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

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

<p>School & Major: College of Letters & Sciences; English Major </p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take it
[</em>] ACT: 33 with writing, perfect scores in English and Reading
[<em>] SAT II: 770 on Literature, 720 on US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chemistry (4), English Language & Comp. (4), Statistics (4), and US History (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Art History, AP Literature, Theatre 4, AP Music Theory, AP Government (US and Comparative), Math 1050/1060, and Madrigals
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mainstage Productions at my high school - 3 years (have been in every single show and been leads in many of them)
Drama Club Presidency - 2 years (Secretary, then President)
Shakespeare Team - 3 years (we placed first my senior year at the Utah Shakespeare Competition in the most difficult division)
Region/State Theatre Team - 3 years (my high school has been the reigning 5A State Champions in Theatre for two years now)
Madrigals - 1 year (or Chamber Choir)
A Cappella Choir - 1 year
Lyrica - 1 year(Advanced Women’s Choir)
Other things I put on my application that I am probably forgetting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Concessions at The Children’s Theatre for about a year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
National Charity League (Secretary) - 4 years
Teen Aide at the University of Utah Youth Theatre Program - 3 years
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was a comedic one about how much I love Disneyland (we’re talking extremely facetious- it was a huge risk for me so I’m hoping it continues to pay off). My first UC essay was about the severe culture shock I experienced moving from sunny Orange County to Mormon Country (slightly comedic), and my other was about how I began to question my intelligence during junior year because AP Chemistry was ridiculously difficult (I didn’t like this one as much)
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Utah (if not already obvious hahaha)
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: $200,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): the only one I can think of that MIGHT have helped me was that I am from Utah, and not a lot of high school students apply to out-of-state schools, but I really doubt that made a difference. [/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, class schedule, personality shown through essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: I want to be an English major and yet all of my extracurriculars are theatre/music related
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were effing hilarious and were coupled with strong test scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, I’ve only been accepted to the University of Utah Honors College. I have not heard back from any of my other schools. Fingers crossed![/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**School & Major:**Pre Business Economics</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Didn’t submit (2050)
[</em>] ACT:33(35 superscored)
[<em>] SAT II:710(Math 2c),650(US history)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9 UC: 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):30/710
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):(AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Psych, APUSH, AP Euro) 5’s on all except a 4 in AP Chem
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Econ, AP Calc, AP Lit, Ceramics,
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Too lazy to list.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:Interned at a NGO
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:NHS, Key Club, Environmental Organizations
[<em>] Essays:Great! Pretty strong.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[</em>] School Type:4000 student, public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] Income Bracket:200K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:My personal statement and my EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses:My low stats
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:California resident, and I was a pretty well-rounded student.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]**General Comments:**Rejected from WASHU, but accepted to UCD, UCSD, UCI just waiting on Cal.
Goodluck to every one of you guys! Decisions are such a crapshoot!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: UCLA Class of 2018 Physics Major

