***UC Berkeley Class of 2020 Decisions***

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.:
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
[ *] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?:
[ *] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?:
[ *] EOP?:
[ *] NCAA?:
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?:
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] LGBTQ?:
[ *] Citizen?:
[ *] Served in military?
[ *] Married?:
[ *] Orphan?:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] # of Family Members:
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ *] Living on-campus?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Are you going to UC Berkeley?:
[ *] If not, where are you going?:

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]

Good luck to all possible future Bears!

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Decision: ACCEPTED (Interviewed for Regents’ and Chancellor’s)

Objective:
• SAT I: 2260 (800 CR, 700 M, 760 W)
• ACT: N/A
• AP: Chinese (5) European History (4) Calculus AB (5) Biology (4) US History (3) English Language (4)
• IB: School doesn’t offer IB courses
• College courses: American Cultures in Music
• Senior Year Course Load: Adv. Journalism, Economics, AP Statistics, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP U.S Gov
• Personal statements: First essay was very risky, but I’m guessing it paid off…?? (9) Second essay (8)
• Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Two, one from my APUSH teacher (he let me read it and I thought it was a pretty good letter) and the other from my sophomore English teacher/Journalism advisor
• Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance): Yes

Other:
• Intended Major: Integrative Biology
• Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning: Freshman
• EOP: No
• NCAA: No
• Are you from California?: From Livermore, CA
• School Type: Public, 2000 or so students
• Ethnicity: Asian American
• Gender: Female
• LGBTQ: No
• Citizen: Yes
• Served in military: No
• Married: No
• Orphan: No, but I was adopted from China
• Income Bracket: Approx. $230,000
• # of Family Members: 3
• Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Some college
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I can think of
• Living on-campus: Yes

Reflection
• Strengths: News editor of the high school newspaper, have played on my high school’s varsity lacrosse team for 4 years, camp counselor for 3 years
• Weaknesses: My first essay topic was definitely a hit or miss, I took AP Physics this year without taking any other physics class prior and I got a C during the first trimester of the course,
• Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Yes

Additional Information:
• Other Acceptances: UCSD (General Biology) UC Davis (Biological Sciences) UC Irvine (Biological Sciences) Cal Poly SLO (Biology) SDSU (Biology)
*Still waiting to hear from USC, UCLA, Johns Hopkins and Harvard (which is definitely an out-of-reach school)
• Rejections: Stanford (Biology)

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Decision: ACCEPTED (Interviewed for Regents)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: n/a
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 32 M, 35 R, 35 S, 36W)
[] UC GPA: 4.33 i think? 4.0 UW, 4.4675 (W 9-12)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), World History (4), English Language/Composition (4), U.S. History (5), Calculus AB (5), Psychology (5), Physics A (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] College courses? If so, list them.: n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, Show Choir, AP Literature/Composition, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Civics/Econ
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 7? I’m not a very stronger writer but after many revisions I felt very confident about them. One was about growing up with my computer being my own companion and the other was about my journey through scouting.
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Yup, sent in one from my math teacher and one from my boy scouts leader.
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Yup!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: L&S Computer Science
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: No
[] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes, Orange County/Stanton
[] If International, from what country?: n/a
[] School Type: Public, 420ish seniors
[] Ethnicity: Asian American/Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Yes
[] Served in military? No
[] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: $125,000
[] # of Family Members: 6
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: College/Some College
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No? I don’t think so
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Eagle Scout (hugely involved in the scouting movement), Varsity Track, involved in several ECs (lion dance, starting several clubs, volunteering, etc.)

[] Weaknesses: Had the opportunities to take a few more AP classes senior year, maybe didn’t explore outside of school enough
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Yes!
[] If not, where are you going?: n/a

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
[]Other Acceptances: UC San Diego (CS/Regents), UC Irvine (CS/Regents)
[]Waiting to hear back from: UCLA (CS/Engineering)
[*]Rejections: Stanford (CSxHumanities)

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Decision: Accepted (Interviewed for Regents)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2270
[] ACT: 35 (36 R/ 35 W/ 35 M/ 32 S)
[] GPA: UW 3.98 W 4.46
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), AP Lang (5), AP Physics 1 (4), WHAP (3), AP Chem (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] College courses? If so, list them.:
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Gov
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: My first one was 9/10 I couldn’t really have done better lol. The second one was kind of generic so 7/10.
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: No
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Yes

