******UC BERKELEY CLASS OF 2019 DECISION STATS ONLY******

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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Science)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Reading(530), Math(580), Writing(480)
ACT: 26
SAT II: Math II Literature (610), Math 2 (570)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.08
UC GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calculus, AP French, AP English Lit, and AP Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major ones but regional awards…
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Entre Nous, Asian Persuasion (Rep), Academic Decathlon (treasurer), French Club( treasurer), Science Club(Vice President), Sports Medicine Competition Team, and Science Olympiad
Job/Work Experience: Work at my parent’s restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: City work
Personal Statement: Wrote about my hearing disability and it’s impact on my life.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Economics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 50k<
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hearing disability.
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, challenging courses, lots of extracurricular activities
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Schools were you accepted to? Accepted - UCSD, UCSB, SDSU, and Cal Poly Pomona
Waitlisted - UChicago
Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern, Vanderbilt, and UCLA
Schools you are waiting for? couple more reach schools

UCLA requested a supplement from me, but I got rejected there… UC Berkeley didn’t, and I got accepted… Hmmm… College admissions are a mystery

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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Science, Integrative Biology)

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 33C (34E 34M 31R 34S essay 10) all in one sitting
[] SAT II: 680 BioM 710 Math II 770 Chinese (lol)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.21
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/615
[] ELC?: yep
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro, Calc AB, and Bio (3), APUSH (4), AP Eng. Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng lit, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Macroecon, photography (for my art requirement) and AP US gov.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar w/ distinction, school honor roll (lol)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate 4 years (co captain) Diversity Council 3 years (president) City Youth advisory board 1 year (event coordinator) Girls State, Interact Club 2 years
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteering (every summer, 4 years), peer tutoring (2 years) city events volunteer (2 years)
[] Personal Statement: Wrote them a couple days before deadline… #1 was about how my love of grey’s anatomy, speech and debate, and theater formed my world. #2 was generic, mostly on how much I love contributing to my city.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but didn’t get much :frowning:
[li]** Intended Major **: Integrative Biology :D[/li][] State: CA
[] School Type: Large, Mediocre, Public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Middle class-ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No hooks??? I came to the US at 10, mentioned it in my additional comments but wasn’t a huge focus in my application[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, school rank, essay idea, commitment in EC’s
[] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, AP Scores, not enough EC’s, and my essay wasn’t as great as it could be… please don’t procrastinate, future applicants
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Oxford College at Emory University (Emory Achievement Award scholarship), UCLA, UCSD, UCSB (Honors), UCR (Chancellor’s Scholarship, Honors), Temple (full tuition), ASU(president’s scholar, Barrett Honors), Case Western Reserve (Waitlisted),
[] Schools you were rejected from? Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Emory College, WUSTL
[li] Schools you are waiting for? JHU, Duke, and Rice. Almost certain I’ll get rejected to all three :D[/li][/ul]General Comments: I DID NOT EXPECT THIS AT ALL. I heard about how hard it is go get into both Cal and UCLA and didn’t have much hope. Grateful to be able to choose between these amazing schools! I think what helped me most was that I stood out in the local context, compared to my hs’s applicants. CC helped me a lot in the application process and I’m excited to contribute back. For future applicants, 1. Don’t procrastinate 2. Write about what you love. (I mean, I’m NOT a model example, but I wrote about Grey’s Anatomy and turned out fine so don’t be afraid to take a risk!!)

Good luck to everyone else! You’re all destined for success no matter where you go. :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted: College of Letters and Sciences

Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR:760 M:740 W:730)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Literature:750 Math 2:760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5), Biology (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Saxon Physics, AP Calc, AP English Lit, Philosophy, Humanities, APUSH
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony award from University of Rochester, League of Women Voters “Making Democracy Work Award,” Rotary Youth Leadership Retreat “Student Activist” Award, Rotary Student of the Month, Western Academic Talent Search Honor Student

[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Advanced Jazz Band (1st Chair Tenor), Jazz Combo, three years of basketball, two years of baseball
[] Job/Work Experience: Various temporary jobs, a couple months detailing cars, a seasonal job at a tree farm, a summer job at a sno-ball trolley, an office maintenance job
[] Volunteer/Community service: Student Council, National Honor Society (President, very highly involved, turned around a struggling organization), work on two local ballot initiatives, local youth council, democratic fellowship that involved co-managment of democratic congressional and senate campaigns in my area, started a community service project that registers and pre-registers high school students to vote
[] Personal Statement: Very strong, very personal essay about growing up in a rural area, same one that earned me a phone call and a likely letter from Yale because my admissions officer liked it so much