  • SAT I (breakdown): N/A
  • ACT: 33
  • SAT II: N/A
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language, AP Physics B, AB Calculus, AP Biology, AP English Literature (4), AP American History (3), AP Microeconomics (3), AP Macroeconomics (3)
  • Senior Year Course Load: AB Calculus, AP Physics B, AP Biology, AP English Language, College Exploration of Space, College Public Affairs
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
    Subjective:
  • Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Four year varsity lacrosse player (very strongly recruited D1 recruit), Bulldogs 4 Autism (local charity, chairman), Coastal Cleanup (beach captain), PAL Lacrosse (assistant coach)
  • Job/Work Experience: US Open Ball Boy
  • Volunteer/Community Service: See above
  • Summer Activities: N/A
  • Essays: Strong point, I wrote about my trips to Europe and my experiences being recruit for lacrosse
  • Teacher Recommendation: N/A
  • Counselor Recommendation: N/A
  • Interview: None
    Other
  • State (if domestic applicant): New York
  • Country (if international applicant): USA
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: White, not Hispanic (European)
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: >$100,000
  • Hooks: None
    Reflection
  • Strengths: The fact that I play lacrosse, My Standardized test scores
  • Weakness: My GPA
  • Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The coach from UCLA called my family and asked for my application number so he could make sure I got in, so that is probably it.</p>
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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>School & Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800/12 (single sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math / 800 Physics / 800 Chemistry / 800 Biology / 800 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.7W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% (Grade inflation at my school)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s: Calc BC, Stats, CS, Bio, Chem, Phys C Mech, Phys C E&M, Phys B, Eng Lang, Psych, Euro, USH, Macro, Micro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, DE Advanced and Modern Physics, DE Linear Algebra, DE Differential Equations, AP Gov, DE Organic Chemistry
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):USAJMO double-qualifier, USAMO one-time qualifier, USAPhO, USABO, USAChO[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research Assistant for Physics at nearby college, (Math Club President), (Physics Club president), (Chemistry Club VP), Track&Field varsity 3 of 4 years. Swimming 1 year, Violin and Piano, Speech & Debate
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed peer tutor for all subjects all four years high school.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Exhibit leader at local tech museum every weekend. Help ,local church with many events.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Built homes and schools in Africa and China past 2 summers. Did Summer@Brown 3 years ago.
[</em>] Essays: Thought they were good enough
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a it’s a UC =|
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably good. Always had a good relationship w/ him.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public in a wealthy area with much grade inflation
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 60 - 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Academics
[<em>] Weaknesses: No Research
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Asian male interested in CS? Not sure
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted at MIT, waitlisted at Caltech, Accepted UCSD[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School & Major: Mathematics-Economics (Pre)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (R: 640, M: 600, W: 650)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t submit
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t calculate GPA
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): I sent predicted grades, so: Economics HL (7), Spanish B HL (7), English B HL (7), Math SL (6), Environmental Systems and Societies SL (6), Hungarian A SL (6).
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: same as above + Theory of Knowledge
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Frenchspeaking Brussels Parliament’s photo competition 3rd place; 3rd place at the Hungarian National Environmental Science and Heath competition organised by the Red Cross; Best European team at the Global Round of World Scholar’s Cup academic competition (debating, writing, materials from 7 subject areas). Over 1500 contestants. Out of 150 students (senior division) of the final round of WSC, I was named 9th best writer. (3rd place twice at regional rounds in Prague and Budapest.)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • School debate team member (also did Model Government). Also, my class made it to the national round of Euroscola (1st), where I was president of the Environmental debate group (in Strasbourg).
  • Founder of filmmaking club
  • School newspaper: Staff member (9); cofounded the Literary Newspaper (10); visual arts editor & founder new school newspaper (11 and 12); writing for all publications.
  • Photography: exhibited own photos; organized school exhibitions & competitions; created modeling portfolios.
  • Dance: Ballet (9) Jazz Ballet (10 and 11), Modern Dance (12). Weekly lessons, annual performances.
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: none.
    [<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
  • Explorer scout. Led programs for younger scouts and helped to organise camping trips, hiking events, plays, and games.
  • Teaching Hungarian, English & Spanish to students at my school. Took part in the mentoring program for new students who do not speak Hungarian.
  • Organized weekly arts & crafts activities at a children’s hospital and on special occasions (e.g. Children’s Day). Painted hallway murals.
  • School teaching assistant (third grade students)
    [</em>] Summer Activities:
  • Helped to create a photographic catalog of 19th century folk objects and instruments for museum in rural town of eastern Hungary.
  • World Scholar’s Cup competition.
    [<em>] Essays:
  • Personal Statement 1: I wrote about photography. This was my favourite college essay. (9/10)
  • Personal Statement 2: I wrote about teaching English. (7/10)
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation: none.
    [<em>] Counselor Rec: none.
    [</em>] Additional Rec: none.
    [ <em>] Interview: nope.[/ul]Other

[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Hungary
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~$30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Globe-trotter (lived in four countries)
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, grades(?), one of my essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores(?)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe I was interesting. But mostly because I worked hard.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

