<p>yay!!!</p>
<p>accepted!</p>
<p>too happy to even post stats!
but for gods sake.! i got in?!?!?! haha!
oh god oh god oh god</p>
<p>these past twoo weeks havebeen the happiest of my life!
UCLA and UCB…what else can i want?! :P</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ *]College Accepted to [College of Engineering]:
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:1710
[ *]SAT II:19(something)
[ *]ACT:26
[ *]GPA:3.93 UW
[ *]Rank:3/655
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:I wrote about a taco!
[ *]Supplementary Material:None
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:Southern California
[ *]High School Type:Crappy Public
[ *]Ethnicity:Mexican
[ *]Gender:Male
[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: spanish club, physics club, Politics Club, National Honor Society, a year of football, CCD
[ *]Awards:silver spurs…
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Holy crap, can’t believe they accepted me!!![ /list]</p>
<p>I see more people accepted then rejected. Guess they are too ashamed to post their stats.</p>
<p>Accepted …!</p>
<p>I’m just gonna post the stuff I sent to them, 'cause otherwise I would have to rack my brain too much … and I’m too excited to really concentrate. haha. </p>
<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Letters and Science, Linguistics.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1950 – 740 writing, 520 math, 690 critical reading
SAT II: 580 French with listening, 710 literature, 600 world history
ACT: Didn’t take it … probably should’ve
GPA: 3.48
Rank: Like, 121/500 or so
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Advanced Placement – English Lang 5, US History 4, World History 5</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: Kickass. Could have been better, probably, but they were excellent anyway.
Supplementary Material: I got the Supplemental Freshman Questionnaire for having a “disability” because I mentioned (manic) depression and how it’s regularly kicked my ass throughout my educational career. They wanted to know more, I guess.
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nah</p>
<p>Personal
Location: San Diego
High School Type: Large public.
Ethnicity: White, but I have just enough Mexican in me to claim it. haha!
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: ASB President 3 years, Newspaper editor-in-chief 4 years, yearbook copy editor 3 years, class VP 3 years, School Site Council chair 4 years, Youth Advisory Commission 5 years, advanced peer counselor 2 years, French Club prez 2 years, taken enough community college courses for sophomore standing, Girls State, RYLA, Amnesty International VP 1 year, Gay-Straight Alliance secretary 1 year, WASC focus group 1 year, political campaign stuff off-and-on for a few years now, English tutor 3 years, etc. I could go on for hours.
Awards: CSF for awhile but my grades pretty much blow soooo … not so much these days, first person at my school to score a perfect on the English portion of the CAHSEE (yeah, big deal right? haha), other than that I never received any real, tangible “awards” …</p>
<p>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: God I’m so effing excited. This has been my only consistent goal since I was 11 or 12. I did NOT think I would make it … at all. CONGRATS to everyone who got in!! :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>College Accepted to Letters and Science
Stats
SAT: 2110, M 780, CR 650, W 680
SAT II: Math IIC 780, Bio 730, Chinese 800
ACT:
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.2 W
Rank: 1/538
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP stats 5, AP bio 5, AP Chinese 5</p>
<p>Essays: good. showed a lot of personality and passion
Supplementary Material: piano</p>
<p>Location: Bay Area, CA
High School Type: VERY competitive public school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: piano, dance, clubs, summer programs
Awards: piano, National Honors Society</p>
<p>Strengths: gpa, rank, ESSAYS, enrichment programs
Weaknesses: no leadership positions, no competitions, not a lot of EC’s</p>
<p>Other Factors: immigrant</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Engineering (applied for EECS)
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2280 (770 verbal, 770 math, 780 writ)
[<em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 770 chem
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 3.89 on UC I think
[</em>]Rank: doesn’t rank
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem (5), CS AB (4), Bio (5), USH (5), Calc BC (5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not my best but I thought they were ok
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I invented the hover car. No nothing really
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: South bay
[</em>]High School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 8 years of TKD, 2.5 years of track. nothing big
[</em>]Awards: national merit semifinalist. the thing for doing well on APs
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] No idea how the hell I got this. I think cal likes our school. After getting rejected from SD and LA, I felt like I had no hope for Cal. I don’t particularly like the school (feels to Asian nerdy), but now I HAVE to look.</p>[/li]