[/ul][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Political Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Around $95K-$100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really except that I definitely capitalized on coming from a rural background and its effects on my personality and work ethic. [/li]
[/list]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Spike in a particular area of interest (politics), made something out of my demonstrated interest
[] Weaknesses: Class rigor, but also a result of a rural public school that doesn’t offer much
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Yale, Pomona, CU Boulder, UCSC, Rochester, DU, Williams (waitlist)
[] Schools you were rejected from?: Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Amherst, Georgetown, Reed[/li][/ul]General Comments: Although ultimately it’s unlikely I would choose Berkeley just because of the Yale bombshell I receieved (was not expecting a likely letter at all, especially after getting rejected early at Stanford), huge congratulations to the Class of 2019 and I hope my stats can be of use to someone!

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 790 Math 730 Writing
[ *] ACT: didn’t do it
[ *] SAT II: 730 Math 2 (i flopped super hard lmao) 800 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Canadian student 95 average
[ *] UC GPA: idk
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 95%

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Royal Canadian Army Cadets), Debate Club, Choir, Piano
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship as website designer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Royal Canadian Army Cadets and hospital
[ *] Personal Statement: I think they were well written and honest. I tried very hard as Berkeley is my dream school

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: computer science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, minor awards in debating, Leadership, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT 2, 4 year GPA (crappy marks in gr 10 and 9), demographics
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: University of Toronto (Engineering Science), McGill, Waterloo, Georgia Tech, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: UCLA, Columbia (early decision)
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: Harvard, princeton, stanford, cmu
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] i was really scared but now i’m super stocked. I hope i meet all you wonderful peopel!

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Rejected.

2350+ SAT
800 Math II, 800 US History
4.0 UW
President and/or founder of two school organizations
2x Self-taught semifinalist in a prestigious national competition
National Merit Scholarship winner (as of today, actually…)
A bunch of other stuff…

Honestly, I will never understand this decision, but it’s alright. I’ve gotten accepted to 2 schools I would go to over Berkeley anyway (and am waiting on Stanford/Ivies), but this still hurts. My essays were weak matches for the prompts because I only decided to apply last minute, so I guess that must have been the problem.

Congratulations to those accepted though :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted College of Letters and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 34C (35E, 34M, 32R, 33S) writing: 10
[] SAT II: 800 Japanese with Listening, 790 Math 2, 730 Physics, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.91 (school uses scale of 5 instead of 4)
[] UC GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank and don’t know percentile
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CalAB (5), CalBC (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Micro (5), Macro (4), Comparative Gov (5), Japanese Language & Culture (5), Physics B (4), US Gov (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Korean Writing, English Composition, World Literature, AP Calculus BC, Chinese, AP Macro, AP US History, AP Comparative Gov, French Reading, Project Study on History, History of Mathematics, Advanced English Composition, English via Comparative Cultures
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): awards in multiple MUN competitions in Korea, four first place class honours, Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N1 (highest level)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): chief of school’s English newspaper, manager of school orchestra, member of school’s swimming club (won one silver and two bronze medals in state championships), vice president of school’s judicial council, member of school’s Office of International Affairs, member of school’s MUN club, member of school’s French club
[] Job/Work Experience: interned at the external affairs department of APCC
[] Volunteer/Community service: taught English to underprivileged elementary school kids in my area, tutored peers in Calculus, French, and English
[] Personal Statement: #1 was about how living in Korea, Hawaii, and Japan helped me to become trilingual and learn to see the world from diverse perspectives, #2 was about how playing music influenced my life

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Political Economy[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: dorm school that offers AP classes and college level courses
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: around $75000-$80000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): not much except for the fact that I lived in three different countries and am fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese, and began learning French and Chinese in high school

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: being fluent in Korean, English, and Japanese, solid test scores and GPA, good counsellor and recommendation letter (I think), good work ethic
[] Weaknesses: not many major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted to Georgetown SFS, Notre Dame Colleges of Arts and Letters, UNC, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet :smile:
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hope this helps, especially to international applicants, and hope everyone gets the results they want over the following few days!!

