Official UC - Berkeley 2016 RD Results

tlektkfkd · March 30, 2012, 12:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (M: 770 R: 690 W: 720)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT IIs: Math 2 (780); US History (640); Bio (710)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18 of 635
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5); Environmental Science (5); Calculus BC (5); US History (4); Chemistry (3); Biology (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economic, AP French Language; AP Literature & Composition; AP Physics B; Concert Choir; Graphic Design
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist…?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: none.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public; pretty big
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars (+leadership positions)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCLA, UCSD, UCI, Case Western, Occidental College, and Boston University. Waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon and Wesleyan. Rejected at USC, Columbia, and Cornell (<–knew I was going to get rejected but tried anyways)

[/ul]General Comments:

ajenn3 · March 30, 2012, 12:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (superscore)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 680 French, 680 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/301, top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Taken 9 tests, scored all 4s except one 5 and two 3s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: APCS, APGov, AP Physics, APLit, Adv Calc (college course)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): class office, Varsity lacrosse all four years (not playing in college), vice-president of Club Operation Smile
[] Job/Work Experience: work part-time
[] Volunteer/Community service: executive director of the largest student-run fundraiser in my state, camp counselor
[] Summer Activities: working.
[] Essays: good I guess!
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA, from Seattle (OOS)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really, probably my community service.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to USC and a lot of other smaller CA schools (Chapman, LMU, Santa Clara) as well as Willamette and the UW.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: No money from Berkeley at all - can’t afford out of state tuition. It’s sad, since it’s my dream school, but I think I’ll be up north next year :/

semioticxlove · March 30, 2012, 12:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 530 CR, 590 M, 650 W (1770)
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 530 Math Level 2, 620 Molecular Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45 or 46/746
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), AP Bio (2), AP English Lang. (2)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Psych, AP Calc A/B, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP English 4
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Principal’s List, Senior of the Month
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
National Honor Society (Co-Historian '11, Treasurer '12)
Operation Smile (Treasurer '11, Activities Director '12)
KIWIN’s (Conventions Chair '11)
Tae Kwon Do (1st Degree Black Belt, part of demonstration team)
[] Job/Work Experience: Sears (2010-2011), Regal Entertainment Group (2011-present)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teacher Aide at Church
[] Summer Activities: Work? lol
[] Essays: I wrote one about how my life changed after my dad was laid off; wrote about how I had to balance out work, school, and extracurriculars. For the other, I wrote about Tae Kwon Do and how it changed me.
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec: Grandmaster for supplement recommendation
[] Interview:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 30,000 or below
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, AP Scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays and the supplement
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UCSB, UCI, Cal State Long Beach, and Fullerton; Waitlisted at UCSD, rejected from UCLA

[/ul]General Comments: I’m happy and very surprised. I thought my SAT score was too low for Berkeley! But I finally feel like everything I’ve done has paid off! :)

FattestChicken · March 30, 2012, 12:14am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 W 770 CR 780 M)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2 750 Bio M 750 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.78 W 4.3~
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5) USH (5) Computer Science A (5) Calc BC (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Stats, ASB, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar of something, USIP Essay Contest
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton, FRC Robotics, NHS, eSports Club (leadership in all), programming Minecraft plugins
[] Job/Work Experience: Coached at badminton gym and interned for small software company
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly NHS related
[] Summer Activities: Intern/Stanford EPGY Intro to Engineering
[] Essays: Thought they were good but there was definitely room for improvement
[] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, passion for badminton, programming
[] Weaknesses: GPA, asian male
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EECS too competitive
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: (Accepted: UCI UCSD UCD Santa Clara U) (Waitlisted: UCLA) (Rejected: MIT CMU USC)

[/ul]General Comments:
Only a couple of my friends got in. This was my last shot at getting into a school that I really wanted and I’m thoroughly disappointed with the admissions process - trying not to sound entitled but I feel like I should have gotten into at least one college between here, CMU, and USC. I guess what’s done is done. GPA just wasn’t there.

