<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1780 total, like 740 math, 550 writing, and 490 reading
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 720 chemistry, 690 mathII, 610 US History (I planned not to take them since the representative I met from UCLA told me not to take them unless I wanted engineering, so I did not study until the last minute)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: not sure, 4.1…something
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9%, 24 out of 536
[<em>] ELC?: Yes [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): never took one before, taking Calc AP and Chem AP senior year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): school has no IB
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs as stated above and other 6 regular classes (1 Advanced art class) school has like 10 ap classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Like 3-4 schools awards, not that major and academic decathlon</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):…clubs like what everybody has CSF and several community services clubs…and some other things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked in family business but did not get paid due to serious financial instability
[li] Volunteer/Community service:hospital volunteering over 200 hrs, office volunteering 50 hrs, library volunteering over 50 hrs, academic decathlon, some other things</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Personal Statement:[/ul] I spent 2 months on it. I started in in the beginning of Sept and finished it in Nov. I guess it helped me a lot to. The first prompth is about my stuggles on language (I am an immigrant) from the first day of school. The second one is about how I am a big sister and those duties I have to do for my parents due to language barrier and I ended it with how much I love my brother and sister. I like the ending a lot though. One of my best essays (another best one was the one on The Great Gatsby I wrote in my American Dream class…) </p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[</em>] Intended Major:Computer engineering (I chose computer science as my alternate btw) seems like they did not post my major there so I am not sure if I got accepted into com enginerring or something else
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] School Type:public 2300 students total
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] like I said in my PS</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:my stable GPA throughout high school, volunteering
[</em>] Weaknesses:poor SAT scores, high school courses
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] I kinda expected this to happen.</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:
For high school juniors, everybody has a hook in his life, you just have to really find one and be serious about it. Once you start writing about something personal, or even your secrets that you never tell anyone, it will flow automatically. The best is to start a PS early, not the week before you submit(lots of my friends are like this).</p>
<p>This sounds like a very competitive year and some amazing candidates were not accepted. If you want to attend, I encourage you to appeal. (I’m a parent). My friend’s daughter appealed to UCSB with a 3.2 GPA and very low SAT’s. She got accepted. I also do not think it is unwise to choose a Community College. #1 it will be cheaper. #2 you will get a degree from the 4 year institution that you graduate from and it doesn’t say ‘transfer’. #3 often the teaching for lower division courses is of higher quality. #4 Sometimes, you can get into a more prestigious 4 year because you can do better in the Community College GPA-wise.</p>
<p>Did I say cheaper, less expensive, lower or no debt?.. </p>
<p>I currently work at UCSD and we have many high achieving, successful transfer students. I know a few very well. One is a Physics major, getting all A’s and has a great internship in a Sustainability program. He’s having a great time. He will get into an MA or Ph.D. program of his choice.</p>
<p>Keep your head up people, this is going to be a roller coaster ride of month. Success is about persistence. Look up “Man in the Arena” by Teddy Roosevelt for inspiration.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (CR-690, M-680, W-740)
[</em>] ACT: 29 (but didn’t count because my SAT was higher than my ACT)
[<em>] SAT II: Biology (Molecular) - 730, Math Level 2 - 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.00
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.47
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (guessing around top 50%)
[<em>] ELC?: Nope.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), APUSH (4), Microecon, Calc AB, English Lit
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Econ, AP English, Art 2, Spanish 4 Honors, Physics Honors
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 1660 Hours of Programming for a registered corporation in my city. (all 4 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 960 Hours of tutoring students at my school (3 years), 36 Hours for Interact Club (1 year)
[</em>] Personal Statement:[/ul] Pretty darn good in my opinion. I wrote it about 3 days before I submitted my apps but they turned out to be really good either way. I wrote about how I helped a blind student and tutored him my sophomore year and how my family has lived in over 25 different cities and how that has culturally enriched me. My essays definitely gave the admissions officers what they were looking for dead on.</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeap.
[</em>] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering (SUPER competitive)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] Mom didn’t go to college? Tutoring and passion/dedication to helping others?</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, ECs, Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] My ECs, SATs, and essays saved my butt. I definitely slacked off in high school but I still got into one of the most competitive majors around. Getting into engineering isn’t a joke and I still made it despite my crappy GPA. Moral of my story? The UCs have definitely transitioned into a more holistic review and my ECs/essays counted A LOT in my admission decision. My programming experience definitely helped because my major will involve some amounts of programming. Also, my dedication to helping others definitely paid off and I was able to convince the admissions officers of my concern for others (which is one of the criteria that UCs look at). Sooo yeap… I made it in, and hopefully I’ll make it into the rest of the UCs as well. :D</p>
<p>weighed gpa: 4.4; unweighted gpa: 3.8
ACT: 34
born in South Africa
President of club (10+ hrs/week)
4 AP classes senior year (all As first semester)
did medical internship
Math 2 Subject Test: 770; Physics Subject Test: 680
played Varisty tennis for three years
overcome severe medical illness… </p>
<p>accepted to Vanderbilt, yet WAITLISTED to UCSC!</p>
<p>GPA 3.6 Weighted 4.0
SAT: 2170
SAT II: 780 World, 750 Biology, 680 Literature
APs: Gov 5, World 5, Art history 5, Lang 5, Calc AB 5, Bio 4
Senior Year: APES, AP Psych, AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Econ, College Calc II/III Straight A’s
200 hours hospital work, mock trial team, Student government, art club, art awards, etc.