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: CoE Bioengineering
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: No
[] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes
[] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] LGBTQ?: N
[] Citizen?: Y
[] Served in military? N
[] Married?: N
[] Orphan?: N
[] Income Bracket: ~40K
[] # of Family Members: 5
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: High school graduate
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first gen
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays and stats.
[] Weaknesses: I would say AP scores, but I think it’s safe to say they don’t play a big role in admissions. (Unless there’s a serious discrepancy between your letter grade and exam score). My ECAs were okay.
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Probably.
[] If not, where are you going?:

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
[] Other acceptances: UCSD, UCI, Cal Poly SLO, Georgia Tech, JHU ED (released from contract)
[] Waiting: Stanford, Duke, Columbia, Dartmouth, UCLA (but got invited Regents so likely??)
[*] Rejected: University of Michigan (deferred EA but still haven’t received a decision so I’m just gonna take a safe assumption here…)

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[color=green]Decision: Accepted (With Invitation to Interview For Regents)[ /color]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 2200 (Best Sitting) 2220 (Superscore) 730 CR 800 M 690 W 8 Essay
[ *] ACT: 32 (Took Once) 33 Reading 31 Science 31 Writing 33 Math
[ *] UC GPA: 4.1 UW 3.93 W 4.62
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History 4’s in Biology, World History, Language and Composition, Latin, Environmental Science 3’s in Physics 1 and Calculus BC (took BC even though I was in AB and didn’t study). Will take: Physics 2, Microeconomics, US Government, Calculus BC again, and Literature and Composition
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: Math 102 (algebra 2 equivalent), Math 14 Intro to Stats, Astronomy 101, Chem 2A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Calculus BC, AP Lit and Comp, AP Microeconomics, AP US Govt., Drafting and 3D Modeling, AP Latin 6
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 10 for the first, 9 for the second.
[ *] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: The first was great. The second was pretty good.
[ *] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Yes and I got the interview for Regents.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Undecided
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ *] EOP?: Yes
[ *] NCAA?: No
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type: Public Charter
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] LGBTQ?: No
[ *] Citizen?: Yes
[ *] Served in military? No
[ *] Married?: No
[ *] Orphan?: No
[ *] Income Bracket: Low ~30k yearly
[ *] # of Family Members: 3
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Didn’t Finish High School
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation, 2X National Science Bowl Participant
[ *] Living on-campus? Yes

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Weighted GPA, Rigor of Courseload, Summer Classes, Science Bowl, Personal Statements
[ *] Weaknesses: Standardized Test Scores, UC GPA,
[ *] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Yes
[ *] If not, where are you going?:

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Decision: Accepted (Interviewed for Regents)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: Took once as a sophomore. 2250: 800W, 740R, 710M
[] ACT: Never took it
[] SAT II: 800 M-IIC, 780 US, 760 Chem, 740 Korean. Took the first three in one sitting first try.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: No idea, sorry
[] Rank: Valedictorian
[] ELC?: Yup
[] AP: Human Geo, Chem, Calc BC, Lang, USH, Env Sci, Micro, Macro. (All 5, got one 4 in Lang)
[] IB: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, TA for Calc AB, Vocal Ensemble, AP Gov, AP Physics 1, AP Stats
[] Major Awards: National AP Scholar, Presidential Gold Volunteer Award
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: No
[li] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Yes, I was lucky enough to be chosen[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Tutor’s Club (VP), Orange County Academic Decathlon §, FBLA
[] Job/Work Experience: Prestige Tutors (small biz. venture with friends)
[] Volunteer/Community service: IRS Tax Preparer, Young Leaders of Orange County (Tutor, VP) , St. Jude Medical Center, Livingstone Clinic.
[] Personal Statement: Wrote about reviving OCAD as a President (stressed how the club was more to me than another bullet point on my resume and stressed leadership). Wrote another about my habit of making goals in my daily life (I guess it showed focus and desire to succeed, as well as shed light on who I am)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Business[/li][] State: CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $100-150k
[] Hooks: None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, lack of amazing summer activities. Should’ve pursued a sport or joined the school newspaper.
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: I’ll most likely end up at Cal unless I get into an Ivy.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCLA, UT Austin, Babson, Indiana Kelley, UMich, Irvine (Regents), Boston College. (All accepted for their business schools, if any)
[] Schools you were rejected from? UPenn Wharton
[] Schools you are waiting for? CMU, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, NYU Stern, USC, Yale
[/ul]General Comments: Don’t apply to too many safeties T.T Such a waste of time and money… instead, apply to a lot more reaches! You never know what can happen. One of my good friends applied to UC Irvine as a safety, and ended up getting into Harvard early instead. Can’t you guys @ Cal and good luck to the rest of you. :slight_smile:

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did any of you guys get asked for LoR?

