***Official UCLA Class of 2016 Admission Thread***

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (640CR 720M 600W)
ACT: n/a
SAT II (if submitted): 710 Math II, 660 W History, 670 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/583
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 English Language, 4 World History, 4 Physics C, 4 Calculus AB
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, and work at Cedars-Sinai
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, just small awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: track/cross country (2 years), lots of clubs as a member,
Job/Work Experience: Currently employed as student worker at Cedars-Sinai
Volunteer/Community service: Olympia Medical Center volunteer (4 years), Kiwins Volunteer Club
Essays: #1 – wrote about family problems and my realization of my goals</p>

<h1>2: wrote about cross country</h1>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biochem
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: ~640 API, Low-performing
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing
Reflection
Strengths: UC GPA (4.5), rank, essays, senior schedule
Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cause i challenged my self this senior year
General Comments: It is my second choice, waiting on USC only because my tuition there would be free :]</p>

102

<p>How would your tuition be free at USC?^^</p>

<p>Sorry for posting, just had to ask.</p>

103

<p>Accepted, 32 ACT, 4.58 W. 0 Hours community service gang we in this!</p>

104

<p>Rejected to UCLA
4.18 UC Gpa, 29 ACT
(was expecting a rejection lol)
but accepted to: UCI, UCSD, UCSB, UCR, CSULB, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal Poly SLO! So i’m all good! (:</p>

105

<p>Well hopefully it would be free. my father works at the keck USC hospital, and one of his benefits is paid tuition for family for a bachelor degree. I need to be accepted they need to review my father if he qualifies for the benefit.</p>

<p>:)</p>

106

<p>ACCEPTED :slight_smile:
30 ACT
Over 200 hours of community service
Great ec’s
UC GPA 4.0</p>

107

<p>Accepted, Molecular Biology (or whatever it’s called…pre-med track)
2300+
4.25
Good EC’s</p>

108

<p>ACCEPTED, just looked lol, I was out last night</p>

<p>SAT:1620 (in shock)
GPA: 3.5 (descent)
Essays: wrote them the day they were due after school</p>

<p>FYI: rejected from Davis and Santa Cruz</p>

109

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>College of letters and sciences </p>

<p>Chemistry major :)</p>

110

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 Math:760 Writing:760 Reading: 770</p>

<p>[ *] SAT II: Math 2: 760 USHistory: 790 Chemistry: 780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.1
UC GPA: 4.3? ( I took college classes)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unavailable
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): All 5s. US History, Chemistry, Calculus AB, European History</p>

<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Spanish, Statistics, English, Biology. then the regular are Physics, Speech/Debate, Gov/Economics</p>

<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):many Speech and Debate tournaments and then National Merit Commended
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Speech and Debate. Viola
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 240 hrs. ( 200 at the zoo) (40 in a lab)
[ b]Writing
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
UC ESSAYS: fairly good I think?</p>

<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: small competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: INDIAN. but yeah ok.Asian…great.
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200> x> 100
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):…none?</p>

<p>[ *] Strengths: Test scores, writing
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: God if I know, but I’m not complaining.</p>

111

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[</em>] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[<em>] Essays: Why I wanted to be a doctor. Not very eclectic at all.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Uh
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have good grades?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD
Waitlisted: Rice, UChicago
Rejected: Stanford EA</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
MIT whatup</p>

<p>I got not one, but TWO rejection letters from Regents. Hip hip hooray.</p>

<p>Lol just got rejected from UCLA Alumni Scholarship today.</p>

112

<p>Accepted. Already sent in SIR</p>

<p>SAT: 600 math 660 writing 580 lit (1840)
UC GPA: 3.84
Acting Major</p>

<p>My acceptance was based solely on my audition/interview though, but auditioning is just as competitive, if not more difficult. Their program for acting majors has 15 spots of hundreds who apply.</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>