Had some personal family deaths, moved from East Coast to West Coast junior year…</p>
<p>I thought this would be my safety school… Does this mean I will not get into any higher UC’s?</p>
<p>Why does it seem like people with high GPA and SAT got rejected/waitlisted? Did UCSC admission board deny applicants thinking that they won’t attend UCSC since they’re over qualified? Average UCSC accepted applicants last year were 3.3/1650. This is ridiculous! Never the less, don’t loose hope guys. All of you guys have a great chance at UCD, UCSB, UCI !</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Total: 2090 (CR 680 / Math 710 / Writing 700)
[</em>] SAT II: Math Level II: 700
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.04
[<em>] AP: Calc AB (3), APEH (3), APUSH (3), AP Stats (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Art History, World Lit, Hon. Spanish 7
[<em>] Major Awards: National Honor Society, CSF[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Piano, ASB Vice President, Class Council, ASB Interclub Commissioner, JV Swim Team, Community Service Club Publicity Chair, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: After School Program Assistant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ASB Student Store, local Library, Community Service club, etc.
[li] Personal Statement:[/ul] They took me about 3 weeks to write and revise, and I had a few adults revise them which was very helpful. I focused heavily on the first essay about what helped shape my life growing up and wrote about my dad’s positive influence on me. My second essay was a bit shorter and I talked about an accomplishment that I was proud of that made me one step closer towards achieving my goals and dreams.</p>[/li]
<p>Other:</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Management Econ
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] Country: USA
[<em>] School Type: Public (2,400+ students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Community service, Personal Statements
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT score, AP scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] I feel like the change to a holistic review definitely helped me out a lot. I’m not the strongest student academically so the fact that they are now considering what I’ve accomplished outside of the classroom was probably a big factor in determining my admissions decision.</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Good luck to everybody and congrats to those who got in!</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Not Taken
ACT: 35
SAT II: None Taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.10
UC GPA: 3.32
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ELC?: N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), APWORLD (5), APCHEM(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Gov/Econ, AP Studio Art, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Western Philosophy/Creative Writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Guitar, Bagpipes, Civil Air Patrol, Marine Corps DEP, Varsity Tennis (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Land Contracting, Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Not Much
Personal Statement: Pretty Strong</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English Literature
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation, Immigrant</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ACT, Essays, Extra Curricular
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT score, AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA is utter ****akeshrooms, but I believe my ACT and essays mixed along with my diverse ECs helped me get in.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I : 2200
[ *] GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.5 (UW), 4.2 W, 3.8 UCW
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%
[ *] ELC?: nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio AP (5), Eng Lang and Comp (5), Spanish AP (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Physics H, Eng Lit AP, Gov AP, Psych AP </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot. don’t want to be recognized with them, but president of a club, vp of several others. two varsity sports, one mainstream, the other less so. also, three instruments, one played +10 years, others dabble with in school (middle to hs). most ecs were +4 years, longest was 13. a lot of consistent philanthropy as well. only clubs were <4 yrs.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hrs at a hospital
[ *] Personal Statement: one about how decrease in grades was an isolated incident, another about my lifelong journey with life sciences (took programs since 2nd grade)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, won’t get it
[ *] Intended Major: Undclrd-Life & Health Sci
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >300,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, ECs, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA (just sophomore year)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: stats were there, essays cemented it.
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**[list]
GPA was in the gutter, but it was just in sophomore year. SATs were pretty good. Also had a lot of ecs. also i think i write well. maybe. lol.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 27
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.59
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), APUS History (4), APES (3, lol), AP Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc. AB, AP Lit., AP Gov/Hon. Econ. [/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rotary Interact (International Director), a few others but this is the most notable.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Two summer jobs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 400 hours
[</em>] Personal Statement: Emotionally powerful, but I don’t know if they’re good or not (I’d like to say they are).
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Astrophysics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern/Irish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>I think some of you kids with great stats that were denied or wait listed its because UCSC clearly was a safety for you. If UCSC is your first choice (I think you will be admitted to some of the more competitive UCs) you should appeal and let them know you would attend if admitted. If that’s the case.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 700 Math, 670 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 31 English, 32 Math, 29 Science, 27 Reading, 9 Writing (Took ACT twice)
[<em>] SAT II: 730 World History, 800 Math Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.68 (Took some courses in a CCC)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% I guess
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 in World, 4 in Environmental Science, 3 in Computer Science (plan to retake this year)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Not that great… I’m self-studying 3 APs and taking a AP US Government class</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I was once part of the only FIRST Tech Challenge team in San Francisco
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Beach Cleanup, Summer Camp Intern, helped out a politician’s reelection
[<em>] Personal Statement: Good enough I guess, I felt personal statements for OOS colleges I applied to were better
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, I think I may get loans
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100000
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Personal Statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Got lucky I guess. My UC GPA isn’t that high. I guess my test scores, ECs and personal statement helped a lot.[/ul]</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR, 650 Math, 760 Writing (2120 total)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 750 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3
ELC: yes
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but top 10% at least
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in U.S. History, 4 in Environmental Science
Senior Year Course Load: strong (7 classes, 4 APs)
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars: 4 years marching band, literary magazine editor, summer programs, 1 year karate, Link Crew, tutor 6 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: 2 years YAT club
Personal Statement: pretty unique - more on the abstract/artsy side
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got the Regents scholarship!
Intended Major: Undeclared (humanities)
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: test scores, GPA, personal statements
Weaknesses: inconsistent/not very many extracurriculars or community service (no leadership positions)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores, GPA, personal statement; I expressed a lot of interest in the school and had a unique application. I took some risks in my personal statements.
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