*** Official UCLA Class of 2018 RD Results ONLY ***

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<p>Congrats to those accepted! Decisions are released so post your stats whether you have been accepted/rejected/waitlisted. Results only please! Don't forget to erase the spaces!</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]School & Major:**</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ ] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:*
[ list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:[/list][ b]Other*
[ list]
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection*
[ list]
[ ] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>How do we know if we got the Regents scholarship? Anyone know?</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:30
[ *] SAT II:750 in USH and 690 in Bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 out of 90
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):10 out of 11 offered
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:6 AP clases
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Some leadership, good well rounded mix
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Career oriented
[ *] Summer Activities:Career oriented
[ *] Essays:Risky but my English teacher said it was the best he had ever read
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Charter
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Female
[ ]Income Bracket:about 100,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection
[ list]first generation American?
[ *] Strengths:GPA, essays
[ *] Weaknesses:test scores
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have no idea
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments: To all those kids who feel like they can never get in because of their test scores, or because they didn’t cure cancer, my advice is to focus on your classes, write a good essay, and do some career oriented activities. Best of Luck! </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Single sitting: 2060 (680 CR, 650 M, 730 W); Super-scored: 2100 (680 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish 800, Math L2 630, and US History 610
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.54
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/327
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (5), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP English Lang (4), & AP US History (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, & regular Economics/Gov.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar w/Distinction, & the President’s Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
Tennis (4 years, varsity for last two, several awards from coaches)
Track & Field (4 years, varsity distance runner)
ASB (last 2 years, current), Senior Class Vice President, HOBY and Camp Royal leadership camps
Piano (2 years -received a 2-year scholarship for lessons, self taught afterwards)
Church worship group (lead vocalist, participated for two years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours in varying projects. Make that about 230, since I listed my worship group involvement as service.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Stanford’s EPGY Summer Program (on a nearly full scholarship)
[<em>] Essays: I’m a native from an under-developed country (not specifying). Barely moved to USA four years ago. Wrote my essays about growing up in such country and about how moving to USA redefined my character.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemical engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public. Around 1500 students.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: $50k-$80k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (not a real hook for UCs though) & woman in engineering
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: High GPA + decent activities + unique essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Low test scores for engineering
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low SAT1 math score + low SAT2 math score + the fact that they don’t look at your alternate major if you apply for engineering = rejection
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at USC (Trustee Scholarship finalist), UC San Diego, & UC Santa Barbara w/Honors :slight_smile: No other rejections so far.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
This is what happens without affirmative action, guys. xD I’m glad I got rejected, though. About a month ago, I had decided it wasn’t a good fit. Had I been accepted, it would’ve been hard to turn down (prestige factor) even though it’s not the right place for me. Same with Berkeley (whose rejection I eagerly await now). Hope the Ivies/Stanford are more forgiving -yay for their love of diversity. :stuck_out_tongue: Congrats to all accepted! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1st Try - 1940 - R 650, M 680, W 610; 2nd Try - 2030 - R 710, M 690, Writing 630
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take it.
[<em>] SAT II: Literature - 650, Math I - 710, Math II - 630, Bio M - 570 (sigh)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.61
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.71
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 7% / 10th in the whole 2014 class
[<em>] ELC?: I think so.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Integrated English IV, Integrated Gov/Econ, Integrated Science IV, Integrated Math IV, AP Calculus (the only AP class @ my school)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Music Lessons in Drums, Guitar, Bass, Violin, and Vocals since middle school; also participated in school’s music elective for 1.5 years
  • Robotics Team for a tournament (Co-President and Solidworks Officer)
  • Video editing both for school and personal enjoyment
  • Drama - got a role in school musical during my Senior Year [mistakenly left this out in my application, sent in the corrections to the UC App offices on February (which is way too late DON’T DO THAT!)]
  • Afterschool Math Program
  • Mentorship/Internship at a local music store for school’s senior project
  • Recreational Math elective class for a semester
  • Weekend Chinese Class at a local Buddhist temple
  • Pre-Calc summer class @ my school
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience:
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross for a straight year, school events, Photoshop assistant in my school’s ROP Photography class for 3/4th of a year.
    [<em>] Personal Statement: I did the ‘my world’ one on how my family’s dire financials had led me to only pursue what I determine to really matter to me (and that would be building robots, learning about the human mind, and cognitive science). And for the one about ‘talent, quality, accomplishment, experience that matters to you’, I did mine on how I refused my friend’s offer to level up my League of Legends account because I value getting my own achievements and learning from my own mistakes.
    [/ul]Other[ul]
    [</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep.
    [<em>] Intended Major: Cognitive Science
    [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
    [<em>] Country (if international applicant):
    [</em>] School Type: Public, charter-like but not really. Small-sized (500 people). Unique. Project-based. Requires 200 hours of community service to graduate. No AP classes provided (so no weighed GPA’s), but they let kids w/ 3.0 GPA’s go take college classes at Cal Poly Pomona. Grading system is different. No advanced math programs until the recent AP Calc class. No music program. No sports program until recently.
    [<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
    [</em>] Gender: Female
    [<em>] Income Bracket: $27,000
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
    First generation college student, immigrant, school is unique, low-income, Dad’s deaf (though I definitely did not let that overwhelm my whole application, since I really hate to use him as an excuse for anything), series of family unemployment recently
    [/ul]Reflection[ul]
    [<em>] Strengths: Weird school. My hooks are pretty numerous. Personal statement #2 is of a unique topic.
    [</em>] Weaknesses: I’m not a good writer, and I wrote my personal statements the day it was due (yeah, don’t do that). Leadership position is only during senior year.
    [li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue, but certainly not complaining. :D[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m very happy. Was going through some crazy mental things and such, so this was a great plot twist. Thanks for considering me, UCLA!</p>
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<p>For regents, you have to create a ucla login and go to myucla. I got it, so they should be up. (I didn’t know how to check either but I looked at a thread from the previous year.) </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**Objective:**UCLA Class of 2018 Neuroscience major

