*** UC Berkeley Class of 2021 Results Thread ****

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Hey everyone! I think it would be more useful for future applicants if we posted our stats and admission results here instead of in the applicant discussion thread–both the 2000 students accepted early today and those who will receive their decisions in a few weeks! Results only, please!

[ 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 (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Decision: Accepted

ACT: 34 (33 English, 34 Math, 33 Reading, 34 Science, 36 Writing)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank: Top 5%, 10/300
AP: Psychology (4) World History (3) English Lang (4) US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 4, AP Calculus AB, AP Lit, Leadership, AP Government Politics, AP Environmental Studies
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Political Opinion essay published in Washington Times, Department awards in every subject, recognized by national NHS chapter for accrediting a local chapter, National Merit Scholar

Extracurriculars:

  • Eagle Scout
  • Student Body (ASB) President
  • Student Body (ASB) Vice President
  • Class President
  • School School Site Council (SSC) President
  • President of 3 clubs and Founder of 2 (National Honor Society & Youth Democrats)
  • American Legion “Boy’s State” Congressional Delegate
  • YMCA Youth in Government
  • All-county & all-state debate team champions; speech & debate team captain
  • Rotary Leadership Council Alumni with honors in Community Outreach
  • HOBY World Leadership Alumni & Counselor
  • Varsity golf, varsity basketball

Job/Work Experience:

  • Intern at Congresswoman’s office
  • Manage Intern Department at my City Hall
  • Work at San Francisco HQ of the FBI in community development department

Volunteer/Community Service:

  • 700+ Hours of community service through working with Sheriff’s department on community development

Summer Activities:

  • Summer 2015 - Classes at local community college (PoliSci 210), work at Capital Building with Congress
  • Summer 2016 - Classes at local community college (PoliSci 310), Boys State, 2 week Harvard Pre-College Program (Intro to American Law)

Essays:

  • About impact made at Congresswoman’s office through a reflective story of working with her at The Capital in DC.

Teacher Recommendations:

  • Used my History & Math teachers. Have had both for 2 years, and both let me participate in the writing process for the letter.

Counselor Rec:

  • God mother, counselor since 6th grade, peer, it was a hands down 10/10 and nearly brought me to tears

Additional Rec:

  • An evaluation by the Harvard Professor who taught me over the summer (very well-written evaluation letter) and my Congresswoman that I work closely with.

Other:

My application definitely stresses my passion for government, what i have learned through it, and what I plan to do with it.

Financial Aid: Yes
Projected Concentration: Political Science
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+

Reflection
[] Strengths: ACT, GPA, passion/theme in application, in-state
[] Weaknesses: AP scores
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
Accepted: Yale
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 36
[ *] SAT II: 800 math II/790 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: 4.7ish
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea, my school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5) AP Lang (5) AP Calc BC (5) AP Physics (4) APUSH (5) AP Psych (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, Engineering, Multivariable Calculus, Matrix Algebra, AP Spanish, AP Physics C (M/EM), Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing super intense, a state engineering award, some science fair stuff, NMSF, presidential scholar candidate, a bunch of athletic awards (not a recruit though)

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of a varsity sport (25hrs/week, some state and national level stuff), 8 years of music, tutoring, community service organizations, leadership positions within the school, assorted clubs, other activities that were highly engineering-geared which I think helped me stand out
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 70ish hours, I don’t think I put this on my app though
[ *] Personal Statement: I’m not an amazing writer by any stretch of the imagination, but my essays really showed my personality and passion for engineering, and shared some unique experiences

Other:
[ *]Intended Major: mechanical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): not California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: regular ol’ public, really highly ranked and competitive though
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): female in engineering maybe? otherwise none

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: test scores, GPA, I was really involved and dedicated to ECs, and had a ton of passion in my app
[ *] Weaknesses: applying from an over-represented area, and my writing isn’t very strong at all
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? this is the first one! :slight_smile:
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? I didn’t get UCLA regents
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? MIT, UCLA, UCSD, CMU, Rice, etc

Good luck everyone!! If you haven’t gotten good news yet, don’t be discouraged. Regents can be pretty random, and I know so many amazing candidates who didn’t get it, and went on to become golden bears in the spring :slight_smile:

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

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 34 (35 math, 34 english, 31 reading, 34 science, 8/12 writing)
[ *] SAT II: 710 math 2, 710 bio, 710 U.S. History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 uw, 4.2 w
[ *] UC GPA: I haVe no idea
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/400
[ *] ELC?: N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (4), u.s. history (5), lang (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP calc, APES, AP gov, economics, geography
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): many music awards like being 1 of the 4 players for my instrument to be selected for the MTAC panel honors in CA

[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service/Extracurriculars:
-I had 300+ hours of community service.

