<p>Accepted!!!
UC GPA: 4.4
UW GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1690</p>
<p>DS accepted
Computer Science, gaming
ACT 33 (35S,35CR,32E,30M)
SAT 1460 (math & CR)
Instate</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Biology major
3.7 UC GPA
2010 SAT
No rank
6 APs
Varsity track/cross country
Southern California</p>
<p>This acceptance softens the sting of Davis’ rejection a little. Will probably end up at Texas A&M, though.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
SAT 1730
International Student</p>
<p>Yeah!!! What the heck happened with UCSC this year?? this was supposed to be a safety for me too! I got into Cal Poly and LMU which are both supposedly harder to get into… but didn’t get into UCSC! So confused.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Chemistry</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:620 M:650 W:660 - Total:1930</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:620 M:660 W:670 - Total:1950</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT (breakdown): didn’t take it</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT superscore (breakdown): didn’t take it</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II (subject, score): Math Level 2:600 Chemistry:660</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6/3.7</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA: 4.09 (UC)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (according to UC’s)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (3), Chemistry (3), AP Calculus AB (4), AP Spanish Literature (4), AP Spanish Language (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parentheses): didn’t take any</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, Honors Physics, AP English Literature, Economics, Folklorico</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Community Service Award (>200 hrs), AMC Contest Award</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):[/li]Hands & Paws Club (3 yrs, 1 year as treasurer), Mariachi (5 yrs, trumpet leader), Swim (5 yrs), Softball (4 yrs), school Folklorico group (joined this year; plan to continue in college) </p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community Service: >200 hrs @ a hospital </p>[/li]
<p>Other</p>
<p>[li] U.S. State/Territory or Country: LA, CA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Medical Magnet; Blue Ribbon School</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket Range: $20,000 - $30,000</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):first generation, first in family,</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments & Advice:
Congratulations to anyone else who was accepted!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Undeclared - Business & Economics</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1900 composite
Unweighted GPA: 3.15 out of 4.0
UC GPA: 3.4
Rank: 450/710 or something like that roughly
AP: APUSH (3), AP Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load: It was okay I guess, I’m taking 3 AP classes and 3 other classes.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: None really, I was in yearbook for two years though.
Job/Work Experience: Freelance artist.
Volunteer/Community service: Barely any.
Essays: I thought they were pretty strong- I showed a lot of passion, interest, and dedication in what I do and what I believe in.</p>
<p>Other
State: Out of state
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: My essays probably
Weaknesses: GPA for sure
Why you think you were accepted: I think my essays and work experience were good and my GPA was low but my SAT overrode it.</p>
<p>General Comments: If you’re looking to get in, grades aren’t everything, make sure your essays are strong and show passion. Make sure your SAT score is good because I’m pretty sure my decent SAT score made up for my terrible GPA. If you were going through tough times and whatever, make that clear to them because I think that’s a huge part of why I got in, as that also impacts how they look at your GPA.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 630 R, 610 M, 800 W
ACT: 31
SAT II: 670 LIT, 690 US H
UC GPA: 3.7
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), APLANG (5), AP WORLD (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Christian Lifestyles/Eastern Religions, Spanish IV, Web Design, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Government, Honors Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Youth & Government (Newspaper Editor, Delegation Historian), Painting class every saturday, photography, weekly guitar lessons, other random stuff/clubs at school.
Job/Work Experience: Homework helper at inner-city center for underprivileged kids in Downtown Los Angeles
Volunteer/Community service: Tree People, Heal the Bay, Midnight Mission, working at nursing homes
Personal Statement: I wrote one about photography and paralleled my perspective on life to that of a camera (cropping, changing aperture, exposure, etc etc) and how my world has changed because of photography. the second one was about growing up in Los Angeles surrounded by stereotypes about the glam of hollywood, and all that jazz, and I basically destroyed those stereotypes and showed how growing up in LA has shaped me as a person, made me more open minded, allowed me to meet people of all races, sexual orientations, etc. These explanations don’t really do my essays justice, but I’m very proud of them and I had fun writing them.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Spanish/Politics
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Catholic School with 1200 students. ~250 seniors
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: Personal statement and grades
Weaknesses: EC’s maybe?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unfortunately (fortunately for me, though) UC’s focus A LOT on test scores & grades. But in addition, I think my essays really showed what I could offer to the UCSC community
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Santa Cruz is the only school I would consider going to if I stayed in California. I’ve been pretty set on going to the east coast, but with the weather there and the price of the private liberal arts schools I applied to, Santa Cruz is pretty high on my list</p>
<p>Accepted
SAT 2170
GPA 4.3
5 on AP Engish, 4 on AP Bio, 5 on AP US Hist
Currently in AP Calc AB and AP Psych
Multiple Honors courses all 4 years
Green Club
Above the Influence Club
Varsity Baseball
LIFE Emmaus Team (Campus ministry club/youth group)
125 Service Hours
Student Retreat Leader
Student Ambassador
Club Baseball
2 Great teacher recs (they both love me)</p>
<p>Accepted
4.02 GPA
SAT 1730
Only one AP class, stats
3 years of football, very little community service or other ECs though
Average essays I wrote in about an hour
Im black/white mixed so that probably helped.