mm9mVo · March 30, 2012, 12:15am

Accepted
sat: 1980
unweighted gpa: 3.75
11 ap classes
top 10 of class (537)

highfructose · March 30, 2012, 12:18am

Decision: Accepted–College of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR 730, M 700, W 800)
ACT: nope
SAT II: Physics 710, Math Level 2 750, Bio E 760, Lit 730, Spanish 700, US History 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (5), US (5), music theory (4), lang/comp (5), spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): no
Senior Year Course Load: AP American Gov/Pol, AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, band, jazz band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE, AP Scholar w/ distinction, National Merit commended scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): band, jazz band–4 years
Job/Work Experience: continued paid employment w/ raise at a medical office (18 months)
Volunteer/Community service: a decent amount
Summer Activities: community college, work, NYLF
Essays: see below
Teacher Recommendation: not for Cal
Counselor Rec: see above
Additional Rec:
Interview: None.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: academics and work experience.
Weaknesses: SATs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no clue
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCSB, UCD; Waitlisted at UCLA, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, and Duke; Rejected at USC, Tufts, and Princeton

General Comments:

I am dumbfounded. I am beyond happy with how this has all turned out, and I am utterly confused as to how I could have been accepted at Cal, but rejected at USC. My results don’t really match up, but what has happened has happened, and, unless Stanford miraculously offers me a spot, I shall be a golden bear. I felt my essays were great, but evidently, many schools were not as impressed.

ryantoe · March 30, 2012, 12:20am

Decision: Accepted!!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):1670 610 Math, 570 Reading, 490 Writing

ACT: N/A

SAT II: 650 US History, 610 Biology-Molecular, 610 Math II

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/433

AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio-4, World history-3 United States History 3

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Boys state Delegate 2011, Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge Delegate 2011

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Assistant Editor in Chief 2011-2012, Opinion Editor 2010-2011) 3 years, Link crew (pep rally host) 1 year, Student 2 Student (President) 2 years

Job/Work Experience: Sleep away Camp Counselor 2 years, worked specifically with at risk kids for 2 weeks each year.

Volunteer/Community service: Museum of Man camp counselor 1 year

Summer Activities: Camp

Essays: About being a camp counselor. the second one was about my parents unconditional love and kindness to others and how I model my goals after them. both cliche in retrospect, but hey! it worked!

Other
State (if domestic applicant):California

School Type: Public, Average

Ethnicity: Asian

Gender: Male

Reflection

Strengths: My great involvement in my community and my leadership positions.

Weaknesses: Definitely my SAT

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my leadership.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCSD, Davis, & Bates. Rejected from Bowdoin, & Boston College, Waitlisted from UCLA, and still waiting for Notre Dame. (which is a long shot)

general comments:
I am extremely grateful that Berkeley’s Admission counselors saw past my SAT scores, & it just shows that SAT scores aren’t everything. I applied undeclared and was accepted to the College of Letters & science and got in for the Fall semester 2012. To any future discouraged College confidentialers out there who have low SAT scores, I encourage you to apply wherever your heart desires although the statistics are dim and daunting. Just pour your heart and soul into your application and good things will come. Just keep positive. & if it doesn’t work out, just know you tried your hardest and you’re bound to end up somewhere good! Congratz to everyone else who got in, and I’m sorry if you didn’t, just keep positive and you’re bound to end up somewhere great!

optimuslover · March 30, 2012, 12:51am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 750 M, 690 W (2210)
ACT: 36 M, 35 E, 33 W, 32 S (34)
SAT II: 760 Math Level 2, 800 Korean, 710 US history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83, weighted was 4.57
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/497
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Enviro (3), AP Bio (2), AP World (2) AP English Lang. (4), AP US History (4), AP Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: H. Human Anatomy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP calc bc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Principal’s List

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
National Honor Society
Key Club (Treasurer '09, VP '10, '11, '12)

