<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M- 680 W- 690 CR- 580 (2nd & final take)
[</em>] ACT: did not submit. Composite- 26
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 650 Lit- 600 Chem- 530 (didn’t study for it :/)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.15
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 out of 490+
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language & Composition (3) AP US History (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature & Composition, AP Studio Art, AP Government & Politics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), Robotics Club (Vice-President), Swimming- high school (Team Captain), Swimming- year-round, Church group (secretary), Interact Club, Key Club, Art Club
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: involved in various clubs
[</em>] Personal Statement: talked about family and community, also volunteer work
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: very low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay maybe? stats are pretty good, and GPA too
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. (See above)[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good Luck to all those admitted!!! and those rejected/waitlisted, do not lose hope!</p>
<p>SAT: 1960
UC GPA: 4.11
EC’s: Decent, but nothing amazing other than maybe the fact that I started a club and was in music for 8 years.
Essays: I feel they were the strongest part of the app; all who read it said they couldn’t find any issues with it.</p>
<p>Eh, originally this was my top school…then I visited Davis and fell in love. Would’ve loved to have gotten in, but I guess some things aren’t meant to be. In any case, best of luck to everyone in their future education, no matter what the decision was or where they attend.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - 800 writing, 800 math, 720 critical reading
SAT I superscore (breakdown): see above (one sitting)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
SAT II:
Math II - 790
Physics - 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%?
AP (place score in parentheses):
Calculus AB (5)
Calculus BC (5)
Chemistry (5)
Computer Science A (5)
Physics B (5)
Physics C E&M (5)
Physics C Mechanics (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Government, Multivariable Calculus, World Literature
Number of other applicants in your school: 3 accepted
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): captain of 2nd place team in a national cybersecurity competition</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cybersecurity president and teasurer/secretary of some random clubs (book club, etc).
Job/Work Experience: Interned at the San Diego Supercomputer Center last summer. Made some website using GWT.
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club and Leo Club</p>
<p>Other
Date Submitted App: The day the app was due.
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.4
SAT 1: 2210
ACT:34
SAT 2: Literature 750, Italian 790
spent a year abroad, strong essay, lots of sports but lacking on community service</p>
<p>accepted at UCSB, UCSC, Santa Cruz, Whitman, Lewis and Clark
waiting on berkeley and a few ivies but now i’m a little worried</p>
<p>So happy that I didn’t want to use the format.
SAT 1: 2140
SAT @: Math Level 2 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 790</p>
<p>I’m Indian, secretary general of my MUN Club and won at Harvard MUN. Also, a district level swimmer and my hook is probably that I had the highest marks in the world in Math when I gave my IGCSEs in 2010. GO BRUINS AND HELLO HOLLYWOOD! :D</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 720 CR: 680 W: 710 (total=2110)
ACT: didn’t send
SAT II: Lit: 700, Math II: 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
UC GPA: 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 top 3%
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): calc AB: 4, lang and comp: 5, APUSH: 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: tough
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended student, AP scholar
Subjective:[list][<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance 8 years, lots of clubs, etc[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none [<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital [</em>] Personal Statement: good</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided physical science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: magnet
Ethnicity: asian indian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: essays, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m just happy General Comments: Good Luck!! I hope everybody gets into their dream colleges! Congratulations you guys! I’m so excited for the future!!!</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):410(CR),440(M),430(W)
[ *] ACT:19
[ *] SAT II:480-U.S History,400-Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.2
[ *] UC GPA:3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):32/330
[ *] ELC?:Hell no!
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Biology(1),AP World History(1),AP English(3),AP Literature(TBD),AP Stats(TBD)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit,AP Stats,College Peer,Marine Biology,Yearbook, Government
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Academic Jacket,Posse Fondation Award,Phi-Kappa Theta ,Yearbook Editor of the Year,2nd place in History(Academic Decathlon)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):California Scholarship Club President (9-12th grade),National Honors Society (Club-Creator),Varsity Football(4yrs),Student Council 10th grade-(Vice President, 12th grade- ASB Historian),College Peer Counselor
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Lavan Day Care,Loyal Marymount Uni. Tutor,Power Property Management,Kaiser Permente Lead Engineer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Interact(President-10th-12th),Key Club International,Santa Monica Homeless Shelter,UC Davis Medical Center,Knights&Ladies
[ *] Personal Statement:In point of view they were good, the first one talked about my kaiser internship and the second one talked about my low resourced community
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Hell YES!! I’m broke lol
[ *] Intended Major:Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:low-resourced, not competitive
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:less than 70K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):First generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:EC’s for sure
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA and SAT Scores</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (620CR 770M 720W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Math II, 670 Chem, 690 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/540 at time; doesn’t matter to UCs anyways.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 English Language, 4 US History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Biology (1st sem), AP European History (1st sem), AP Psychology, AP Government, Chemistry Honors, Economics (2nd sem)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, just small awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: AMC participant (2 years), JV Basketball (2 years, Co-Captain), Photography Club (2 years, President), MESA (4 years), HOSA (2 years), Psychology club (3 years), NHS (3 years, President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One-time hired photographer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Math Tutor at school (2 years), Local hospital volunteer (2 years)
[</em>] Essays: #1 – Wrote about my personal story coming from a low socioeconomic neighborhood and how my friends inspired me in school.</p>
<h1>2: Wrote about my UCLA summer session experience.</h1>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: ~640 API, Low-performing
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~120k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): UCLA Summer Session!</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: UW GPA, SAT score
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t take many AP classes before senior year; could’ve have more leadership activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded?[/li][/ul]General Comments: One of my top two schools! Waiting on Berkeley. Congrats to all. To those rejected, there are other schools to start your college career with!</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.90 and 4.51
34 ACT
Good ECs (Boys’ State Mayor, high school radio, soccer, local government, etc)
My essays weren’t superb… didn’t really try on them.
Asian Male from NJ</p>
<p>I’m super excited about getting in! However, it’s such an expensive school for OOS and it’s not my top choice. I’ll be visiting in a few weeks so maybe I’ll change my mind!</p>
<p>S accepted into L/S undeclared - - 2200 SAT, 33 ACT, 800 SAT II WH, 750 Bio M, 4.31 GPA (9 APs, 7 honors), NM commended, 2 varsity sports (not good enough for D1), good other ECs. Congrats to all who got in, and for those who didn’t/don’t get in, there are a ton of great schools out there - college is what you do once you are there!</p>
To those rejected, there are other schools to start your college career with!</p>