<p>Decision: ACCEPTED FALL 2008</p>
<p>School Admitted To: CL&S</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT:2110
* SAT IIs: 710 Bio E, 680 USHISTORY 710 Lit
* GPA: 3.8 UW 4.4 W
* Rank: 3/270
* # of IB/AP Classes by Senior year: 15
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Good
* Hook (if any): Nope
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State/Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!! Fall 2008
E-mail #none whatsoever. it's like i didnt exist to them until they decided they wanted me. lol.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 2260 (CR800 M680 W780)
[</em>] SAT IIs: (800 chinese 800 lit 780 physics 700 math1)
[<em>] GPA: na
[</em>] Rank: na
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: doing IB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good i think.
[<em>] Hook (if any): hahahha i have a non-hook - applying OOS
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: somewhere in asia
[<em>] School Type: private international
[</em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[<em>] Gender:f
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: OOS meant i was sure i woundnt get it!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: LUCK helped!
[</em>] Extracurriculars: good but the UC app's limited space didnt allow them to shine, exactly. :)</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: Duke, UChicago, UCLA, NYU Stern... so far.
[</em>]Going to attend: decide later.</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul] yippe!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
International</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1970 (670W, 640CR, 660M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Chem, 800 Spa
[<em>] GPA: 88% u.w.
[</em>] Rank: ~3/45
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 0. IB Diploma candidate, however.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, but unpolished
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: El Salvador
[<em>] School Type: Private, Very Competitive.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Latin American?
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: SAT I, No US Citizen?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Because the U.S. Admission System is biased.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: too lazy to post them, way more than what I should normally be able to find at my school.
[/ul]</p>
<p>By the way, Major was Physics, and I did not get the famous email, none of the different versions.</p>
<p>So....uhhh, how many people got in for Engineering? It seems a lot of people so far are getting into CL&S</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! Fall 2008
E-mail #3</p>
<p>School Admitted To: Letters and Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 2100: 700 Reading 680 Math 720 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 610 French 620 Math 2c 700 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.21 W, 3.7 UW
[</em>] Rank: 24/660
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 7
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: One was strong, one was mediocre
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, Being a chef, extensive travels
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: California!
[<em>] School Type: Large, impersonal, apathetic public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Asian, Half Black
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: GPA was slightly weak, SAT score strong, very different life story
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: who knows?
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Lots of service clubs, music, working at my parents' business, martial arts</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: Stanford, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Lewis and Clark, UCSB, UCSC
[</em>]Going to attend: We'll see. Still waiting for Princeton, Brown, Pomona, and Pitzer</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul] A nice lift after being denied to UCLA. Congrats to everyone admitted!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
E-mail #: The one that stated, "We're worth the wait!"</p>
<p>School Admitted To: Applied to L&S - Life Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 1860
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature 520, Math II 560, Spanish w/ Listening 520
[<em>] GPA: 3.6
[</em>] Rank: top 25% out of 150
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I discussed my reasons to attend a boarding school and how performance poetry has helped me overcome my fear of public speaking.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Attending a Canadian boarding school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Private co-ed day/boarding school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half White & Half Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: Fair amount of ECs, but I suppose they expected more, even though crew is very time-consuming. Lack of long-term community service/volunteer work.
[<em>] Why you think you were rejected: Low SAT scores, below average GPA, little community service/volunteer work, no outstanding achievements/awards, no evidence of achievements in Bio/Chem/Physics
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity rowing, varsity soccer, Prefect Council (as Head of Boarding House, School Prefect), Library Council, library volunteer during the summers</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UCSB, UCD, Northeastern University, University of Toronto, waiting on McGill and Boston U
[</em>]Going to attend: Unknown</p>
<p>[li]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I did not expect to be accepted after being rejected from UCLA, but I still had an inkling of hope. Now that I think about it, Berkeley would've been too cutthroat and overwhelming for me, but the location was so ideal.</p>
<p>I was accepted into the College of Natural Resources (I can't remmeber what I applied for though), and want to transfer into Letters and Science. Is that possible?</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
E-mail #3</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2180 (760 CR/700 M/720 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Chem, 710 Math II, 570 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 4.08 UCGPA
[</em>] Rank: 8/119
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, but not great
[<em>] Hook (if any): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: Semi-competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: SAT scores/UCGPA and OOS status
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: See weaknesses.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Quiz Bowl team, yearbook committee, gay-straight alliance</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UCSD, NYU, UMiami, UConn, Marist
[</em>]Going to attend: Obviously not =/</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul] My first rejection. Wow. This sucks.</p>
<p>Decision:REJECTED
College of Letters and Science, Computer Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1790 (580 CR/660 M/550 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chinese, 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.0 UC W (but for this Berkeley IAP schoalrship thing, I submitted my senior year grades, and I for a 4.0 UW/ 4.5 W)
[</em>] Rank: 100/550?