Job/Work Experience: Graphic Artist (2009-2010), Tutor (2008-2012)
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, community center tutor
Summer Activities: LA fire dept intern
Essays: Wrote about how I f’ed up badly but found myself once again after I visited Berkeley (my sister goes there). Other one was about my math teacher/mentor/love of math
Teacher Recommendation: amazing (by said math teacher)
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 30,000 or below
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, test scores
Weaknesses: extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays and the supplement
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UCLA, UCSD, Boston College (honor’s), NYU. wait list: WashU st louis. reject: uchicago, upenn, columbia, northwestern
General Comments: I’m SO happy!! it’s my dream school/first choice. so blessed!

ceeecee3 · March 30, 2012, 1:02am

Accepted…
Hmmm, I’m not really sure how I feel about that…

314159265 · March 30, 2012, 1:04am

Decision: Accepted (Regents Scholar)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (first and only sitting)
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 780 Physics, 780 US History, 740 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/600ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 13 exams
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial, Music, Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Violin Teacher, Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at school, Church choir musician
[] Summer Activities: None, really
[] Essays: I wrote an essay about puzzles, another about Asian stereotypes, and another about mock trial.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Large public, almost 3000 kids
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics, Objective Numbers, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Dearth of major awards or activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Numbers?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Princeton, UCLA, Pomona College, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, USC (Southern California), Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech.

Waiting: Stanford

Waitlist: Claremont McKenna, Harvard

Rejected: Caltech

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted!

karaokemachine · March 30, 2012, 1:24am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[] Essays: Why I want to be a doctor.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have the numbers
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UCLA, UCSD, USC
Waitlisted: Rice, UChicago, Cornell, U Penn
Rejected: Stanford EA, Brown, Yale, Johns Hopkins

[/ul]General Comments:
MIT 2016 <3

iabass · March 30, 2012, 1:47am

Decision: Accepted (Regents Candidate)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (760 CR, 790 M, 790 W), 800 M in another sitting
[] ACT: Didn’t send.
[] SAT II: 800 Biology M, 790 Math IIC, 790 Chemistry, 780 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.98 weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5), Calculus BC (5, AB Subscore: 5), Psychology (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Comparative Government and Politics (5, self-studied), European History (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics/AP Government and Politics, Physiology Honors, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, regional medals in Science Olympiad, National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad, Tutoring club (Treasurer), Math Club (Treasurer), MUN (President), NHS
[] Volunteer/Community service: Private tutoring in various subjects (~100 hours), Hospital volunteering (~200 hours)
[] Summer Activities: Class at UCLA.
[] Essays: Modified Questbridge essay and recycled Stanford essay. Both decent.
[li] Interview: Winged it. Didn’t really care.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public (~2,500 students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low enough to be a Questbridge Finalist.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Questbridge.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores.
[] Weaknesses: Weak extracurriculars, lack of prominent awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores. Perhaps essays.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Williams (Early Write), Boston College (A&S Honors Program), UCLA (Regents Candidate), UCSD (Regents Scholar), UCI (Regents Scholar)

Waitlisted: Dartmouth

Rejected: Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Duke

Non-acceptance from Harvard, but unsure whether it’s a waitlist or rejection.
Still waiting on Stanford.

[/ul]General Comments: I will not be attending Berkeley, but I am grateful that they not only accepted me but also selected me to compete for the Regents scholarship. Today was a tough day with the number of rejections I received, and I hope by some miracle, I get accepted to Stanford. If not, then I will be going to Williams. Nonetheless, thanks to Berkeley for believing that I was a competent candidate.

