<p>Accepted
[li]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Letters & Science</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2150
[</em>]SAT II: 690 Math II, 610 Lit
[<em>]ACT: –
[</em>]GPA: 4.62 W
[<em>]Rank: –
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Art 2D Design
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Just peachy
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Good? Haha I only read my counselor rec
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Massachusetts
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Lots of community service, newspaper, foreign exchange, etc.
[<em>]Awards: Community service Grant, State Senate Citation, School awards, National Honors Society
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I am in absolute SHOCK that I got into UCal Berkeley. This is UNREAL.</p>
<p>dang AVHS Dad - i really feel like you had some strong numbers and should have gotten iinto berkeley with no problem if your gpa had been a little higher :(</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Engineering
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT:1960
[<em>]SAT II: chem 710, history 690
[</em>]ACT: 30
[<em>]GPA: 3.92
[</em>]Rank: 9/245
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): eng lang 5, us his 4, world his 3, chem 2, taking five AP’s this year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I think they werent very well written, but they do show my determination and personality
[<em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul][ b]Personal**[ul]
[<em>]Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
[</em>]High School Type: Small Catholic Parochial
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science club president, TARC team manager, v tennis captain are the major ones
[</em>]Awards: AP scholar, top student awards for various classes, scholar athlete
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]I thought I had a 100% chance of rejection. I seriously thought there was no hope. I even got rejected from UCLA. I’m soo happy!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Letters and Sciences
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2400 (800/800/800/12)
Retaken from 2380 (800/800/780/10)
[<em>]SAT II: Physics 800, US History 800, World History 800, Biology 800, Math II 800, Chem 800 (Retaken from 790)
[</em>]ACT: 35 (twice: 36/35/36/33/11 and 35/36/34/36/12)
[<em>]GPA: 4.83 (4.00 UW)
[</em>]Rank: 1/760
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): World History 5, Chemistry 5, European History (Independent Study) 5, Human Geography (Independent Study) 5, US History 5, Art History 5, English Language and Composition 5, Calculus AB 5, Physics B 5, Biology 5, Psychology 5, US Government (Independent Study) 5, Environmental Science (Independent Study) 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: One about growing up in the fastest growing city in America, the other something else (I don’t really remember).
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Elk Grove, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Large suburban semi-competitive public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White/Asian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars/Awards: Junior Statesmen of America (Chapter President, Conservative Party Chairman x2, Chief Justice, Director of Moderating, Regional Senator, Best Speaker x8), Moot Court (Best Speaker x4, Most Valuable Team Member x2, Competition Winner, Competition Second Place), Academic Decathlon (Co-President, a couple dozen medals, came 2nd in county last year and 3rd in the nation this year), Mathletes (1st in County Individual Math, CML High Score in County), Model UN (Head Delegate, Outstanding Delegate x2), Science Olympiad (2nd in county, 3rd in state, individual medals in both), CA State Personnel Board Appeals Analyst, Rudy Giuliani for President Volunteer, CA Department of Fair Housing and Employment Intern
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:$16,000 scholarship + $3,500 FinAid! Woohoo![/ul]</p>
<p>wow christian, youre pretty smart! what major would u like to be?</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2220 Total (760 M, 730 W, 730 CR)
[ *]SAT II: 770 MII, 760 USH, 710 Bio
[ *]GPA: ~3.8 W/ 4.2 UW
[ *]Rank:6/700
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Euro, 5 AP US, 5 AP Bio, 5 AP CalcAB, 4 AP CalcBC, 4 AP Lang</p>
<p>Accepted + Regents</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: CoC[/ul]
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2270. 740CR 800M 730W
[<em>]SAT II: 800 in Math II, Physics, Chem, Chinese
[</em>]GPA: 4.68w, 3.96uw
[<em>]Rank: 2/~500
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AIME 8. AP 5 in all 11 subjects taken
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good, I guess
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None?