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[size = 4]Decision: Accepted, College of Engineering[/size]

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (730R, 750M, 640W)
[] ACT: 34 (33R/34M/36E/34S)
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 790 Biology M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: > 4.3 (10 AP classes, 3 Honors classes, all A’s)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/560-something
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (3), Environmental Science (Test Only-4), Biology (5), Lang (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calc BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Lit, AP CompSci, Robotics (new class), A+ C/D & My Calc BC teacher will be teaching me Calc 3/4 (doesn’t count for credit, pretty much a self-study+awesome teacher )
[other courses can be found here](Eighth GradeAlgebra I/Geometry Online/Summer School PEFreshman YearAlgeb - ■■■■■■■■■■■■)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD Finalist (6th place in category), some State SciOly medals, 2nd place State [] Science Bowl, Hawaii Journalism Award (Best Print Newspaper & Best Photography)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• FIRST Robotics (10-12) / Project Manager this year
• Science Club (10-12) /President this year
• Lunch Buddies (10-12) /President this year
• Mock Trial (9-11)
• NHS (10-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice office assistant, elementary/middle school tutor, STEM camp instructor
[] Personal Statement: They were okaaaay. 7/10
Prompt 1: How Neopets got me into compsci + robotics
Prompt 2: Experience in a hospice office, charting a patient

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major : EECS
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >120,000 (Hawaii is expensiveee)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m a girl in STEM?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, SAT II Scores, Robotics
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of Science fair, etc. etc. Hopping around ECs until I found my passion. I focused on robotics really hard this year.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UH, UPortland, WUSTL (waitlisted), UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT (forgot interview, yeahhhh)
[] Schools you are waiting for? Stanford, CMU
[] General Comments: Good luck to everyone!! This was very surprising and I’m super excited!!! Congrats to all who got in :blush:
[/ul]

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STILL IN REVIEW ARGH

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (M 770)(CR 670)(W 650)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math 2: 770, Chem: 770. Physics: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] UC GPA: 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Chem (4), USH (3), Eng Lang (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Computer Sci, Physics C, Calc BC, Micro/Macro Econ, Enviro Sci
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Posse Finalist for UCB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Astro-Physics Club (Vice-President) 4/y, Science Bowl (Captain) 2/y, Philosophy Club 2/y, Japan Culture Club (Historian) 2/y, Calculus Club 2/y
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Volunteered a bunch at USC and at the Junior Blind
[] Personal Statement: Both were “Pretty Awesome”
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Afrcan American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 40k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen and a little bit of research with my physics teacher.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Extreme focus in stem. Decent scores for subject tests and stem APs. ESSAYS.
[] Weaknesses: Lowish GPA. Low reading and writing scores on SAT.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m a pretty cool dude and they must think so too. :][/li][/ul]General Comments: I was also accpeted at UC Davis, UCSC, UCSB, Deferred from Stanford REA, and Rejected from UCSD.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 superscore (800CR/680M/730W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 710 chem, 760 lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] UC GPA: ??
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Bio (5), English Lit/comp (4), English Lang/comp (5), Chem (5), Govt. and Politics (5), Human Geo (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 classes dual-enrollment at major public university (through program my state offers; have been taking all college classes since jr. year)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2x National History Day national qualifier (won state once, 2nd place once) in Website category, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Ballet (train 17 hrs/week, been doing it forever, lots of summers spent at selective dance programs, etc.), President of University student group for dual-enrollment high schoolers on campus, Young Scholars Program at UC Davis (selective summer bio research program)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at science museum and volunteer teaching young dancers, not a lot really
[] Personal Statement: No idea how to rank these - put them together at the last minute, but they contained parts of essays I had previously written and put a lot of though into, so 7.5/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Bio (College of Letters & Science)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): maybe the college classes and the ballet??

