<p>Stats:
* SAT: 1370
* SAT IIs: IIC 800, Chinese 800, Writing 600
* GPA: 3.96
* Rank: top 4%
* Other stats: calc bc 5, physics c mech 5</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: good
* Hook: took a lot of math and science classes in college. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: socal
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Gender: male
* major strength/weakness: math/verbal
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: </p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1380 (660V, 720M)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 750IIC, 720WRI, 690USHIST</li>
<li>GPA: 4.4 UC, 4.3 W, 3.9 UW (i'm going by wut my school transcript says b/c i'm not sure about this whole cap thingy)</li>
<li>Rank: my school doesn't rank but i believe top 5%</li>
<li>Other stats: 11 AP classes.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: not too great- i didnt spend a whole lotta time on them b/c i was seriously not considering to go to a UC school.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: public school ranked in Top 100 by Newsweek's article "The 100 Best High Schools in America"</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian-american</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: high GPA w/ hard courseload</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: probably b/c of my GPA</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1500</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720 IIC/740 Writing/760 US</li>
<li>GPA: 3.6 UW, but near 4.0 UC GPA</li>
<li>Rank: 45/321</li>
<li>Other stats: APs (Macroeconomics 5, Psychology - 5, Calculus BC - 4, AB Subscore 5, Lang+Comp 4, Poli Sci 5).
This year: Physics C, Comp gov't, Lit, Microecon, U.S. History, Euro History, Music Theory</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): victim of abuse</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MD</li>
<li>School Type: medium public high school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Strengths - SAT, essays, APs commitment to bass, ecs
Weaknesses - out of state</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Accepted for Fall 2005 (Mechanical Engineering)</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1260 (720M, 540V)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780IIC, 730 Chem, 620 Writing</li>
<li>GPA: 4.2 UC, 3.8 UW</li>
<li>Rank: school does not rank</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Talked about why I wanted to do engineering.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: public school ranked in Top 100 by Newsweek's article "The 100 Best High Schools in America"</li>
<li>Ethnicity: East Indian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Strength - math and science, Weakness - english</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: UC GPA, math and chem SATII's and essay.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1500 (730M,770V)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 710IIC, 660W, 740Lit</li>
<li>GPA: ??</li>
<li>Rank: 52/490 (ouch!)</li>
<li>Other stats: US Hist 4, World Hist 5, Eng 5
Currently in 6 AP classes</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays:Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: N/A</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Strong ECs, Dance and Art (combined 40+hrs/wk)Several state level art awards. National Merit Finalist. AP Scholar
President of Chess Club, President of Asian American Club.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Dallas, TX</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness:
Weakness- SATIIs (took them cold on the last possible test date! ah!)
low rank-uh..messed up freshmen year(started 10th grade at rank 129)</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted: Research Work as Lab Technician at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Three year volunteer at Children's Medical Center in Dallas</p></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Cali</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipina</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness: crappy scores and grades = weakness</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted: i wasn't. and i didn't expect to get accepted, i'm very happy that my college drama is over! w00t for ucsb :)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: Rejected UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley. Accepted UCI, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UCSB, UC Riverside, Cal Poly SLO, CSUN</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 800M/660V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770IIc/720Writing/770Spanish</li>
<li>GPA: ~4.4 weighted, 4.1 UC</li>
<li>Rank: Top 6 or 7 percent</li>
<li>Other stats:none</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: this was my downfall for ucla i think. my friend said my essays were crap. i agree.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): lolol none</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Cali</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Iranian (white)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: I had good IIs and good GPA. NO extracurriculars though</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: NO FREAKIN IDEA. didn't get into ucla. i'm so happy though. My ECs were really very bad, and so were my essays.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT:1320--660 M, 660 V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720 IC, 650 Writing, 640 USHist</li>
<li>GPA: 4.3 Weighted (dunno UC GPA)</li>
<li>Rank: 5 out of 92</li>
<li>Other stats: AP scholar, 8 APs by graduation</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: spotlighted my passion for piano</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): initiated particle physics research program for my high school that was created by Caltech</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: SoCal. (L.A.)</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: dedicated to EC (Piano, art, community service)</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: well-rounded candidate</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1410 (710 M, 700 V)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 French, 760 Writing, 700 Math IC</li>
<li>GPA: 3.9 UW UC GPA</li>
<li>Rank: n/a</li>
<li>Other stats: multiple college classes</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: not great, but pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): really strong background in French, my prospective major.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Piedmont (near Oakland), Berkeley</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: not <em>most</em> rigorous courseload, ECs could have been better. My scores are pretty good, though.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Strong background in prospective major.</li>
</ul>
<p>Does anyone know if we can appeal to get in for Fall instead of Spring?</p>
<p>Accepted...from out of state. OMG, I <3 California so much!!!! But if I end up on the west coast, it'll probably be Caltech (or Stanford if I get in...fingers crossed tightly). Congrats to all!</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Great</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Must have been good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Must have been good</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NorCal</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White/Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Great essays, stats</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted: they liked me</li>
</ul>
<p>I got in to my dream school in my major. There is God up there!</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT:1260 (M 640, V 620) </li>
<li>SAT IIs: Bio (620), Chem (630), Writing (680), US History (710), Math IIC (670) </li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.2 weighted 4.41 UC GPA</li>
<li>Rank: 4/188</li>
<li>Other stats: Im a pirate </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Not needed</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Not needed</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Research </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person: San Fernando Valley</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: California, USA</li>
<li>School Type: Magnet, Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender:Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: GPA/SATs</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ECs and research</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: I have a lot of extra stuff other than what is on paper (number). Research, community service, work experience, lots of ECs, and again....Im a pirate.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 660M/650V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 690W/700USH/740Math2C</li>
<li>GPA: 4.2</li>
<li>Rank: 25/596</li>
<li>Other stats: Total of 10 APs</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Crap but polished</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Public, rich, white, suburban (It's like a mini-Stanford!)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Not too many ECs, not very good at standardized testing.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: First generation Cambodian</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: i think they were decent, talked a bit about 9/11 and impact on my race</li>
<li>Hook (if any): debater, skier, loves business</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: persian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: gpa</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: gpa</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: indian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: test scores + gpa + recs</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: a little big city in Asia</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: test scores</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Essays: different</li>
<li>Hook (if any): quite a few leadership things</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: hawaii</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: not really sure, interesting essay?</li>
</ul>
<p>wow.. lots of asians representing here. yay asians. haha. congrats to everyone who got accepted and good luck to those still searching/waiting :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1510 760V/750M</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780IIc/740Writing/720Bio</li>
<li>GPA: ~4.57 w</li>
<li>Rank: top 4%</li>
<li>Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Siemens-Westinghouse semifinalist, 3 year Rotary Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: i dunno. i used the same one as on my common app, maybe a little edited here and there. i'm not a good judge of my own essays.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): uh.. none. maybe the summer research at UCI?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese (Asian)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: some ECs, above avg test scores..</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i dunno. i never know. wow, this really doesn't make for good conversation, does it?</li>
</ul>
<p>haha. collegeconfidential is SUCH a good way to procrastinate studying for my math test.</p>