Regular Decision Results Thread!

<p>Checked my portal and nothing new was updated. Checked the mail and got a letter, rejection…So to help all you people out there, you should get a snail mail letter first, rather than an update on portal.</p>

<p>Sorry End, that sucks!</p>

<p>@EndPhase
I’m so sorry to hear that. Best of luck to you with anywhere else you applied :)</p>

<p>@NorCalperson
What are your stats?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 (4.14 w)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Language (5), World History (4), Japanese (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Government/Economics, Art 1, Economics of Business Ownership, Physics (A’s first semester)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Taekwon-Do (14 years, 2nd Degree black belt, team captain)
-Hall of Fame recognition for “youth excellence” (2009)
-International Instructor Certification (2008)</p>

<p>-State Championship–
2006 & 2008 (Reno, NV): 1st place patterns/2nd place spar
2008 (Salt Lake City, UT): 1st place patterns
2009 (Philadelphia, PA): 1st place patterns</p>

<p>-National Qualifiers competition–
2006: 2nd place patterns
2007: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring
2010: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring, 2nd place board breaking</p>

<p>-World Championship competition—
2006 (Geelong, Australia): 2nd place patterns, 3rd places team events
2007 (Birmingham, England): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd places team
2010 (Cheong-Ju, South Korea): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd places team</p>

<p>DECA (2 years, CFO): various awards at local, norcal, state level</p>

<p>Other Clubs: Red Cross, Key, CSF
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: secretary (320 hours), Taekwon-Do instructor (75 hours)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Open Heart Kitchen (90 hours), Red Cross (75 hours), Taekwon-Do unpaid teaching (150 hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: attending international Taekwon-Do events, working
[</em>] Essays: I had a lot of fun writing them and received relatively positive responses
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one- very good, two- flattering albeit template
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: from Taekwon-Do coach- very strong
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): East Bay CA
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Taekwon-Do and more Taekwon-Do
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, rigor of course load
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]**General Comments: i was awarded $20,000 in scholarship **</p>

<p>My twins accepted; 3.75 and 3.85 GPA respectively. SAT scores were 2050 and 2040 respectively. No scholarship money so doubt I can afford to send them. Just wanted to post their stats and good luck everyone. A gorgeous campus, kids seemed happy, smart, energetic and kind during the tour. . .</p>

<p>I would feel safe sending my young adults there!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
* SAT I (breakdown): 2180 - 680 Reading, 740 Math, 760 Writing, 12 Essay
* ACT: 32
* SAT II: 690 Literature, 760 MathIIC, 740 Chemistry
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.44
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6th percentile - school doesn’t rank
* AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4) - Self taught
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, English 7/8, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, American Gov’t/Economics, Silkscreening/Computer Graphics
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing really…members of various clubs, self taught graphic design - designing flyers and logos for events and organizations
* Job/Work Experience: Two summer office clerical jobs, tutoring an ESL HS freshman
* Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours or so - volunteer at this clinic and part of a youth council
* Summer Activities: work/volunteer
* Essays: Pretty normal topics but tried to take a different approach (about designing shirts for a large group)
* Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them but should have been good
* Counselor Rec: Same as above
* Additional Rec: N/A
* Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other
* Intended Major: Psychology
* State (if domestic applicant): California
* Country (if international applicant):
* School Type: Public - ranked 81 or 82 nationally by US News & World Report
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket:
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>

<p>Reflection
* Strengths: SAT score and essays
* Weaknesses: no extra curriculars, no honor/AP classes until senior year
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I don’t really know. I think my SAT scores and essays put me in the running for a lot of the schools I applied to even though my GPA is well below the average</p>

<p>@poiplehippo @Frisco Mom @mapoch
Congrats on acceptances!</p>

<p>I still havent heard yet, hopefully this week?</p>

<p>I was accepted too…25 ACT w/ writing…3.6 uw, 4.45 w…my essay sucked though, it was really rushed. I wrote about how I peer tutor with special ed kids. I am also an african american female and was president of my student body. I got the presidential award for 10000 a year. I applied early admission but didn’t get my acceptance letter until yesterday!</p>

<p>I applied for early admission too but they pushed it back to regular admission, so its a good to hear that someone got accepted that applied a long time ago</p>

<p>S was waitlisted :-(.
He has other very good options, but he liked USD a lot.</p>

<p>Tuitionsaver: just read the negative reviews of UCSD on students review and you will feel A LOT better about missing a seat on the Titanic.</p>

<p>I have a question, was there anything in the “status” boxes on your portal page? It says I have everything in but there is nothing in the “status” boxes/</p>

<p>I checked my portal and couldn’t find the status box, but I’ve already been accepted. Sorry can’t be of more help :/</p>

<p>thats alright it was just boxes next to if you turned in your SAT scores, transcript, and application</p>

<p>Placido240: I just read your comment, as follows: “Tuitionsaver: just read the negative reviews of UCSD on students review and you will feel A LOT better about missing a seat on the Titanic.”</p>

<p>Did you read bad reviews about UC San Diego (UCSD - public) or the University of San Diego (USD - private)? You said “UCSD,” but this thread is not about that school. Please clarify and, if you can, provide the link that you were reading on Student Reviews. I am curious to read the comments that you saw, if they were about the University of San Diego, and not UCSD. I guess I am having a hard time thinking of anything negative that kids could say about USD. Thanks!</p>

<p>I think the poster confused the two. On ************** dot com (sometimes websites won’t post here), there are a lot more negative comments for UCSD, the public. USD, the private we’re talking about on this thread, overall got very good comments but there were a few negative. I’ve found that site to be where many blow off steam or vent personal grudges for many schools but I’m sure some comments are valid.</p>

<p>See ^ ^ ^.
Posts promoting web sites, products, or services are not allowed.
Just copied that from the rules. I’ll PM you.</p>

<p>@AREV22
I haven’t heard anything for USD and there is nothing in those status boxes for me too. I know what you’re talking about. I have no idea haha. Maybe I’ll call the admissions office tomorrow.</p>

<p>@nosbod
Alright at least I’m not the only one. If you call tomorrow can you tell me what they say?
I applied for EA but got defered to RD, is that not a good sign?</p>