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT:26
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 0.1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Engl. Lang., AP Chemistry, AP European History, APUSH, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP GovPol US/AP Macroecon, English 12 (regular class), Art/Photography I
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Established a freshman mentorship program at my high school(Co-Founder), Volunteered as a youth member at a local church, Member of biomedical research program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[</em>] Summer Activities: N/A
[<em>] Essays: This was definitely the deciding factor in my admission. I cannot see how else they would’ve possibly accepted me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec:N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[<em>] Interview:[/ul]Other

[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[</em>] School Type: Public, 632
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $0 - neither of my parents worked, relied on government subsidies
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal statement, supplemental questionnaire
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Without a doubt I was accepted because of my personal statement and supplemental questionnaire responses.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: Also accepted to… UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD, UCSC, CSULB</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**Major : Astrophysics **</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I: 2110 (breakdown): Math:770 Reading: 750 Writing: 590 Two tries
    [</em>] ACT: 34 Reading - 32/ Writing - 31/ Math - 36/ Science - 36 First try!
    [<em>] SAT II: Math II - 760/ Physics - 770
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19 out of 590
    [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Calculus AB (5), APUSH (4), Lang (4), Euro Hist. (5)
    [<em>] Senior Year Course Load: (All APs) Calc BC, Physics C: E&M/Mechanics, Lit, Statistics, Chemistry, Macroeconomics, US Gov’t
    [</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

  • [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): California Scholarship Federation, 1 year only
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service:None
    [</em>] Summer Activities:None
    [<em>] Essays: Pretty good, wrote about my experiences as an immigrant and life goals

Other

  • [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
    [<em>] School Type: Public
    [</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
    [<em>] Gender: Male
    [</em>]Income Bracket: < $30,000
    [<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, idt

Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Math and Sciences, as well as Personal Statements
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of Extracurriculars, and Engrishu skills. All those Bs in Honors/AP English heavily skewed my GPA/Rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, though UCLA isn’t my first choice
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: SDSU, SLO, CSU Pomona, CSU Fullerton, UCSC, UCSB/ Rejected: Caltech, UChicago[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
I’m just waiting for Cal now. Goodluck everyone!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>I also got a likely letter from the engineering school.</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 Reading, 760 Math, 800 Writing
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT II:800 in Math 2 and 730 in Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.805
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):6 (5’s on 2 and I’m taking 4 senior year, but I was only offered AP’s in Junior Year and onward)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 1 But Dropped (IB Spanish)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP Classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chidon Bible Comp 3rd Nationally LOL
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):3 internships, president of israel club, vp of fbla, ncsy ambassador, jv tennis, idk theres some other irrelevant stuff.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:3 hours of hospital volunteering a week
[ *] Summer Activities:NCSY summer trips and Princeton ID camp and NSLC
[ *] Essays:They were pretty damn good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty damn good (I read them)
[ *] Counselor Rec: I’m not sure about this one
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: None
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type:Magnet
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *]Income Bracket:> 100k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m Iraqi i guess that helps?
[ *] Strengths:GPA and ECs because of how annoyingly hard our school is
[ *] Weaknesses:test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was expecting this. I got a likely letter
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to UMich and GTech, Waitlisted at U of I, Rejected from Cornell, WASHU, and Northwestern. </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected
Objective:

  • SAT I: 2210 (Reading 800, Math 680, Writing 730)
  • SAT II: Chemistry 780, Literature 800, Math2 770, US History 770
  • Unweighted GPA: 3.95
  • Rank: N/A
  • AP: English Language 5, APUSH 5, Chemistry 4 (self-study)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish Language, Computer Science
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
    Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars: Speech & Debate Team (National Forensics League Member with Distinction), Student Government, School Gazette
  • Volunteer/Community service: Film internship, community service organization/service learning travel, tutoring elementary kids
  • Summer Activities: Film, community service, travel with service group
  • Essays: Good
    Other:
  • State: CA
  • School Type: Small, diverse charter school
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Male
  • Hooks: None
    Reflection:
  • Strengths: GPA, subject test scores
  • Weaknesses: Math SAT, lack of distinctive extracurricular achievement
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows?
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, accepted to UC Davis, UCSC, Grinnell College, Willamette University. Waitlisted at Bowdoin and Reed.</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters and Science with Physiological Science</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1940 (Reading 670, Math 610, Writing 680)
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: NA
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.29 at the time of applying
[</em>] Rank: 7 out of 626
[<em>] AP: US History (2), Biology (4), Language and Composition (5)
[</em>] IB: NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Stats, and AP Lit… the rest not worth mentioning.
[</em>] Major Awards:2 or 3 awards, don’t feel like listing[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Japanese Pop Culture Club (founding and current president), CSF (current treasurer), NHS (current historian), Friday Night Live (vice-president) and ASB
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Student store clerk
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 90 hours of community service at my local library since my sophomore year, over 30 hours of community service with NHS
[</em>] Personal Statement: First one: talked about my parents not finishing college and how my relatives who did helped me family out majorly… leads to me wanting to help out others in the same way. Honestly wasn’t that great IMO.
Second one: Talked about how I am the definition of resilience. Chronic illness made me slip into a depression during my junior year but I worked my ass off to rebound and my grades never suffered. Probably one of the best essays I’ve ever written about myself.[/ul]
Other

[ul]
[<em>] State: California
[</em>] School Type: Public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black and Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40,000 to $50,000 (parents are divorced so I only had to list my mother’s income)
[</em>] Hooks:I had a lot but I don’t feel like listing them.[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities, GPA, 2nd personal statement, hooks
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT could’ve been higher, could’ve taken a couple of more APs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Because I worked hard… I think that’s all there is to it really. If you deserve to be accepted somewhere, you will be :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: UCI, UCSC, UCSD, and UCSB[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to anyone else who got accepted and good look to those who are still waiting!!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>L&S, Biochemistry
4.36 UC GPA, 2180 SAT.
5 SAT Subject tests, total 12 APs.
Good ecs, Asian male, too lazy to post rest.</p>

