<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Division of Undergraduate Education / Undecided
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2010 (710 CR, 650 M, 650 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Bio-E, 650 Math II
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, ?? UC GPA (i guess the highest?)
[</em>] Rank: 8/435
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 11 (Hum. Geo, W. Hist, US Hist., Bio, Latin-Vergil, Calc BC, Psych, Macro/Gov, Comp Sci A, Eng Lit)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All APs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2 (including me)
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): school, comm service, and orch awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Interact Club, NHS, Model UN, Latin Club, summer hospital program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: IHOP - waiter
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I - interest in health biology and fulfilling it by joining summer hospital programs and also using it to serve as WHO delegate at MUN conferences, II - about being atypical asian, born and raised in southern culture, III - death of friend (tutored him in calculus) and looked at his life accomplishments to inspire my own
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not sure?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, decents stats? (sent kids to princeton, duke, mit, uchicago, emory, and cal w/in past 4 years)
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: --
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ?? not sure
[<em>] Strengths: not really sure, probably my gpa and my 1st or 2nd essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: test stats
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i got alucky? hah[/li][/ul]Other Factors:[list]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: my nhs sponsor also went to UCI and she's excited? :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 740CR, 730W, 710M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 USHist, 710 Lit, 730 MII
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.5 UC
[</em>] APs (including this year's): World History (4), US Hist (5), Eng Lang (4), Physics B (4), Eng Lit, Calc AB, Art Hist, Macroecon, US Gov
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ^ PE (req) and Adv Journalism
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Probably A LOT
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Natl Journalism awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor of ^, Tutoring, Piano...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, babysitting
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Really good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Journalism
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public, extremely competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Cool I guess. Probably won't go.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700 CR 600M 680W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730 Biology(molecular) 690Lit 660 US history
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 wd 3.6 uw
[</em>] Rank: Barely ton 10% (like top 11%)
[<em>] ACT: 31 (35 science sub score :D, 25 Math subscore :P )
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Bio (5), US history (4), Eng. Lang (only 1 semester), Calc A/B (4), Eng. Lit. Music Theory, Physics (:P) , Calc b/c
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Music theory, Gov/econ, AP Lit., Ap Physics, AP calc B/C, Band/percussion ensemble
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ? probally alot
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, published by a national magazine, persident's award, poetry award
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[ <em>] ECs listed on app: Literary-art magazine editor, marching band, winterdrumline section leader, key club editor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 summer Wetzel's Pretzals :P
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Open: about band and how it changed me, one was about how I want to go to college for more than an easy road to higher job pay, can't remembner the other (sorry I'm too lazy to check)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): "California Distingushed School" <- (a total BS title, if you ask me)
[<em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: very low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen., personal problems (moved alot, depression)
[<em>] Strengths: diversity
[</em>] Weaknesses: doing my essays (and everything esle) at the last minute
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: my general SAT and stats fit well I guess[/li][/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Finally got my decision YESTERDAY. I was getting worried.
Uci asked me to send a transcript back in Feb. I wonder why...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Literary Journalism
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 610CR, 630M, 650W = 1890 total
* SAT IIs: 660 (Lit), 510 (Math II)
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.77UW, 3.83 W
* Rank: 37 out of 119
* ACT: 27E, 26M, 30R, 24S, 8W (Combined E+W=26) = 27 total
* APs (including this year's): only one--AP English (test to be taken)
* IBs (including this year's: n/a
* Senior Yr Courseload: Government & Economics, Philosophy I Honors, AP English, Chamber Choir, Women in Literature, Shakespeare Honors, Yearbook, Computer Tech 2, Trigonometry, Teacher's Assistant
* Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure...There are only 119 in my graduating class though, so I'm guessing maybe about 20 or so?
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): 100% CSF member, Lifetime NHS, 2 years on Student Government, theatre involvement, Asst. Director to Shakespeare Festival, 4 year involvement with Shakespeare Society (2-year president), VP of Musicians' Network...
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: clubs, choir, theatre, community service...
* Job/Work Experience: n/a
* Essays (subject and responses): Shakespeare + education, Philosophy (Eastern), and Alopecia Areata
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ?
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private.
* Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: middle-class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents were both immigrants.
* Strengths: strong characteristics and extracurriculars
* Weaknesses: test scores
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I come from a strong Loretto education and Irvine is probably always looking to increase their Humanities majors. Plus, my essays were pretty killer, if I do say so myself.
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: All of that community service, probably...