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? ** Accepted: ** UC Berkeley (:P), UC Davis w/regents and provost, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr w/merit, W&M (Monroe Scholar), Tulane w/merit, Case Western w/merit, U of Minn
** Waitlisted **: Barnard
[] Schools you were rejected from? Pomona
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Rice, Stanford, couple ivies[/li][/ul]General Comments: I have no idea how this happened but I’m so glad it did! Hopefully I’ll see you guys at Cal Day!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010
ACT: 30
SAT II: 710 USH, 690 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted: 4.23
UC GPA: 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3-4%
ELC: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), English Lang/comp (4), Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs and 3 Electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Lead theater actor, President or Officer of 6-7 Clubs, many prominent leadership positions, work with congressman, work with city government, 2nd in league swimmer, etc:
Volunteer/Community service:100s of hours through work with school or city
Personal Statement: The short one was really good, the long one was really bad in my opinion
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Political Science (College of Letters & Science)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Poor public, low API
Ethnicity: White/Middle Eastern
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No big hooks
Reflection
Strengths: ECs, performance in comparison to rest of class
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, everything haha
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCSD, UCD, UCSB, CSULB
Waitlisted : American
Schools you were rejected from? Vassar
Schools you are waiting for? Tufts, Brown, USC, Wesleyan
General Comments: I’m really glad I got in through some miracle. Im almost certainly going to Cal

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**Decision: Accepted College of Letters & Science **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 670 W, 720 CR
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 750 Math 2 and Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 or something
[] UC GPA: 4.21 capped, 3.28 fully weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I think it was 8/122 at the time?
[] ELC?: Yeah
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang(5), English Lit, Calc AB(4), Calc BC, Chem(4), CS, US Gov, Physics 1
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Physics 1, Econ, Spanish 3H, APCS
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended? AP scholar?? nothing big[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): STEM club (co-founder/co-pres), volunteer tutoring, varsity swimming, other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: social media/graphic design stuff, receptionist summer job
[] Volunteer/Community service: various tutoring, Special Olympics, soup kitchens???
[] Personal Statement: I wrote about how I wanted to do engineering in one of my essays because I applied to engineering at other UCs… lmao how did I even get in

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nah
[li]** Intended Major **: I put undeclared physical sciences bc I don’t wanna do engineering at Cal lol[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Wasian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: too high for financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nah

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: No idea
[] Weaknesses: MY ESSAY WAS ABOUT ENGINEERING AND I APPLIED FOR UNDECLARED PHYSICAL SCIENCES???!?!? GG
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted for first choice major (either ChemE or a different engineering major if ChemE wasn’t available): UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCI, UMich, UT Austin, USC, UMN-TC, UIUC, Cal Poly SLO, SJSU, other schools not even worth mentioning; Waitlisted at UCLA lol
[] Schools you were rejected from? n/a
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Rice[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!!! Good luck to everyone still waiting for decisions :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (700 CR 670 M 650 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 680 Bio-E. 700 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
Weighted GPA (if available):
Rank/percentile (if available):
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP, Euro 4 - APUSH, Psych, Biology, 3- APES, AP Art History, 2-AP Lang, 1- AP Comp Sci
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Comparative Govt, AP Physics 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Environmental awards on local and national scale, book award
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research, Quiz Bowl, Environmentalism Club (Treasurer), Varsity Tennis, Own non-profit advert. firm, intern at lending firm
Job/Work Experience: Tutor at tutoring center
Volunteer/Community service: Lots
Summer Activities: Summer school classes to get ahead

Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: n/a
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Pre-Com
State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti hook: >250,000
Reflection
Strengths: awards
Weaknesses: lots
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted W&M, Berk, Virginia Tech, George Mason Waitlisted: UVA rejected: Emory, NYU, UT-Austin

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Decision: Accepted to College of Letters and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 34 (E: 34, M: 32, R: 34, S: 36, Essay: 8)
[] SAT II: Math II: 730, Bio E 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] UC GPA: 4.7 uncapped
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/530
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(3), WorldHistory(4), Chinese(5) Comp(4), APES(5), Bio(4), US(5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych. AP Lit, Calc BC, Physics, AP US Gov, AP Stats
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad; History day; Science fair; JV badminton; Chinese Club (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: 100+ hours helping at my mother’s work place
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Key Club hours
[] Personal Statement: I wrote an unique essay about my passion for environment. My APES teacher really loves it.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college; low income[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[] Schools were you accepted? UCLA; UCSD; UCD; UCI
[] Schools you were rejected from? Calpoly SLO (IDK what happened :neutral_face: )
[li] Schools you are waiting for? None[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy to be accepted to my dream school. GO BEARS!!

