<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]College/Major Applied To: College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
[</em>]SAT: 2190 Single, 2240 Superscored
[<em>]SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]GPA: No idea how to calculate it
[</em>]Rank: 1/70
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IGCSE - 10A</em>, 1A. IB - Math, Physics, Econ HL, Chem, English, French SL. Predicted 45.[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent, but quite rushed (wrote them pretty much on the day of the deadline!)
[</em>]Recs: N/A
[<em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Rien[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Europe
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: High[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: President of Student Council, Leader of charity organization, started freelance business, lots of other stuff.
[<em>]Awards: Lots of school awards, a few math awards
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT subject tests would’ve helped. Interesting international background.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Really happy! So far I’ve been accepted at UCLA and Berkeley and rejected at MIT. Waiting to hear from Harvard, Stanford and Williams. Good luck to everyone![/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Letters and Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 Math, 700 Writing, 650 CR 2100 Total
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760, 710
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: Weighted: 4.36, Unweighted: 3.86, UC: 4.16
[</em>] Rank: 3/465
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Eng Lang (5), Calc AB (5), APUSH (4), Bio (3), WH (2)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Civics, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, Journalism, Physics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Some clubs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Alright
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, not very competitive, except if you are competing for top 3 ranks lol
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <50,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: [/ul] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: WOOT</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:8/610
[<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: Cellular and Molecular Biology ** </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Cellular and Molecular Biology
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 630 Critical Reading, 670 Math, 650 Writing
[<em>] SAT IIs: 660 Biology (M) and 540 Math 2 (i know the math II sucks!)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: Straight As, so 4.0
[<em>] Rank: #1/71 (but i dont think i included that)
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: Full IB plus ITGS, Full IB: HL English, HL Biology, HL Chem, SL Math, SL Arabic, SL History
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: about 12 people applied, and 6 of us got in
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Outstanding Academic Achievement in various subjects throughout the 3 years</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: NHS VP, ONE (Making Poverty History) President, MUN, Math Club, High School Newspaper, Basketball, Horseback riding, Student Council, Drama Productions (actress/associate producer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer at hospital and clinic in Jordan, volunteer at cerebral palsy foundation, jordan.
[li] Essays (subject and responses): [/li]Environment u come from- Talked about my grandpa who is a Palestinian refugee and how he fought occupation with education.
Personal Experience- I talked about a kid at the Cerebral Palsy foundation and how i influenced him and he influenced me.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Saudi Arabia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): IB World School
[<em>] Ethnicity: US Citizen, Jordanian/Palestinian Origin
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Strengths: Extra-curriculars personal statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs definitely
[*] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I was accepted probably because of my personal statement, I believe for Berkeley that it’s an important factor and incentive. I also believe that my volunteer experience is really good. [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Engineering (Computer Science)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR + 780M + 800W = 2380 superscored
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Math II, 800 Physics
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 3.73UW, 4.61W
[</em>] Rank: About 20 out of 300
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): 10 APs (nine 5s and one 4)
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: IB diploma (37/42)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: College classes and distribution requirements
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5 to 10
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): RPI Medal, National Merit Finalist, gifted program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Intense focus on computer science – several internships and research projects, lead programmer for FIRST robotics team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: (see ECs)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Exact copies of one of my MIT essays and my Common App essay
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Passion for CS
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, gifted
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Decent stats apart from GPA; pretty good essays[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m not really sold on Berkeley. Carnegie Mellon and the University of Washington are its main competitors for me.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (International)[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Sociology
[ *] SAT I (by section): Math: 740, CR: 680 W: 690
[ *] SAT IIs: World History: 650 Math II: 720
[ *] GPA, Unweighted: 4.0
[ *] Rank: School does not rank, but top 20 out of 170
[ *] APs (including this year’s): World History (5), Psychology (5), Macroeconomics (4), Microeconomics (4). This year - US history, European History, Calculus AB, Human Geography, English Lit
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP’s (listed above) + Concer Band 12
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 30 ish
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar, Honours with distinction, Duke of Edinburgh Silver
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Badminton Captain, Debate Captain, Schoolreach, Model UN, Mock Trial, Swimming, Ultimate, some others I forgot
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Volunteering
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): My Badminton Career and Family Issues
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Debate
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Vancouver, BC, Canada
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Best School in West Canada, second best in all of Canada
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian- American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: i unno… alot
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: right bicep
[ *] Weaknesses: left bicep
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I’m hot
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: biochemistry
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2120
[</em>] SAT IIs: chem 640, math2 670
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.0uw
[</em>] Rank: 1
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): physics b (4), English lit (3), chem, calc ab, us history
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: CAPP English, calc ab, apush, choir, French at local U, independently studying chemistry
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just mine, I believe
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 3 local academic/service awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: varsity soccer, cross country, key club (pres), nhs (secretary), theater, jazz choir, forensics
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job at ice cream shop
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): trip to France and how it changed my view of the world; a snippet of my frustrations with not being challenged at my high school
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ list]
[</em>] State or Country:WI-woot!
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): sucky, large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: ec’s, ESSAYS
[<em>] Weaknesses: test scores in general
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don’t know- it was a pleasant surprise!
[/list]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:** very happy!</p>