<p>In case anyone’s curious: into CMU ECE, Harvey Mudd, Cal. Rejected SD, LA, NU, MIT.</p>
<p>Not bragging, but I heard people use this as a baseline for figuring out if they can get into a place.</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Letters and Sciences
Spring 2010 admit</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2020
SAT II: 720 USH, 640 M2
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.4ish W, 4.3 UC gpa
Rank: top 15%
Other Tests: nothing lower than a 4 on an AP test
Subjective
Essays: Bunch of BS
Supplementary Material: none
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a
Personal
Location: Bay Area
High School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Other
Extracurriculars: Average
Awards: nothing spectacular</p>
<p>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
I got admitted to UCLA fall. Would rather go there than cal.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2200: 800M 730R 690W
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Math II 780 Chem
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.7 W not sure about UC gpa
[</em>]Rank: 2ish/430
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5: Stat, Bio, Chem 4: Lang Taking: Econ, Gov, Calc, Physics, Lit
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Pretty Good, not stellar
[<em>]Supplementary Material: no
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Northern Cali
[</em>]High School Type: Large Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: F
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Horseback Riding, Key Club, and several smaller things
[</em>]Awards: Nothing that important
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]Excited though I can’t decide between here, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Chicago</p>
<p>Accepptteeddd!!!</p>
<p>Accepted!!! YEEEEE =D</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Letters and Sciences - Fall 09</p>
<p>Stats
SAT: 2290
SAT II: 800 USH, 770 Lit
GPA: 3.91 UW (out of state)
Rank: Top 10%
Other Tests: 5 USH, 5 Psych, 5 Lit, 4 Calc AB</p>
<p>Subjective
Essays: One was pretty good. The other one I wrote in 45 minutes.
Supplementary Material: none
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a</p>
<p>Personal
Location: Seattle WA
High School Type: Shatty public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Other
Extracurriculars: Lots
Awards: 4th place in the nation for History Day, state NCTE writing finalist, 2nd place state entrepreneurship, other stuff</p>
<p>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
<3 berkeley… but won’t be going. accepted into Columbia ED. (tried withdrawing this app but i guess they didn’t get the message… sorry!)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>L&S
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2400
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 760 US History
[<em>]GPA: 3.9
[</em>]Rank: n/a
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Macroeconomics & Calc BC
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I thought they were good, but who doesn’t?
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Gave an extra essay I think. Spread the love.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): You could not go fishing with me</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal
[ul]
[<em>]Location: NJ
[</em>]High School Type: Highly rated magnet
[<em>]Ethnicity: Mixed
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Founded investment club, did math-sciency type stuff and finance related stuff, campaigning for Barack
[</em>]Awards: Some stuff but nothing amazing. Most recently semifinalist in Physics Olympiad
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Cool[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to: Engineering (Mechanical)
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2210 single sitting (660 in W went up to 770 time 2 for a 2320)
[<em>]SAT II: physics 650 =[ mat 2 770 uhhist 770
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 3.87 uw 4.66 w
[</em>]Rank: doesnt, top 10 percent
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): ib diploma
[/ul]Subjective[ list]
[</em>]Essays: one about working hard and xc, other about engineering as a kid
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): female in engineering i suppose
[/list]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location:MD
[</em>]High School Type:public, competitive ib program 100 kids/yr
[<em>]Ethnicity:white
[</em>]Gender:female
Other[ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:newspaper editor, xc varsity cocaptain …
[</em>]Awards:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] im so frickin shocked</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2330
[</em>]SAT II: 2380
[<em>]GPA: ~4.3
[</em>]Rank: 1
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP - 3 x 4 (Bio, Chem, EngLang), 3 x 5 (Calc BC, USH, Euro); AMC 12 - 100.5; AIME - 4 (neither were on the app)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I intentionally turned in bad essays. Not. This is the stupidest category.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ELC
[/ul]Personal
[ul]
[<em>]Location: Los Angeles
[</em>]High School Type: Public (under-performing)