  • Accepted: Rutgers, Bates
  • Deferred: Yale SCEA
  • Waitlisted: Scripps, Grinnell, Notre Dame
  • Rejected: Claremont McKenna
    [/ul]General Comments:
    Wow, thank you so my UCLA for making my day.</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted!
School & Major: Chemistry
Objective
• ACT 33
• 4.45 GPA (UC System)
• 4.0 GPA (unweighted)
• Top 10%
• AP Biology (4), AP United States History (5), AP English Language (5), AP World History (5), AP American Government, AP Economics, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calculus AB
• AP Scholar with Honor
• Principal’s Honor Roll
• Academic Letter with Honors
• Outstanding 1st Year Chemistry Student
• Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Award Recipient, rewarded to top 15 students of the senior class
• Various dance competition awards
Subjective
• Peer Assistance Leadership
• High School dance company
• Competition dance studio
• Dance 2 Your Door, helped create the chapter at my school
• Healing Autism Through Learning Opportunities (HALO) Club
• Reachout Club
• Best Buddies
• Young Democrats of America
• Crest Independent, staff writer for local online magazine
• Babysitter
• Counselor Recommendation: ehh probably not that great I go to a pretty large public school
• Essays: Personal Statement #1 wrote about how my parents and community have influenced my aspirations, Personal Statement #2 wrote about dance and its effect on my life<br>
Other
• California resident
• White
• Female
• Income Bracket: around $200,00
Reflection
• Strengths: academics, essays
• Weakness: extracurriculars
• Why I was accepted: California resident with good stats
• Where else I have been accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UCSD, UCSB Regents Scholarship, and UT at Austin, rejected from Northwestern and deferred from Georgetown early action</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School & Major: College of Letters & Science, Anthropology
Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34 E, 36 M, 33 R, 36 S, 10 W)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Lit, 710 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do unweighted, but around a 3.94?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around top 4% but we don’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Lit (5), USH (5, self-studied)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Human Geography, AP Spanish Language, College English, Graphics 2 (elective and favorite class)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Scholastic Silver Key, Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science award… nothing too “major” haha [/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty normal- tutoring, volunteering, clubs. Nothing too special.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none aaah I thought that was really going to hurt me
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Maybe like 100 hours?
[<em>] Summer Activities: I took a three week course at the University of Chicago last year?
[</em>] Essays: I actually really liked these. The personal statement was about anthropology- how everyone thinks that since I’m a pretty quiet and introverted person, I must not like people, but then I talked about the different quirks and facets that set us apart, and how even though I grew up only one ethnicity I began to “borrow” these quirks from other people and incorporate them into myself, and in a world like that it’s impossible to not like people when they’ve given me so much. The experience essay was about losing 30 pounds, which I did the summer before junior year.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Financial aid would be unlikely even if UCLA offered it
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, grades, essays (?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s are pretty minimal
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my SAT but I did really like my essays as well
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Stanford SCEA, University of Michigan EA, Boston University, Rutgers. Waitlisted at UChicago.[/ul]
General Comments: UCLA has been my dream since I was twelve years old and as much as I would absolutely love to go, my heart really belongs to Stanford. I always knew I would somehow find my way to California, though. Who knows- maybe I’ll go to UCLA for grad school!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters & Science, Pre-Business Economics</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (730W, 730M, 660CR)
    [</em>] ACT: 34
    [<em>] SAT II: 640 Physics, 800 Math II, 770 Chinese
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
    [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chinese, Calc BC - 5; APES, Physics B - 4
    [<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Econ/Gov, Traditional Photo, Yearbook
    [<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

  • [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), 4 years JV/Varsity Tennis, 4 years JV/Varsity Badminton, 1 year College & Career Center Ambassador, 3 years LIFE Crew (Team Captain)
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years Key Club (News Editor), 2 years Red Cross Club (Treasurer), 4 years CSF (VP of Fundraising)
    [<em>] Summer Activities: Visiting family? Nothing special
    [</em>] Essays: One was about my experiences as a yearbook editor, and the other was about being multicultural!
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Yearbook teacher - known her for 3 years, since taking her World History class in 10th and then yearbook in 11th/12th: probably pretty good 9/10. English IIIH teacher - probably amazing 9/10. Pre-Calc teacher - known her since freshman year, had her class for 2 years and worked with her for a club. 8/10
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t know her too well, but the letter was pretty good 8/10
    [<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
    [</em>] Interview: N/A

Other

  • [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
    [</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
    [<em>] School Type: Public
    [</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
    [<em>] Gender: Female
    [</em>]Income Bracket: <$100,000
    [<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT score, unweighted GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays/extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe my grades and test scores were high enough?
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Case Western, Northeastern, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine. Waitlisted at University of Chicago. Rejected ED from Cornell.[/li][/ul]
General Comments: So grateful to have been admitted! A lot of people from my school got waitlisted/rejected from UCLA, so checking the portal was really stressful. This is one of my top choice schools, AHHH. Congrats to everyone else who was admitted! :)</p>

