Hi all, I haven’t seen any other threads for Oxy for this year, and with other similar schools becoming far more selective I’m starting to freak out. So here we can just chat until decisions come out.
I was just accepted 
they sent a handwritten note for me. Very sweet.
CONGRATS @Qwerty568 !!!
Did your portal change too or did you only find out through mail?
Thank you!
My portal doesn’t look like it’s changed, so just by mail.
Are you from SoCal? @Qwerty568
@wishful2015 I am from the exact opposite of SoCal…I’m from Massachusetts!
@qwerty568 Really? Im also from Massachusetts! Congrats!!! Did you apply early or anything or did they just send out a random early acceptance? Also would you mind posting some of your stats?
I did not apply early!
Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW
SAT: 2230 (780cr/670 m/780 w)
SAT II: 730 (bio), 720 (lit), 720 (spanish)
AP: Bio (4), Spanish Lang (4)
Current APs: Comp sci, english lit, spanish lit, psychology, calculus ab
White female, MA (they like east coasters since their reputation is mostly in the west), competitive public high
A few state awards, some interesting ECs, but they probably aren’t what got me accepted.
Very good essays (imo)…I come off as very quirky in writing and I think that’s something Oxy likes.
AHHH I’m from SoCal so I feel like I will have a while to wait! :-SS
Yep, I did notice that nearly everyone in the accepted students group from ED was from San Diego or in that general area, so I assume they have a lot of kids from SoCal to sift through! I’m actually the first person from my school to ever apply to Oxy, so maybe that piqued their interest.
I’m also the first person from my school to apply to Oxy!
Congrats on getting in. Feel free to ignore my question if you don’t want to answer it, but did you get any merit aid? I’m wondering how common it is to get a bit of a price break at Oxy. Thx.
Im from MA too! I applied ED and got deferred … It seems very random that you got accepted so early, but congratulations and I hope we all hear back soon! Does anyone know the exact date? In my letter from Oxy it just says March.
Last year, decisions came out on March 22 according to the 2014 thread.
So weird you were accepted so early… But congrats! Hopefully the other decisions will come out soon
@washugrad Sorry, I didn’t check this forum until today! I do not know if I received any merit aid. They said that merit aid info would come in March when their other acceptances were sent out.
From what I’ve seen, Oxy actually does what they did with me with many high stats applicants. Their youtube channel has a few videos of them actually going to visit applicants in-person to tell them they were accepted (obviously, they’re only going to do this if you live in SoCal).
@Bostongal123 Then you know why I would want to go to CA after this winter! It definitely was very random and I was not expecting it whatsoever. It was very much out of the blue. It definitely made me think more highly of Oxy though; it was really sweet that they took the time to do that.
Does anyone know for sure if decisions will come out this weekend?
Just got an email stating that decisions will be available this Saturday, the 21st, at noon PST. Good luck everyone!!
I’m excited to go to Oxy! I was admitted ED I and I can’t wait till this fall! Hopefully all you wishing to get in get accepted this Saturday!!