113

<p>ACCEPTED!! SO happy it’s been my dream school since I was like 6 :slight_smile:
SAT I: 2110
ACT: 33
UW GPA 3.95 UC GPA: 4.59
Four years of varsity softball and tennis</p>

114

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Aerospace Engineering!
Dream school since 6th grade,</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 Math:780 Cr Reading:620 Writing:740
[</em>] ACT: Did not submit
[<em>] SAT II: Math II:700 Physics:610
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.2 (Capped) 4.32 (Fully Weighted)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School does not rank
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP European History (2)
AP Phy C: Mech (3)
AP Eng Language (4)
AP Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No IB at my school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Phy C E/M
AP Phy B (Second Semester only)
AP Calc BC
AP Gov
World Literature
Wind Ensemble (Band)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Band Award! Community Service Award, National Honors Society, Athletic- Most Improved Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Music Programs

  • Marching Band (Four Years)
  • Jazz Band (Three Years)
  • Pep Band (One Year)
    Track (Four Years)
    Cross Country (Three Years)
    CSF (Two Years)
    Ham Radio (One Year)
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Only around 200 total hours
    Key Club!
    Link Crew (:
    Food Bank (x
    Summer Teacher Assistant ><
    Tutoring C:
    [<em>] Personal Statement: I wrote about how my parents struggles in life shaped the life I live and the goals I have made for my life, including some neat things I’ve done with my mother’s home country and my brother. The other essay talked about a band audition that was important to me. I used the third statement to talk about a project I am working on after school with a team of engineers that directly related to my major.
    [/ul]Other[ul]
    [</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [<em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
    [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
    [<em>] Country (if international applicant):
    [</em>] School Type: Medium (~2,000 students)
    [<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic and White
    [</em>] Gender: Male
    [<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Under represented minority, first generation, cool major related project, Band for four years!!
    [/ul]Reflection[ul]
    [<em>] Strengths: I’m dedicated in a lot of stuff ^^ Music, Sports, Volunteering
    [</em>] Weaknesses: APEC AP score, CRITICAL READING >< Phy Subject Test!, 3 B’s, didn’t fo XC Senior Year, could have more volunteer service
    [li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted because of luck. There are many better applicants stat wise, but they do look at the subjective material and that’s what got me in :D[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t just do things because you think it will look good on your college apps. I mean, can they really tell the difference between one random school club over another? Do what you actually like and try things out. High school is suppose to be fun, and I’m just glad I enjoyed every minute of it. Success is the the product of knowledge and dedication, you cant have it without one or the other xD Always try your best at everything, and good luck to all future prospective Bruins!!</p>
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<p>Accepted as an Economics Major
GPA: Cumulative is about 4.3
SAT Score: 2030 (2090 superscore)
School: Public
Rank: 4/695</p>

<h1>of AP classes: 11</h1>

<p>COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I didn’t expect this.</p>

116

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Chinese</p>

<p>Nonweighted GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: 1 out of 28ish
SAT:2300 in single sitting
800cr 760 math 740 w
800 math ii
800 chem
800 chinese
770 bio m
AP: 5s in calc bc chem physics b spanish chinese and euro
currently taking:
IB bio sl
IB chem hl
IB math hl
IB history hl
IB english Hl
IB spanish sl</p>

<p>Extra curricular: very strong leadership in red cross jr class vp sfsyo varsity volleyball captain bla bla bla</p>

<p>got ucb(cal) regents…</p>

<p>WHAT THE HELLL IS THIS WORLD COMING TOO?</p>

<p>I applied as a chem major in letters and science</p>

117

<p>Accepted! yay!</p>

<p>GPA 4.2
Unweighted 3.9
ACT: 25
EC: physician shadowing, leader of support group for cancer survivor, public speaker, worked in a lab with a neuroscientist on research project.</p>