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 6 (more like 5 and a half)
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I guess, one about spending five years in Taiwan, other about piano
[<em>] Hook (if any): Asian? More like anti-hook...Single parent, low income? Apparently they didn't care enough... :(
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Semi-large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese/Taiwanese (I'm half-half...)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: GPA
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Lame.</p>
<p>Oh well, UCSD has a nice EE program... But it's so FAR. :(</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
E-mail # 3</p>
<p>School Admitted To: College of Letters and Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: ~2100
[</em>] ACT: 31 (36, 35, 32, 28, 27)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 700, 640
[</em>] GPA: 3.97 uw, 4.3ish
[<em>] Rank: 4/340
[</em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 9
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: awesome (thanks to my Cal English major brother)!
[</em>] Hook (if any): Been Cal Bear fan for life....in the genes.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State/Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: mediocre public
[<em>] Ethnicity: tan
[</em>] Gender: best ever
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Major Strength/Weakness: ECs, essays, GPA/rank.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Just a strong, well-rounded applicant.
[li] Extracurriculars: president of community service/academic club, NHS, 3 varsity sports, 2 national leadership conferences, 3 foreign service drives, captain of at least 2 sports teams every year of high school, founding member of 2 clubs, started scholarship fund, basically every free moment wasn't "free."</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: Michigan, Virginia, UCLA-honors, Boston College
[</em>]Going to attend: maybe</p>
<p>[li]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul] Congrats to ALL admitted! For those who weren't, there's a school out there for you.</p>[/li]
<p>Go Bears!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Major selected: EECS
REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: W 670 CR 670 M 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: CHEM 760 MII 730 USH 790
[<em>] GPA: 4.4----
[</em>] Rank: 12
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 10 (11 if tests without classes considered)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: uses extended metaphor to describe my development like the universe
[<em>] Hook (if any): showcased immigration to US
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: filipino
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: -
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: -
[</em>] Extracurriculars: president Interact club and some other clubs (started recylcing prog, donation to homeless shelter, etc) [/ul]</p>
<p>3RD EMAIL RECEIVED</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED **
**E-mail #the one that said "were worth the wait"</p>
<p>L&S college</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1750
[</em>] SAT IIs:m2 610 mb 700 span 800
[<em>] GPA:4.5(not UC)
[</em>] Rank:3/400+
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year:10
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:great.. i talked about living in mexico and my veganism
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country:San diego,ca
[<em>] School Type:large public
[</em>] Ethnicity:mexican
[<em>] Gender:FEMALE
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: my SAT was lowww
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: because im a liberaL!! jk
[</em>] Extracurriculars:4 clubs, community service, a lot of animal rights groups, idk</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Fall 08
E-mail #_3</p>
<p>School Admitted To: Letters and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 680 640 650
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 640
[<em>] GPA: 3.577 UC
[</em>] Rank: dk
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Think it was good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Natl Championship athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA/USA
[<em>] School Type: Private/religious
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: ECs
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Several, but athletic is the big one</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UCSB, UCD, UCSC, SCU (so far)
[</em>]Going to attend: Go Bears! </p>
<p>[li]Any other remarks/comments? bears > bruins[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
E-mail # 3</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 790 US History, 770 Biology E
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UC Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: None
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 6
[</em>] AP Exam Scores: Biology (5), World History (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), US Government (5), AP Calculus BC (5)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Could have been better written.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State/Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Large Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Major Strength/Weakness: Strength is GPA and Test Scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Grades and Test scores
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Math Team (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain), Class Council (Elected Council-member), Student Faculty Senate (Elected), "The Electorate" Political Magazine at Phillips Exeter, Chinese Yo-Yo Club (President)
[</em>]Work Experience: Worked for a small software company, Interned for a State Representative over the summer, Caddy at Belmont Country Club
[<em>]Community Service: Volunteered for National Conference of State Legislators Annual Meeting, Middle School Science Olympiad Coach, Perform Chinese Yo-Yo for local cultural events
