Official UC Berkeley Decision thread - Class of 2013

<p>lol epic fail (: ^
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<p>ACCEPTED!!! MECHANICAL ENG.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.29
SAT: 2110, 750 chem, 770 math ii
EC: just track, 100 hrs community service n a couple of clubs…</p>

<p>i got into UCLA too!!
but got rejected from UCSD… wierd…</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[<em>]College Accepted to : L&S undeclared
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 750M, 660R, 720W = 2130
[<em>]SAT II: 780 Bio, 790 USHistory
[</em>]GPA: UCGPA 4.22
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP US Hist, 5 Bio</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Location: SoCal
[</em>]High School Type: public and very competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: female
Other[ list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: music, sports, etc…
[</em>]Awards: same
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Rejected from UCLA and accepted to USC and Berkeley as a spring admit… oh well still going to be a CAL BEAR</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Major Applied To English

  • Fee Waiver Used?:No
  • SAT I (by section): 690M, 720W, 800CR, 2210 total
  • SAT IIs: 650 English Lit, 670 US History
  • GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: 3. W: 4.3 UC: 4.17
  • Rank: Top 4%, ELC
  • ACT: n/a
  • APs (including this year’s): AP Chem, APUSH, AP English Language, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP Government, AP Econ (Macro), AP German (self study)
  • IBs (including this year’s: n/a
  • Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP German (self study), Journalism. I also took a total of 4 community college courses from Jr. to Sr. year
  • Number of Apps from Your School: Almost all above average AP students
  • Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, other insignificant stuff
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Some clubs, 2 leadership positions, volunteer service

  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Essays (subject and responses): My wanting to become an attorney due to my parents’influence, and my mving to the US from Germany when I was 10… Everyone felt both were very strong
  • Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None I can think of
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California

  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Pretty good public HS
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: $100,000- $120,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None I can think of
  • Strengths: SAT score, essays, community college coursework(all A’s)
  • Weaknesses: ECs, I thought and SAT IIs
  • Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Above average applicant in general
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations everyone!!! But I’m still going to UCLA.</p>

<p>You will LOVE English at UCLA! Come to one of my Dinners for 12 Strangers. I will introduce you to my passion for Molly Bloom.</p>

<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED Letters and Science **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740CR/770M/750W (2260)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 760MIIC/790USHist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/744
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
Euro H (5)
French Lang (4)
US H (5)
English Lang (4)
Psychology (5)
Chemistry (4)
Chinese (5)
French Lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): French SL: 5, more this year. (IB diploma candidate)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics B
AP/IB English Lit HL
AP Calc AB
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Visual Arts SL
IB/AP Biology HL
IB TOK
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National French contest
AP National Scholar
National History Day (regional)
Speech and Debate awards (pretty insignificant considering I didn’t final in State)
And bunch of other worthless crap
[/ul]** Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Best Buddies (4 years, Public Affairs –9th, Treasurer-10th and 11th, and President- 12th)
Speech and Debate (co-treasurer)
Academic Team
Art (self-taught: sold art work to support education of a couple people with similar background as I: girls in rural China oppressed by a patriarchal society)
Lots of family commitment: babysitting, cooking, tutoring little sister etc.
And other crap not worth mentioning
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a pharmaceutical company summer 2007, internship with CA assemblyman this year, lots of babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library, Soup Kitchen…very general (required by IB)
[<em>] Summer Activities: art, Best Buddies leadership conference, nothing mind blowing, a visit/camp in China.
[</em>] Essays: I thought it was good, honest, very personal but nothing flashy. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Southern CA- a little ghetto in Sunny San Diego
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large poor Public (a little over 3000 people)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]Reflection[list]</p>

<p>I don’t know…Princeton, Berkeley or UPenn???</p>

<p>I’m tempted by low cost and the Regents and Chancellors’ scholarship but I’m just not sure…</p>

<p>CONGRATS TO ACCEPTED PPLS!!!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: CoE</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2360 (800Math, 800Crit, 760Writ)
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Bio M, 760 Chem, 770 MathIIC
[<em>]ACT: nope
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 unwghted
[<em>]Rank: 1/169? school doesn’t actually rank.
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): EuroHis(5), USHis(5), ArtHis(4), CalcBC(5), Psych(5), SpanishLang(5), EnglishLang(5), Chinese(5)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: chopped up my common app essay so it’d fit into the char. limits. then chopped up my national merit scholarship essay for the other question…
[</em>]Supplementary Material: i didn’t even know you could.
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no. maybe female engineer?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: SoCal
[</em>]High School Type: public, competitive entrance
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: school comic club, school orchestra 1st violin, art, some other nonimpressive stuff
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, nothing major
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] TBH, I am pretty sure it was the numbers that did it for me. I got Regent’s, so I’m going there. :)</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 5/fourhundredsomething
Gender: F</p>

<p>I feel the same way, masterhammy!
Not worthy and completely scared. :/</p>