<p>By playing the race card, I meant something more like “you should feel sorry for me because I’m x.” Your essay topic actually seems to be very good; I can see why they would accept you!</p>
<p>^ YEah, don’t use that… saying “feel sorry for me and accept me for any reason” shows immaturity and ad coms won’t like that</p>
<p>I chose the “I’m badass because i traveled a lot and I know a lot about cultures and yes I’m an immigrant but I’m also Jewish and Asian and I know a lot about those cultures and that’s why I’m so passionate in public health and drama because of my travels and I want to make health care better and break social barriers and racial barriers that we see in the US because I’m like 3 races and it’s badass and being united is way cooler!”</p>
<p>Yeah, and that got a good review</p>
<p>I once heard UCI won’t look at your essays, I think after seeing this year’s weirdness with UC acceptances we can agree they DO look at the essays</p>
<p>Okay, so I was mad whenever I got rejected or excited when accepted/wait-listed (even though the two are far from the same), so I never really got around to doing this. But I want this to be here for future generations. Good luck.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[<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): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.</p>
<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>
<p>^
BS - you are more than qualified and i can’t believe you got rejected…</p>
<p>@dkbear: What school do you go to in Sacramento?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Claire Trevor School of the Arts/Drama
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math-750, CR-610, Writing-680
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math II-750, US History-680, Lit-690
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.17 W, 3.6ish(?) UW
[</em>] Rank: 76/710(ish…kids keep dropping out)
[<em>] ACT: 26 (did not report the ACT scores to any schools however)
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Eng Lang (4), APUSH (3), AP Calc BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Govt, AP Music Theory, AP Eng Lit
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, Yearbook, AP Govt/AP Macroecon, AP Music Theory, Advanced Music Honors (Musical Theater)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just about everyone applying to the UCs…so i’d guess 200+?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing of importance other than Honor Roll and stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Figure Skating (8 yrs), Piano (13 yrs), Theatre (2 yrs), Journalism–yearbook (copy editor) and cappies award theatre critic (1 yr), Dance (4 yrs), Visual Arts/Oil Painting (6 yrs), Sewing/Fashion Design (2 yrs), Economics Club–publicist (2 yrs), Senior Commission (1 yr)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>]Essays (subject and responses):theatre, figure skating…people generally liked the one i wrote of a particular theatre experience…the other was not so strong but worked because it did have a sense of whimsy to it
[</em>]Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):n/a? (what’s this mean?)…well Performing Arts Magnet program…is that under here?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: CA
[</em>]School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public…nothing special…just like every other blue ribbon school in CA
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100-150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): (?)
Strengths: Well roundedness. Sound in mostly everything.
[<em>] Weaknesses:too well rounded…did not EXCEL in any one subject, but at the lower spectrum of being a strong applicant (if that makes any sense), test scores were only slightly above average
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: accepted cause decent match academically, but i think my major was the main determiner of me being accepted…my stats were probably higher than most students applying to my major
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
relieved to be accepted…it’s the only safety i applied to that i actually would consider going to. now it’s between this and usc…all depends on the money, so it looks like it’s irvine for me. except, i hate the city of irvine. it’s such a bubble. o well, it’s only 4 more yrs of life in the oc right?</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>
<p>White, Male</p>
<p>Ca resident</p>
<p>First Generation College student</p>
<p>Taken heavy load of honors and ap courses.</p>
<p>UC gpa=3.7</p>
<p>I’m in the top 10 percent of my class for sure. I’m not exactly sure what percent. Maybe 6 or 7th percent. I’m not sure about my rank exactly because we just received our last semester’s grades.</p>
<p>SAT I 1720</p>
<p>SAT II: Math II: 670
Chem 570</p>
<p>Senior year schedule:</p>
<p>AP Calc
AP physics
AP English
AP Econ/gov
AP art history
TA</p>
<p>APs taken so far:
Chem.
US history</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>-2 years of Marching band: 2nd chair cymbal sophomore year (9,10)</p>
<p>-Drumline (9)</p>
<p>-CSF (10,11,12)</p>
<p>-1 year of student government</p>
<p>-NHS( 11,12)</p>
<p>-Academic decathlon (11,12)
In the county competition: Outstanding interview award
4th in math
4th in lit
4th in interview
5th in speech
Our team placed 2nd overall
1st place in Mathematics at County Heptathlon</p>
<p>-FBLA (10,11,12)
Historian (11)
Placed 5th in county competition for business math. (Top five advance to state competition) (10)
Voting delegate for county comp. (11)</p>
<p>-For the summer I’m also attending a summer science program called Copernicus this summer</p>
<p>Over 200 hours of community service.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>**Stats: **[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Pre-nursing / Nursing Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 450 (Math), 510 (Writing), 520 (Critical Reading)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 520 (Literature), 460 (U.S. History)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.25(w), 3.86(uw)
[</em>] Rank: 16/495
[<em>] ACT: -
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): US History, EngLang&Comp, MicroEcon, Govt&Pol, Art History, Biology, EngLit
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: -
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Art History, AP EngLit, Anatomy&Physio Honors, AP Econ, AP Govt&Pol, AP Biology, Spanish 3, Varsity Tennis
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure, 100+?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Award of Excellence (3 years), Principal’s Honor Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, Swim, Tennis, Key Club, NHS, Red Cross Club, Anime Club, St. Joseph Hospital Health Professions Academy
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My dad getting pneumonia
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Family problems, etc
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino (Asian)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 40,000~50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -
[<em>] Strengths: I think my GPA boosted me up since my SAT is way below their expectancy, plus I’m confined in the idea that I have to have to get an A for every class. I’m also Secretary of our school’s National Honor Society.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted: My GPA, and I think my personal statement was pretty okay-ish + involvement in sports?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I actually applied to UCI’s Nursing School but I got rejected, but the school itself admitted me with an undeclared major so now I’m thinking of majoring in Biological Sciences if I go since I’m debating whether I should go with that or go to CSULB with a pre-nursing major. Overall, UCI was my first choice so I was really happy/shocked/surprised/O_O when I found out that I got in.</p>