<p>I know sat isnt the best gauge of anything, but damn...1410....really..</p>
<p>^ I am not kidding</p>
<p>but then again, my friend applied to music program and auditioned really well :)</p>
<p>Oh okay. That makes more sense then.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
yay i got in today for biological science!!!!!!!!!
3.98 UC GPA
SAT: 1640
SATII: 630 MathIIC, 550 PH
3 APs for senior year</p>
<p>congrats! :)</p>
<p>for my friend :
3.5 UC gpa
2100
800 chem/760 math II
AP physics =5
ap chem = 4
ap euro =3
major : aerospace engineering/ physics
STATUS : REJECTED</p>
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<p>My stats as in my grades were 3.65 GPA
1650 SAT SCORE
2 APs
94/750 Rank </p>
<p>Those are my academic stats.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
UCGPA : 3.86 w , 3.50 uw
SAT I : 1920
SAT II : Math IIC : 780
Chem :770
Physics : 720
US history : 670
AP Grades: Calc AB =5; Physics B=5; Chem =5
Cal-resident
EC:
-Couple of math/physics awards
-MUN awards
-over 250+ hours of volunteering @ public library
-started with a couple of friends 2 new clubs : Indian Student Association and Physics Club
Majors : chem</p>
<p>Senior yr schedule
AP BIO
AP macro Econ/poli sci
AP stats
Ceramics I
English 4
Spanish 3</p>
<p>going to UCSB though</p>
<p>Decision:Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undecided
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 550, 520, 540 (1610)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 650, 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1, 3.7
[</em>] Rank: 16/ 431
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 7/ 3 honor classes (if that counts)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP gov, physics, anatomy, spanish 3, lit AP, psych AP
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: n/a
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): academic, dr. phil panel
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: key club- pres, american cancer society- vp, csf, ap club, physics club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work with mom in the summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): struggles growing up, what i learned from parents
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: ca
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): rural doesnt really send that many grads to big schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: lower
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: not sure
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i really have no idea[/li][/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm also ELC i got a letter from them saying that i got in as long it wasn't an impacted major. Is this some kind of mistake, or do they really not want me to go there.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Henry something of Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 730 Reading: 670 Writing: 600
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem: 720 MathIIC: 730
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8 or 3.9, don’t remember and don’t want to bother checking.
[</em>] Rank: Top 5th?
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Chem, Calc AB. Calc BC, APES, Lit & Comp, Physics
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: APES, Calc BC, Lit & Comp, Physics, CAD Drafting, Culinary Arts
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Who knows, 150?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing much
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tennis, math club, csl club, viola, martial arts
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: nothing
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): don’t remember
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): don’t remember
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): eh?
[</em>] Strengths: SATs, APs
[<em>] Weaknesses: grades, etc?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I qualified?
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Maybe, tossup between this and Cal Poly Pomona. Not considering UCSD or UCSB.</p>
<p>^^^Why not considering UCSD and UCSB, if you have a choice? Not admitted to major?</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science / Undeclared
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading: 640, Math: 630, Writing: 610 (1880 total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 600, U.S. History: 740
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 UC Weighted
[</em>] Rank: 27/450+something. (Top 5-6%)
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): English Lang (4), U.S. History (5), English Lit, Environmental Science
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Government/Econ Honors, Exp. Music, Physics Honors, Math Analysis Honors, English Lit AP, Environmental Science AP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: None
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: See below…
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Working at family business since 7th grade, economic hardship, cultural and family difficulty (genocide in Cambodia)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Cambodian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation college
[<em>] Strengths: High GPA, decent SAT scores. Essay is subjective, but I’ve been complimented by teachers on them.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of EC’s, not up to par with the best
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Not taking any “rigorous” courses until junior year probably.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Going through this thread, I don’t think my stats differ drastically from anyone. There are people with both higher and lower stats than me who were accepted. Was very disappointed in my rejection, especially considering I was proud of my stats. Can’t figure out why I was rejected.</p>
<p>@brassring: Yeah, not accepted to my major for SB, and got my last choice college for SD.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 M, 710 CR, 660 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 670 Bio M
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 2.92, UC Weighted 3.25, Weighted 3.615
[</em>] Rank: ~100/350-380
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Calc AB = ?