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

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

<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):didn’t take
[ *] ACT:32( E32 M36 R26 no bueno S35 writing 10)
[ *] SAT II:4x800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):ELC
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
four 5s one 4; taking five tests this year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):taking 3 this year (all HL)
[ ] Senior Year Course Load:Honors Higher Division math class in UCLA, multivariate calculus 3AP and 3 IB classes
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective:
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Math Club president
president of a cultural club
[ *] Job/Work Experience:nop
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:not really: few hours in an event or two
[ *] Summer Activities:Higher Division Math Classes at UCLA
[ *] Essays:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ ] Ethnicity:white
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths:passion about a subject
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa,volunteering
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**School & Major: College of Arts and Sciences for “Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics”</p>

<p>Objective:

[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 in Math)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800USH, 780BioM, 770Phy, 740M1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Four 5’s, a 4, and a 3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Almost a full college schedule (Multivariable, Human Genetics, Biotechnology) and standard 5 AP’s (Chem, Physics C, Gov, Econ, English) and Varsity Tennis. I would NOT recommend it, ugh
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP w/ Distinction, National Commended, Won a few science fairs with the research I’ve done (this year my project is in Molecular Genetics so it goes full circle haha)
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research at UCI and Cal State Fullerton, Founded a club that works with mentally impaired kids, Varsity Tennis (Captain/MVP), lead a workshop with a nonprofit that caters to low income kids (Summer Science Camp, Team Science), Black Belt (1st Dan), class senator for past two years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nothing
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 400 hours with the aforementioned science camp
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lots of college classes, Tennis, research, normal teenager stuff</p>

<p>Subjective:
[<em>] Essays: I’m a pretty good writer and I liked how polished my essays felt at the end. It’s impossible to rate them though…
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public with ~2700 kids in the school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 200k+
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, SATII’s, Writing, College Classes, Ridiculous course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA…One bad year (explained in an additional info essay) but every other year was pretty much straight A’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCSD and BU so far, rejected at Northwestern and MIT, waitlisted at UChicago
[</em>] General Comments: Don’t do what I did… I messed up a single year and that kinda screwed up my other college chances. To make up for my subpar year I had to really push myself (9 tough classes first semester of my senior year just wasn’t fun…) but at the end I really felt that I had done everything I could do. There was no need to retake the SAT, for example, once I had a 2200 but I studied hard and pushed it higher. There was no need to take 9 classes but I was determined to, even if I was rejected, go out kicking and screaming, so to speak. I showed the adcoms I deserved a spot and they rewarded me. Still, it was notttttt fun. Good luck to everyone, it’s tough to get into UCLA. I’m hoping to get away from CA and go more east coast (Brown is my top choice at the moment) but UCLA is a nice safety to have up my sleeve.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Arts and Sciences, Biology and Society</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2000
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Physics, 710 USH, 790 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/800
[</em>] AP: Calculus BC (4, subscore 5), US History (4), English Lang (4), Physics C (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP US Gov/AP Macroecon
[</em>] Major Awards: President’s Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar with Honor, National Commended Scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Judo (Sensei), ASB (VP), NHS (Pres), Science Olympiad (Captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Father’s Business for 3 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours from ECs, Hospital Volunteering
[</em>] Summer Activities: Community College, HOBY, Economics Seminar at Chapman University
[<em>] Essays: I don’t know how well I write, but I did spend a lot of time on these.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a at UCLA
[<em>] Counselor Rec: n/a at UCLA
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: did not have one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, about 3400 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket:$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays are really the only way to stand out
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accept @ CSUSB w/ scholarship, accept @ UCSD, waitlist @ UChicago, waitlist @ Notre Dame</p>

<p>General Comments:
Really blessed to be accepted at UCLA, one of my realistic dream schools. Was awarded a scholarship so it makes it even more likely I’ll attend there. </p>