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2300
[] UC GPA:4.33
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5), AP Euro(5), Physics 1(4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc AB, English 4 HL, Model UN, AP Bio
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Yeah; I sent in LOR
[li] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Yeah[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[][ b] Intended Major **: L&S Compsci
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: freshman
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Orange County
[] School Type: small public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Citizen?: yes
[] # of Family Members: 4
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Bachelors, Masters
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[li] Living on-campus? yes[/li]
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
Accepted: UCI Honors, UCSD Regents, UC Davis Regents, Calpolyslo
Waitlisted: UCLA engineering

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@2400sONLY2400s Try to beat my 2500! You’ll get rejected because you CANT!!! That’s right dummy.

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Good luck everybody

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (710 M 720 R 780 W)
[] SAT II: US History (690) Math II (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] UC GPA: 4.23
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/240
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5) Lang (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics AP Gov AP Spanish AP Lit AP Calc AB Journalism
[] Number of other applicants in your school: About 30-40 probably
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing [/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Jazz Band, newspaper, political action and awareness club
[] Job/Work Experience: Not much
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, drug and alcohol awareness organization[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] PS 1: Talked about my family, it was okay 7/10[/li][] PS 2: Talked about how I had to take responsibility after a life altering event better 7.5/10[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 50-60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing too unique[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays were decentt, test scores were in the ballpark
[] Weaknesses: GPA and Extracurriculars (literally the two most important things I know)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA probably considering I’m not even top 10 percent
[li] What would you have done differently?:Taken school more seriously freshman and sophomore year take more honors classes back then and try to get more A’s, and joined more EC’s and tried to get leadership positions[/ul]Other Factors:[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: My dream school super disappointed. Think I’m gonna go to UCSB

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Decision: Accepted CoE

Objective:
SAT I: 2270 in one sitting, 2280 superscored
UC GPA: 4.51 uncapped
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5), AP Chemistry(5), AP Calc BC(5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro + Macro Economics, AP Statistics, English 4, Honors Multivariable Calc, AP Bio, AP Physics C, Honors Orchestra
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: No idea tbh, but they were unique.
Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Yes, both from teachers.
Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: No
Other
[ b] Intended Major **: ME
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: No. INT from South Korea. Attending a known private highschool in California, nevertheless.
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Citizen?: No

of Family Members: Uh, what?

Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Masters, Masters
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Interesting research initiative, plentiful leadership and experience in music
Living on-campus? yes
General Comments/Additional Information: :>
Accepted: UCSD, Notre Dame, UMich, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Texas at Austin, UIUC
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins
Rejected: UCLA, Northwestern, Duke

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: didnt take it because I hate vocab
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UC GPA: 3.8
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP of 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not IB school
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
10/10 (I am very good at writing)
[ *] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?:
[ *] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: Nope

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Math
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Fresh
[ *] EOP?: what is that
[ *] NCAA?: what is that
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: international
[ *] If International, from what country?: Asia
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] LGBTQ?: Nope
[ *] Citizen?: Non American
[ *] Served in military? No
[ *] Married?: No
[ *] Orphan?: No
[ *] Income Bracket: Doesnt qualify for FA
[ *] # of Family Members: 3
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Non existent
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen
[ *] Living on-campus? Probably

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: I just realized that there are no awards section
I am national ranked in clarinet, math, and science
[ *] Weaknesses: I guess my GPA and my ACT scores (as they don’t really stand up to par with my awards/ EC which both have won me national awards making the 3.8 and 34 ACT look bad in contrast)
[ *] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Maybe
[ *] If not, where are you going?: Depends on if I get into an Ivy or not.

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]

Pretty happy, only UC I applied to and it is highly ranked for my major.

Good luck to all possible future Bears!

