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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Rejected <a href="I%20guess%20they%20put%20them%20up%20early.">/size</a></p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: History
* Fee Waiver Used?:no
* SAT I (by section): Math: 690 CR: 730 Writing: 690
* SAT IIs:Molecular Bio: 780 Spanish: 750 USH: 750
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98/3.50 (not sure what my UC GPA is. Probably around 3.88
* Rank: Schoo does not rank
* ACT: N/A
* APs (including this year's): Euro: 4; USH: 5; Bio:5; Spanish Lang: 5; This year: US Gov, Macro Econ, Stats, Environmental Science
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Gov/Econ, AP Stats, Mirror Themes in lit and art (senior english), Sociology, Ind Project- Spanish Lit
* Number of Apps from Your School: Around 130 last year, probably the same this year.
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Golden Sate Merit Diploma
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app:
2 Political campaign internships- 9,10,12.
Horseback riding/ Equestrian Team: 9,10,11,12.
Study Abroad/ Language Immersion in Spain: Summer 2007
Yosemite Institute: 9,10,11,12
Academic Decathlon (President): 9,10,11,12
School Site Council (Secretary): 11, 12
* Job/Work Experience: Tutor (12)
* Essays (subject and responses): 1. Wrote about my experiences with the modern world. Cited internships and study abroad. (Went from the angle "the world is the world I come from") 2. Experience horseback riding for 9 years. I spent a lot of time on my essays and I think they turned out really well.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Medium Sized, ultra competitive public school. Very High API score. 70% of student body takes AP/ Honors classes.
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: upper middle class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
* Strengths: Test scores, essays, ECs.
* Weaknesses: GPA
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Big year. They cut admission. My grades weren't fabulous.
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was offered the "UC Merced Shared Experience Program". you attend Merced for 2 years and then have guaranteed transfer to UCSD.
I've already been accepted to Davis and a couple of other private schools. Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2060 (740, 680, 640)
[ *]SAT II:690, 670
[ *]ACT:33
[ *]GPA:4.38 UC
[ *]Rank:52/774
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): English Lang: 5, Bio: 2 (didn't study :(), taking gov calc and lit this year
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: decent i guess
[ *]Teacher Recs: none
[ *]Counselor Rec:none
[ *]Supplementary Material: nope
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none haha
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Los Angeles
[ *]High School Type: public, gigantic
[ *]Ethnicity:White
[ *]Gender: Female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: No
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: 4 years of marching band, badminton, concert band, student-run musical quartets, etc
[ *]Awards:CSF sealbearer, ELC
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Cool :)[ /list]</p>

<p>Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1920; Critical Reading: 590; Math: 660; Writing: 670
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 650; Japanese: 620; US History: 700
[<em>]ACT: 28
[</em>]GPA: UW GPA: 3.84, UC GPA: 4.16
[<em>]Rank: 22/589
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): World History (5), Calculus AB (5), US History (4), Psychology (3), Physics B (current), Calculus BC (current), U.S. Government & Politics (current)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty mediocre. For prompt 1, I wrote about my motivation in math - going from repeat Algebra I freshman year to AP Calculus BC senior year, taking a math course every summer in high school. Prompt 2, I wrote about becoming vegetarian.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>]Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): ELC? [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: San Jose, California
[<em>]High School Type: Large (?) public school
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y?[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Volunteer at local native plant garden for 1 year (100+ hours) (11 &12), tutor for an elementary student who reads below his grade level (12), member of CSF & Interact club at school (11 & 12), member of NHS (12), Chinese school (9), treasurer of global awareness club (12)
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 Certificate, Principal's Honor Roll Award (Renaissance), President's Volunteer Service Award (bronze), Weed Warrior Award (from volunteer organization)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'M SO RELIEVED!! ...that I hugged my brother for the first time in years. lol[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science and Engineering, Warren
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 Math, 630 Reading, 640 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math, 780 Chem
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 UW, 3.9 UC, 4.2 W
[</em>] Rank: doesnt rank, but by UW, im top 50% percentile
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year's): APCS, APMT, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Calc BC
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, Brit Lit, (community college courses: ) intro to c#, intro to c++, intro to bio
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: a lot
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): none really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: badminton, waterpolo, volunteer 250+ hours, work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:tutoring at kumon
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): not that great
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none really</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA, san jose
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):very competitive high school, 3.6 UW is top 50th percentile
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Mid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores, lots of college/ap courses
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: look at strengths?[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>SAT: 1720 in october. 1880 in january
SAT II: 770,660
ACT: 30
GPA:UC 4.00
Rank:4
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 on Spanish 2 on English
Essays: okay not excellent
Location:Compton
High School Type: not competitive at all
Ethnicity:Mexican-American
Gender Male</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2070
[ *]SAT II:Bio M: 800 Math 2: 730 Japanese w/ Listening: 790
[ *]ACT:34
[ *]GPA:UW 3.76
[ *]Rank:n/a
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):5 on AP japanese & AP Bio
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:good
[ *]Teacher Recs:good
[ *]Counselor Rec:good
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): fluent in japanese[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:Hawaii
[ *]High School Type:private
[ *]Ethnicity:white/asian
[ *]Gender: female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:swimming, community service
[ *]Awards:bronze presidential service award
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