Waitlisted at Davis but UCSC was my first choice to im about to hit that accept button :)</p>
<p>Goodness you guys are all over achievers! At the same time hs classes are all weighed the same except for AP~</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
GPA: 3.19
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Intensive Psychology
State: California
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low
My essay was very good and I’ve taken about 72 units with mostly A’s… unfortunately 3 5 unit c’s out of 22 classes can make your 3.6 go to a 3.1 = 3=
Next week I have an interview with UCSC for a scholarship for 20k for transfer students though, competing with two other kids from my school so wish me luck : )!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 590 M, 640 R, 720 W = 1950
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 730 USH, 680 English Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] UC GPA: around 4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% of 76
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4), APUSH (5), AP Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calculus A/B, AP Lit, AP Gov
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama (4 years), editor-in-chief of school newspaper, NHS, CSF, choir, student council (4 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 7 years at summer camp for special needs kids (280 hours)
[</em>] Essays: excellent, about brother with special needs and the theatre department</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: English
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA resident
[</em>] School Type: Catholic private (very competitive)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Income Bracket: $100,000+</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: a lot of consistent extracurriculars, great essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: low test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted/waitlisted! Does anyone know anything about the selectivity of the first-year honors program? And is acceptance to the program a good indicator of acceptance to UCs like UCLA or UCB?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: neurobiology, physiology, and behavior</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:640 M:640 W:710 - Total:1990
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:640 M:640 W:720 - Total:2000
ACT (breakdown): dont feel like typing in all the results
ACT superscore (breakdown): 27
SAT II (subject, score): US History: 700, Molecular Biology: 640
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (according to UC’s), and top 1% within my school
AP (place score in parentheses): AP World (2), English Language (3), AP Bio (4), AP USH (4), IB (place score in parentheses): didn’t take any
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Statistics, AP Chem, AP US Gov, AP Econ
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar, Academic letter, Excellence in english, 4.0 Cummulative</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): President of a community service club at my school for 2 years and was a member for 3 years, CSF 4 years, VP of cultural club, started the school supply drive at my school through the club i was president in
Job/Work Experience: math and science tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: 160+hours at local hospital, 64 hours at a preschool
Essays: I can’t evaluate my own, but i wrote about my inner conflict with a particular aspect in my culture for one essay and about how my presidency in a club had helped me grow as a person</p>
<p>Other
U.S. State/Territory or Country: Northern California
School Type: average public high school, not highly regarded
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern (Afghan)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): none that i can think of</p>
<p>Reflection
strength: again i cannot self evaluate very well on this, maybe it was my essays, I was very honest in them and did not hold back on what i wanted to convey in them
weakness: possibly lack of interesting awards or extracurriculars?</p>
<p>Comments: I’m so grateful that I got into this amazing school. Although it’s not my top choice, it is definitely a school I’m considering. Congrats to those who got in, and for those who didn’t, don’t let it bring you down. Its what you put into it, not what you get out of it. You will be successful at any school you choose to go to as long as you make the right decisions and work hard to pursue whatever it is you want to achieve.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>SAT: 2110 (1430/1600)
GPA: 4.4~
Solid ECs, good essays, in-state
Major: Undeclared Life Sciences</p>
<p>I applied to UCSC as a backup (wouldn’t mind being in its beautiful atmosphere!), but it seems like they got pretty harsh this year! That and the UC acceptances are just kinda weird overall. One of my friends has AMAZING ECs, decent grades, and has taken a good number of APs, but was waitlisted for UCSC (but also admitted to UCI). Another friend with less significant ECs, lower grades and a less rigorous schedule was admitted to UCSC. Just goes to show how unpredictable admissions can really be!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1710 (520CR, 550M, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 560 Spanish Language, 550 Mathematics Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.04
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mech, Honors English IV, Honors Ethics, Honors Spanish Language, Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years of Student Council, 3 years of JV soccer, 3 years of JV volleyball, took Spanish classes in South America, participated in summer camp COSMOS UCI
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A few different archaeological community services in South America, and some small things here and there.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Overall good, spent three months revising them many times with my counselor.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undeclared - Physical Sciences
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$25,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Essays, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall I think I was pretty well-rounded, with the exception of SAT scores.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (710M, 700W, 610CR)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take.