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Decision: Accepted (L&S)

Hope this is of some use to somebody.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800-800-780 (superscore 2400)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 800 Lit, 770 Chem, 760 M2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does weighted (4.41), but we weight it weirdly
[] UC GPA: No idea
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/100
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: World History, Euro, Stats, Calc BC, English Lang, Spanish, Music Theory. 4: Chem (don’t even ask.)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors International Relations, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lit (independent study), AP Bio, AP Physics C (Mech), AP Gov, Honors Art, Multivariable Calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, National AP Scholar, Presidential Scholar candidate, some AMC stuff but not USAMO[/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rock music (played at Lollapalooza), cross country (3 year letter, captain), Women’s Leadership Club (founder, 3-year president), a lot of music and similar stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor, scorekeeper for basketball
[] Volunteer/Community service: Program where we educate kids about nutrition and exercise
[] Personal Statement: don’t really remember…One was about how I love music and it will always be a part of my life whether I end up selling out concert halls or playing for four people.[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Math
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: all girls, private, small
[] Ethnicity: Indian, white
[] Gender: XX
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research is a hook?! Idk, maybe girl in STEM? I don’t think that’s really a hook though.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, although nobody cares.
[] Weaknesses: Not being special–never wrote a book or built wells in African villages
[li] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCLA, Duke (likely), UChicago, Cornell (Tanner Dean), Caltech, Williams (likely), Harvey Mudd, OSU, Michigan, Case. Waitlisted MIT. Deferred Princeton SCEA. Rejected Juilliard. Waiting on Ivies.[/ul][/li]General Comments: It’s amazing how much this process has turned around for me since December 15. Best of luck to everyone else!

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Decision: Accepted: Natural Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Submit
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/501
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 APUSH, 3 AP Language Comp, 3 AP English Lit, 4 AP US Government
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 IB Business and Management SL (Junior Year)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - IB Math Studies, IB English, IB French AB Initio, IB Biology, IB History of Americas, IB Theory of Knowledge (first semester), 2 Free period second semester.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB Biology Award of Excellence, Science National Honor Award, French National Honor Award, Presidential Superlative Award, AP Scholar Award, English National Honor Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club (Vice President - 2 Years), French National Honors Society (Projects Committee Head), IB Student Union (Historian), Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Society (Director & President - 6 Years), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Choir (Secretary & Event Coordinator), C12A Distributions LLC. local start up company (Vice President),
Job/Work Experience:
Babysitter (2011 June, July, August)
Volunteer/Community service:
Patrick Murphy Campaign (Non-Paid Intern), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Assistant Treasurer), Habitat For Humanity (Volunteer)
Summer Activities:
Internship at Patrick Murphy (June, July, August, September, November)
Essays: 7/10 or 8/10 - it was definitely not my best work at all. My common app essay was amazing. I wrote the UC essay before any inspiration for my common app one and when I submitted this essay and looked back at it, I thought “What the hell did you write?” haha. I’m shocked that it got me in to be honest.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation American

Reflection
I honestly don’t know how I got in. I applied out of the heck of it, without even thinking that I had a chance. Like Berkeley is an exceptional school to go to! I’m so shocked to have gotten in really… and it’s a beautiful thing to me haha. I’ve been having the best of luck with getting into these universities and all I can say to that is that… there is a God! Like seriously, that’s my only explanation. I’m in shock. Didn’t see any of this happening. Good luck to everyone and future applicants!

Strengths: Extracurriculars (but not amazing!), GPA, hooks.
Weaknesses: ACT scores, didn’t take or submit any SATs or SAT II.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted just by the grace of God, haha. That’s all I can think of really, I’m thankful though! Just don’t give up! I can honestly say that even if you have low scores, you can get in!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Florida, University of California- San Diego, Cornell University, Northwestern University, Emory University and this one!
Waiting on Acceptance notification: Stanford, UNC, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon, Rice University, USC.
Rejected: University of Texas - Austin, NYU, and UCLA
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Not really sure. Maybe the essay!