<p>Also strong essays.</p>

<p>So thrilled i got in, omg =)</p>

118

<p>Accepted :)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.67
W GPA: 4.11
no idea what my UC GPA is…
almost entirely accel classes except classes that weren’t available in accel and Math classes
AP Chem (5), AP World (5), AP US (5), AP Lang (4)
member of a crap ton of clubs, leader in a bunch
lots (~600?) hours of community service (hospital volunteering, March of Dimes, Music Mentoring, Peer Group, etc.)
SAT: 800 CR, 790 M, 800 W
Essays: okay, i thought a few were really good and the other i didn’t like as much
OOS (New Jersey)
public high school but very good quality (supposedly same level as some privates)</p>

<p>Note:
I received my acceptance the week before decisions came out (March 16th) in a letter in the mail that said I had been accepted early. It also invited me to an event in NYC for admitted students. Just FYI for future applicants, because when I got it I was extremely confused since I didn’t know UCLA (or any of the UCs) had academic early acceptances.</p>

<p>it also specifically said it was an early acceptance, not a likely.</p>

119

<p>Admission Status: Accepted!
Major/College: went in as undeclared physical sciences but i wanna do enginerring/architecture.
Location: Orange County California
Total SAT Scores: 1550
Total ACT Scores: 21
GPA: 4.2 Weighted 3.8 UnWeighted
Ranked 23 out of 483 Come From a Public Highschool Class Of 2012
English- 2yrs hp 2yrs ap
Math- 3yrs hp 1yr regular
Science-1yr hp 2 yrs regular 1yr ap
Social Science History- 1 yr hp 3yrs ap
Other Language- 3 yrs hp 1 yr ap
Arts- 1yr Health/Comp- 1yr ROP-1yr
sports- 4yrs Varsity Waterpolo/Swim 1yr Tennis
In a College Preparatory Program Called Puente
4yrs Of Being In Puente Cabinet Club, CSF,
A Couple Of Awards And Recognition
Helped Start And Currently Run a New Teen Youth Group At My Church
Work At a Local Amusement Park, And Is a Lifegaurd
Low-Low-Low Income Family Of 5, First To Graduate And Go To College
Thank You Fee Waivers For Making This All Easy On Me xD
Aside From UCLA, I Also Got Accepted To Pennsylvania State And Its Architecture Program, SDSU, UCSC, UCSB, Cal Poly Slo </p>

<p>Still Waiting For a Few More Colleges; UCB, Cal Poly Pomona, Tulane University, And NotreDame ( UCB, ND, SLO Dream Schools Aside From UCLA)</p>

<p>Yup Thats About It I Think Lol Do I Have a Chance For Any Of Those Dx?</p>

120

<p>Accepted!
Major/College: Art History
Location: Coloardo
Total ACT Scores: 31
GPA: 4.57 Weighted 3.8 Unweighted
Ranked 14 out of 513 Public High School</p>

<p>Speech and Debate (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain for 2 years), Theater (Director for a One act), Latin Club (VP), Link Crew (VP), Volleyball, Working at my parent’s restaurant since 6th grade, Elected Homecoming King
Asian Male
First to go to college
Essays about:
Vanilla - Drawing parallels between me and vanilla ice cream. Not particularly flashy, don’t stand out, likes to blend in, but completely important, comforting and complex (Everyone I gave it to proof read really liked it)
Leaders - How I learned that I am a leader even though I don’t fit the stereotype (I’m super passive and hate to yell). Super strong underdog tone to both of these.</p>

<p>Accepted to: NYU, Colorado, Denver University, Lewis & Clark</p>

<p>Waitlisted to (This is ridiculous): Carleton, Chicago, Washington & Lee</p>

<p>Waiting on: Brown, UCB, Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, Princeton, Williams (Not holding my breath)</p>

<p>Honestly I think my ECs and Essays are what got me in. My numbers didn’t hurt me, but I think my Essays, Major, and EC’s are what made me stand out from (lets get real) the sea of other Asian applicants. I’m not sterotypical.</p>