<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Math 2 740 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>]Rank:8/230
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): History Eng. Lang, both 4s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: mediocre/good
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): OOS probably didn't help
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Las Vegas
[<em>]High School Type: private
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: male Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: few
[<em>]Awards: a lot
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: CoC Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2240 (770 Math, 760 writing, 710 CR)
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Bio, 800 Math IIC (retook it after getting 710), 790 Chem, 750 US history
[</em>]ACT: 32
[<em>]GPA: 4.5something if you don't include freshman year; 4.3something if you do.
[</em>]Rank: without freshman year, 7/750something; with freshman year, 13/750something.
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP tests: Chem (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (5), US history (5), English lang (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: pretty damn good i'd say.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a
[/ul][ b]Personal*[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: large public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
**Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: various things: co-founded a few clubs (Young Democrats, Science NHS), a few clubs i'm a member of (NHS, CSF, Science olympiad, math olympiad, JSA), done some leadership training stuff for a few summers, was a counselor at a camp, an internship, various volunteering (hospital mainly), violin since 4th grade, Latin club, taking Chinese and Japanese outside of school for fun
[</em>]Awards: forgot which I put on
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm mostly like going to Cal. :D</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2030 (M: 620, CR: 700, W: 710)
[<em>]SAT II: Math II: 590, Lit: 610, USH: 690
[</em>]ACT: 30 (E: 34, M: 30, R: 32, S: 30, W: 34)
[<em>]GPA: UC GPA was 3.83, regular high school GPA was 4.39, valedictorian has over 4.75 weighted
[</em>]Rank: top 2-3%, did NOT get ELC
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Very good. Rushed, but I'm a good writer.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[</em>]Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): First generation?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: 40 miles north of Berkeley
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[</em>]Gender: F Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Lots of random stuff, but my community service and Key Club were highlights. Lots of leadership roles in Key Club, too.
[</em>]Awards: None important.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Just look at my SAT scores. After being rejected from UCLA, I seriously thought I had no chance. I really feel like my essays pulled me through, so work hard on those essays!</p>
<p>[li]College Accepted to: L&S (fall '09)</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2160 (670/730/760)
[</em>]SAT II: Maths 2 - 790, US History - 730 (also have 750 in Chemistry but Cal didn't know this)
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.16
[<em>]Rank: school doesn't rank, but probably top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Chemistry SL - 6, 6 more IB exams this year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: were sensible without glaring errors or anything but not amazing/unique
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northern Virginia
[</em>]High School Type: non-selective public, ~1300 students
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: MUN VP, Red Cross secretary, bunch of honour societies (tutoring)
[</em>]Awards: In-school stuff mostly
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congrats to those who got in, commiserations to those who didn't. I'm really shocked that they took me but :D [/ul]</p>
<p>[li]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Natural Resources; it actually doesn't say my major so I don't think I got in with my original major (chemistry), but instead my 2nd choice (environmental science).</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1780! pretty low, i know. please don't complain to me because i have NO idea how i got in with my scores!
[</em>]SAT II: US History: 690 Lit: 620
[<em>]ACT: 27
[</em>]GPA: around 4.27 weighted, can't remember unweighted.
[<em>]Rank: 9/500
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World: 4, AP Art History: 5, APUSH: 4, AP Lang & Comp: 4. Currently taking AP Econ/Gov, AP Chem, and AP Lit.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: didn't have a "sob" story, but i really think that my essays must have been amazing to them in order to make up for everything else...
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none really.
[/ul] Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: San Diego
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino)
[<em>]Gender: Female[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Humanities Club VP, Biological Society Treasurer, Italian Club Historian, member of various other clubs, 2 years Varsity Tennis, 150+ community service.
[<em>]Awards: AP Scholar w/ Honor.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm probably the least qualified person (numbers wise) who has posted so far! I really don't know how I got accepted to Cal, but I have a feeling my essays helped me quite a bit. However, I'm probably going to UCSD instead (i live too far from Cal and my parents say it'll be too much $$ because we don't get that much financial aid) so I'll be glad to give hopeful wait listers my spot![/ul]</p>
<p>College Applied to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Civ Eng Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1540/2310 800 CR 770 W 740 M
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Chem 740 Math II 680 WH
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: UC GPA was like 4.22
[<em>]Rank: 5/160
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10 102.5, 5 Chem, 4 USH, 4 WH, Calc AB and Eng Lit this year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: don't remember
[</em>]Supplementary Material:none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ELC, and i know they don't take this into consideration, but my dad, 2 uncles, aunt, and both grandparents are grads
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SoCal
[<em>]High School Type: Private Catholic
[</em>]Ethnicity: ASIAN
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul] Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: CSF treasurer, math club, football, track, recycling club, leadership team, academic decathlon, philosophy club, other stuff
[<em>]Awards: NMF, AP Scholar, won some math competitions, school awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] i don't really mind, this is mostly just embarrassing for me. already got accepted at rice :P</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2080 (720M 690R 670W)
[</em>]SAT II: 770MII, 690Chem, 660Lit
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: UC4.1...? UW3.8
[<em>]Rank: 28/400+
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Comp Sci A 5, AP Chem 5, AP Gov't 5, AP Lang 4, AP Latin Lit 4, IB Math SL 7
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I thought, but not great.