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.361 (Struggled through adversity and depression but that’s not much of an excuse. I should have tried harder and applied myself more often.)
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.65
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 20-30%… T_<strong><em>T
[li] ELC?: Definitely not… ></em></strong>>[/li][<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), AP U.S. History (4), AP Calculus AB (4), AP Chemistry (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Government, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, two elective classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, a few honor rolls and certificates of distinction here and there.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Engineering club (founder and president for three years), Google Science Fair (team project leader), YouTube Space Lab (team project leader), District Science Fair (team project leader), Real World Design Challenge (team project leader), Computer programming.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Science camp counselor (100 hours), various other science related stuff (25 hours)
[</em>] Personal Statement: Probably the best couple pieces I have ever written in my entire life. I feel that my personal statements really showed my ability to overcome adversity and how that adversity has generated my passion for science and technology and evolved me into a better, brighter person. Friends and teachers all said they were excellent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Not applicable.
[<em>] School Type: Very large public high school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$30,000-40,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation to college.
Reflection
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, extracurriculars, extracurriculars, essays, SAT
[<em>]Weaknesses: GPA ( T____T ), … perhaps major of choice?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the obvious scientific focus that I placed in my extracurricular activities and essays (and the whole overcoming adversity part of my essays), as well as my relatively decent SAT score were the only reasons I even had a chance at a lot of colleges. Just goes to show that GPA isn’t everything.
[/ul]General Comments: Wasn’t planning on going to UC Santa Cruz but I’m glad I got in. Also got into UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. Rejected from UC Davis and UC San Diego. Waiting (but not expecting anything) for UC Berkeley and UCLA. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted for Honors Course</p>
<p>Major: Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (800M, 680W, 670CR)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (36M, 32S, 31E, 29R, 9W)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 (Math Level II), 800 (Physics), 800 (Chemistry)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.88
[<em>] UC GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% in class of approx. 150
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Scholar (India), KVPY Fellow (India)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (Grade 2 LCM), Quizzes, EdX
[</em>] Personal Statement: Pretty good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Wanted to but not eligible
[</em>] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Science
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$35000-$45000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT Subject Tests, MITx (Scored 96% overall in the spring 2012 offer of 6.002x - Circuits and Electronics Course in EdX (then MITx)), KVPY and NTSE Fellowships (Considered highly competitive in India), Great school results etc.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I, Low ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of the above strengths and my essay which I believe portrayed correctly my aptitude for science and technology.[/li][/ul]**General Comments: **Waiting for UCLA and UC Berkeley!
Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Accepted
GPA: UW 3.63
W No idea around 3.85
SAT I 1850 W 620 M 540 CR 690
Undeclared</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010; M (610), CR (670), W (730)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Lit (600), US (570), Math 2 (600)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.17
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/490
[<em>] ELC?: yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, European History, US, Calc AB, Lit, Gov
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP gov, stats, photography, journalism news, water polo
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (news editor, EIC), Girl Scouts (Ambassador Scout), Water Polo (V + JV; 2-time captain), Swim team (V+JV), Youth and Government, Green Club, NHS, CSF
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: part-time retail job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout service projects (Bronze + Silver Awards), volunteered at an underprivileged kindergarten in Germany with sister cities exchange
[<em>] Personal Statement: good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: psychology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: underfunded public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extracurriculars/leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: AP scores, SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they really look at the whole package. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ve been accepted to UCI (honors), UCSD, UCSB (honors), UCLA. Rejected from Northwestern and UNC- Chapel Hill. Waiting for USC & UCB. I got accepted to the honors program at UCSC. I’m excited!</p>
<p>Accepted
GPA: 3.16
SAT: 1660
Major: Business Management Economics
Financial aid: no
EC: Marching Band 4 years, Wind symphony 2 years, Winter Drumline 3 years
Captain of the drumline senior year, wind symphony performance in Carnegie Hall and London during the Olympics.</p>
<p>Took 3 AP’s, passed all of the tests
it was my essays</p>