<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>3.3UW, 3.87W, 2040 SAT…</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>-prebusiness.
for privacy reasons, just look at my past posts if you want to see my stats</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>College and Program: Letters and Science</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 2020 (680 CR, 640M, 700 W)
- SAT IIs: 680, 680, 690
- ACT: 30
- APs: 4 (AP Lang), 3 (AP Chem), 3 (AP Microecon), 2 (AP Macroecon), 1 (AP U.S. History), 6 APs this year(Bio, Gov, Spanish, Lit, Calc, and Psyc)
- IBs: N/A
- GPA (UW, W): 3.99 , 4.03
- Rank: 4/160
- Other stats: I took summer courses from Northwestern (physics), Stanford (grammar and precalc), and Indiana University (health), attended several leadership and academic programs: Girls State, Molecular Medicine in Action, NYLF on Medicine, Key Club District and International Conventions, Key Leader (student facilitator), Brain Bee (3rd place), Ball State Composition Camp
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Tennis (4 years); Cross Country (4 years); Music (Band and Orchestra) 4 years with several gold medals at state solo and ensemble, and two Band Director’s Awards; Key Club (4 years) lieutenant governor, Spanish Club (4 years) president and historian
- Job/Work Experience: Babysitter
- Essays (subject and responses): I spent a lot of time perfecting my essays; I tried to make them vibrant and show a slice of my life. Instead of trying to incorporate everything about myself in the essay, I zoomed in and elaborated on a small detail of myself for each essay.
- Teacher Recs: Good
- Counselor Rec: Good
- Applied on (EA?): 11/30
- Hook (if any): N/A
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Indiana
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Persian
- Gender: Female
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<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m so excited for next year, and I really hope that I can find a way to attend UCLA (financially). Congratulations to everyone who got in, and for those of you who did not, don’t sweat it. UCLA has so many applicants every year, and a very low acceptance rate!! I’m sure you’ll find somewhere else that you adore. My biggest piece of advice would be to spend LOTS of time on your essays; I probably spent the most time on my UCLA essay, and it paid off. The college essay is not something you can breeze through; its your biggest chance to impress the admissions officers. Be yourself, and tell them what makes you… you. Also, definitely spend more time studying for your AP tests; I did not take them as seriously as I should have. Remember that your AP test scores factor in to the admission decision as well.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>College and Program: Henry Samueli School of Engineering with Undeclared Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2170 (M: 780 CR: 660 W: 730) (with 2240 superscore)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 710 Lit: 670
[<em>] APs: Euro (4), US (4), Lang&Comp (4)
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.98, 4.41
[<em>] Rank: 39/550
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Owns an online business, competitive baton twirling (five-state regional level), dance, flute. volunteering: key club (committee member), church choir, website manager.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Owns an online business, baton twirling coach, environmental consulting assistant
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about how a presentation for Key Club introduced me to an interesting scientist for the first prompt (a huge stretch from the prompt!) and about how through baton twirling I learned about the necessity for precision and efficiency for the second prompt.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public, middle ranking
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American, submitted as White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m not a very strong writer but I feel that my essays were reasonable, but still a weaker aspect of my application. SAT IIs were also pretty low. Now that I have been accepted into UCLA & USC (with a prospective scholarship), I’ll have a hard time choosing between the two. My school had a lot of UCLA-acceptances, many of whom I was really surprised by.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>I usually do not post on these threads, but I have to show everyone that they have a shot at getting into schools with bad stats. My test scores are absolutely awful, but I still some how got in. If you have any explanation as to HOW I got in, please let me know. Congrats to everyone who got in, and I hope to see you at UCLA in the fall! :D</p>
<p>Intended Major: Pre-Business/Economics</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 1690 (530 Reading, 580 Math, 580 Writing) (*Not Submitted)
ACT: 27
SAT II: 580 Physics, 580 Literature, 650 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.37
Rank: Top 10% (UW: 59/542, W: 34/542)
AP: Government (3)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
*IB Spanish 5
*IB Physics HL 2
*IB World History HL
*IB Math Studies SL 2
*IB Business Management HL 2
*IB English 12 HL
Student Leadership
Online Fitness
*=Weighted</p>
<p>Major Awards: 1st place at DECA State (*Not Submitted)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
1.) Student Leadership (4 Years)
-Freshman Class President (9th grade)
-Student Body Secretary/Treasurer (11th grade)
-Student Body President (12th grade)
2.) Martial Arts (6 years)
-Black Belt
-Demo Team Coach
3.) Many other clubs (*Not Submitted)</p>
<p>Application:
Volunteer/Community service: Tons. I needed 150 CAS (community/action/service) hours for IB, 60 for NHS, 100 for Leadership, volunteered at summer camp for handicappable children, raised money for special olympics, held a “trick or treating for cans” event last October, founded my own non-profit organization to aid children in need. (*Only submitted a few)</p>
<p>Essays: I just re-read them, and they are pretty good.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: I sent in 2 or 3 from teachers who really liked me.</p>