[</em>]Supplementary Material:-
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ThinkQuest winner?
[/ul] Personal
[ul]
[</em>]Location: VA
[<em>]High School Type: Public, IB Magnet
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: M Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
[<em>]Awards: Piano competitions, cultural groups, computer competitions
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT IN!!! And this year is especially bad, I think... 48000 applied... there are so many people here who deserve this more than me.[/ul]</p>
<p>College Accepted to: College of Natural Resources Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240 (690 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (Math II), 800 (Biology M), 780 (Chem), 750 (World History)
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: ~3.84 UW, 4.04 W
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on: Biology, Music Theory, Calculus BC, Spanish Language; 4s on: Chemistry, Psychology
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: One was about political activism, the other was about a leadership camp
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): musician/pretty well-rounded
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Bay Area
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: MUN, Quiz bowl (President), Students Organized Against Prejudice, Mock Trial, Interact (District Rep), Orchestra (1st violin), tons of music awards and experience
[<em>]Awards: MUN distinguished delegate, a leadership award from Rotary, a bunch of music merit awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (720R/790M/770W)
[</em>] ACT: 0
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MathII 800 Chem 780 BioM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish? Weighted 5.65/6.00
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/579
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s (Bio Chem USH EngLang)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 0
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Jap, AP Calc BC, AP Art 2-D, AP Physics C, Yearbook, PE
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USNCO Honors top 100 in nation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (EIC), Red Cross (Co-Pres), Aian club (Publicity Chair)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: freelance graphic designer, teach math to little kids
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: medical school volunteering
[</em>] Summer Activities: Rice University summer school x2, Rhodes College summer writing institute
[<em>] Essays: i'd say mediocre or average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: ok to good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 1 counselor per 700 students, so i can't say good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other /b][ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (3000 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 40k (custodial) + 160k (noncustodial) NOTE i forgot to send the fafsa lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Negative hook: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection*[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: none
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian
[li] Why you think you were accepted: USNCO?[/li][/ul]General Comments:* YAY I AM OFFICIALLY A STANFORD REJECT I LOVE YOU BERKELEY</p>
<pre><code>*Location: California, Bay Area
*High School Type: Public
*Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
*Gender: M
</code></pre>
<p>Other:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Tutored English for charity in Taiwan two years. Hospital volunteer, 300 hours. Internship over summer at San Jose U in Biology research. Three years on newspaper staff.
* Awards: None important.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?
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<p>ARGH. I am really thrilled at the chance to go to Berkeley.
BUT I will be going to Cal in the SPRING if I do go. I'm like a borderline person I guess. It's a small blow to my ego, but given this college application environment, I'll definitely take what I can get. So yay (not exactly YAYAYAY!!!1111, but yay anyways). I'm considering just going to UCSD (Revelle College) in the fall instead. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2070 (730M 650CR 690W)
[<em>]SAT II: 770USH 720MII 710Lit
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>]Rank: 1/308
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4 5's on various AP's
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Honestly, i don't like them anymore, I wrote them in a rush.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Placer County
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: M Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: cc and track 4 years, several clubs and neat-o community service
[</em>]Awards: generic school awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] yay! as far as UC's go, this is my first choice!</p>
<p>College Accepted to: L&S Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1420/2160 (780 CR, 640 M, 740 W, 11 E)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Spanish
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.84 UW
[<em>]Rank: 3/91
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Scholar w/ Honor
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: A bit rushed. Good nonetheless.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): URM
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Apple Valley, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Charter. Well-Respected.
[</em>]Ethnicity: Born in Mexico
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Many with heavy involvement.
[<em>]Awards: A few. Nothing huge.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Cool![/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2180 (730 CR 760 M 690 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Bio E 730 Lit
[<em>]GPA: UCGPA: 4.21
[</em>]Rank: 5/550
[<em>]Other Tests: 8 APs total, mostly 5s, one 3 and one 4.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I'm a good writer, but the content wasn't amazing.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[</em>]Hook: None.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Public. Mid-range competitiveness.
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: President of Literary Magazine, President of Key Club, Chair of VClub, MUN, Science Olympiad, piano
[</em>]Awards: writing award, science olympiad awards, CM
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I feel pretty good.[/ul]</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I'm a good writer, but the content wasn't amazing.
* Supplementary Material: None.
* Hook: None.
</code></pre>
<p>Location: Nor. California
High School Type: Public. Mid-range competitiveness.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurricular: Band (Concert/Marching), 200 Hrs of voluteering
* Awards: CSF, not much else.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Rather humble, since I never expected to get into CAL.
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