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: California (Technically International as I’m in green card process)
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Many. Science Club Prez, Math Club Prez, Academic League, Science Olympiad
[<em>]Awards: Many regional ones + a few state ones + a national one ignoring stuff like AP and NMF
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Gladly allow my space to be taken by someone on the waitlist cause I got in MIT!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
[</em>]SAT: M:690 W:730 CR: 670 Total:2090
[<em>]SAT II: Literature:700 Mathematics Level 2:700
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: Unweighted:3.95 UC:4.21
[</em>]Rank:12/371
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP TESTS: Calculus AB:5 English Lang.&Comp:4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: 1st prompt - Wrote about family, essay was okayl; 2nd - wrote about art
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Yes, I got the borderline supplement
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation college student
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: San Jose, Ca
[</em>]High School Type: Public, sends very few students to top universities
[<em>]Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: VP of Art Club-2 years, VP of economics’ class company-1semester, National Honor Society-2 years, Junior Exchange-2 years, Key Club-1 year, math tutor-2 years
[</em>]Awards: None really, honor roll
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I didn’t think I had much of a chance since I was borderline with the supplement. Congrats to everyone who got in!! Today I was so nervous to check the results and I just can’t believe I got in! GO BEARS! :D[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: l&s</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330
[</em>]SAT II: 780,770,740
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.2ish
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 9 aps</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: east coast
[<em>]High School Type: charter
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian
[<em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: above average
[<em>]Awards: average
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:not much… good luck to everyone else. [/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected… oh well, guess its to LA :D</p>
<p>Rejected…3.88 and 1930. Now I’m finally done with all the UCs…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biochemistry
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2320 (780 CR, 750 M, 790W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Biology M, 780 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: UC WGPA 4.13, UC UWGPA 4.0
[</em>] Rank:8/650
[<em>] ACT:n/a
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 14
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Ton.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Some other stuff.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Ton.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: A couple.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Bad, I didn’t really care
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None in particular
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not too far off the national average
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Overall decent app
[</em>] Weaknesses: None in particular
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Generally good[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Grats to those who got in.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: School of Environ. Conservation
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section):710W/690CR/620M (2020 Total)
SAT IIs: 710 Lit, Don’t even ask about French w/ Listening (570. shameful. but i took it 6 months after AP French ended. honestly, i have a creeping suspicion that i skipped a bubble on one section so everything was shifted one. it was that bad).
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.97 UW (we don’t really weight…i’ve taken 7 APs. No idea about UC GPA)
Rank: Top 1%
ACT: Nope
APs (including this year’s): Psych 5 Lit 4 French 3 USH didn’t take Phys B Calc AB Engl Comp
IBs (including this year’s:
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Phys Comp and Calc AB, uh art and social studies electives
Number of Apps from Your School: idk 3 tops
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Princeton summer school honors graduate (i dont think i listed that though)…nothing awesome
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: School board rep, ASB senator and rep for all four years, Debate president etc, Piano, Track, Volunteering
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): Awesome. Experience was really unique (about being lost at sea) and diversity…well i really hyped how it is to be indian and separated from my culture…
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NO IDEA. my gpa is great and sat’s scores Meh, esp considering than i’m out of state. but if it’s anything its my essays and the fact they need out of state $$
Location/Person:
State or Country: WA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): above avg public
Ethnicity: Indian (East)/White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: Essays and GPA and out of stateness
Weaknesses: SAT 2s…
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: seriously, probably money. and i didn’t choose a competitive major.
Other Factors: idk
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WOW</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2310 (730, 780, 800)
[<em>]SAT II: 800 MATH 790 CHEM
[</em>]ACT: none
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>]Rank: 1-5/120
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): taking 7 ib tests in may
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: passionate bout research
[<em>]Supplementary Material: research paper and rec from mentor
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: canada
[</em>]High School Type: academic magnet school
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: m
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:research at lab, varsity bball, community vice prez, tutoring, hospital, etc etc
[</em>]Awards: Canadian National science fair gold medal, some local research competition medals, intel participant this coming may
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] prob not going to berkeley since they have no financial aid unlike the ivies.</p>
<p>Accepted–i dont know how!</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Arts and Science?
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 1850!!! **<em>. lol and THATS superscored. i dont know how they accepted me.
