<p>dang, i guess I'm stuck going here for biz econ. i didnt get accepted to ucsd, so im probably not gonna get accepted to UCLA or UCB. and i dont wanna go to santa barbara</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!
* College/Major Applied To: Political Science
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 660R, 500W, 590M [1750]
* SAT IIs: 710 US History, 640 English
* UC GPA: 3.93
* Rank: 5 out of 72
* ACT: 26
* APs (including this year's): AP US History, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Language, AP Psych
* IBs (including this year's): ???
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, Government+Econ, Painting, Spanish 2 XP
* Number of Apps from Your School: Around 4 I think...
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): Community service hours 132, won a bunch of stuff too.
Subjective: </p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: , Boy's State, VP of Senior Class, Member of Student Government, Martial Arts, Student Ambassadors, President and VP of Science club for three years.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: None...</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): Martial Arts Philosophy and applications to everyday wisdom, </li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Um... Leadership?</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Charter, 811 API.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White/Filipino</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: +100,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Just another Asian...</li>
<li>Strengths: Leadership. GPA.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Somewhat low SAT, low amount of A-G courses</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Leadership and GPA.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: Did you see what I did there? UCI colors!
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It was so long to wait, and I began to lose hope after rejection from UCD and UCSD. It was amazing finally seeing that change in the application. But things pulled through in the end! They always do. ;)
Just hang in there!
Check the application status site first. They update that hours before they send you an email.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!!! After Waiting for SO Long!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sci
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Cr- 530, W- 630, M- 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II- 770, Chem- 580
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC- 3.83, UW- 3.59
[</em>] Rank: 53/700 (estimate)
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 12
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: None offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs (too lazt to list lol)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: a lot? lol
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Church volunteer, Hospital volunteer, Church choir, Key Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about overcoming shyness, the other about my heritage
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): No idea haha
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: LA, CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: I'd rather not say lol
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Honestly, I dont know
[<em>] Strengths: umm... -_____-
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II Chem
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Cuz I rock? haha no jk[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: After all that waiting, it feels SO good to finally get it. If you guys are still waiting, try not to think about it so much (:
-does the happy dance-</p>
<p>Filipinos up top! (high fives)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
* College/Major Applied To: Computer Science
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 600R, 600W, 620M [1820]
* SAT IIs: 520 US History, 600 English
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.14, 3.8
* Rank: 32 out of 532
* ACT:
* APs (including this year's): AP Euro, Enligsh Lit, English Language, Statistics
* IBs (including this year's): Not offered.
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stats, AP lang, Advanced Dance, Econ/gov, Digital Electronics, no class
* Number of Apps from Your School:
* Other stats (Awards, etc.):</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: President invisible children club, Thespian dignitary, US First Robotics team, Dance company historian, show choir, christian club</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): First person in family to go to college; Global Night Commute for Invisible Children</li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None.</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Mexican</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket:</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, mexican, female in engineering</li>
<li>Strengths:</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Low SAT</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: School involvement + essays</li>
</ul>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 630CR 570M 670W [1870]
[li] SAT IIs: Lit 610, M2 620[/li][</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.69 UW, 3.91 UC
[<em>] Rank: 18 of approx 130
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): Euro History, US History, English Lit, Calc AB, US Gov
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP EngLit, AP CalcAB, AP USGov / regular Econ, Physics, Religion 12, Marine Bio
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I actually have no idea. Probably not that much.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Honor Roll / Principal's Honor Roll, NHS, CSF, a bunch of other stuff I don't feel like listing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate club, science club, church volunteer, school TA, biomedical research lab volunteer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): First one was about strict parents, second was some really bad one about Internet proficiency
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I really don't know, haha
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Catholic, probably about 500 kids total, in the top 50 private schools of the nation
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipina
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Somewhere up there
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have no idea here either
[</em>] Strengths: ... <em>crickets chirp</em>
[<em>] Weaknesses: Reaaaally weak essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have no idea. I'm glad I was accepted though! :D
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Finally!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science and Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1820, don't remember the breakdown
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math IIC, 680 US History
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 3.64
[</em>] Rank: Don't know
[<em>] ACT: 29 Composite
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 7
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Computer Science, AP Calculus BC, AP English Language, Chemistry, Civics/Economics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: TONS
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I'm too tired to list any of them, but I had a decent amount
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tennis and piano for 13 years, and some other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at the City Attorney's Office and at Northrop Grumman as an Engineer Trainee
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One on my love for computers and another one on my sense of humor
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I'm sexy ;)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): TONS of smart asians
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Don't worry about it
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm sexy ;)
[<em>] Strengths: Umm my ACT score isn't bad, and my essays/internships were pretty nice, plus I'm sexy haha
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA (10th grade screwed me over...)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in, and now I'm faced with a conundrum of deciding between Davis or Irvine...</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Don't think so...
