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Econ, AP English, AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended[/list]Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy scouts(Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol leader)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Start-up doing database management and web design
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteering, Library Volunteering
Summer Activities: Junior college CS courses, worked at a start-up
Essays: Good, showed a good amount of voice
Teacher Recommendation: Probably fine
Counselor Rec: Better relationship with my counselor than most kids at my high school, I’m guessing good!
Additional Rec:From the CEO of the company I worked at
Interview: None
Other
State: CA
School Type: Top Public in Nor-Cal
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely SAT
General Comments: This was my safety, but I honestly think I’d be perfectly happy attending here. Good luck to everyone else, it seemed to be quite a bit tougher this year.</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted: Nowhere yet! This is my first, hopefully it won’t be my last.</p>
<p>For transfer student, gotta get better grade than UCR for sure. Also they will give you decision at pretty much last minute as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 580 R/580 M/590 W - 1750
ACT: Didn’t submit.
SAT II: N/A (didn’t take any, … I know)
UC GPA: 4.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 9% although not sure of exact ranking
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Language and Composition (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Literature and Composition, Info. Processing, Student Leadership, AP Government and Politics.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club, Gay Straight Alliance, Bob Blumenfield’s High School Leadership Commission, ASB Student Affairs…NOTHING MAJOR…
Job/Work Experience: Nothing.
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing once again… I really messed up
Personal Statement: I think these are what helped me the most. I took about 3 months to write them and I revised them like 15 times, NO LIE.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Big over 500 graduating seniors. 3000 total students
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $15,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Gay, Bullying, First Generation, Finding my passion. the norm. LOL.
Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement and grades
Weaknesses: Test Score.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My personal statement really showed my personality.
General Comments: Second UC acceptance and hopefully not the last.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (700CR, 650M, 720W)
ACT: 34
SAT II: Biology M (800), Chemistry (730), Math II (670)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/507
Senior Year Course Load: AP United States Government & Politics, AP English Literature, Honors Anatomy & Physiology, Honors Physics, German IV, AP Calculus BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch & Lomb Science Award, AP Scholar w/ Honors
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (mentor, captain), Spring Reading Challenge (captain), Envirothon, Science Club, Science Olympiad, Biology Olympics, Future Business Leaders of America, volunteer tutor
Job/Work Experience: Private chemistry, biology, and physics tutor
Volunteer/Community service: All within clubs (especially FBLA and tutoring lab)
Summer Activities: local Conservation Camp, Penn State Conservation Leadership School, National Student Leadership Conference @ UC Berkeley
Essays: I think both of my essays were really good, one was about being a gay trans student in an extremely conservative environment and the other was about my passion for biology.
Teacher Recommendation: n/a
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep!
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
School Type: Public, average high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen college student, LGBT identified
Reflection
Strengths: My essays, ACT scores, difficulty of classes, and class rank
Weaknesses: Not much leadership, no teacher recs (darn you, UCs)
Why you think you were accepted: Combination of all my strengths, I think I’m a pretty good candidate, and it helps that I’m a first gen student and I believe my passion for biology came across in my application.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I: 2130 (700CR/760M/670W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math Level 2/800 Physics/800 Chinese
[<em>]Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): 4.1
[</em>] UC GPA: 3.86 (UW) 4.36-ish (W) (These are a bit blurry as I’ve never gotten the hang of calculating them properly. Our school also has major grade deflation)
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/270
[</em>]AP: Psychology (5), Computer Science (4), Chinese (5)
[<em>]IB: IB Diploma: English (HL), Computer Science (HL), Physics (HL), Psychology (SL), Math (SL), Chinese (SL)
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult course load offered by our school. The above classes plus Theory of Knowledge
[<em>]I also took two 4 unit college courses at UC Berkeley
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 6 years of competitive air pistol and rapid fire pistol of junior team in Shanghai (2 years as team captain), MUN, Debate (Group leader), School magazine (Science and Technology department leader)
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Had a job for one summer as assistant manager for a child daycare system
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Personnel manager and salesperson of a charity fundraiser where we sold sunglasses to fund surgeries for the senior citizen population. We raised enough money to fund 100 surgeries.
[<em>]Essays: I’d say pretty strong. I wrote about how moving to China changed my world and how seeing the differences in culture inspired me to learn about the world around me for the first essay. The second essay was about overcoming gender biases which exist in China, particularly in the pistolling community, and how becoming team captain had given me the confidence to pursue what I love and not let social norms restrict who I am.
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation: Not required
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not required
[</em>]Additional Rec: Not required
[li]Interview: Not required</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Domestic applicant applying from China
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: My parents retired early
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Probably my essays and my extracurricular activities.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My scores and grades. My school has major grade deflation and it looks terrible for the UCs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were rather compelling
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCR (Accepted with Regents), UC Merced (Accepted with Regents), MIT (Rejected), GATech (Rejected probably because my essays for this school was terrible)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m glad I got in. Still waiting on Berkeley!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>Was anyone able to see their financial aid offer online?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 R/630 M/750W - 2100
ACT: Didn’t submit.
SAT II: U.S. History: 720; Math II: 630;
UC GPA: 3.92
Rank: Top 10% in class of 110
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Biology, US Government, English Lit and Comp
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A - my school doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: Statistics, Physics, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Biology, AP US Governmet, Morality, ADV Musical Theater</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Spanish Club (President, 2 years), ASB (Historian) Habitat for Humanity, Interact Club, Christian Service Program, Campus Ministry Involvement, Drama Club, Video Club, Varsity Swim, Cross Country, Track and Field, Tae Kwon Do
Job/Work Experience: Halloween Express Seasonal Halloween Store (4 months)
Volunteer/Community service: Projects associated with Interact Club, Habitat for Humanity, and the Christian Service Program, as well as non-school service such as Mission for Remission and LifeChronicles Transcribing
Personal Statement: I think they were very well done. One focused on the experience of growing up with a father who was consistently absent due to the demands of the military. The second focused on my postive transformation as a student and person in general.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State: California
School Type: Small (110 seniors, about 500 students altogether), Private Catholic, Founded 1963
Ethnicity: Caucasain - Nothern European Descent
Gender: Male
Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement and test scores
Weaknesses: GPA 
</p>
<p>General Comments: This is very exciting! Really wanted to go here and this just made my Friday! Beautiful campus and great atmosphere.</p>
<p>Accepted-- Pol Sci major</p>
<p>did you guys find out on the ucsc portal? I still haven’t gotten an email nor any change on my portal :(</p>
<p>decisions were released around midnight on your portal, so check there</p>
<p>One of my professors posted: “Just heard that UC Santa Cruz accepted only 48% of applications this year, down from 61% last year. That’s a huge increase in selectivity in just one year.”</p>