<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 770 M: 800 W: 760
[</em>] SAT IIs: Physics: 720 Math: 760 Chinese: 800
[<em>] GPA: 95% or 3.8 uw
[</em>] Rank: 2/250
[<em>] AP/IB scores: nada
[</em>] Courseload: Very Heavy. but I Love it!
[li] Other stats: Canadian Merit Semi Finalist =P Every involved in School, Exec on City wide Student Govn't. lots lots of stuff =))</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Run my own non-profit organization that tutors new immigrants and a lot of under privileged kids in the community! Countless hours.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): about leadership/entrepreneurship and stuff like that. Don?t really remember because it?s so last minute procrastination.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Asian International! LOL</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul] Toronto CANADA!
[<em>] State or Country: ^
[</em>] School Type: Medium Public! I don?t think anyone has ever gotten into anywhere in the States before @.@
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese Canadian!
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Major strength/weakness: SAT/Essay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am SO excited Guys! After Getting rejected from all those places, thank goodness I <3 UCB! ByeBye SNOW and hello CALIFORNIA! See y?all soon xoxo</p>
<p>I got in with a ACT score of 23 (out of 36) & a SAT score of 1500 (out of 2400). (Spring Admission though.) I had a 4.2 UC GPA, I'm Asian (that doesn't help, lol), and I'm in all IB classes. I'm surprised I got into Spring Admission though!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2380 CR: 780 M: 800 W:800
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 World History, 800 Bio E
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UC GPA, 3.66 UW
[</em>] Rank: 150/550 (some crazy ass competitive public school)
[<em>] AP/IB scores: 5 apush, 5 stats, 5 bio
[</em>] Courseload: 6 aps
[li] Other stats: irrelevant apparently </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: not good enough to matter
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): not good enough apparently
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public(top 10 in Ca)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Major strength/weakness: who knows</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: who cares</p>
<p>i got rejected from ucla too
congrats to everyone who got in i guess</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 590 M: 750 W:710
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 IIC, 760 BioM, 700 US
[<em>] GPA: 4.313 W, 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 3% out of 400 kids
[<em>] AP/IB scores: 5 CalcAB, 5 Bio, 5 US, 3 World
[</em>] Courseload: 8 AP's total; 4 are from this year.
Other stats (Awards, etc.):ELC, Piano Certificate of Merit, AP with Honors, 200 community service hours.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Tutoring club, activism in politics, my passion and drive, etc.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I don't think I was that special. I guess whatever is in this post is what the colleges found good.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person: **[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Medium? 400 people
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Major strength/weakness: Str: Math and sciences</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am content.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 CR 680 M 710 Wr (2170)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 US History, 670 Biology, 590 MathIIC
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.67w, 3.89 uw
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Biology, Calculus BC, US History, Statistics, American Government/Politics, MicroEconomics, Psychology, English Lit/Comp
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I was an exchange student for a summer in Japan...best thing ever, gave me great essay topics :)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Oh happiness! Congrats to everyone else too!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 750 M: 800 W: 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: M: 800 Bio: 780
[<em>] GPA: 4.63 something
[</em>] Rank: 5/692
[<em>] AP/IB scores: 4 5s, 1 4
[</em>] Courseload: took most APS i could up til junior year, then slackked off this year
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): i suck at writing but wrote abt a personal conflict and was sincere
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): dunno, but I founded my own club Students for the Environment and Animal Life</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Major strength/weakness: strength: math, weakness: writing</p>[/li]
<p>im soooo happy!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760M. 730 CR. 720 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math. 760 US. 730 Chem.
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4/3.9
[<em>] Rank: 16/720
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5’s=Calc BC. Chem. Bio. 4’s=Lang. US. Euro.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Lit, Pysch, Physics C, Stats, Gov (AP everything)
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: don’t know
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit commended. Bunch of piano awards. LeadAmerica conference </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: tennis (10-12 varsity) co-captain & captain. Piano since 6 yrs old. Volunteered 170 hrs at hospital. NHS VP. Character Club Pres. CSF member, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teach piano, teach tennis, tutor
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): my dad passed away. Month long summer program at UCSD (math & science related)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: okay I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): didn’t have one
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: southern California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Income Bracket: um
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): stated above
[<em>] Strengths: um
[</em>] Weaknesses: um
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: um, haha [/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: yay!</p>
<p>No fee waiver.
SAT: 700/770/740
SATII: 700/770/740 (i know, weird huh)
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.2 W
Rank: none
AP: Psych (5)
Apps from My school: At least like 80. We usually get about 30-40 CAL acceptances a year.
Awards: NMFinalist.. thats pretty much it.</p>
<p>ECs: key club (secretary), varsity tennis (CIF champs!), NHS, Amnesty Intl, orchestra (6 years)
Job/Work: None
Essays: I wrote about the beach haha. The other two were about orchestra and going to Idaho.
Hook: Huh?</p>
<p>State: CA!
School Type: Public, very small, pretty competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Strength/Weakness: SATs were not too bad. I'm pretty well-rounded, but nothing exceptional. As for weakness, well.. I thought I was too stereotypical .
Why accepted/denied? PURE LUCK</p>
<p>Other: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE! I'm so happy! :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT 29
[</em>] SAT IIs: Am Hist 700, English 650
[<em>] GPA: UC wted 4.1 ish
[</em>] Rank: doesn't rank but prob top 5 %
[<em>] AP/IB scores: three 4's, one 3
[</em>] Courseload: most demanding, accelerated 4 x 4 curriculum</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: some, political campaign and child care
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): about summer research program, very good
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): summer tall ship/research program, challenges (parental illness, financial), Speech/Debate awards, Interact Pres /comm svc, Violet Richardson award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: w
[</em>] Gender:female
[li] Major strength/weakness:strength- overcoming adversity, intellectual curiosity, GPA/demanding curriculum</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: rejected by UCLA, but who cares???!!! Go CAL! See you there!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR:740 M:710 W:710 (total 2160)
[</em>] SAT IIs: USH: 650, Math 2: 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.96UW, ~4.4ish W
[</em>] Rank: no rankings, all I know is ELC
[<em>] AP/IB scores: Calc BC - 5, US History - 5
[</em>] Courseload: English Lit, Stats, Microecon, Govt, Physics (all AP) and French 5 H
[li] Other stats: Piano, but really not much going on. Basically zero community service.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs, both as piano accompanists (one since 9/03 and the other since 10/06)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): how I switched from math to English, my love of corny jokes and other non-academic things, my love for reading
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Socal
[</em>] School Type: Public, not that competitive but known among UCs
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Major strength/weakness: GPA and SAT (to an extent), decent EC in piano. Weakness is definitely my lack of community service/volunteering</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: COMPLETE shock, I was convinced I wouldn't get in. No fin aid unfortunately</p>