-I am a very competitive musician, but I am not majoring in music/ won many prestigious music awards
-I coordinated a camp that taught autistic children how to play piano 11th grade
-went to nursing homes to perform for senior citizens all 4 year
-publicity chair in Key Club and I have been involved all 4 years

  • involved in orchestra, choir, marching band, basketball 9th and 10th grade
  • selected to attend CA government sponsored arts camp for music
  • created team that went up to local mountains to uproot plants to improve biodiversity 11th grade

[ *] Personal Statement: 7/10 It’s not bad, but it’s not GREAT. I cringed a little when I read it again…

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Environmental Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: 60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: extracurriculars. My essays weren’t great.
[ *] Weaknesses: grades and subject test scores
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? none yet
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Columbia early decision
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Northwestern, Dartmouth, UCLA, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, BC, BU, NYU

My extracurricular activities were definitely the reason I got accepted. My scores were average at best, but my activities showed passion, leadership, kindness, and commitment.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED!!! I BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS!!!

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I got in. Is this legit? Are you guys sure they aren’t pulling a CMU and sent acceptances by mistake? Aren’t we supposed to get decisions by March end? Do your letters say anything about regents?

This feels unreal, literally.

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It’s legit. The top 2000 applicants get their decisions today :slight_smile: Congrats dude!!

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^Do you have any official source backing that? Thanks.

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My daughter is one of “The 2000” (sounds like a TV show) who got her letter today, with virtual confetti streaming down the screen, but linked from an ominous email that initially frightened her. Anyway, it’s her first letter from ANY college (since she didn’t have her act together for ED/EA timeframe), so we are extremely excited and relieved that she will be heading to a four-year college. I am curious, though, as a parent and a CC newbie: why do you guys post all your stats and ECs? Is it so future applicants can “chance” themselves? Just wondering.

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Oh, and congratulations to all of you! All your hard work paid off, and your parents must be very proud. :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (old) 1500 (new)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Lit- 740 BioE- 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] UC GPA: idk. My weighted gpa 4.2
[] Rank: 1/221
[] AP: English Lang (4), English Lit (4), APUSH (4), Spanish Lang (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load:
-AP Gov/Econ
-AP Span Lit
-AP Calc AB
-French 3
-Comp Sci
-AVID
-Leadership
[li] Major Awards: None lol.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars:
-FBLA (president)
-Drama (Vice-president)
-Ballet Folklorico (secretary)
-Speech and Debate
-Some other small things
[] Job/Work Experience:
-Summer School TA
-After School Program TA
-Office Assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: nothing major. I filled up the five spots but with miscelaneous things
[] Personal Statement: I did them sort of last minute but really liked them. One about how my favorite subject was math, one about being bilingual, one about loving art, and one about my parents being immigrants.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Psychology[/li][] State: California
[] School Type: Rural Public School
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~30,000
[li] Hooks: URM and first gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Scores, Essays maybe
[] Weaknesses: EC’s pretty average

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1450(Math:770, English:680)
ACT:33(M:35,E:34,R:30,S:33), 32(M:35,E:29,R:27,S:36)
SAT II: Math 2:800, Physics:740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
UC GPA: 4.3 (Capped)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not available. best guest top 5%
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(5), Calc BC(5), Spanish Lang(4), Euro(3), English Lang(4), Physics C: Mech(5), Comp Sci(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Adv. Animation, Amer. Gov, AP English Lit, AP Statistics, Differential Equations, Finite Math, Physics E&M
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two time national medalist in ice dance, member of team USA, AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ice Skating, Girls Who Code (president), Ice Skating Junior Board(secretary), project Euler, Stanford Advanced Math Circle.
Job/Work Experience:Filing paperwork, teaching skating lessons for birthday parties
Volunteer/Community service: teaching ice skating classes 3 hrs per week
Personal Statement: written night before, but still pretty good

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid: no
Intended Major:EECS
State (if domestic applicant):CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Female Engineer, Dad is dead, raised my brothers basically on my own

Reflection
Strengths: Female in Engineering, two time national medalist, member of team USA
Weaknesses: Essays were written night before, not perfect grades or test scores
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: University of Miami
Schools you were rejected from? Stanford
Schools you are waiting for?UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt

General Comments: Got an interview for Regents.

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From last year:
“For the first time, UC Berkeley will be providing some student applicants with early notification that they have been admitted. While most prospective freshmen will learn of their admissions decision March 24, up to 2,000 students will be informed of their acceptance to Berkeley on Feb. 12. This group of high-achieving students will include students selected to interview for Berkeley’s most prestigious scholarship, the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship. The earlier notification will allow top students more time to explore the option of becoming a Berkeley student.”

http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/01/11/more-than-100000-students-seek-admission-to-berkeley/

@thekidnextdoor

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Thank you!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 35C (36E, 36M, 34S, 34R)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: ~4.2 capped, ~4.7 uncapped
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on AP Physics B, Chemistry, Biology, Calc BC, CompSci, 4s on APUSH, AP Lang (also multivariable, discrete math, several other college courses)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Gov’t, 2 HS engineering classes, linear algebra (at another UC), 2 soph/jr level CS courses at another UC, research at another UC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national 1st place CS-related award and some top 10s, NMSF, USACO gold

