<p>[Will edit]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: English
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2070 Combined, 1410 CR+M
[ *] SAT IIs: 670Bio/710Chem/650USH
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.47/3.9(UC)/3.64
[ *] Rank: 16/488
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 8 Total
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 APs (CS/Gov/Stats/English Literature)
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: No idea
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Merit? (Whatever the one for 4 APs is)
Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: 1 Year Varsity football (tied into PS), Red Cross Club, Vietnamese tutor, Video Game Club, Global Action Club, English tutor, various community service
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Work for both parents - draw floor plans for my dad as an architect, and help my mom at her office
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Subject 1 - My World revolves around english…Subject 2 - I wrote about breaking out of my shell to rap at Talent Show, my secret passion - as a result, I grew as a person overall.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): A nerd who raps and was on the football team. Seriously.
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Urban
[ *] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: You tell me. Probably a really great PS.
[ *] Weaknesses: You tell me.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Personal Statement swung it.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science / Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 730, Math 800, Writing 660 = 2190
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, Chem 760
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 3.5~3.6/ W 3.7
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calc AB 5, Chem 4
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Not rigorous at all… had like 3 spares
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ONE!!! LOL
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Some drawing crap
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Illustrator
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Crappy
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ ist]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada BC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Okay school… sends 2-3 ppl to ivy
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket:~50K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NON
[<em>] Strengths: um… SAT?..
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of ECs, sucky essay
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:</p>[/li]
<p>because I am the only person who applied to UCLA?..
because I like art?..</p>
<p>I have no idea how I was accepted :-P</p>
<p>[/list]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Hey I won’t be going but congrats to others who got into UCLA
it’s a good school, but I got into my dream school which is not UCLA so cheers</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To:Undeclared-Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 720M, 720CR, 710W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730MII, 750MI, 760US
[</em>] GPA, (Unweighted): 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 8/570
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP: 5, US History
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP econ, AP euro, AP studio art, AP lit, AP calc
[li] Number of Apps from Your School: only me…i think (two or three max.)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[li] State or Country: New Jersey</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive public school</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: M</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Strengths: academics</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Weaknesses: ummm…lol</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Samueli/Civil Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2150 I don’t remember sections
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio 780, Math 2 750, Lit 700
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 93%/99%
[</em>] Rank: doesn’t rank, but top 10% at competitive private
[<em>] ACT:34
[ ] APs (including this year’s): JR: Bio (5), English Lang/Comp (4), APUSH (4) SR: AP Physics, AP Euro, AP Comp Pol. AP Calc BC, AP Lit
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Phys, Spanish, AP Calc, Ethics, AP Euro, AP Comp Pol, AP Lit
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Like 3. Literally.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nat. Mer. Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Some theater, student gov, environmental club, social action, school paper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 6 mo. part time job
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I don’t remember, but I don’t think they were that good
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing really–class load/ACT?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private/Catholic, probably 20% go to “prestigious” universities (ranked top 30-40)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: High?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): See above
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, SAT II’s, class load
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, Out of state
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: See above
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:* General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy to be accepted, almost definitely not attending–probably headed for ND or Gtown. Congrats everybody else!</p>
<p>You guys please make an effort to put some stats up so that future CC member will have some idea of what UCLA is looking for in an applicant. Also it will be interesting to see how competitive this year’s class is and if more OOS students were accepted.</p>
<p>Date applied: by deadline
Date decision postmarked/received: 3/18/2009
Accepted at which school/major at: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Total: 2100 M: 750, CR: 640, WR: 710,
ACT: X
SAT Subject Tests: 780 Math II, 660 US History
GPA-UW/W: 3.9/4.4ish
Rank: 45/640ish
AP/IB classes: Chem, 2. Physics, 3. English Language, 4. US History, 5. Calc BC, 5. AB Subscore, 5.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
EC highlights: Own Business, website, Photoshop skills, Varsity Swim, Piano, about 300 hours of volunteering at a non profit org and a Auto Parts company, etc.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors, hook?: First Generation College Student</p>
<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UCLA…?: Prefer USC. sorry guys. lol. But Congratulations to all that were accepted, and good luck to all.</p>
<p>As a side note, I got the letter from the engineering department around march 8th.</p>
cheers</p>