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<p>@romeonachos
Sorry to go off thread but how/when did you here from Notre Dame?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters and Science, Pre-Business Economics</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1840 (Reading 640, Math 630, Writing 570)
ACT: 27
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (weighted is 4.62)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8th, top 1% (I go to a very big school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (3), AP European History (3), AP Art History (3), AP Physics C (3), AP United States History (4).
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Marine Biology, AP American Government, AP Economics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Honors</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Freshman and Transfer Transition Program (founding Transfer Division Director), NHS (Head Officer), CSF, Cheerleading (Game Captain), 4 years on Varsity girls Swimming (Captain), ASB (Spirit Commissioner), Action Team, and HOBY (ambassador)!!
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard over summer–I won “High Point” during Rookie School, which means that I scored the highest academically and physically throughout the pool of applicants I worked with. I got to choose the pool I worked at because of this! At my pool, I was the Assistant Junior Lifeguards Coach.
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Help the Children, local food shelter, and Special Olympics
Summer Activities: None–to busy with work and volunteering
Essays: For “Where I come from” I talked about how I don’t let the fact that I was raised in affluence define me. I let the hard work that my dad always taught define my life. For the other one, I talked about how my dog was hit by a car and I saved her life and how that helped me grow as a person.
State: California!
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (However, my race is white)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $300k+
Strengths: My GPA, EC’s, and essays.
Weaknesses: My scores
Why you think you were accepted: I think the admissions officers could really get a sense of how enthusiastic and hard working I am. I made it very clear in my essay that I have never been spoiled and that I am independent and want to earn my place in life.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCSD, UCI, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, Santa Clara University, and Cal Lutheran. Rejected: UT Austin…oh, well.
General Comments: Still waiting on UPenn, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think I would still choose UCLA over those though!</p>

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<p>@caseyjbauer Received a letter in the mail yesterday. Best of luck! </p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters and Science, Neuroscience Major</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 780 M:650 W: 710=2140
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Bio M, 670 Bio E, 650 Math II, 650 Lit, 610 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20 out of two hundred something
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 5, Lang: 4, Psych: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP Government and Politics, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Stats, Art History (CC Course), Geography (Online, Grad Requirement)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended? Silver medalist in the National Spanish Exam? Not sure if either of those are “major.”[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Bowl Club (11,12) (Vice President 11,12)
Key Club (9,10,11,12) (Treasurer 12)
Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Club (11,12) (Historian 12)
NHS (11,12)
South Asian Club (10,11)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 300ish hours in all, I think.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteered at a summer camp one summer, took Algebra 2 online another, and interned in a lab last summer.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were decent.<br>
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A [/ul]Other

[ul]<br>
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Small Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 300,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A [/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Critical Reading score?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Everything else lol.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My SAT scores could have been better (especially the subject tests), and my weighted GPA was only a 4.08 because I moved a lot and didn’t get to take many APs before this year… :frowning:
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UC Riverside, UCSD, UC Merced, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, USF, UC Irvine. Waitlisted: UChicago, Case Western. Denied: WashU, UCLA.
[/ul]General Comments: *sad</em> :’( </p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Applied major = civil engineering</p>

<p>Objective</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 720 Math, 650 Writing (8 essay), 620 CR (Total = 1990)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT II: 700 Physics, 780 Math IIC
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Think it’s 4.5 or more (I take the IB)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking finals in May, but my predicted are as follows</p>

<p>Physics HL = 7
Economics HL = 7
Geography HL = 7
Mathematics SL = 7
English SL = 6
Spanish SL = 6</p>

<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Freestyle skiing - I do double flips and rotations on big jumps for those who don’t know what it is (placed top 10 nationally various times, and 1st regionally), also a quite solid golf player
Student Council (Vice president)
Model United Nations Participant
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Norway’s largest trampoline distributor as a “handyman” - I help with everything from sales to storage to demonstration of how the trampolines work
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: KRIK - A Christian sports activities organization (Supervisor and leader) - I am in charge of a club where 20 kids meet weekly to play different sports. I was also leader at one of the biggest national camps hosted by KRIK
Interact → fundraising club
Went to India with my class to work on community projects for a week
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveling, working, attending camps (as well as having leadership positions at the camps)
Attended the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship (PSGE) at Lehigh University in the summer of 2013 (4 week program) - I was elected leader of my project group and was asked to be one of the 4 (out of 76) to hold a reflection speech at the end of the program
[ *] Essays: 6/10 - I am Norwegian, so not an excellent writer, and perhaps a bit mundane
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 for both teachers who know me well, haven’t seen the recs, but my counselor said they were beyond great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome, she loves me
[ *] Additional Rec: From the PSGE admissions-person. Have no idea about this one, but think it was pretty ok as I connected well with her at the camp
[ *] Interview: None
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Norway
[ *] School Type: International (IB)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: $200,000++
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college in the US, nationally competitive freestyle skier, determined and passionate about what I do
[ *] Strengths: IB grades, diverse and difficult course load, extracurriculars, freestyle skiing
[ *] Weaknesses: the SAT is my official nemesis, wish my english was better. SAT 2s weren’t particularly great either (but I can live with those). No special awards (but it is difficult to get those in Norway (very few competitions)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted because of low SATs and also I achieved low grades in my summer exams last year, compared to the exams in January 2014 (however, UCLA did not allow me to report these, which was very unfortunate). Also I don’t have any major awards, and I might just lack a few things that the school is looking for </p>