[</em>]Awards: First Place MA State Science and Engineering Fair, Many Math Team Awards, Many Science Olympiad placings, AP Scholar with Distinction, NMSC Letter of Commendation, National Honor Society Inductee, WPI Mathematics Invitational First Place Team and $1000 Scholarship[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>School Admitted To: College of L&S</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1430/2090</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 790 M2, 730 USH, 760 Phys</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>GPA: 3.5 UW, 3.8 UC-weighted</li>
<li>Rank: does not rank</li>
<li># of AP Classes by Senior year: 4, 8 total</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: alright</li>
<li>Hook (if any): mens club volleyball recruit</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State/Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Very Competitive Private School in LA</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Half Asian Half White</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Major Strength/Weakness: Weaknesses-gpa and some SAT scores Strength-well rounded with 3 years of varsity football and volleyball</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: CA resident from a really good school and volleyball</li>
<li>Extracurriculars: sports all the time, head of fan organization, and part of admissions committee, student alumni association, peer support, and employee of student run business while working in a marketing group outside of school</li>
<li>Other universities admitted to: Texas, USC, SMU, Tulane, Maryland, UCI, UCSD, </li>
<li>Rejected from Wisconsin and UCLA, and waitlisted at Rice, Wash U, and Lehigh</li>
<li>Going to attend: Good chance of going unless I get into an Ivy where I would then have to look at it financially because Ivies would give me more financial aid.</li>
<li>Any other remarks/comments? i'll never know if volleyball really got me in or not</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO EECS!</p>
<p>Got Email #3</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2110(790M/650CR/670W)
[</em>] ACT:34 (31 English / 36 Math / 35 Reading/ 35 Science)
[<em>] SAT IIs:790 Math2c, 780 Chem
[</em>] GPA: 4.3
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: First one about interest in science and what drives me to discover, 2nd one about how I tinker with electronics
[</em>] Hook (if any): First Generation College?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State/Country:CA
[</em>] School Type:Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors[list]
[<em>] Major Strength/Weakness:ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:Most likely stats + essay because my ECs suck.
[*] Extracurriculars:Volunteering + Clubs</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted… and got the Regents Scholarship!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Engineering/Engineering Physics
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 (Math II), 730 (Bio)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.47 (UC GPA), 4.00 (UW)
[</em>] Rank: 4 of 710ish (UC GPA)
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Five 5's; Two 4's; Seven more this year
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Lit, AP Econ (Micro and macro), AP Stats, Multivariable Calculus (College), Forensics, Work Experience
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Some awards... I don't feel like listing them.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics, Science Olympiad, Forensics, Cycling, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Yes
[</em>] Essays: I wrote the essays
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No [/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted....Spring '09, poo</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
E-mail # Don't Know</p>
<p>School Admitted To: N/A</p>
<p>Stats[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2320 (Single Sitting - M: 800; CR: 800; W: 720)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800; History: 800
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW 4.6 W
[</em>] Rank: School Doesn't Rank
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 6 (Max by school will allow)
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Not as good as my non-UC applications, but still solid
[<em>] Hook (if any): None I don't think
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA, United States
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Catholic School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors:**[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: Good scores, good grades, good athlete; but that's pretty much all typical.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Don't know...I suppose I just weren't what they were looking for. I did everything I could during high school, so I'm not particularly beat up about it.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Track is the major one, but I'm also in Newspaper, in the Musicals, and have 500 service hours</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to:
[</em>]Going to attend: Probably UCLA - doubt I'll get into UPenn after my rejection from Cal</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul]</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: Accepted**</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): CR 600, M 740, W 660 (2000 total)
ACT: 31 Composite
SAT IIs: US History 780, Math II 750
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.87 UW, 4.34 W
Rank: 17/635 (top 4% = ELC)</p>
<p>APs (including this year's): 11 ap and honors courses
Senior Yr Courseload: 4 AP/Honors
Number of Apps from Your School: about 50ish</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: ASB Vice President, Basketball, lots of clubs and volunteer work
Job/Work Experience: golf course summer job and family buisness
Essays (subject and responses): alright
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ASB
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public high school
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern (Caucasian on the UC app)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Listed as a Caucasian Male?
Strengths: ASB Vice President, solid sat 2s
Weaknesses: based on last years data, average SAT score plus i got a C is spanish 3 honors my sophmore year :-/. also didnt take ap english 11
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: well rounded student with good grades and average scores. I think my ECs especially ASB helped alot</p>
<p>now... LA or Berkley?!?!?!?</p>