<p>[size=+1][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /size]</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II: 650 Spanish, 620 Literature
[ *]ACT: 31
[ *]GPA: 4.1 UC GPA
[ *]Rank: N/A
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 3's on English Language and US History. Taking AP Euro, AP Human Geo, and AP Spanish Language this year.
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: hella good
[ *]Teacher Recs: N/A
[ *]Counselor Rec: N/A
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: The Yay
[ *]High School Type: Catholic-Jesuit
[ *]Ethnicity: Japanese and Caucasian
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Varsity Golf, JV Golf Captain, Qualified for State Finals in golf, Volunteer as a teacher for The First Tee (teaching kids golf), VP of Asian Club, Secretary of Interact, Treasurer of Japan Club, Camp Everytown
[ *]Awards: General Excellence Award
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1870 (Not great)
[</em>]SAT II: 670-MathII 730-US 640-Chem
[<em>]ACT: 30
[</em>]GPA: UC around 4.1
[<em>]Rank: 5/240
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 3-Euro 3-English Comp 5-CalcAB 5-UShist
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Better than average
[</em>]Teacher Recs:n/a
[<em>]Counselor Rec:n/a
[</em>]Supplementary Material:n/a
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[</em>]Location: CA (Bay Area)
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Var Badminton, Clubs, Etc
[</em>]Awards: not great
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240
[</em>]SAT II: 790, 750
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.85 UC GPA, 4.27 (9-11) weighted
[<em>]Rank: 30/360-381
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Calc AB- 5, AP Enviro - 4, AP Chem</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Posted the same comment on other threads.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>]Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Editor-in-Chief, Feature Editor, News Editor, Business Editor, Treasurer of club, CSF Active for 4 years, Volunteer, 2 years of internship
[</em>]Awards: Excellence in Journalism, AP Scholar, scholarship for national writing contest, Who's Who for Foreign Language, NYLC nomination, National Honor Roll....
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'm somewhat relieved. =] </p>[/li]
<p>ECON MAJOR<3</p>

<p>Accepted but Winter Quarter. FUDGE haha</p>

<p>GPA: 4.04
SAT: 2050
USH (790) Math II (770)</p>

<p>Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:1820
[</em>]SAT II: Math 2: 700 Chem: 700
[<em>]ACT:32 (M:28, E: 35, CR: 33, S:33)
[</em>]GPA: uw: 3.57 UCW: about 3.7/3.8
[<em>]Rank: top 8 percent
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP World and Chem: 4, AP English: 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty awesome
[</em>]Location: Los Angeles
[<em>]High School Type: Public Charter
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[<em>]Extracurriculars: FIRST robotics: 4 years; Magnet Council: 4 years, 200+ hours of service at 2 places
[</em>]Awards: mostly FIRST awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: well I got rejected for UCDavis AND Cal Poly SLO...so kinda nice to be accepted here[/ul]</p>