<p>[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Middlebury College, UC Davis (with scolarship, 1/3 ride), UC San Diego and Pepperdine
Waitlisted: Northwestern and UCLA
Rejected: Stanford REA (obviously)</p>

<p>Still waiting to hear from Berkeley, USC and Lehigh</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to all those who got in! And to those who didn’t… don’t worry you’ll end up where you’re meant to be</p>

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<p>:)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
School & Major:College of Letters and Sciences; Social Sciences Undeclared</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050/ 730 Math, 720 CR, 600 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 710 US Hist, 630 Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/331
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Bio (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, Gay Straight Alliance, Boys & Girls Club Mentor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Boys & Girls Club mentor
[</em>] Summer Activities: not sure what is meant by this…
[<em>] Essays: i think they greatly reflected my values and why i want to be social sciences major
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[<em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public school, not in the nicest part of town
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>]Income Bracket: low income :slight_smile:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: GPA, personal statements, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: not enough leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: who knows?? still in shock
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: UCI, UCSD, cal poly, csulb, csun; still waiting on Berkeley, USC, and Stanford :-)</p>

<p>Best of luck to everyone! </p>

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

<p>[ *] School: LSA undecided humanities
[ *] ACT: 32 (34E 35M 32R 25S)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/364
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): psych (2), US (4), Lang (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Broadcast II, A Cappella, Anatomy
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honorable Mention in a national broadcast competition for a story I made
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Broadcast (president), FMP (director of transition), NHS, Hockey (play on a competitive club team), junior/senior exec, A Cappella
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at a grocery store this summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: roughly 50 hours for NHS
[ *] Essays: excellent. I was very proud of these.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I’m sure excellent.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~200,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: essays, UW GPA–this is a huge factor for UCLA. I think ~70% of applicants with an UW 4.0 were accepted to UCLA for the class of 2017.
[ *] Weaknesses: science section of ACT, lack of community service, no real hook.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my ACT was pretty solid (I mean, besides science), as well as my UW GPA and essays.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Michigan, Mizzou w/ honors
Waitlisted: Northwestern (Medill)
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Really excited to have been accepted! Right now my decision is between Michigan and UCLA. Also, quick question here: how easy is it to change majors once you get to UCLA? I would really prefer to do econ, biz econ, or communications (I believe this would be pre social sciences?).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (Civil Engineering):</p>

<p>Objective:
[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (single sitting) - 710M / 650CR /760W. (2140 superscore)
[</em>] ACT: (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 680 Biology, 700 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t do unweighted but prob 3.7-3.8, its 4.2W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank but around top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (3), APUSH (3), Eng Lang (4), Bio (3). 10 AP classes total with senior yr
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Spanish Lang, AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Calc BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nothing much, I guess AP Scholar with Honor [/list]
[ list] Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer at local church, Varsity Math team, Drummer of Jazz Band, Track/Cross Country for 3 years apiece, JV Bball 2 years.[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at Hospital<br>
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: yea a decent amount
[</em>] Summer Activities: relaxing
[<em>] Essays: I thought it was pretty creative, as did my counselor
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a for UC
[<em>] Counselor Rec: n/a for UC
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:[/list][ b]Other** no [ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): MA[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: $200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none [/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I think my essays probably helped because everything else was borderline
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT math was low for engineering, gpa could have been higher
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Honestly, I’m pretty surprised I got in as I thought my lower SAT math score would hurt for engineering. I think my essays were unique and conveyed my interest in UCLA.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Rejected: Cornell (ED)[/li]Accepted: Northeastern, RPI w/ 13k per year merit.
Waiting: UMich (deferred), Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Rochester, USC, Tufts[/ul]
Got a likely letter from Engineering a week ago, but I was pretty surprised considering my stats weren’t exceptional. Really happy that I was accepted, there’s a good chance I will be a bruin next year!:</p>