<p>Counselor Recomendation: Maybe? If they asked I did.</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Pre-Business/Economics
State: Colorado
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: I guess my leadership, extracurriculars, and community service were pretty good. Out of state. IB program also probably helped.</p>
<p>Schools I applied to:
1.) CU Boulder (Accepted)
2.) University of Arizona (Accepted)
3.) University of Central Florida (Accepted)
4.) UCLA (Accepted)
5.) UC Berkeley (Notification Date: March 24th)
6.) USC (Notification Date: April 1st)</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>College and Program: Letters & Science, English</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2220 (740 CR, 680 Math, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 US History, 750 Math II
[<em>] ACT: Did Not Take
[</em>] APs: 4 Chem, 5 US History, 5 World History, 5 English Language
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.33
[<em>] Rank: Does Not Rank
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist (2270)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Speech & Debate (President, Ranked in Top 150 in National Forensic League, National Semifinalist in Speech, State Finalist in Speech, State Semifinalist in Debate), Bowling (Leagues, Tournaments, over 180 average), Humanitarian/service club (President), 140 hours community service, running (Half-marathons)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): First: About how being the youngest child in my family has shaped my world perspective; Second: How finding my voice led me to semifinal at NFL Nationals
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Applied on (EA?):
[li] Hook (if any):[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>College and Program: UCLA, English</p>
<p>Stats:
[li] SAT I (by section): 2090, Writing: 710, Math: 720, Critical Reading: 660</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: (I didn’t know what these were and didn’t study…eep) US History: 590 Literature: 700</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] APs: Language and Comp: 4 US History: 4 Chem: 1 Psych 2 (We didn’t have books or anything uhh and our teacher didn’t teach anything) </p>[/li]
<p>[li] IBs: School’s program got cancelled</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: U.C. G.P.A.: 4.04</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 12th</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: idk haha</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:</p>
<p>ECs listed on app: Started an independent entirely student-led newspaper on campus after we lost our Journalism program/newspaper due to budget cuts. I manage a staff of about thirty students and run the entire newspaper as a club and am President of the club and editor-in-chief of the paper. Our distribution is 2,900 to a student body where over 50 percent of the students receive or qualify for free and reduced lunch. </p>
<p>FBLA officer for 2 years, NHS Secretary now Historian, CSF Social Chair Person, Key Club District Project Manager (10th grade, Member 4 years), took and AutoCAD introductory course for my internship for an Architecture firm where I worked on Architectural drawings, etc. (Architecture was my other interest), Interned for a newspaper, Interned for a congressional campaign to understand political process/was interesting from a journalistic aspect, Young Senators member last year now Senior Senator</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon</p>
<p>Essays (subject and responses): Had a really telling story</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: N/A</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: N/A</p>
<p>Applied on (EA?): Doesn’t exist</p>
<p>Hook (if any): ?</p>
<p>Location/Person: California</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep</p>
<p>Intended Major: English (well Journalism more so…)</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>
<p>State or Country: CA</p>
<p>School Type: Public</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Pakistani and Indian</p>
<p>Gender: Female</p>
<p>**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I honestly didn’t expect that I’d get in, but I’m glad I have the option now.</p>
<p>uhh sorry this crappily done i was rushing phew</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>College and Program: Undeclared-Social Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2110 in one sitting (700, 700, 710 in math)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem-760 Lit-740 Ecological Bio-690
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>] APs: Chem-5, Bio-5, English Language-5. This year taking Lit, Gov and Politics, Macroecon, Physics B, and Art History
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): UW-not sure, less than 4.0 W-4.55
[<em>] Rank: 17/665
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: philosophy club founder and pres, newspaper editor, 1 or 2 minor ones. not very many ECs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Not born in the US
[/ul]**Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/European
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>College and Program: Mathematics/Applied Science (Idk, whatever their main undergrad college is called)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR/790M/800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 US History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: All 5’s (Chem, World, Calc AB, US, Lang, Art History, Physics B)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.64
[<em>] Rank: Don’t do ranks, but I got ELC
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club<3, Science Olympiad, Dance, misc volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: TA for a summer school program for small children
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Q1: Wrote about Key Club, Q2: Wrote about presenting a speech at IMS2010 (international mathematica symposium)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No recs
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No recs
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Normal… time?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I got Regents too even though I bs-ed the crap out of that app xD Congratulations everybody :)</p>