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Decision: Accepted L&S

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2130 740M/740CR/650W (one sitting)
[] ACT: 34C 36CR 35E 34S 32M (one sitting)
[] UC GPA: 4.33
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Psychology (5), Physics B (4), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] College courses? If so, list them.: English 101/103, Spanish 101/102, Math 260/262
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment Spanish, Dual Enrollment English, Architectural Design
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: Garbage I wrote both of them on the due date and one of them was literally about choking on a brownie
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Average
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Econ
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: What
[] NCAA?: ???
[] Are you from California?: Yes
[] School Type: Large underachieving public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Y
[] Served in military?: No
[] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: 75k-100k
[] # of Family Members: 3
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Both HS grad
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM and first gen
[] Living on-campus?: Yes
[li] Is this questionnaire too thorough?: Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Everything but personal statements
[] Weaknesses: Personal Statements
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: No
[] If not, where are you going?: Duke unless I get a yes from Yale or Brown

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
[]Accepted: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSB w/ Regents, IU Bloomington, Emory, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Duke
[]Rejected: None
[]WL: None
[]Waiting: Georgetown, Harvard, Yale, Brown, UVA

Don’t procrastinate and congrats to all who got in! I still don’t know how I got in, my personal statements were so bad

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Decision: Waitlisted CoE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 780M 770CR 700W (2250)
[] ACT: 35E 34M 32R 35S (34)
[] UC GPA: 4.11, UW 3.98
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), Calc BC (5), Computer Science (5), Physics I (5)
[] College courses? If so, list them.: Calc 3, Linear Algebra
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chem, AP Compsci AB, English Electives, Studio Art
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 1: 9/10, 2: 9/10
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Yes

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Engineering Physics
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: CO
[] School Type: Small private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150,000
[] # of Family Members: 1
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Med school
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Year of independent research at a government organization
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, course load
[] Weaknesses: ECs, applied to Engineering
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Hopefully?
[] If not, where are you going?: Harvey Mudd

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
Not sure what to make of a wait list, but I read that they only offer it to 3000-something, which is less than 5% of the applicant pool, so staying hopeful. I’ll just chill until May I guess.

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Decision: Accepted

College of Chemistry - Chemical Engineering Major

Objective:[ul]
SAT I: 2320 (800 M, 800 W, 720 CR)
ACT: Did not take
UC GPA: 4.21 (4.0 UW)
AP: Chem (5), World History (4), Eng Lang (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
College courses? If so, list them.: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Spanish, Honors Orchestra, English 12
Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: No

Subjective:[list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Sailing (Co-Captain), Math Team (VP), Science Olympiad (Co-Captain), Spanish Honor Society (Pres), Piano (played for 10 years), JV Basketball (9-10 grade)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding and Swim Instructing during summer (30-40 hrs/week), Paid Chemistry tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: Lots related to teaching kids Spanish and sailing
Summer Activities: Sailing, organic chemistry research in college laboratory (10-15 hrs/wk), Lifeguarding and Swim Instructing (~30 hrs/wk)
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9-10 for both, made them humorous and thought it highlighted my personality
Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: 10 on both (Chemistry and AP Lang teacher), both said I was one of the top three students of their careers, very heartwarming and convincing

[/ul]Other[ul]
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
EOP?: No
NCAA?: No
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Washington
If International, from what country?: N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
LGBTQ?: Nope
Citizen?: US Citizen
Served in military? No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: Too high for finaid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research I guess…white male makes me an Living on-campus? Planning to

[/ul]Reflection[list]
Strengths: Numbers and recs
Weaknesses: Size of applicant pool, gender/ethnicity
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Subjective stuff. Unique ECs, very good recs, and solid essays
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: UW Seattle (directly to ChemE major), Northeastern ($23k/yr and Honors Program), WPI ($25k/yr)
Waitlisted: MIT (Deferred then Waitlisted)
Rejected: Harvey Mudd, Caltech, Northwestern
Waiting: Stanford, Columbia, Cornell
Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Waiting to hear back from other schools

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2290 (720 CR, 780 M, 790 W)
[] ACT: didnt take
[] UC GPA: 4.36 (capped) 4.7 (uncapped)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), Eng Lang(4), Bio(4), Chem(5), USH(5), Calc BC(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): non
[] College courses? If so, list them.: no
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP comp sci, ap us gov, ap lit, ap stats, ap physics c, service working
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9/10 and 7/10
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: yep, requested in November and submitted two
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: nah

