Official Countdown and Acceptances Thread (UCSB 2012)

<p>rejected..</p>

<p>Accepted!!
3.6 wgpa
1580 SAT I
1000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
LOW INCOME
1ST GENERATION
GREAT ESSAYS</p>

<p>What major did you apply under wf909?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS/undecided</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2190 superscored, 2110 single sitting

  • ACT: 33
  • SAT IIs: 770Lit, 710 math2
  • GPA: 3.8 UW/ 3.9 W (OR, not UC)
  • Rank: 7% (w)
  • Other stats: 6-8 APs, A’s/B’s and 4’s/5’s on all
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Looked good to me

  • Teacher Recs: Don’t know
  • Counselor Rec: 1 counselor for 600+ kids, what do you think
  • Hook (if any): white middle class female :smiley:
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: OR

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Female
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: This is D, not going, UCSB was a safety for her, she was admitted at a few schools that are much higher on her list.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 600 CR 720 M 720 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 740 Chem, 800 Math 2</li>
<li>GPA: 3.6 UW, 3.95 W</li>
<li>Rank: 70/</li>
<li>Other stats: Pretty decent ECs.</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: ok.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Public, medium school in affluent area</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>I am accepted.
^_^</p>

<p>lolcat language:</p>

<p>their aksept me to go into dere skewl.</p>

<p>rejected. this is my second rejection, along with SD</p>

<p>ACCEPTED (honors)</p>

<p>*4.25 gpa
*680 sat m 720 sat w 700 sat r
*610 sat french 620 sat math 700 sat ushistory</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!
on saturday thru high achieving applicants reception and acceptance notification today into undeclared letters and science</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2
SAT: 1850 (composite) 1810 (one sitting)
SAT II : 720 USH, 640 MATH II</p>

<p>from CA</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted w/ Honors</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Economics

  • Fee Waiver Used?:no
  • SAT I (by section): m:640 r:680 w:620
  • SAT IIs: MAth II: 670 US History: 690
  • GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 4.08 WGPA: 3.97 UW:dont know
  • Rank: i was QOT
  • ACT: overall: 32 r:36 m:29 s:31 e:31 e/w: 28
  • APs (including this year’s): 2
  • IBs (including this year’s: none
  • Senior Yr Courseload: H. Physics, AP Stat, Biotech, Adv. Video, Multi-Cultural Lit, Gov/Econ
  • Number of Apps from Your School: ?
  • Other stats (Awards, etc.):bunch of sports awards
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Three varsity sports, made Homecoming Documentary, church service

  • Job/Work Experience:video production job, summer camp
  • Essays (subject and responses): talked about a family experience and wrestling
  • Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:ca

  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):LARGE public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket: rich…
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no
  • Strengths: varsity athlete in three sports all four years of high school, competed on the state level for two of them.
  • Weaknesses: academics
  • Why you think you were accepted: im a OG = )
    </code></pre>

<p>got in!
haha they must be on crack, i had a 3.4 gpa</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730, 660
[<em>] GPA: 4.0; UC GPA: 3.97
[</em>] Courseload: very rigorous, took 9 AP’s and a bunch of honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: One mediocre, one amazing (all judged from feedback)
[</em>]EC’s: average for the most part, weakest point
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: competitive public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors/Hook?:
If any, my enormous upward trend would have helped.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: N/A</li>
<li>ACT: 29 (30 Math & Science, 29 Reading, 26 English)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math II - 750, Bio - 640 (self-taught this subject)</li>
<li>GPA: UC 3.89, regular 3.58</li>
<li>Rank: Doesn’t rank</li>
<li>Other stats: Completed a college course during the summer, earned 4.0 GPA, upward trend in grades from 3.1 (freshman yr)–>3.9 (senior yr)</li>
</ul>

<p>ACCEPTED: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: N/A
ACT: 30
SAT II’s: MATHIIC: 700 Physics: 760
GPA: UC 4.35
RANK: 3/780
AP’s: Calc AB (5), Physics B (4), European History (5), US History (4), 5 senior year</p>

<p>ESSAY’s: One about me making shirts, the other about me watching the Science Channel</p>

<p>EC’s: Yearbook Tech Editor, CSF</p>

<p>State: SoCal
School Type: Public, not competitive but within the top 100 kids…extremely cut-throat competitive</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Hooks: AP exam grades baby…quality over quantity</p>

<p>I think my essays were extremely good too</p>

<p>Accepted!!!
I can’t even believe it!im soo excited! :]
i literally screamed went i checked my status!</p>

<p>Accepted. </p>

<p>Congrats to those who saw UCSB as their first choice. I’m most likely not going to go considering the stories i have heard about this school. </p>

<p>Good luck to you all</p>

<p>Accepted, no lie :/</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: Undeclared</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: No</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): math:510 critical reading: 610 writing:580 </li>
<li>SAT IIs: Literature: 670 US History: 730</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 4.08, I don’t know unweighted</li>
<li>Rank: 34/724</li>
<li>ACT: 29 overall. Can’t remember the specifics. Sorry, guys</li>
<li>APs (including this year’s): Tests taken will be seven. Classes taken will be nine. 4 AP Euro, 5 APUSH, 4 AP Hum Geo, 3 AP Eng Lang</li>
<li>IBs (including this year’s): none</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Bio, AP Stat, Advanced Composition</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: Unknown</li>
<li>Other stats (Awards, etc.): Three medals from the LAUSD Academic Decathlon</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, President of Film Society</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Courtesy clerk at supermarket</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): The describe your world essay was written about how much I love Los Angeles. The quality essay was written about my sense of urgency.</li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): lol none</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school. 3000+ kids</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $60,000.</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minority, first generation</li>
<li>Strengths: None that I know of</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Math. No community service. </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted: I was ELC.</li>
</ul>

<p>ACCEPTED biochemistry major. 1920 SAT 660 math2 690 chem.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1800

  • SAT IIs: 610 math2,670 chem
  • GPA: 3.75; UC GPA: 4.2 or so
  • Courseload: 2 honors soph,3 honors junior and 2 ap+1h this year
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: idk i did it last minute but i thought it was good

  • EC’s: boys state delegate and i took an engineering class over the summer
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

  • School Type: non competitive public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors/Hook?:
lame school and elc</p>