Official UCLA Class of 2016 Stats Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Science-Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section):CR: 530 W: 650 M:740
IBs: 39/42 for predicted grade</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
Founder of School Student Union: Elected as President for two years
Head Organizer of across school charity fashion show
Key planner and organizer of college-wide fundraising campaigns
Champions of two business and marketing competitions (got on the news)
School Academic scholarship student
Awarded sponsored service trips
HK Sports scholarship for basketball
U20G Volleyball team: team captain
U20G Basketball team: team captain
Piano: Grade 7
Flute: Grade 7</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Top law and marketing firms for two consecutive summers</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:
Two, from vice principal and head of year (i heard they are really good refs - because I always have meetings with the principal for the student council meeting)
Counselor Rec:
should be very good, know this counselor for 6 years</p>

<p>Hook: err…first generation? err…UCLA SUMMER PROGRAM!! LOVE THE CAMPUS AND WESTWOOD!</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: /
School Type: International School
Ethnicity: Hong Kong
Gender: Female </p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m really really really thankful. Thanks God. And for those who are rejected or waitlisted, don’t be put off by the decision! HAVE FAITH! I know that you guys can all succeed in everywhere you go!</p>

<p>And congratulations to everyone who got in! Hope I can get into UCB tho :slight_smile: I am very very proud to be part of the UC group :slight_smile: <em>asian pride</em></p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Mathematics and Economics</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I 2220 (Math-750 Writing-740 Reading-730):
[</em>] GPA (4.0 UW, 4.48W):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Girl Scout Gold Award, Girl’s State Rep, President of 3 clubs, lots of community theater and high school theater, Lead Cappie (HS play critic program)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: limited
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Not sure - I struggled with the essays a bit
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Hopefully very good - 3 teachers I love (hopefully loved me - didn’t read the recs)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public High School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Communications!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (740 R, 710 M, 730 W)
[<em>] ACT: 32 (didn’t send)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 Lit, 740 US History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68 UW
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank available
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History, AP Stats, AP Computer Science, AP Comparative Gov, AP Psych, AP Chinese
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB French Ab Initio (predicted - 7)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, IB French Ab Initio Yr. 2
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP Scholar with Distinction, FIRST Robotics Winner, Merit Scholarship Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (3 years, treasurer), Student magazine (founded, editor-in-chief), Literary magazine (published content, on editing staff), Engineering Club, MUN, Debate club, Writing Center (finalist in two school-wide competitions and ESOL tutor), published writer (submitted and published in magazines like TeenInk, school magazine), took journalism for two years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: two summer internships at two local magazines (published many pieces in their respective magazines, online and in print)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Roots and Shoots (4 years, committee leader), Hope Well (3 years, vice president), Relay for Life (4 years), Habitat for Humanity, Elementary tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: magazine internships
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one about my dream to influence the world through my writing as a journalist, one about planning the 30 Hour Famine at my school (I was pretty happy with both essays :slight_smile: )
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Guessing that one great, one good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor really liked me, so I’m thinking its pretty good.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Nope
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: China
[<em>] School Type: private school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** Excited. :slight_smile: Good luck to those applying and congrats to those who got in. To those who were rejected, don’t worry… you will do great things at whatever college you go to. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted :frowning:
Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown):2020: 690 CR, 700 M, 630 W
[</em>]SAT II: US: 640, World History: 610, Math II: 710
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[</em>]UC GPA: 4.5
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]ELC: Yes
[<em>]AP: World History (4) US (3) European History (2) Chem (1 did not submit) Calculus(taking) Lit(taking) Gov (taking)
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Honors, 1 required religion class, Video Production
[<em>]Awards: Capital Valley Conference Scholar Athlete, Christian Service Award, Scholars Path member, Honor Roll, CSF
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Asian Pacific Club (leading member), Wrestling Team 3 years, Student Ambassador, Interact Service Club, Ski and Snowboard Club (President and founder), Christian Service Corps
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Homeless ministry, nursing facility, Christian service corps, altar server, plus several one time projects I was involved in
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Intended Major: Undeclared-Life science(want to change to Bio major)
[<em>]State: CA
[</em>]School Type: Private Catholic ~1,000 student
[<em>]Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>]Gender: Male[/ul]
Essays were about starting and organizing a huge school supplies drive for poor kids in the Philippines and also living with my grandmother (taking care of her over the years)
This is a sad day… :frowning:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660-M 640-CR 670-W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/486
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography(4) Biology(4) World History(4) Calculus AB(3) Statistics(3) Lang(3) Chemistry(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Macro/Micro, AP Lit, Yearbook, Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Multicultural Club, Soccer Manager, Band, Yearbook Editor, Newspaper Editor, Extensive family responsibilities
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Several other projects through NHS
[</em>] Essays:Growing up with a disabled mother
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good!
[<em>]Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than 30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, disabled mother, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Out of state? Decent student[/li][/ul]General Comments: I feel honored to have been accepted. They gave me a decent financial aid award surprisingly, still would cost about 25,000 a year though. Probably wont end up here since I’ve gotten some other full ride offers elsewhere and the cost at UCLA will be a little much for my family, but still yay!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Science, Pre-Computational & Systems Biology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 720 M. 720 R, 720 W (2160)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 620 B/E, 690 M II
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Calc BC - 5, Calc AB subscore - 5, Calc AB - 4, Bio - 4, Art History - 4, Environmental Science - 4, Chem - 3, European History - 3
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.92, 4.33
[<em>] Rank:
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Competitive pianist for 10 years, Church Worship Team leader - Keyboardist, Honors Humanities and APEC Tutoring - Secretary, Kearny Mesa Convalescent Hospital Volunteer, VBS Group Leader, Sunday School Teacher, NHS, CSF
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher during the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): The best I’ve written, I think. The first one was about growing up in a hotpot (cultures), and the second was about getting rejected because of short fingers.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): night before
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Cali
[<em>] School Type: Public, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: UCLA was my dream school ever since the 8th grade field trip – I feel so blessed and amazed that I got in! Looking at past acceptances, stats, etc. I’m wondering if UCLA’s standards are decreasing?? Hmmm. But nonetheless I am so excited for all acceptancees! Congratz!</p>