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Intended Major: Chem eng
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: fresh
[] EOP?: no
[] NCAA?: no
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Los angeles
[] If International, from what country?: n/a
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: f
[] LGBTQ?: no
[] Citizen?: yes
[] Served in military?: no
[] Married?: hahaha no
[] Orphan?: no
[] Income Bracket: ~20K
[] # of Family Members: 4
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: AA degree
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen
[li] Living on-campus?: yes [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: gpa, maybe sat
[] Weaknesses: lack of substantial ECs, a weak personal statement
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: very very likely :smiley:
[] If not, where are you going?: if i get into stanford or princeton, one of those two

General Comments/Additional Information: I’m ecstatic beyond words!!! Berkeley has been my (realistic) top choice since this past summer, and I’ve really fallen in love with it. So pumped,

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800 (Math 2) 750 (Physics)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: 4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), European History (5), Statistics (5), AB Calc (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Macro and Microeconomics, Humanities, Government (1st Sem), Astronomy (2nd sem), Physiology

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track/XC (Captain past 2 years), won my section (I’m in California) two times for XC, Rocket Team, Environmental Action Club, Link Crew
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: None reported
[ *] Personal Statement: Both were good, unique

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Love of outdoors, running

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Good grades, solid ACT
[ *] Weaknesses: Lack of variety of ECs, though I showed how much of my life is centered around training for running
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, UC San Diego
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet!
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: Princeton, Stanford
General Comments: Even if I get in to Princeton or Stanford, I’ll still probably choose UCLA

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[ b]Decision: Waitlisted**

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: n/a
[ *] ACT: 32 (34 E, 32 M, 28 S, 35 Rdg, 36 Essay)
[ *] UC GPA: lol idk but my UW is 3.53 and I have a 4.0 Weighted
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): One 5, one 4, three 3’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap calc, ap latin, ap econ, ap english, some regular science courses
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: like a 7 or 8
[ *] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: yeah from 2 teachers, one was exceptional, the other was good
[ *] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: hah no

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: classics i think?
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?:freshman
[ *] EOP?:
[ *] NCAA?:
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: out of state
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] LGBTQ?: nope
[ *] Citizen?: yes
[ *] Served in military? no
[ *] Married?: no
[ *] Orphan?: no
[ *] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[ *] # of Family Members:
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing
[ *] Living on-campus?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: My test scores and my extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA. 2/3 of my grades are B’s on my transcript
[ *] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: if I get off the waitlist i’m taking the first flight to san fran
[ *] If not, where are you going?:

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]
DON’T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN’T GET IN SOMEWHERE. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN PUSH YOURSELF AND DO IT.

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Decision: Accepted (Letters and Science)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2330 (800 math 770 cr 760 wr, 1 sitting)
[] ACT: n/a
[] UC GPA: not sure how to calculate (out of state) but common app unweighted is 97 and weighted 104
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap euro (5), chem (5), physics 1 (5), statistics (5), us history (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] College courses? If so, list them.: n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, ap calc bc, ap art history, ap us gov, ap macroeconomics, ap lit, independent study research
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9.5/10, because the topics were a bit risky but i thought they were really good and my counselor liked them a lot, they were adapted from my common app essay and one of my caltech supplements. additional comments was just an explanation of my school’s grading/course system
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: not requested
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: nope

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: astrophysics
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: freshman
[] EOP?: what
[] NCAA?: no
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: ny
[] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: nonbinary (dfab)
[] LGBTQ?: ya
[] Citizen?: yes
[] Served in military? no
[] Married?: no
[] Orphan?: no
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class, unlikely to qualify for finaid until my brother goes to college too
[] # of Family Members: 2 parents, 1 younger brother
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: dad has a phd and mom has up to a masters
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research but nothing really significant?
[li] Living on-campus? i would be[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: really good grades despite a bajillion ap classes, many extracurriculars with leadership, pursuing stem as someone born a girl, lgbtq?, really really big passion for my intended major via extracurriculars and one essay
[] Weaknesses: im chinese
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: no
[] If not, where are you going?: probably caltech, waiting on stanford though

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list] i kinda considered cal a high safety (not to brag but yeah…) so i hope someone on the waitlist makes good use of my spot!