*****official ucla decision thread class 2013*****

<p>Nobody else for Philosophy?</p>

<p>You'll enjoy small classes in Philosophy -- and high grades...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: Samueli/Electrical Engineering
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 780 Math. 650 W. 700 CR Total: 2130
SAT IIs: 760 Math 2. 770 US History. 750 Biology E
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.75 UW, 4.17 W
Rank: 7/405
ACT:
APs (including this year's): 9 ap classes and tests
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: Ap Statistics, Ap Literature, AP Physics, AP government
Number of Apps from Your School: I will guess 10-15.
Other stats (Awards, etc.): RYLA
ECs listed on app: (Track/cross country) and 3 minor positions in clubs
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): Good and explained my interest for engineering
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average high school. Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Strengths: Sat scores/varsity sports
Weaknesses: unweighted gpa
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Solid academics.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Go Bruins</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: (Pre) Political Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section):CR: 650
M:670
W:620
(1940)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 650
US History: 530 (I know, I know)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: 3.75 W: 3.99
[</em>] Rank: 3/403
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 7 AP (not many offered at school) and 8 Honors
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Course load: AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP English IV, AP Government, Economics (they discontinued the AP version), Debate 4, Advanced Broadcast Journalism 3, Student Government Leadership, Soccer (Manager)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Including me, 4 haha
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Too many to list, but the main ones: Two time national/ state qualifier in Speech and Debate, maxed out the maximum points possible in the Speech division of NFL, Top Ten all four years of high school, Legislation passed in Texas State Youth and Government, lots of community service, etc., etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council (4 years, now Student Body Secretary) Interact Club (4 years) Speech and Debate (4 years, now President) Youth and Government (2 years) Advanced Broadcast Journalism (3 years) National Honor Society (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): First one I wrote about how being a Persian growing up in a dominate Hispanic town has really molded my cultural background haha
Second one I wrote about how I was proud when I broke into quarterfinals of Duet Acting at TFA
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): --
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Nothing special, public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths: EC's/Awards I'm guessing
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I and IIs, hands down.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I have no clue.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Honestly, I was surprised. Never expected to get in, especially being OOS. It was a nice little treat :D</p>

<p>brass: Yay!</p>

<p>anyone know when we get our acceptance envelopes??</p>

<p>my parents are randomly obsessed with getting it lol</p>

<p>^ I got mine today.</p>

<p>^ Lucky people in the US =P</p>

<p>I just got my likely letter yesterday. =|</p>

<p>Any goodies? or just the good ol fashion letter and pamphlets?</p>

<p>i got a bumper sticker!</p>

<p>yeah, i was pleasantly surprised to find that in the envelope</p>

<p>Haha, yaye. Now Im looking forward to receiving it!</p>

<p>the sticker says "ucla true bruin" by the way</p>

<p>oohhh...now it get it! when i first saw the sticker, i was like..."erm i think they printed it backwards or something.." :P</p>

<p>hey guys this might sound stupid but</p>

<p>how does the sticker work? im so confused. I want to peel it off, but its backwards or something. god why did they make this so challenging?</p>

<p>^^^They want to make sure you work for it.</p>

<p>i've been working on it for hours now. i don't think i have what it takes to peel it off. some help plz?</p>

<p>SAME HERE! Isn't it a window sticker? You stick in on the inside of your car window? </p>

<p>Definitely a brainteaser...</p>

<p>Lol guys, it's a window sticker.</p>

<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href="p.s.%20is%20there%20no%20waitlisting%20at%20UCLA?">/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Comp E.
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: I wish
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 740 M, 680 CR, 670 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 760 French Reading, 730 Physics
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.43..something, 4.9...something
[</em>] Rank: 5
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year's):Human Geography(5), World Hist.(4), English Language(4), MicroEcon(4), French Language (4), US Hist(2)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): will sit for all exams in may (SL Physics, HL History, HL Economics, HL Math, HL English)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:SL Physics, HL History, HL Economics, HL Math, HL English, AP Bio, AP Comp Sci
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:I don't know to be honest
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): N/A
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Class Exec (Sr. Class President, Fresh-Junior Secretaries), Softball (Captain), Beta Club (Treasurer), Asian Club (Officer), NHS, Tennis, Band, Winter Guard, Soccer Managing, Tutor Club, Relay for Life, SGA, Interact
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 months busser at J.Christopher's
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): general essay about why UCLA, im not a very good writer..
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): my parents went to Berkeley? Idk if that helps..
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large, public, majority black and hispanic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian mostly (Filipino, Japanese, a litl Irish in there somewhere)
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Mid low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): see above
[<em>] Strengths: My well roundedness? ish
[</em>] Weaknesses: my sucky writing, not so great reading/writing SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: see "strengths"[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was pretty excited! apparently not many out-of-staters are at UCLA and im visiting next week (so excited) good luck to everyone!</p>