<p>…Good ecs…Too lazy to do rest of this whole thing</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: •SAT I (breakdown): 2nd Try - 2120 - R 700, M 720, Writing 700
•ACT: 32
•SAT II: Didn’t take
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 when applied
•UC GPA: 4.33
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
•ELC?: I think so.
•AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry (4) AP Calculus AB (5) AP Lang/Comp (4) AP US History (4).
•IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
•Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit/Comp, AP American Gov, AP Macroeconomics, Physics, AP Calculus BC, Student Government
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Girl Scouts 13 yrs, Soccer (Co-captain) 13 yrs, Cheerleading 3 yrs, Dance 1 yr, Student Gov (Student Body Secretary) 1yr
    •Job/Work Experience: None
    •Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts 13 yrs, Key Club 4 yrs, helped run school’s blood drive.
    •Personal Statement: The “my world” I talked about my world of expectations that others have for me and that I have for myself and how it has made me driven to achieve my goals (doctor/biology since fourth grade), and for the one about a personal quality I wrote about my sense of responsibility and how it is both a good and bad thing.
    Other •Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    •Intended Major: Biology-related, applied Undeclared
    •State (if domestic applicant): California
    •Country (if international applicant): N/A
    •School Type: Public
    •Ethnicity: Caucasian
    •Gender: Female
    •Income Bracket: $100k-150k (in that range, not exactly sure where)
    •Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing really…
    Reflection •Strengths: On paper (especially income/upbringing) I am a stereotypical upper middle class white child which wasn’t very helpful so I got creative with my personal statement because I don’t have much to talk about. Girl Scouts for 13 years was definitely helpful, because it’s community service and shows commitment.
    •Weaknesses: I only held my student government leadership position senior year, and I wish I had more tangible awards to put on paper on the application.
    •Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was surprised I got in, but my stats are pretty good.
    General Comments: Very happy I got in, but I’m not sure I’m ready for LA the city or UCLA the school, so I’m torn between UCSD and Davis, and I got Regents at Irvine. We’ll see where I decide in a month! </p>
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<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>color=green</a>Decision: Accepted**[/color]</p>

<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>b</a>School & Major: Pre Business Economics**</p>

<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>b</a>Objective:**

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading 610 Math 690 Writing 660 = 1,960
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: Math2 = 660, US HISTORY = 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400 (valedictorian)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 9 AP classes
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar Award[/li] California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition
[/ul]</p>

<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>b</a>Subjective:**

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): too much to list
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor, music teacher, ballet T.A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Californians for Justice, French Club, NHS, Russian Club
[</em>] Summer Activities: Taught English in Nicaragua, Youth Leadership Academy
[<em>] Essays: I think they were REALLY good. I spent 2 months on them (over 20 drafts)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers loved me. Haha was one of their favorites
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure. She knows me by name and as the “valedictorian”
[</em>] Additional Rec: from the principle and another from director of San Jose Ballet School
[li] Interview:Only for UChicago[/li][/ul]</p>

<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>b</a>Other**

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): from California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: under 25k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, english learner[/ul]</p>

<p><a href=“Comments%5B/b%5D”>b</a>Reflection**

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, letters of rec, and grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essay and school ranking
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Irvine, UCLA, Santa Cruz, UChicago (waitlisted but not taking it)
[/ul]</p>