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<p>Too lazy to type out all my ec’s but I have like over 200 + hours
and many ec’s ! just message me if you wanna know :)</p>

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

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<p>oh wait (accepted for bio major!) totally forgot. haha.
and congrats to everyone!</p>

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<p>I was accepted for undeclared engineering! 2400 SAT and like 4.3 UC GPA, some OK EC.</p>

<p>My friend also had 2400 and 4.3 but he got waitlisted :(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780M/710W/670CR/2160
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math IIC 740 Korean 800 Bio M 630 (yep)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/310
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc 5 Lang 3 Art 3 (Taking 4 more APs senior year)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholars Finalist/ Elks MVS National Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Community Service Club, Founder of UNICEF Club, Student Council Rep, 1st chair Flutist, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: manager at restaurant 30 hrs/week since 2009 to help my parents at their restaurant.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: County Juvenile Court Diversion Program leader, Library Teen Advisor, Big Buddy, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: I’ve been working to help my parents out.
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: #1: She loves me, but I haven’t seen the rec. #2: Pretty Good, but nothing extraordinary
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She helped me so much when I was going through tough times. I read the rec when she gave me one for scholarship, and it was amazing!
[<em>] Additional Rec: I got it from my Community Service Club Advisor. It was really sincere and amazing!
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Sub-urban (It really should be designated as rural) Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~30,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular Activities, GPA?
[li] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, AP scores, Average SAT scores. [/li][/ul]General Comments: There’s no way I can afford the UCLA Tuition, so I am most likely going to decline the offer.
So far I got accepted to Wellesley, UW
waitlisted to rice
rejected northwestern</p>

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<p>PERFECT SCORE AND GPA
I’m not sure UCLA or UCSD Hmmm</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**College and Program:[Pre-Sociology]</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2000+
[</em>] SAT IIs:700+(Biology E,Chemistry,Literature). An okay-ish score in Physics
[<em>] APs: Self Studying AP Psych and AP biology
[</em>] GPA : Above 90% all four years
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: National level Debating, School Council Major position, Some National level olympiads, Editorial, some other major school activities. Lots of little regional certificates for debating, story writing and public speaking generally.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 Summer Internships, a self initiated small business.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My world one was about family and other about determination.
[</em>] Hook (if any): No
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: India
[</em>] School Type: Small town, small school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Be optimistic. :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted ** </p>