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Irvine was the last college I heard from, and my top choice, so I'm pretty jazzed. Congrats to everyone else who's been accepted, I can't wait to run into you all on campus!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: English
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1870 total (620cr, 670w, 580m)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 lit, 610 USh
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: ~3.5uw, ~3.9w
[</em>] Rank: Top 25%, I don't know the exact number. Our class is about 500
[<em>] ACT: 26
[</em>] APs (including this year's): USH, English Lang/Comp, English Lit/Comp, Macro/Microecon, Spanish, and Chemistry
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: journalism, creative writing, AP macro/micro econ, AP English Lit/Comp, Civics, AP spanish
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No idea...probably a lot
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): um...NCTE achievement award, lots of creative writing stuff, I've had some poems published, a few school awards, honor roll, a few minor scholarships.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate team (captain 11th and 12th grades), literary magazine (editor, 12th grade), poetry club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: volunteer stuff during summers of 9th and 10th. 11th grade worked at a lab.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I think they were pretty good. Writing is my thing, so they probably saved me.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Definitely my writing
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California, USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): It's pretty big...over 2,000 students.<br>
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle
[<em>] Strengths: writing for sure.<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores and math grades (pretty much Bs and Cs down the board in math)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have no idea. Like I said, I can write, but other than that...just the grace of whatever diety/higher power you happen to believe in.[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm pretty excited to have finally heard. The waiting was getting really hard. But I'm glad I'm in! I really liked the campus and the people/town seem nice...plus it's a good school!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Business Economics
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I (by section): 730(CR), 690 (M), 720 (W)
SAT IIs:Math 2c 730, physics 610
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 UC W
Rank: ?
ACT: Not taken
APs (including this year's): AP Eng, Ap physics, AP Environmental, Ap Gov, AP Calc, Ap Stats, but also 6 honors
IBs (including this year's: Not offered
Senior Yr Courseload: 3 AP's
Number of Apps from Your School: ?
Other stats (Awards, etc.):<br>
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Microsoft Internship, tutoring
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring job for 4 years w/ same kid
Essays (subject and responses): Best thing on my app, wrote it with an official essay helper
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Microsoft Internship
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arcadia, Ca
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Really competitive
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: American income is under 20 k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): "Low Income" :P
Strengths: Essays, EXC
Weaknesses: GPA is only real flaw that holds my app down
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: SAT 1, essays, Internship
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i know alot of you guys with good stats and probably eve better stats then i am are checking ur uci thing every few days and getting angry as people less qualified then you have gotten in a month ago and you still see the same page. it sucks but your acceptance will come. But yes, i really hope my GPA doesnt hold me down from getting into UCLA..wish me luck guys!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>all your GPA are belong to me</p>
<p>^ does anyone get that or has that fad passed too?</p>
<p>lol i recgonize that from playing starcraft online...they would say "all your bases are belong to me"...perhaps to mock koreans?</p>
<p>hahah yeah that's it. it was a game called "zero wing". they had to sell it in the US so they had to rush to translate it. they made some funny mistakes...</p>
<p>"all your bases are belong to us"</p>
<p>"he set us up the bomb"</p>
<p>"what you say!"</p>
<p>man im such a n00b</p>
<p>Lol I remember in StarCraft everyone used to say "GL HF DD KA" before games. Kind of got old. Man I miss that game...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Mech Engineering
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 2020 total (650cr, 620w, 750m)
* SAT IIs: 750 math, 650 chem
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: ~3.8uw, ~4.3w
* Rank: top 10
* ACT: N/A
* APs (including this year's): USH, English Lit/Comp, Macro/Microecon, Statistics, Calculus BC, Physics C, Psychology, Biology, Government,
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Macro, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Physics C
* Number of Apps from Your School: At least 100
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): Just a few minor scholarships
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Founder of UNICEF Club, President ACS Club, AcaDec (2nd Place last year, 1st Place this year), Cross Country, Track and Field.
* Job/Work Experience: Volunteering at public library since 7th grade, Tutoring for homeless kids since 10th
* Essays (subject and responses): pretty good
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I'm awesome :]
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Over 2000 students
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Middle
* Strengths: Math, Science
* Weaknesses: N/A
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: possibly my major
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm pretty excited now that I didn't get rejected from my backup school. It took so long but today i randomly woke up at 5:30 and checked.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: Yes</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): 2100 (720 CR, 690 Math, 690 W, 12 E) </li>
<li>SAT IIs: 680 Lit, 6something Math2c, 630 USH</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8</li>
<li>Rank: 15%</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>APs (including this year's): World History, Human Geography, Lang/Comp, Biology, US History, Lit/Comp, Government, Macroeconomics, Psychology, Calculus AB, Environmental Science</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: AP Macro, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP Lit/Comp, AP Environmental Science, AP Pyschology, Academic Decathlon, Orchestra</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: Not many.</li>
<li>Other stats (Awards, etc.): </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: swimming, hospital volunteering, piano for 11 years, violin/symphony orchestra, etc etc.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: </li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): they were okay.</li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 1st gen, low income</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: TEXAS</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): ~1300 students in ONE grade.****</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Low</li>
<li>Strengths: English-related things</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Math</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I'm well-qualified?</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It took awhile so I was pretty worried that I wouldn't be getting in.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with Regents and CHP </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To:biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2300
[</em>] SAT IIs:790,790,790
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank:
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 8
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Biology
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: None
[ *] SAT I (by section): eh, basically 600ish across,
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 Math 2c, and I forgot my english
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5 weighted 3.9 unweighted
[ *] Rank: We don't do ranks
[ *] ACT: didn't take
[ *] APs (including this year's): 7ish
[ *] IBs (including this year's: ..