<p>My main schools are Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, and Barnard but I will keep everything else as backups. For any Juniors, SAT scores are nothing if you don’t have the essays and extra curriculars to back yourself up!
Though I am not planning to go to ucla. I’m really happy that i was accepted! Congrats to everyone.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>College of Letters & Science, Psychology</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 33
SAT II: 720 US History, 700 Math II
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC GPA: somewhere around 4.4
Rank: Top 10%
AP: 5 on Environmental Science, Language/Comp; 4 on US History, European History; 3 on Stats
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, IB French IV SL, AP Bio, IB Lit, and AP Gov
Major Awards: 2 JV Tennis Championships, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tennis Team, Best Buddies Club, Debate Club, Clear Windows Club,
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Creek Cleanup, Habitat Restorations, School Recycling Program, Library Volunteer
Personal Statement: First one about how I want to help children with learning disabilities in my future, the second one about how I got through bullying. Both were pretty good, but not award-winning or anything.
State: California
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$150,000
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: GPA and ACT score
Weaknesses: Barely any leadership positions, lowish SAT II scores
Why you think you were accepted: My GPA and ACT
Where else were you accepted: UCSB & their Honors Program and UW-Madison so far. Waiting for Brown, Berkeley, Columbia, and USC.
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! And for those who didn’t, don’t worry, you’ll succeed no matter where you go! For me, if I don’t get into Brown, I’ll probably go to UCLA. I love this school so much!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College of Letters & Science, Undeclared-Social Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: didn’t take
ACT: 35
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
UC GPA: got confused and couldn’t figure this out sorry
Rank: no ranking at my school but likely top 10%
AP: French, Psychology, and AB Calculus my senior year but haven’t taken the tests yet so no scores</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: drama both with my school and others, student films and web series, volunteer at an animal shelter, treasurer of my school’s SADD chapter, Student Council, work with Charms (students with special needs) students in the Friendship group club and help them run the school store, Foreign Language National Honor Society, Tutoring in Psychology, Math, and English
Personal Statement: I thought mine were pretty good-one about acting and one about reading and loving stories and how my identity and life has been formed by my imagination and such idk sounds stupid but it came out good
State: Massachusetts
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: I honestly don’t know of the top of my head, we’re upper middle class if that helps
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: ACT score, essays or ECs?
Weaknesses: Not many leadership positions, lowish GPA
Why you think you were accepted: My ACT, personal statements
Where else were you accepted: Villanova and Chapman though those were mostly safeties. Rejected at Northwestern. Waiting to hear from 10 more schools in the next week and a half
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!! I will probably go if I don’t get into Brown or Cal, so hopefully I’ll see a lot of you next year! If you didn’t get in, don’t worry, it doesn’t mean you won’t get in somewhere else, even a “better” school! And good luck for all applying in the future!!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]School & Major:** Arts and Sciences; Pre Business</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M, 710 R, 800 W (2210) one sitting
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770 Literature, 670 Math
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6’s on Environmental Science and Business
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 8 IB classes</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1880 (CR: 580, CM: 640, CW: 660).
ACT: did not take
SAT II: ^
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 10-12: 3.97
UC GPA: 10-11: 4.19, 10-12: 4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): when i applied i was 16/583, now i am currently 9.
ELC?: n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (2, it was the first time the teacher taught AP), English 3 (3), US History (4), English 4, Bio, Calc AB
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP English, school’s top choir, women’s chorus, health
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ALA Girls’ State Nominee, National Spanish Exam–Silver Plata…? School awards include principal’s honor roll, senior superlative for singing, choir leadership award. i also won a school-wide singing competition
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (secretary,) Choir (VP), CSF (President), Drama (lead in 2 musicals), piano (6 years, began self teaching myself at the 3rd year)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: singing the national anthem at sports games, Christmas caroling
Personal Statement: first one was about moving to California in the middle of my sophomore year and changing my view on school. i basically stopped being a follower and started leading.
second essay was about having to take beginner’s choir for the first time and hating at first, then i realized that i could actually learn a lot from “mediocre” kids.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Physiological Science, most likely switching to Psychobiology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none really
Reflection
Strengths: my extracurriculars really show what my interests are
Weaknesses: definitely my SAT score, and that AP Chem score lol
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i guess i’m an all-around student
General Comments:MY FIRST CHOICE! also accepted to SDSU, UCR w/ chancellor’s scholarship, UCI, UCSB, UCD, and UCSD. after seeing all of these decisions, I’m pretty sure that the kind of school you go to plays a huge part in the admissions process… the more prestigious your school, the tougher your chances… my school is okay but definitely not the best in our district. many of my classmates got into UCD with 1600s… congrats to everyone else!!!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Arts & Science-Pre-Human Biology & Society</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2240
ACT: 33
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Biology (4), European History (4), Chemistry (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English, AP Physics C, Honors Spanish IV, Glee Club, Madrigals, World Issues
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too serious, Piano Honors and Achievement Awards, a school district award, AP Scholar, various volunteering awards and badges[/list]</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Glee Club (VP+Section Leader), Madrigals, Co-head of school charity club, worked in post-production on a movie set in China (low-profit, small film, included mostly shadowing crew, translating into english subtitles and minimal editing work), shadowed a professor at Harvard and conducted research with him, school ambassador, brief involvement in Speech and Debate and Track & Field my sophomore year, interned at my parent’s office, camp counselor,Red Cross, affinity club,
Job/Work Experience: none really
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at 3 different local hospitals (clerical work, HR office, hospitality), volunteered at two local but pretty renowned botanical garden, Chinese NGO volunteer for two summers and some other miscellaneous things.
Summer Activities: Chinese NGO volunteer for two summers, movie set, research @ Harvard, parent’s office, botanical gardens, camp counseling, hospital volunteering, etc.
Essays: wrote about Glee and another about my grandmother. They were very personal. </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays?
Weaknesses: GPA may be a little low?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores are in range, my essays were different
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected-Columbia, Pomona College, UChicago, Northwestern; Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCR, Washington U. in St. Louis
General Comments: Waitin’ on Berkeley and Cornell! Washu versus LA…?</p>

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<p>10char</p>