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: Econ SL = 4; Math SL = 6; Biology HL = ?; Spanish 2 SL = ?; English HL = ?; History HL = ?
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: I’m Full IB, so I have a full year of course load with 4 IB tests and 1 AP test
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I have no idea, but was used as backup for some people
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Normal Honors and Economic Literacy Award (Nothing big, just an online test)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Football-9, Basketball-9/10, VP of Habitat for Humanity Club-11/12, VP of Econ Club-12, >200 Hours CS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Decent, Talked about my decision to do IB and go to a different school with no friends and talked about my Community Service in the next one. In extra section I talked baout ROP through a requirement for IB and how my parents’ divorce pushed me into depression, but I have overcome and am now able to function well
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Sacramento, CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): IB school, Public, 238th in the nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian, half-Iranian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <60 K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I really have no idea[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I could care less about Irvine. I got into Davis, San Diego (Winter Admit) and…wait for it…Berkeley. Yes, I was rejected by Irvine, but accepted into Berkeley. I have no idea how, but it happened. I might have been the first person that has ever happened to lol.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: School of Humanities, Literary Journalism
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: N/A
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Reading: 730, Math: 600, Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 700, Biology: 680, History: 690
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.7 / 3.5
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): US History (4), Language/Composition (5), Biology (3), European History, Government, Literature
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP European History, Virtual Enterprise, AP Government, AP Literature, Calculus P/AB (It’s like an interim class between the two)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Almost everyone?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 3rd in Opinion Editorial, 9th in Critical Review, 1st Overall - Orange County Journalism Education Association; 10th in Critical Review - Southern California Journalism Education Association; 1st in Advanced Website Design - Long Beach Virtual Enterprise Trade Fair; AP Scholar; Gold Award for GPA
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor-in-Chief/Photographer for school paper; CEO of satoriie advertising/photography; Founder of Hearts on a Sleeve charity foundation; Lead Web Developer for ghostbusters (<a href=“http://bustaghost.com/[/url]”>http://bustaghost.com/</a>)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern for the Orange County Register
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about the plight of an arts student in a non-arts environment, how early on my parents told me to pursue medicine and engage in my studies when all I really wanted to do was be a ballerina. I wrote about what my feelings toward the situation are now and how I wish I’d stuck with my dreams. For the second essay, I wrote about how last year’s editor-in-chief was a b</em>*** and how I’m trying to repair the damage to our paper this year.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Oxford Academy - Public; College Preparatory; Test in; 2nd school in the nation according to US News and World Report
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 190K>
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[</em>] Strengths: Unique program application (not just another med student), good/focused ECs, strong essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Essay, ECs[/ul]</p>
<p>@WCF: I think it’s your major. If your stats are the same as most people’s, the major you’re applying for is probably just really competitive.</p>
<p>That could be the case. But if it was, couldn’t they have just put me in my “Undeclared” alternate major? Haha… I guess it’s not that simple though. Undeclared was actually my top choice… but I must have mixed them up in the application!</p>
<p>Also they “outlawed” (I still think it’s practiced) Affirmative Action in California… So, being Khmer I think doesn’t stand out enough unless you added how you yourself overcame the difficulty and turned it into something. That’s what my HS teachers told me when I tried that essay… I ended up writing about other things.</p>
<p>Are you Khmer? Hehe yeah I tried not to play the race game too much. Playing the race/sympathy card isn’t my style. I instead emphasized hardships associated with being raised by parents who had just came out of a war-torn country penny less. For example, having to work for the majority of my life at their business (and thus not having time for EC’s), and how that creates work ethic, discipline, responsibility, etc.</p>
<p>I played the “race” card by saying I’ve been a traveling immigrant to a lot of places</p>
<p>I kinda spoke about how I attribute my personality and way of thinking to my ethnicity because I was educated in a different way than others.</p>
<p>Worked for me</p>