[</em>]SAT II: LMAO THIS IS THE WORST/BEST part. 440 on chem and french. 610 on math 2.
[<em>]ACT: didnt submit
[</em>]GPA: 3.73 uw 4.11 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 14%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP calc and eng. 3 on both
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: awesome …i think!
[</em>]Supplementary Material: disability…that probably did it now that i think about it. although its a really minor disability
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): NOPE! i got in on MY own!
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: central california
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: asian
[<em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: president for 2 years, 4 years of hospital, 3 years of somethin else.
[<em>]Awards: 7
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] im in shock? no i dont feel like bragging hah but it is AWESOME!!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>*College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: LETTERS & SCIENCES
Stats:
*SAT: 1820 (CR-600 M-670 W-550)
*SAT II: USHist-660 MATHII-590
*ACT: 28 (E-31 M-29 R-30 S-23)
*GPA: 4.0UW, 4.5W
*Rank: 5/257
*Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USH-4 ENGLang-4 WORLDH-2
*ELC?: Yes</p>
<p>Subjective
*Essays: I talked about my leadership positions, and how I am a unique kind of leader as opposed to the outspoken popular leader. I also talked about my family and experience with poverty.
*Supplementary: I was sent a supplementary questionnaire as well as a request for a letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>Personal
*Location: East Bay, California
*High School Type: Underperforming public high school.
*Ethnicity: Chinese
*Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: French Club, 10th-12th. [Secretary 12th.]
Link Crew-Freshmen Orientation Program, 10th-12th. [Link Crew Commissioner 12th.]
Interact/Rotary Club, 10th-11th [Treasurer 11th, Vice President 12th]
CSF, 10th-12th [Total volunteer hours: 200+] [Treasurer 12th]
Leadership, 10th-12th [Site Council Rep 10th, ASB Publicity 11th, ASB Secretary 12th]
Journalism, 11th-12th [Opinion Editor 12th]
Swimming 10th-11th
Camp Royal- Rotary Leadership Camp 12th.
Awards: Some stuff for Chinese School, Swimming Most Improved, Swimming Varsity Letter, Best Opinion Article
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I honestly have to say SAT scores aren’t everything. Pour your heart out on your personal statements.</p>
<p>Accepted!
34 ACT
730 Bio E
720 Lit
4.56 GPA weighted, top 1%</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ *]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: letters & science
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2120 720 math & reading = 1440 combined
[ *]SAT II: 690 lit, 700 us history, 720 chem
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 4.0
[ *]Rank: 3/513
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem (5), English Lang(4), Spanish Lang (4), US History (4), Plan on taking ap bio, us govt, macroeconomics, eng. lit, & calc bc this year.
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: 1 was probably 7-8, the other was like a 3 (i think it was about describing your hometown)…wrote it lk 2 hours before deadline
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none really
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: TX
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: alot…captain of dance team. ballet training, spanish club, nhs, snhs, and alot of service hours
[ *]Awards: little ones
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I wasn’t expecting this as an OOS student.</p>
<p>Accepted
[ul]
[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S[/ul]
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2310
[<em>]SAT II: 740, 720, 770, 780
[</em>]ACT: NA
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>]Rank: 4/600
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): all 5s except for a 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I honestly can’t remember how good/bad they were. Apparently they weren’t too shabby
[<em>]Supplementary Material: NA
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): a bit of scientific research, maybe, but nothing particularly impressive
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location:
[</em>]High School Type: public, competitive, sends a ton of kids to top schools yearly
[<em>]Ethnicity: asdfjsldkfj
[</em>]Gender: F
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: two volunteering clubs and three honor societies
[</em>]Awards: AP scholar, NM Finalist, writing[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted
[ *]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2180 (680 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
[ *]SAT II: 740 US, 730 Spanish
[ *]ACT: 33
[ *]GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.13 UC
[ *]Rank: Top 10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Bio 5, Euro 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Great, I thought.
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Greater Los Angeles Area
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Music and a lot of community service
[ *]Awards: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recognition for community service (helping victims of domestic violence)
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I am sooooo happy!!! I got rejected from UCLA and was sooo afraid I wouldn’t get in!</p>