idksilly · March 30, 2012, 1:52am

Decision: Accepted
shaking and crying

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 34/36 (2260 in SAT terms for the record) (36 in english and writing though)
[] SAT II: 700s in physics, chem and math 2c
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): super bad lolollol 3.7, 4.25 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s in chem, physics, chinese, lang. taking gov, calc ab and apes this year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: apes, ap gov, ap lit, ap calc ab, and two business classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
library of congress letters to literature semifinalist. top 50 in california (out of like… 17000) but i won a lot of state-wide business competitions.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
pretty good!
officer of seven clubs
COO of my school’s virtual business (big deal at our school)
[] Job/Work Experience:
was a cashier at a frozen yogurt store
now a barista at a coffee chain
[] Volunteer/Community service:
volunteer biweekly at skid row
was activities coordinator at a retirement home
[] Summer Activities:
interned for mayor
interned for pr firm
interned for a corporation
[] Essays:
i thought they were really good! they were… creative. i figured that i wasn’t that great of an applicant on paper (i know people with higher stats than me who were applying to the same major) so i made sure my essay was… out there. guess it worked!
[] Teacher Recommendation:
they liked me!
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[x] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle-class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NO HOOKS MAN

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essay! i’m a good writer.
[] Weaknesses: my gpa gross
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i honestly think i just had a really well done essay!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]General Comments:
excuse me if im incoherent but im just so excited right now. i was waitlisted to la so i thought i had no chance of going to berkeley, but haas business school here i come!

Cwagular · March 30, 2012, 1:54am

Decision: Accepted (EECS)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 680m, 710cr, 720w, 2110 total
[] ACT: 31 total
[] SAT II: 800 physics, 770 math ii
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8uw, 4.4w, 4.3ucw
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/430ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 Euro, 4 APUSH, 4 Eng Lang, 4 Physics B, 4 Calc BC, 5 enviro, 5 world
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, Jazz Ensemble, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Stats, Peer tutoring, AP Econ/AP Gov (1 each semester), EPGY Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Boys State Delegate, Questbridge Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eco Club President, NHS Treasurer (award for most community service hours as well), band Treasurer + alto section leader, varsity wrestling, other random ■■■
[] Job/Work Experience: Self employed, mow lawns
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, random events
[] Summer Activities: Boys State, online courses, chillin
[] Essays: Superb
[] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[] Counselor Rec: n/a
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public, average
[] Ethnicity: white/asian
[] Gender: XY
[] Income Bracket: the bracket where you get kinda screwed
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none whatsoever[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays
[] Weaknesses: gpa, scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays, a little luck
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UCI, UCSD, UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd
waitlisted: Rice, cmu (****ty halfassed supplemental essays came back to bite me I suspect)

[/ul]General Comments: don’t know what to say, im tired as hell right now xP sleepytime

soanyways · March 30, 2012, 2:06am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (680CR 680M 730M) First try, didn’t retake, didn’t send.
[] ACT: 30 composite both times, grr! (Best breakdown 29R, 35E, 31S, 29M)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 700 USH, 640 Spanish w/o listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (self-calculated - school doesn’t actually put UW GPAs on transcripts. My weighted cumulative one at time of submission was 4.03, 1st semester senior year GPA was 4.48)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Spanish Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Latin:Vergil, AP Calc AB, Environmental Science, Greek 2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medal (9th, 10th, 11th), National Spanish Exam Silver Medal (11th), National Merit Commendation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School LitMag (Exec. Editor 10th-12th); Student Govt. (Disciplinary Committee 10th/11th, Class President 12th); Key Club (Co-President 12th); Shield (student ambassador society, helped at school events a lot); member of school varsity XC, varsity soccer, and varsity track teams
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at public library 10th-12th, Native plant restoration/Beach dune preservation project 6th-12th, Lots of random projects - total 150+ hrs.
[] Summer Activities: Summer after 9th earned A in French 1A course at local community college, Summer after 11th earned A in graduate level Intensive Japanese course at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Had surgery on cleft lip summer after 10th, but didnt mention that on apps (want to get into college on my own merit, not make excuses [shrug])
[] Essays: One about learning how to knit (lol); another about how my recent understanding of the privileged community i live in has fueled my desire to give back via community service
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes… but totally not getting any!
[] Intended Major: International Relations (wanted to double major in IR and Linguistic Anthropology but for the sake of the application just put IR).
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Small/selective private Episcopal. ~50 students per grade. I see you judging.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $250,000+ (awk because w/ 6 members in our household, and none currently in college, on paper we seem pretty affluent but in reality we’re not so much)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Well I’m a generally well rounded student…
[] Weaknesses: … but maybe a little too well rounded. Also my standardized test scores pale in comparison to other applicants.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted GWU, NYU, Scripps College; Waitlisted UCLA; Rejected Brown University (deferred ED alas, my dream school no more!), Pomona College, UC Berkeley
[/ul]General Comments:
I didn’t really want to go to UC Berkeley, but was hoping to get in as my dad got in when he graduated high school but was simply unable to go because of his financial situation as a recent immigrant… he was hoping to give me what he couldn’t get himself. In any case, it looks like it’s GW for me!