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: I don't Know
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: i don't know
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity: Latino/White
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I was accepted because as far as I know, not many get declined.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: mechanical engineering
Fee Waiver Used?: yes
SAT I (by section): M: 600. CR: 590. W: 700. Total: 1890
SAT IIs: Math II: 640. Chem: 660.
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6W
Rank: valedictorian
ACT: 22 (w/ writing)
APs (including this year's): biology, calc AB, chem, calc BC, environmental, stats, eng language, eng lit, gov't and microecon, psychology, french
IBs (including this year's): n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: ap lit, ap gov't + econ, physics, multivariable calc, chinese
Number of Apps from Your School: no idea, but a lot
Other stats (Awards, etc.): mostly academic awards
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: key club international, science club, peer counselor, volunteered at hospital and library
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Essays (subject and responses): talked about my passion for math and science and why i chose my major
Location/Person: ghetto east L.A.
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: low income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: SAT's
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: took a rigorous courseload
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to all who got in! :)</p>
<p>** ACCEPTED!!! OOS!!!** undeclared</p>
<p>SAT: 560CR 670M 640W (Loww :) )
SAT IIs: 620 Math IIC 770 Chinese with Listening
GPA: 3.60 uw
UC GPA: 4.1
AP's: total 6
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 4 on AP US History
Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good, I compared myself to Shrek</p>
<p>Hook (if any): None
State or Country: Western Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: parents went through divorce in 10th grade.. wrote about family turmoils. came to America at age 9</p>
<p>Why I think I was selected/rejected: My EC's are really great.. I showed how motivated I am to work hard. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars: 4 jobs simultaneously, great experience in communication field, trilingual interpreter for an electric company, 1000 hrs extracurricular activities, intern at University of Pitt McGowan Lab, organized English classes to teach the Chinese children from an orphanage (interviewed by China TV K-1 channel), published articles in Chinese Yangtze Newspaper about cultural diversity.</p>
<p>[size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (way back in FEB)[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 1710
SAT IIs: MIIC:590 USHis:500
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA 3.9,
Rank:N/A
ACT:24
APs (including this year's):3
IBs (including this year's:N/A
Senior Yr Courseload:Pre-Calculus(honors), Gov/Econ, Global Studies, A.P. English IV, World Religions, Spanish IV, A.P. Computer Science A, Physics
Number of Apps from Your School: ?? Less than 10
Other stats (Awards, etc.): nominated for Boys State
[Subjective:[ /b][ list]
ECs listed on app: Varsity football, basketball, track, NHS, C.S.F.
Job/Work Experience: Retail, Youth Sports
Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good to good
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ??
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list] Nor Cal
State or Country:CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Private/competitive
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Good essay
Strengths:essay, improvement in gpa throughout years
Weaknesses:SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea</p>
<p>ACCEPTED.....undeclared</p>
<p>SAT: 640CR 700M 730W
SAT IIs: 650USH, 630 Lit
UC GPA: 3.89
AP's: total 6
Rank: N/A
Essays: ehh okay..kinda rushed one of them, but theothers were pretty good</p>
<p>Hook (if any): None
State or Country: CA
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: S. Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: nada</p>
<p>Why I think I was selected/rejected: # stats, ecs
Extracurriculars: goooodd</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS --int'l relations</p>
<p>SAT: 2210
SATII: math II, biology, history --all kind of low; in the 600 something range
GPA: 3.8 weighted
RANK: 20%
AP/IBS: AP Bio 3; AP Art History 5; currently taking AP Lit
Notable ECS: been on the school newspaper forever; an intern on a real newspaper; varsity lacrosse; dancer; almost 1000 hours community service; all sorts of service/honor clubs; camp counselor; secretary of the make-a-wish club; lived abroad (all over the place) for half my life</p>
<p>ESSAYS: english was always my forte...basically they were about my 'exotic' experiences abroad (haha) & my journalism experience and interest in politics
RECS: never saw them.. but should be pretty solid</p>
<p>STATE: CA
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: female
HOOKS: SATs
WEAKNESSES: chocolate
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?: maaaaybe.. waiting until all the other decisions come out</p>
<p>accepted, 3.88 uc, 1960 sat</p>
<p>going to ucla instead and ****ed at uci for taking so long</p>