<p>haha its ok.
what was your major?
BME and EECS are some of the hardest to get into, as far as I know.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:1960, 600 (CR), 760 (M), 620 (W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 730, US History 730
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 4?(UC), 4.39 (W), 3.67 (UW)
[<em>]Rank: 9/240
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APUSH (5), AP Bio (4), AP Calc AB (4), AP Eng Lang (3)
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: One great, one mediocre
[</em>]Teacher Recs: N/A
[<em>]Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>]Supplementary Material: N/A
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Bay Area, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Only put volunteering
[</em>]Awards: Nothing great
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]Got accepted to Marshall Biochem+ Cell Bio. Wanted to get in Warren but I'm still pretty ecstatic. Congrats to all to got in :p!</p>

<p>Accepted to Psychology in Thurgood Marshall!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1660 (complete crap)
[</em>]SAT II:Bio M: 550 US History: 650 Spanish: 520 Literature: 500
[<em>]ACT:24
[</em>]GPA: UC GPA: 4.12 (ELC)
[<em>]Rank: top 3%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): I pretty much failed all my AP exams, lawl.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Excellent.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: None
[<em>]Counselor Rec: None
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I had enough points to make the cutoff!
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Bay Area, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Pretty average, 730 API
[</em>]Ethnicity: Pakistani
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Volunteered at hospital (300 hours), Make A Difference Club VP, Math League, CSF, tutoring
[</em>]Awards: Just school awards.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm so effing happy. :)</p>[/li]
<p>For those of you wondering how I even got in, my Comprehensive Review points were allocated as follows:</p>

<p>1660+550+650 = 2860x.8 = 2288
300 ELC
500 A-G
300 1st Generation
300 Community Service
4120 GPA</p>

<p>= 7,808.</p>

<p>For Special Circumstances, I'm guessing that if the reader looked favorably on my side, they gave me at least 250 points for the personal incident I wrote about in my essay. So I assume my grand total is 8,058. :)</p>

<p>You guys are gonna hate me.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Psychology
* Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
* SAT I (by section): CR: 530 Math: 490 Writing: 570
* SAT IIs: Spanish: 790 Biology: 580
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC-3.78 UW-3.55
* Rank: 25/60 (missed ELC by one!)
* ACT: 23
* APs (including this year's): AP World History, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Government, AP Spanish Literature & AP Spanish Language in one.
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: Leadership-ASB, English, TA, AP Government, Adv. Ceramics, AVID, AP Spanish Literature.
* Number of Apps from Your School: Probably around 10-15?
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): Outstanding Community Service (top 5 in school 2007), Boys State Nominee, POSSE Foundation Scholarship Semi- Finalist, RYLA.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: ASB (4 years- ASB Secretary Currently), Friday Night Live (President), Gavel Club (Vice-President), Scholars Club (Co-President), AVID Club (Class Rep.). Community Service- Big Brothers Big Sisters, Desert Foundation for Academics, Special Olympics(organizer), Elementary School tutor/mentor.
* Job/Work Experience: Election Poll Worker, Cashier at a restaurant at the Marriott.
* Essays (subject and responses): Beautiful Essays. Obstacles and Tenacity & COSMOS.
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): COSMOS, EAOP, Vista Host Seminar Cal Poly, Multiple summers at Leadership camps.
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public- Bad one...
* Ethnicity: Hispanic- Mexican
* Gender: Male
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
* Strengths: All my activities/ essays.
* Weaknesses: GPA (tough sophomore year) test scores (bad school lol)
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: They saw that even through tough times I keep doing all my activities to the best of my abilities and continued to get pretty good grades.
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
ummm Im as surprised as you are..</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2050
[ *]SAT II: APUSH - 730, Bio - 700
[ *]ACT: 31
[ *]GPA: 4.12 UC
[ *]Rank: Unknown
[ *]Other Tests (AP): APUSH - 5, AP Bio - 4, AP Language - 4</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Good
[ *]Teacher Recs: Pretty good
[ *]Counselor Rec: Good, strong relationship
[ *]Supplementary Material: None
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Orange County
[ *]High School Type: #2 in the nation
[ *]Ethnicity: Other
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: President of three clubs, 500+ volunteer hours, worked 15 hours/week for over a year, varsity athlete, debator, others
[ *]Awards: Various academic awards, some athletic awards, volunteer awards</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2000
[</em>]SAT II: Math Level 2 - 730, Lit - 660 Eco Bio - 640
[<em>]ACT: Didn't take ACT
[</em>]GPA: 3.78 UC
[<em>]Rank: When I applied I was 11/60, now I'm 3/60. (But they don't know my rank has gone up.)
[</em>]Other Tests (AP): None, my school doesn't offer AP</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent
[</em>]Teacher Recs: None, UCSD didn't ask for them?
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Again, none that I know of?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I've taken a lot of math... that's about it.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Nor Cal
[</em>]High School Type: Really small public high school with focus on technology
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Yep.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 400+ community service hours, FIRST Robotics 9-12, ASB Freshman Rep, VP and then general member, founding member of debate club, treasurer for prom committee, intern at a technology company
[</em>]Awards: 2 time amc winner, won another local math competition, won school science fair and got 'student choice' award at county[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted
major in economics</p>

