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<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
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<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.):
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<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.
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<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>