***official ucsd decisions thread***

<p>I decided just to use the template for the Davis thread lol, but congrats to everyone and I would really like to know from anybody that has gone through the Winter admission</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:1910
[</em>]SAT II: don't feel like looking...on the lowww side though..
[<em>]GPA: either 4.1 or 4.2
[</em>]Rank: no idea
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Euro - 4 AP Calc AB - 1
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not gonna lie...they were good.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): member of UCR's college level orchestra as a high school student[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Riverside, Ca
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: GSA member, high school orchestra viola player, UCR orchestra viola player, varsity tennis player
[</em>]Awards: 3rd place in the RUSD Reflections literary contest[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2170
[</em>]SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 740
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 4.28
[<em>]Rank: 1/360
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5,5,4,3,3. Taking 5 this year.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: For UCs?
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ??
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [/ul]Personal[ul] Perhaps immigrant?
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis, Soccer, VP of 2 clubs, Guitar, Piano, Community Service
[</em>]Awards: like 5
[<em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I'll check it out. Kind of </em>*ed about the financial aid though.</p>

<p>Post your stats here!!!</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:2100
[ *]SAT II:Lit 700 USH 740
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:About 3.7 UC
[ *]Rank:Nothing impressive, like 75 or something.
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP USH 5
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:Good
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): [ /list][ b]None really. First gen I guess.[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Sacramento
[ *]High School Type: Type? Underperforming public I guess.
[ *]Ethnicity:Black but it doesn't matter
[ *]Gender Female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N[ /list][ b]Y[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:Guitar, Work, A few volunteer hours, Greek
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I'm just surprised I guess. Don't feel bad if you didn't get in. Also, my Fin Aid package sucks.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT:2170
* SAT II: 760 US 740 MathIIC 680 Chem
* GPA: 4.6 w
* Rank: 5/~550
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5-world, 5- us, 5-bio, 5-psych, 4 chem
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: one was good and quirky, the other was typical
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
</code></pre>

<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: Los Angeles
* High School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: F
* Applied for Financial Aid: Y
</code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: pres of NHS, chinese, Phto club
* Awards: none really
</code></pre>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (CR: 800, M:700, Wr:790)
[</em>]SAT II: 800, 770, 630
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: UC gpa was 4.3ish
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): N/A
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Decent, not creative
[</em>]Location: Norcal
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Nicaraguan
[<em>]Gender: M
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Debate, Newspaper plus some more stuff
[</em>]Awards: iono, nothing too exciting
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I'm probably not gonna go so I hope I make someone on the waitlist happy.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 690 CR 600 M 700 W (1990)
SAT II: 800 US History, 690 Bio M
UC GPA: approx. 4.4
Rank: School doesn't rank
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): European History -5, U.S. History - 4, Biology -4
Subjective
Essays: Pretty good. I worked on them for a while.
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Supplementary Material: None
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
Personal
Location: California
High School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: no
Other
Extracurriculars: drummer of professional rock band, san diego youth symphony, environmental club president (two years), studied in France over one summer, internship at burnham institute (six weeks), volunteered at hospital in jordan over one summer, volunteer for kids are worth a million
Awards: AP Scholar, Grand Concours, Honor Roll, Academic Letters
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:</p>

<p>REJECTED...slightly ticked off since I love the San Diego area and it ruins my hope for UCLA or Berkeley, but I'll summarize my stats (obviously my own format cause I'm lazy like that)</p>

<p>SAT I and II: I account mediocre (or what I deem horrible) SAT scores for a major part of my rejection
GPA: Weighted - 4.45, Unweighted - 3.76
Class Rigor: 8 AP classes and all other classes are Honors level</p>

<p>Extra Curricular/Awards:
DECA (1 year) - Team Leader, 3rd in General Marketing at Eastern Area Conference, 1st in Freshman/Sophomore Category at States, Attended ICDC
Environmental Club (2 years)
Regular Volunteer at Local Library (2 years)
Key Club (3 years)
Language Honor Society (2 years)
NHS (1 year)
Varsity Swim Team (4 years) - Team Spirit Captain, Regional, Invitationals, State
Year Round Club Swim Team (4 years + since age 9) - Team Spirit Leader
Awarded a Spot on Senior Walk
Academic Letterman (4 years)
200+ Community Service Hours throughout High School (includes blood drives, donations, community events, triathlons, fund raising, sporting events, Special Olympics, Feed My Starving Children, etc.)</p>