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Decision: Accepted
Date applied: Nov 28

Which school: College of Letters and Sciences, Economics
Objective
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (33 E, 35 R, 36 M, 35 S, 10 W)
SAT II: 800 US History, 790 Spanish w/Listening, 790 English Lit, 770 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/156
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (5), APUSH (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Macro, AP Lit, APES, Econ (H), AP Micro, AP Gov, Autoshop
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, NMF

Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Business (Co-Founder; 22.5k in revenue, partnerships with NASA, University of NH, others. Clients include Boy Scouts of America, and NeuroDrink.), Biology Research, Varsity Mathletes (Captain) , Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track and Field, CSF (President)
Job/Work Experience: Pet Care, Babysitting.
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours (Theater Organization), 200 hours (Environmental stuff)
Summer Activities (discussed in Additional Information): Internship with Environmental NGO (2013), Farmworker in Chile (2014) (
Essays: UC #1 (8/10) UC #2 (9/10)

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Rural (650 kids total)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada

Reflection
Strengths: Good test scores and grades, unique EC
Weaknesses: No big awards, leadership in only a couple of activities
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Solid test scores and grades w/ a standout extracurricular
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Princeton (early), UCLA (w/ Achievement scholarship)
Rejected: USC

Waiting: Yale

General Comments: It is an honor to have been accepted to Cal, and I know my grandfather, who was a professor of forestry here in the 60s and 70s, would be proud! Congrats to all other admittees!

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Decision: Accepted
b]Objective:**[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (Math 750, CR 680, W 720)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math2 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 (dropped a lot junior and senior years
[] UC GPA: No idea
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea, top 10%?
[] ELC?: ???
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): uhhhh not sure
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): what is considered major? Most of my achievements lie in musical “career”[/li]
MUSIC:
-Internationally Competitive Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall
-All-State Honors Orchestra
-All-Northwest Honors Orchestra

-All-Nationals Honors Orchestra

-1st Place at regional’s Solo and Ensemble competition
-Superior Rating at Solo and Ensemble competition Award (4 times)
-Honorable Mention at State Solo and Ensemble competition
-Orchestra Varsity Letter

DECA:
-1st at regional competition Business Finance and “top finalist” at state

FBLA:
-National qualifier for Global Business

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]-Peer Educator of Thurston County Teen Council
-Concert Master of Chamber and Symphony Orchestras
-President of FBLA (For a while)
-President of Varsity Ultimate Frisbee club
-President of Chess/Ping pong club
-Secretary Treasurer in Student Council
-Swimming
-Track and Field JV/V Javelin captain
-Capital Medical Center volunteer
-AWANA Teacher (Church organization)
-DECA

Summer Experience:
-Evergreen Boy’s State Government Instruction
-NWYLC (Leadership conference)

[] Job/Work Experience: Nada
[] Volunteer/Community service: CMC and AWANA
[li] Personal Statement: Really focused on what music means to me and how it has shaped me as a person.[/li]
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Economics, Business, or Computer Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Washington State
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: around 100,000k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: Essay and violin stuff I guess
[] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UW, UC-Berkeley
[] Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern, Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Upenn, Cornell, Dartmouth[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck, focus on personal statements!!

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**Decision: Accepted: Letters and Sciences **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: don’t know
[] Rank (percentile if rank is UNAVAILABLE): top 10%
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Statistics, Spanish, English Lang and Comp, APUSH (all 5’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Chem, Economics, Linear Algebra Honors, Calculus III (college course)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, President’s Education Award (some school awards but nothing major really)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (captain, lots of district recognition), Clarinet (All-state Band, local orchestra, school ensembles), Vocal Music (Chorale, section leader 12, honors choir group, honors a cappella group), Student Council (President, Treasurer), Scholastic Scrimmage (captain, won some regional competitions), Women’s Awareness (vice-president), freshmen mentor and student ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: summer SAT tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: blogger for online feminist website, volunteer tennis coach, summer volunteer at boys and girls club, worked in school’s communications office
[] Personal Statement: First was about Harry Potter and how it’s shaped me, the second was about my stubborn personality and how it also makes me a determined person

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied FOR FINANCIAL AID?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Mathematics[/li][] State (if domestic APPLICANT): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: F
[] INCOME Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, grades, involvement in extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: not a very unique applicant, no major awards, SAT II, typical Asian?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: Berkeley, UCLA, Dartmouth (likely), Wash U, Stevens Tech; Waitlisted: UChicago (deferred EA), Northwestern
[] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Penn, CMU[/li][/ul]**General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! **