thecube · March 30, 2012, 2:19am

**Decision: Accepted (EECS) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Biology M 800, Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/534 (school only reports deciles though)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB 5, Calculus BC 5, Chemistry 5, Biology 5, US History 5, English Language and Composition 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Stats
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Top Ten, Intel ISEF 2nd Grand Award, National JSHS 1st Place, Single-author research paper published[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Applied math research in computational imaging (pretty much my whole life right there :D), Editing for a national literary journal (Co-Editor-in-Chief), Science Bowl (Co-Captain), Classical piano
[] Summer Activities: Research, research, research all the way XD Mostly self-studying signal processing techniques, Fourier analysis, and wavelet analysis, and designing and debugging oodles of algorithms and imaging simulations. And yelling a lot at my computer XD Also took linear algebra at a university the summer after sophomore year
[li] Essays: First one on how my research converted me from a mathematical purist and all-around idealist into a believer in computational science and the inelegance of data processing (and the inelegance of life in general, haha). Second one on my observant nature…a little on the BS-ey side to be honest lol[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public, ~1800
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: solid middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research, STS
[] Weaknesses: No community service?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores and research
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Stanford (EA), MIT, Harvard
[/ul]

General Comments: Congrats guys :)

energize · March 30, 2012, 2:27am

^Why didn’t you withdraw your application? Are you waiting for financial aid? (Also, your research sounds awesome. :D)

thecube · March 30, 2012, 2:33am

lol I guess if I wasn’t gonna get my money back, there wasn’t much of a point in withdrawing. in any case Cal’s EECS is pretty epic (way better than Harvard’s :P), so it was definitely worth considering and thanks, it was one hell of a ride XD I love it.

yiersan · March 30, 2012, 3:00am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 790, M 740, W 730, Total 2260
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Chinese 800, Chemistry 750, Math II 740 (didn’t study lol)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 High school, 3.98 CC, 4.38 UC capped
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25%…took many community college classes that don’t count for weighted credit at my HS.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), World History (5), Chinese (5). All taken sophomore year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All CC courses: Multivariable Calculus 1 and 2 (upper division), Drama, Physics 1 and 2 (calc based), US History, Gov, English Lit, English Comp, Medical Terminology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NM Commended, Community service award from my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dance and music for a really long time, Chinese club (president), Bible Study Club, Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Member of a non-profit orchestra, summer misson trip, food banks
[] Summer Activities: Ballet intensives every summer, mission trip to Taiwan
[] Essays: Wrote about being the shortest person in my dance class and tutoring people at my community college. I thought they were ok, got a few people to read them…nothing spectacular.
[] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, competitive (top 100). I took classes at a community college starting junior year.
[] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None…plenty of anti-hooks though =P[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Ok test scores and grades, college experience, kind of rigorous course load
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, maybe essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A miracle!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UW, UCLA, Case Western Reserve. Didn’t apply to any others.

[/ul]**General Comments: ** I got lucky!

etennis12 · March 30, 2012, 3:08am

I got in to the College of Engineering. I applied to the EECS department. On the acceptance letter, it says nothing about the EECS. Where can I find this info?

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