<p>[ *]SAT:CR610,M760,W590(1960)
[ *]SAT II:Chinese800,Math2:750, chem670
[ *]ACT: n/a
[ *]GPA: 4.28
[ *]Rank: 98%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): n/a
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: fair, not amazing</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230 (800M, 700CR, 730W w/ 11 on essay)
[</em>]SAT II:800MIIC, 800Chem, 720USH
[li]GPA:4.18W</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[li]Essays: slaved over them...and I personally liked them, wrote about facing the inevitable through the context of my grandpa's life in Mao's China and Marching Band</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):no real hook, really, kinda overall well-rounded i guess, which could be a disadvantage/advantage itself[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: norcal
[<em>]High School Type:one of the best public high schools according to newsweek
[</em>]Ethnicity:asian
[<em>]Gender:F
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Volunteer a bit at local hospital and played flute on local honor band and state level, officer in few clubs
[<em>]Awards:won a writing award...and a few flute awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: YAY:D [/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to Winter 2010 Quarter </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Undecided/Exploratory
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No, but I should have
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 780 (M) + 710 (CR) + 660 (W) = 2150
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II = 800; Biology M = 670; Literature = 600
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 2.92 (U) 3.615 (W)
[</em>] Rank: 107/376
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year's): AP Calc this year
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): Econ = 4; Math 2 = 6; Spanish 2 = ?; Biology HL = ?; History HL = ?; English HL = ? FULL IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATE
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Theory of Knowledge, IB English 2, AP Calculus, IB Global Studies, IB Biology 2, IB Spanish 2
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure, but almost everyone in IB program
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Economic Literacy and just normal Honors stuff
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 1 year Football, 2 years Basketball, VP of Habitat for Humanity Club, VP of Econ Club, over $200 hours of Community Service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): First one about my decision to do IB and how it made me unique, Second was about my Community Service. Not great, okay. Not sure if I switched them though
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Talked about how my home life got difficult when my parents went through a two-year long divorce battle and it affected my coursework. Also, discussed a project that is mandatory in IB (Arcade Creek Project) and how it makes me unique as it also counts as ROP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Sacramento, California, US
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 238th in the nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Middle Eastern, same category on app
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Low income, under $60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents going through divorce and affect it had on me
[<em>] Strengths: Not sure
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: IB and my personal background[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>I am thankful for getting in with my really low stats</p>