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: AcaDeca, Chess Club, Science Bowl, Jazz Ensemble
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist (only Semi on app), AcaDeca Team top score, I forget
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I was pretty indifferent. I was sure I’d get in. GO BRUINS![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Acccccccccccepted!!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Natural Resources
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2010
[<em>]SAT II: Bio: 690 US: 720 Lit: 700
[</em>]GPA: UW: 3.96 W: 4.45
[<em>]Rank: 12/867
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): US: 5 Calc AB: 5 Art history: 4 LangComp: 4 Euro: 4 Bio: 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i was pretty satisfied. talked about my parents and related it to me/ who ive become. common app one was way better but oh well
[</em>]Supplementary Material: nope
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): gold award for Girl scouts, lots of long term E/Cs, lots of leadership, ELC
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: southern california
[<em>]High School Type: large public with amazing AP/honors program
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: female
**Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: girl scouts, softball, tennis, CSF, hospital, relay for life, mock trial
[<em>]Awards: gold award, lots of school award things
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] sooo soo soo excited!! i was really nervous after getting rejected from UCLA but now i dont care cause CAL was one of my top choices and ill probably end up here (depending on the other privates im still waiting on) so excited!! GO CAL!!!</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Letters and Sciences - Fall 09</p>
<p>Phew. I was nervous about it cuzz I got rejected from UCLA, too.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Engineering
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 730R, 780M, 760W
[<em>]SAT II: 760 Math II, 770 Chem, 780 Physics, 790 Korean w/ Listening
[</em>]ACT: 35 English, 35 Math, 35 Science, 30 Reading, 32 English/Writing
[<em>]GPA: 100 weighted
[</em>]Rank: idk
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Physics B, World Hist, Eng. Lang/Comp 4 on US Hist
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: crappy cuz i rushed them on nov. 30
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none cuz they REALLY discourage it
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): intel semi natioanl merit thing
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: NY
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: korean
[</em>]Gender: male
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: tae kwon do, science olympiad, newspaper, etc.
[</em>]Awards: random stuff…
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] got in with regents’ and chancellor’s award, woooo!!! won’t let me check award amount right now cuz the system is down (lol) but hopefully it’s a decent amount since out of state is quite a bit expensive… (actually i applied as an international, which is even worse for admissions…)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Letters & Science
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2050 (690 M, 680 W, 680 R)
[<em>]SAT II: 800 French, 740 Math II
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>]Rank: Top 10 %
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): None, yet.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays:They were just really honest.
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None<br>
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: BC, Canada
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Dance, some volunteering, truly nothing spectacular.
[</em>]Awards: Just in-school awards.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I am beyond shocked.</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Engineering
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 1970; 680 cr, 650 m, 640 w (pretty low, my weak point)
[<em>]SAT II: 740 ush, 680 math 2, 640 chem
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]GPA: 4.00 uw, 4.57 w
[</em>]Rank: 1/316
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5-calculus, 4-ush, 3 english lang, 2 chem(no study, non ap class hehe)
[/ul][ b]Subjective**[ul]
[</em>]Essays: pretty decent, english teachers said they were good
[<em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[</em>]Hook: growing up in a world of boys because of having an older brother, will continue to grow up in a world of (mostly) boys in the field of engineering.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: vacaville, ca
[</em>]High School Type: public, ca distinguised
[<em>]Ethnicity: filipino
[</em>]Gender: FFFFFemale
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: I’ll just list my big ones… 3 years varsity tennis, one year captain. Robotics team member 3 years, secretary last year, vice president this year. Red Cross Hospital volunteer. 100+ hrs. community service.
[</em>]Awards: various autoCAD awards, ap scholar, girls-state runner up, school awards, tennis awards, etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] UCLA can suck it. Berkeley has always been my first choice.</p>