<p>General:
Location: Arizona
High School: Public
Rank: Top 5% out of 437
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Gender: Female
Major: Bioengineering</p>

<p>I suppose I'm just average :/ (or at least my dad tells me this)
Ohhh the joy of getting accepted to UCI...not</p>

<p>congratulations to everyone else</p>

<p>Rejected
****ed, too.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: N/A
[</em>]SAT II: 770 USH,700 Math lvl 2
[<em>]ACT: 30
[</em>]GPA: 4.33
[<em>]Rank: 26/518
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP European History: 4, AP Biology: 4, AP US History 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:
[</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: San Diego
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[*]Extracurriculars: Football, NHS, Academic League, CSF[/ul]</p>

<p>Is the site not working for anyone? Because every time I try to log on it gives me an error and I can't use "forgot your password?" either...</p>

<p>ticactoc - same problem signing on for me. System overload?</p>

<p>hey me too. I am getting the same message</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE UCSD WAS MY DREAM SCHOOL!!!
I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET IN B/C I WAS OOS </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: Biochemistry</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?:no</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): Math: 660 CR: 720 Writing: 710 = (2090)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780 Korean 660 Math 2c</li>
<li>GPA: UC 3.96, UW 3.69</li>
<li>Rank: -</li>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>APs (including this year's): -</li>
<li>IBs (including this year's: -</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: AP U.S history, AP Stats, AP Studio Art, AP Calc AB, Spanish 4</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: only me or few more</li>
<li>Other stats (Awards, etc.): none (weak awards)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app:
FBLA, NAHS, NHS members
International club president 1yr
Hospital volunteering 4yr
Tae kwan do 4yr
JV tennis 3yr </li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Art tutor, Starbucks</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): </li>
<li>Wrote about my perspective to view this world. described how UCSD will help me to obtain the proper perspective. (I think it was creative and easy, but I definitely had some weak grammer)</li>
<li><p>My multi linguistic ability </p></li>
<li><p>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): -</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person: </p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Missouri</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Medium Sized, competitive public school. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</li>
<li>Strengths: SAT score, AP courseload, EC, Out of state [ both strength and weakness]</li>
<li>Weaknesses: GPA, Out of state, Awards, leadership </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: EC, SAT maybe... i didn't expect to get in at all</li>
</ul>

<p>tictactoc, same thing with me. It'll be back to normal eventually.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>]SAT: 2060
[</em>]SAT II: 720/710
[<em>]ACT: 31
[</em>]GPA: 4.1
[li]Rank: top 10 %</p>[/li]
<p>Incredibly excited right now. :D</p>

<p>I can log on to my account but there's no message at all? It just says "Update your Information" and has links to my address, etc.</p>

<p>Unable to validate your PID/username or PAC/password.</p>

<p>Accepted w/ Regents - Muir</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2220 - 730R 800M 690W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 33 - 34E 36M 27R 33S
[</em>]GPA: Not sure for UC gpa, but at my school its like 4.7
[<em>]Rank: our school has been having issues with determing this due to a new computer system but I believe 2
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's on AP Stat, Bio, Chem, and 4 on AP Lang, taking AP Macroecon, Microecon, Calc A, English Lit, and Physics this year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Alright, nothing special
[</em>]Teacher Recs: There are none for UCs...
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Again not for UCs...
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nope
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northern Bay Area
[<em>]High School Type: Large Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: N
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: President of Key Club (community service), done 200 hours through that, and competitive horseback riding
[</em>]Awards: nothing significant, just honor roll type things
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Excited I got Regents, but I'm still watiing on 10 more schools hahaha[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *]SAT: 2000 - 800CR, 630W, 570M
[ *]SAT II: 720H, 660W
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA: 3.9 UC
[ *]Rank: ELC - Top 4%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US History 4, AP Eng 4, AP Enviro Sci 5, AP Geo 5</p>

<p>[ *]Essays: Good quirky essays on my passion for politics and AcaDeca
[ *]Teacher Recs: N/A
[ *]Counselor Rec: N/A
[ *]Supplementary Material:</p>

<p>[ *]Location: San Fernando Valley
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *]Gender Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes, $15,000 in grants offered.
[ *]Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, Teen Court, CSF
[ *]Awards: AP Scholar w/ Honors, A few decathlon medals</p>

<p>@Kari - For some reason mine is like that too. I was rejected but now they took it off. That's weird...</p>