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 700 CR: 620 W: 620 (1940)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Spanish w/ Listening, 690 Biology, Molecular
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 3.79
[</em>] Rank: None
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP US History, AP Biology, AP Lang, AP Spanish Lang
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: TONS
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Too lazy to put in. </p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Too lazy again...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Assisted in research at UCSF
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent maybe...good. Don't consider myself a strong writer
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Probably research </p>
<p>[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 10 in California, US News and World Report Gold Rating (Given to top 100 HS in their ranking), Newsweek Top 200
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American mostly, but also Peruvian (wrote Hispanic/Latino on my application)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: No Idea
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths: NONE
[</em>] Weaknesses: MANY
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:</p>[/li]
<p>[/list][ b]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Probably will not attend. Accepted to all UC's except UCLA and UCB (hasn't come out yet). Will probably visit on my way down for UCSD's Admit's Day.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2130
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730, 660
[</em>] GPA, Weighted: 4.0; UC: 3.97
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 10 overall
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All ap's: calc ab, bio, art history, us govt., english lit.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: my weakest point, average ec's
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): good responses on one, amazing on the other
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low
[</em>] Strengths: monstrous ;) upward trend
[*] Weaknesses: super lame ec's[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Political Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 650 M, 640 R, 610 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 US, 630 BioE
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.33w, 3.88uw
[</em>] Rank: 4/600
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP World History, AP US History, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP English Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Economics
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs, Forensics, Leadership
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Maybe a few.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): High School Heisman School Winner, Daughters of the American Revolution School Winner, CSF, NHS, Top Debater, Voted Most Likely Succeed, 1st runner up for Girl's State.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Captain of the Debate team for two years, President of Forensics Club for two years, President of Math Club, Chess Club, MESA Club, Mock Trial, Key Club, Link Crew, Varsity Tennis, ASB for three years, Senior Class Secretary.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote my first one on my observation of people's diversity and my second one on my love of learning. I am overall a pretty strong writer and believe that my essays were fairly decent.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Hm, I did a research project in biology last summer, I went to debate camp the summer before my junior year, and I interned with Assemblywomen Nicole Parra's office for three summers.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian.
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Well off
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hm, dedication?
[</em>] Strengths: Debate, i'm very involved
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not the highest test scores.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Extra-cirriculars, essays, and grades perhaps. Also because of the guaranteed acceptance for the top 4% in my class.
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congatulations on everyone who got accepted!!! I'm very excited to be accepted to UCI. This is my first post on this forum, and I'm hoping to meet a lot of people that potentially might be going to the same school as me. Right now my choices are UCI, UCLA, UCB (if i get accepted), and UOP. USC and Stanford have yet to come, but the cost deters me a bit. Also, I got into the Campuswide Honors Program at UCI, so that is a big plus. If anyone wants to talk, just message me :D</p>
<p>Decision: (Finally) Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biomedical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 710 CR: 700 W: 720 Total: 2130
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2: 680 Literature: 650 (Didn't report though)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.2-3.3, but not counting 9th grade 3.9
[</em>] Rank: Not Ranked
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] APs (including this year's): US Government, US History, Literature, Physics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP US Gov, AP Literature, AP Physics, Calculus, Ceramics I, Japanese II
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: No Idea (Not many)
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: One Month in Japan as Exchange Student, NHS, Literature Club President,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a cashier at a grocery store and house management staff at a theater
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None. Well, maybe the Japan thing.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania, United States
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Very good public school
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:150-200
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[</em>] Strengths:Not really sure
[<em>] Weaknesses:Low 9th grade GPA, but they don't count it :)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:Not sure
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Out of State.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Computer Engineering
* Fee Waiver Used?: Yes.
* SAT I (by section): 470 CR/ 480 M/ 530 W =1480 TOTAL (probably the lowest in this forum)
* SAT IIs: Math II (550) / USH (550) / Spanish (400) / Biology E (540)
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.76(W) / 3.69 (UW)
* Rank: 8/230
* ACT: 18
* APs (including this year's): 11th--AP Eng Lang, AP USH, AP Env Sci / 12th--AP Physics, AP Eng Lit, AP Calculus, AP Gov
* IBs (including this year's: Not offered
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics/Eng Lit/Calculus/Gov, Instruments, Peer College Counseling
* Number of Apps from Your School: less than 15
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): Calif Scholarship Federation, Honor Roll, High School Leadership Award, Nordstrom's Scholarship, COSMOS at UCI (Bioinformatics & Programming in Python)
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Key Club, Green E Club, Dance (Hiphop and Salsa), Choir
* Job/Work Experience: PicturePeople, Work Experience at Library
* Essays (subject and responses): Family Situation, Role in the family (6 siblings), Going to college--did not consider til 11th grade
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): --don't know--
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 1800 students approx.