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots, mostly STEM-related
[] Job/Work Experience: no
[] Volunteer/Community service: mostly mentoring/teaching
[] Essays: Good I think, lots of time into them

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Physics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research (but don’t think that’s a “hook”)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? So far only USC.
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Several more.[/li][/ul]

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (690 writing, 780 reading, 770 math), 1540 (750 english, 790 math)
[] ACT: act is for chumps
[] SAT II: 800 math2, 780 chem, 740 physics, 730 biology ecological
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 - 1 B
[] UC GPA: 4.42
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/600
[] ELC?: elc is for chumps
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: calc AB/calc BC/composition/bio/enviro 4: USH/chem/physics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): ib is for chumps
[] Senior Year Course Load: ib comp sci, ap econ, ap physics c, ap gov, ap lit, linear algebra @ a college, gen chem@ a college
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): fbla president, piano, wrestling, tennis captain, science olympiad,
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: small stuff here and there w/key club
[] Personal Statement: Very terrible. It was before I wrote all my good common app essays

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[li]** Intended Major **: chem E[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: medium size,non competitive
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, test scores, AP tests
[] Weaknesses: None. I am the perfect candidate for a school like Berkeley, because of my high academic performance
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? None
[] Schools you were rejected from? None
[li] Schools you are waiting for? MIT caltech harvard CMU pomona harvey mudd princeton stanford cornell[/li][/ul]General Comments:
the secret to getting into berkeley is to be very good at school stuff like gpa,grades,ap tests, sat, etc.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (690 English, 760 math)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA: about 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), US History (5), World History (4), Calc AB (5), English Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/H Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Music Theory, H Physics, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): rowing, journalism, literary magazine, community band…
Job/Work Experience: …
olunteer/Community service: library volunteer…
Personal Statement: ehhh…

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Bioengineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F

Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, grades, APs
Weaknesses: Community/volunteer service
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted into Northeastern, deferred from USC
Schools you were rejected from? None… so far!
Schools you are waiting for? A lot more…
General Comments: Good Luck to everyone!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1570 Composite, 800 Math, 770 Reading, Essay 8/7/7, 22/24
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] UC GPA: a-g like 4.6 ish?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s on >9 tests
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP courses, one regular course
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO Qualifier, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ton of math-related EC’s, camps, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching math to people
[] Personal Statement: Math

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Math[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): USAMO

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: USAMO/Demonstrated passion for math
[] Weaknesses: Possibly the 4s on AP tests?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for?[/li][ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck everyone!!

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Decision: Accepted
Invited to interview for regents
School/major: Letters and Sciences–history

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (790, 670, 760)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): USH (770), Lit (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (5), USH (5), Lang (5), Gov (5), Bio (4), APAH (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Geo, AP Lit, Band H, MUN, XC, self-study AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, SAR CA state essay winner, 3rd at Nationals for karate, IDK what else qualifies here, but I have a decent amount of lower level awards from MUN, APs, etc.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): MUN (SG), Band/Orchestra (1st Chair), XC (captain), karate, honor court (founder/chief justice),
Job/Work Experience: tutor, swim coach
Volunteer/Community Service: A bunch of music relating things, League of women voters: I did a lot of get out the vote and voter information work + worked on a study that is being used to lobby lawmakers
Summer Activities: Junior Guards, summer school
Essays: Answered prompts 1, 3, 4, 7

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: top CA public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: f
Income Bracket: 250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:
Strengths: My extracurriculars are probably the best part of my app as I am very dedicated to them and have a lot of leadership. My essays were decently unique and showed off my personality well.
Weaknesses: Stats, demographics, downward trend in grades (got my only B’s 2nd semester junior yr)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m really happily surprised I got in during this round.

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Decision: Accepted :slight_smile:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 old composite, 660 writing, 750 math, 740 critical reading, 1460 new composite, 760 math, 700 reading and writing
ACT: 33 composite, 31 English, 34 math, 35 reading, 8 writing
SAT II: 800 math II, 740 US history, 720 physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA:4.22? I dont know lol
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%? School doesn’t do rank or percentages
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4), Physics (5), APUSH (5), Euro (4), Human Geo (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Calc AB, AP physics 2, Choir, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP English lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball (captain), Beach volleyball, Soccer, Choir (President and Secretary), Fellowship for Christian Athletes Club, and Change for Dinner (treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring and Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Church Pianst, volleyball Referee, choir volunteering, and camp counselor

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: physical sciences?
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: Grades and Athletics
Weaknesses: community service
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Deferred from Harvard, waiting to hear from everywhere else

Good luck to everyone else!!

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@BobShaw In regards to posting stats, I think your thoughts are correct. I use it to determine chances for my daughter.