<p>College and Program: Letters and Science- Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):2020 (680 CR/680 M/660 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 650 in lit, 700 in US history
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs: US history, Calc, Government, Economics, Lang
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.3 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 29 out of 487
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Theater for 8 years, Leadership programs, math tutor, electric guitar.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None, I volunteer at a homeless shelter every week though.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Were silly and down to earth.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I have artificially inseminated a cow. Yes, that counts.
[/list]Location/Person: Bay Area, California[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Just your typical public school, recently “distinguished”
[<em>] Ethnicity: Snow White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/list]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m just your average AP student man. Astounded and blessed that UCLA considered me.</p>

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<p>D was
ACCEPTED TO UCLA
Major: World Arts and Culture - Dance in College of Arts and Architecture</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I best 1 sitting 1880, power 1950
SAT IIs: 670 US History, 670 English Lit</p>

<p>APs: APUSH 4, STATS 4, ENG 3 (currently in Macro Econ, Psych, Govt, Lit)
GPA weighted UC approx 3.9
Rank: top 20% (very competitive HS)</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: trained with top US ballet companies during summers; political campaign worker; Gay-Straight Alliance, PETA, HS TV channel programming
Job/Work Experience: ballet instructor, political campaign intern
Essays (subject and responses): talked about character-building experiences in dance - not chosen as Clara, but after 3 years of hard work got into NYC ballet summer program. Also extensive moves: 18 years, 15 different homes and 5 high schools.
Teacher Recs: dance teacher and teacher from former independent study school (all subjects)
Counselor Rec: NA. No help at all.
Hook (if any): bicultural, so excellent fit with program; film production second talent
State or Country: CA
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Asian/White mix
Gender: F
General Comments: Arts and Architecture requires a lot of extra materials (research paper, extra essay, 2 recommendations, audition/interview, evidence of creativity) and looks for fit, artistic promise, and likely community contribution in addition to academics. Very holistic process and well administered - faculty members meet and choose their future students.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>**College and Program: College of Letters and Science **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:CR 580, M 740, W 740, Total 2060
[</em>] APs:Chem 3, Calc BC 3, APUSH 4, Eng Lang & Comp 5
[<em>] GPA:UW 3.85, W 4.37, UC 4.45
[</em>] Rank: 40/850
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s:JSA (debate club), Marching Band, PCC T of R Honor Band 2012, Jazz Band, Long Distance Track
[</em>] Essays: Had to switch families b/c of a divorce, and had to adjust in a new environment at home and at school; My passion for jazz music (these essays were a bit short of amazing)
[<em>] Hook(s):1st Generation, I raised my overall GPA each semester
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State: Southern California
[<em>] School Type: Large, semi-competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Strengths: Well-balanced applicant
[li] Weaknesses: Zero Community Service Hours[/li][/ul]**Comment(s):UCLA!!! I can’t believe I got accepted, and it probably wont hit me until Bruin Day haha Congratulations to everyone else who got in!!! Woooohhh!!! **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Science, Pre-business Economics</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2300 (800M, 700CR, 800W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 750 Bio M
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: N/A
[<em>] IBs: 7 in SL Math, 5 in SL French, predicted 7 in HL Econ, 6-7 in HL Chem, 6-7 SL Physics, and 6 in HL English
[</em>] GPA (UW): ~89%
[<em>] Rank: Somewhere around top 10% I’d think?
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Singing/songwriting, Wind Ensemble, Model UN, Non-profit Charity Work, Powerlifting, Track and field
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at a hedge fund in the UK, speaker at a school in China
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One of them was crappy but the other was pretty decent in my opinion
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should have been pretty good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Also should have been pretty good
[</em>] Applied on: The night before the deadline
[<em>] Hook (if any): Male? lol
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m sure all of you will end up where you want to go in life as long as you keep aiming high and working hard :slight_smile:</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Biology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2340 (760 CR, 790 M, 790 W), 800 M in another sitting
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Biology M, 790 Math IIC, 790 Chemistry, 780 U.S. History
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t send.
[</em>] APs: English Language & Composition (5), Calculus BC (5, AB Subscore: 5), Psychology (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Comparative Government and Politics (5, self-studied), European History (4)
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.98 (4.98 weighted)
[</em>] Rank: 3/600 (may have changed to 1 at Midyear Report)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad, Tutoring club (Treasurer), Math Club (Treasurer), MUN (President), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was a modified Questbridge essay, the other was a recycled Stanford essay. Both decent.
[</em>] Applied on: November 30
[<em>] Hook (if any): Questbridge.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public (roughly 2,500 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations/etc.: Wasn’t really a surprise since I was invited to compete for Regent’s (though I didn’t go for it). Also, I was already accepted to Williams, where I’d rather go, and am currently waiting for several more colleges, so I will not be matriculating. Hopefully that will help those who were waitlisted.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Didn’t Take
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II-800, Physics-740
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: US History (5), Physics B (5), Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IBs: not offered
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): UW-4.00, UC W-4.28
[<em>] Rank: Don’t know
[</em>] Other stats: 36 Math ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Soccer, Baseball Coach, Soccer Coach, Math Tutor, Leadership stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Biotech Internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about my grandpa, he’s an engineer, what I learned from him
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): Very Early
[<em>] Hook (if any): White person interested in Engineering?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Not suprised-I got a likely letter a few weeks ago…Great backup, though I’m leaning towards WashU</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>College and Program: Letters and Science for Pre Human Biology and Society (BS)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730W, 720M, 600C (yikes!); 2050 total
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Bio M, 650 US History
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs: US History - 4
[<em>] IBs: Full IB Diploma (HL Bio, Music, English A1; SL Math, Korean, Psychology)
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.9 UW, 4.1 W
[<em>] Rank: No ranking at our school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Secretary for Tri-M Music Honors Society, Global Issues Network Exec (went on international conference in Jakarta, Indonesia), Section leader in Orchestra for 4 years, helped with hospital to set up free clinic for refugees from China, overseas music festivals
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty decent; wrote about my experience as a TCK, another about music/overcoming challenges
[<em>] Teacher Recs: We’re not allowed to read them, but apparently fairly good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ^
[<em>] Applied on (EA?): 11/29
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Am a Washington state resident, but currently living in Seoul because of dad’s job
[<em>] School Type: Top international school in Seoul
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Really wasn’t sure that I’d get in, considering my stats aren’t the greatest and I’d gotten deferred from UMich, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not sure if I’ll end up attending, but I’m feeling very grateful for now. Congrats to everyone else who’s gotten accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Computer Science at Henry Samueli School of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SATI(bysection): Don’t think it mattered due to ACT; I had around a 1700s
[</em>]SATIIs: 760 math II, 680 u.s. history
[<em>]ACT:30 (28,34, 28, 29, 25)
[</em>]APs: U.S. history (4)
[<em>]IBs: n/a
[</em>]GPA(UW,W): 3.93 UW, 4.45 W
[<em>]Rank: school doesn’t ranks
[</em>]Otherstats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]ECs listed onapp:

  • co-founder and treasurer of a school activities based club that use club budget to fund the school’s first Winter Formal.
  • volunteered 40 hours at a local library
  • QuestBridge Finalist 2011 ~ 2012
    [</em>]Job/WorkExperience:
  • worked 200 hours as a tutor
    [<em>]Essays(subject and responses):
  • one wrote about how I took actions to find out what I really want to do after high school instead of listening to other people’s suggestions, while the other talked about being an immigrant, overcoming obstacles.
  • I also talked mentioned a bit about my mother having pneumonia, resulting in my having to work to help support the family instead of volunteering.
    [</em>]TeacherRecs:
  • My teacher (a UCLA alumna, graduated in 2010) wrote my letter of recommendation for my Regent Scholarship application. I just told her to write whatever she wants haha.
    [<em>]CounselorRec: n/a
    [</em>]Applied on(EA?): n/a
    [<em>]Hook(if any):
  • low income bracket
  • highly successful inner city charter school (938 api)
  • not sure if Chinese is URM (?)
  • QuestBridge Finalist (?)
    [/ul]Location/ Person:[ul]
    [</em>]State or Country: California
    [<em>]School Type: Charter School
    [</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
    [li]Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/ Congratulations/ Venting/ Commiserations, etc:
  • My school is relatively new. My class is the 2nd graduating class. With only a 100 students, my school offers only 2 ap (1 which I took, and the other currently taking) and few honors. I also went out of my way to take transferable college courses, so I think this puts me ahead of everyone as far as context review goes.</p>

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<li><p>When I found out about my status of acceptance, I also found out that I got the Regent Scholarship as well! Honestly, I was pretty sure I won’t get it when I was doing the application. I’m sure my stats are mediocre at best, not sure if being a QuestBridge Finalist or having an UCLA alumna writing my letter of recommendation factors this decision.</p></li>
<li><p>I now believe that you don’t have to have near perfect scores to be competitive. It’s really just about how much you challenged yourself, made uses of opportunities available to you, and*** succeeding*** at it.</p></li>
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