* Ethnicity: Filipino
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: 25,000-30,000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First child to go to college
* Strengths: Leadership and Community Service
* Weaknesses: SAT/ACT Scores, Awards, Grades, Academic rigor
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: EC's, Essay
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: First child to go to college
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Accepted to UCSD, UCD; rejected by UCLA; waiting for CAL!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/ Regents & CHP </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared Social Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section):CR: 570 M 680 W 650; Total 1900
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 710 US History: 620
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC weighted: 4.22; UW: 3.85 W: 3.99
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 4
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): 2
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 classes; APs: Stats, Calc-BC, Physics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: no clue.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 2 yrs CSF, 1 yr NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 2 yrs BRIC Chicks board member (like a girls club), 2 yrs Radio Club/DJ, 4 yrs Students Organization for Drug & Alcohol Awareness - board member 1 yr, 2 yrs Stand Up! Speak Up!, 80ish hours of comm. service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): how my parents limited me to academics, but my school encouraged me to do other things & my radio show / importance of trying
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nothing.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private school, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: GPA?, EC
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: grades, EC, maybe essay[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: my stats aren't high, but they aren't low haha. i'm still surprised i received Regents. but congrats to everyone who has been accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared/Exploratory Program
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1750 CR-490 M-720 W-540
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem-500 Math IIC-670
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA-3.90 UW-3.6
[</em>] Rank: Top 20%
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP World History, AP Chemistry, AP English Composition, APUSH.....this year....AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP Statistics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Yearbook, AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Calculus BC, Senior Brit Lit, AP Spanish
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: probably 30+
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Pretty solid awards-mostly cross country awards (MVP, Most Inspirational, Most Outstanding rookie, CIF Academic Team), Homecoming Prince (LOL)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 year varsity cross country letterman (captain senior year), 3 year varsity track letterman (co-captain senior year), 3 years of Yearbook (Photography Editor in Chief this year), CSF 9-12 (vice president of communications junior year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Must've been pretty good.
[</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): Pretty good, has sent students to Ivy League schools since my freshman year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[<em>] Strengths: ECs for sure, essays too
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I's and II's
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: my commitment to my extra curriculars and probably my solid essays.[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations everybody who got in! I'm probably not going to go to UCI but it's good to know that I got in. I'm most likely going to go to UC Davis next year.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biological Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 math, 530 CR, 670 writing total: 1980
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 math II, 640 bio m
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.66 uc gpa
[</em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[<em>] ACT: didnt take
[</em>] APs (including this year's): european history, english language, biology, english literature, statistics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: school doesnt have IB
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: poly econ, english literature, bio, stat
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: lots
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): some for softball, school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: softball, clubs, summer rop class
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: umpire, 2 years at wild rivers, starbucks
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): moving from russia and one on my rop class
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ca
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): good i guess
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: no clue
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: 2 year captain, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: no big awards or volunteering
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: SAT i guess[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i was sooo happy and surprised it took sooooo long</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Bio Sciences
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[ *] SAT I (by section): don't remember but total 1940
[ *] SAT IIs: 760 Math II 690 Bio
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA around 3.8
[ *] Rank: 35
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] APs (including this year's): total 9 passed 2/4 so far 5 in Calc AB and 4 in Bio
[ *] IBs (including this year's: not offered
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit., AP US Politics and Gov., AP US Macroecon, AP physics, and TA =)
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: basically everyone from 1-100 haha
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): none? haha
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: 1000+ hours volunteer including 200+ @ UCI Medical Center, President of all Math and Science Clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): One about volunteer experience, one about family hardships
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Father is a Vietnam War Veteran and POW
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: SoCal
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Garden Grove High School, ghetto if you ask me
[ *] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[ *] Gender: delcine to state (jk jk male)
[ *] Income Bracket: 120K - 130K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really
[ *] Strengths: Math and Sciences
[ *] Weaknesses: English
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: High scores, I doubt my crappy essay did anything to help, probably hindered
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
I'm happy at the end of a LONG month it is finally over.</p>
<p>cool nice job</p>
<p>sorry just editted =)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Psychology/School of Social Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: N/A
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 580/M 570/W 560 (1710)
[</em>] SAT IIs: AM HIST 600/LIT 520
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC GPA: 3.71
[</em>] Rank: Top Half
[<em>] ACT: 24
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP Literature; AP Psychology
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Literature, AP Psychology, Discrete Mathematics, Media Arts, Gov/Econ
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: about 80
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Student of the Quarter, Outstanding Achievement in Photography, Advanced Art I & II
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 years Varsity Cross Country, 2 years Varsity Track, Horseback riding, Volunteering, various clubs and after school electives
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I worked for my parents for like two summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was on cross country and the other was on how my counselors said I couldn't get into college. Showed them :)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): NONE.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Rigorous top public school (top 5 in the state)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Females
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
[<em>] Strengths: My essays? My GPA was okay, I guess. I had an upward trend.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Um.. SAT scores, class rigor (no APs until senior year)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have no idea why. I am so happy that I am though![/li][/ul]Other Factors: NONE
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I am so happy that i got in! I didn't think that I would be able to, it was a sort of reach for me. I wasn't even considering it! And now I'm deciding between UCI and UOregon. :)</p>
<p>GJ! I'm still waiting on mine, but glad to hear someone got in for Psych major too :D I hope to see you at UCI this fall :)</p>