***SANTA CLARA RD CALSS OF 2020 RESULTS***

Rejected after being deferred
Major: Undeclared Business
SAT: 1900
CR: 640 Math: 660 Writing 600
GPA: 3.9
ECs: Varsity cheer 4 years, lots of community service, very involved in Catholic church, clubs, CSF, etc

Accepted after being deferred EA…32 ACT…from really good prep school…changed major from engineering to A&S after the deferral so I think that helped…very excited about going…hope to go to admitted students day tho I already visited.

Accepted EA
Major: Business
ACT: none
SAT: 2040
SAT 2: 760 Chinese
AP(score): none
GPA: 3.73
ECs: Internships, volunteering, music, lots of leadership
Hooks: great recommendations, humble essays that were true to SCU’s core values

Accepted after being deferred (allowed for A&S consideration; applied for business initially)
Major: Undeclared A&S (Probably going to do Economics)
SAT: 1470/1600 (CR: 780 M: 690)
SAT 2: N/A (These never happened >.>)
AP(score): US History: 3 ; Spanish: 3 ; English Lang. & Comp.: 3
GPA: 3.02 UW
ECs: 3 internships, 4 years of sports, robotics, & martial arts
Hooks: Well-written essays, good recs, alumni affiliation, Hispanic, and my stunning personality (kidding).

Accepted
Major: Biology
ACT: 28
SAT: NA
SAT 2: 690 math
AP(score): School doesn’t do AP, instead we take classes at the local university.
Senior course load: Not as rigorous as Junior year.
GPA: 3.75 UW
ECs: A bunch. Leadership roles in key club, spanish honors society, math club. other clubs as well
Hooks: Essay

Accepted
Major: Public Health
ACT: 29
SAT: 650 Math, 620 CR, 690 Writing (1960 total)
SAT 2: 730 Math II, 650 Spanish Writing, 630 Bio-Ecology
AP(score): 4 Calc AB, 2 Psychology
Senior course load: 2 APs
GPA: 3.89 UW
ECs: A bunch, president of 2 clubs, vp of 1, internships, cancer research, a lot of volunteering
Hooks: personal connections with SCU: dad was a professor, had black belt training on campus, went to a bunch of athletic events, shows in their theater, family went and currently goes their, etc.

Accepted
Major: Communication
ACT: 27
SAT: Didn’t take
AP (score): AP English Language: 3
Senior course load, AP Environmental Science, Political Science, Ceramics, Discrete Math, AP English Literature
GPA: 3.67 unweighted, 4.0 weighted
ECs: Field Hockey for 4 years, Basketball for 2, Swimming for 1, Badminton for 1, volunteer service for 3 weeks the past four summers (8 hours, 5 days a week), 2 internships, worked at Subway
Hooks: applied early action, rolled over to regular decision

wait list
Major: Undeclared (Arts and Sciences)
ACT: N/A
SAT: 1790
SAT 2: N/A
AP(score): AP Lang (3)
Senior course load: AP Stat, AP Human Geo, Physics, Econ/Gov, Adv Comp/World Lit, Video Production 2
GPA: 3.52 UW
ECs: Varsity golf, work, guitar, community service

Accepted

Johnson scholar

Major: undeclared engineering (likely civil though)
ACT: 36
SAT: 2220 (didn’t send in though bc only for national merit stuff)
SAT 2: 800 Math level 2
AP(score): 5: Chinese, Lang, APUSH, Calc BC (AB) 4: AP Euro
Senior course load: multivariable calculus, AP Chem, AP Studio art, AP Comp Sci, Honors Seminar in Writing, etc
GPA: 4.72 weighted 3.83 unweighted
ECs: a lot haha varsity poms, varsity speech team, varsity badminton, student council, peer leadership, community service, musical, etc etc
Hooks: woman in engineering?