Major: Statistics and Data Science if accepted to program
CCC Transfer : Santa Rosa Junior College
Major GPA: 4.0
General GPA: 4.0
Gender: Male
IGETC and all Pre-reqs all finished
Associates Degrees:
Computer Science, Deans Highest Honors, 4.0
Mathematics, Deans Highest Honors, 4.0
Economics, Deans Highest Honors, 4.0
Extra Curriculars:
President of SRJC Data Science Club and Math Club
Member of SRJC Computer science and Economics Club
Principal Second of New York Youth Symphony - played in Carnegie Hall 3 times
Concert Master of NYC Public Theater for the Odyssey in Central Park
Concertmaster of Santa Rosa Youth Symphony
Concertmaster of Young Peoples Chamber Orchestra
Awards/Honors:
Meadowmount Chamber Music Winner
Etude Competition Winner - Senior Strings, Senior Piano
SFCM Piano Competition Winner
Educational volunteer work:
Teaching Assistant/Grader
Mathematics tutor
Economics tutor
Computer Science tutor
Accounting Tutur
Volunteer Work:
Simply Strings - I mentored under-privileged children through intensive ensemble instruction after school
Harmony Program - I mentored under-privileged children through music throughout communities in New York City
Music for fire victims - I went to shelters around Sonoma County to play music for fire victims.
Jobs:
Section violinist Ukiah Symphony
Section violinist Echo Chamber Orchestra
Section violinist Symphony of the Redwoods
Organist/Choir Accompanist
Violin Teacher - Beginner to semi professional
Essays:
Spent all summer and fall working on these essays. I think they are quite strong. Most of them are of my hardship of switching from music to a new career path in statistics and data science.
Major: Public Health
CCC Transfer: West Valley College
UC GPA: 3.8, will be around 3.9 when Spring is done!
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Complete
Prereqs: Completed
AA: N/A
EC/Work Experience: Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society(volunteer coordinator), Honors Program, working at Urban Outfitters, Berkeley Summer Experience
Volunteer: Kaiser volunteer, volunteer coordinator in AGS, Red Cross volunteer, Second Harvest Food Bank volunteer, Alzheimers’ Association volunteer
Strengths: Passionate about health field, come from lower-middle class background which feeds into my passion for public health services for underprivileged areas, All A’s except for one C in an introductory chem class I took my sophomore year of high school(not part of my pre-reqs though!). I’ve received 4.0’s my entire community college years and anticipate another 4.0 semester as I am doing well in all my major prep classes.
Weakness: 1 W in Chemistry and one C in intro chem class from sophomore year of highschool.-- none are major prep
Ethnicity: Vietnamese/Chinese
Gender: Female
Income: lower-middle class
Hooks: first generation, mental health issues that I used as inspiration to work harder to serve others.
For my personal statement, I decided to write about something that’s extremely raw and personal about the loss of my grandfather this semester that made this semester the most difficult one of all. I wrote about how he inspired me throughout my life, as well as some other personal nuances that I feel developed me as a person in a lot of ways.
Schools (in order of preference): UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCD, UCSD, Stanford
@neilsola Yes, it’s a closed major right now, so I can’t apply as data science. I will be going in as a statistics major and then applying to the data science program my first semester there at UC Berkeley
Hi friends:) I am new here… this is my first post… and it is gonna be a long one
Chance me! Wish me luck! I’m open to feedback. I hope I am selected.
GPA/ MAJOR GPA/ UC GPA: CC 3.3, UC GPA 3.5 (ouch, I know.) IGETC? yes, will be cert AA complete after this semester
64 - (78 units after spring) of Uc transferrable coursework Extracurriculars:
flying, private pilot (70 hours total time, 6 hours solo cross country)
started own business, women’s clothing designer and importer, sells on self-designed website, Amazon, and ebay
works/has always worked min 20+ hours per week in food service, aviation related, whatever it took to pay the bills and keep me learning
oil painting and drawing/illustration (large art portfolio)
student government (outreach director) executive cabinet position
Traveled to Indonesia, England, China, France, Jamaica, and other places. I love to travel!
Passionate about yoga and fitness Job/Work Experience:
Art gallery assistant and Marketing coordinator 1.5+ years
Ecommerce, Sales, Web Design
Server at fast paced restaraunt
CSR and Dispatcher at busy airport
Clothing Design in Bali
Started own business
Administration for tech-startup Aircraft company Volunteer/Community service:
-Not much, just a few hours at our local animal shelter Personal Statement:
Need to finish it, but it’s coming along nicely Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Fine Arts - Practice Of Art
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: cC
Ethnicity: Mixed (Black & White.) Born in Cali.
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Income Bracket: Poor lol Hooks:
Minority, Writing Lab Tutor, winner 1st place mixed media student juried exhibition, developed first annual college music festival, secured food vendors for our school food bank
**Strengths:**Art portfolio has a good variety of work, AA complete (I’m graduating in Spring!! :), IGETC certified in spring (I just need French 2), will sing the national anthem for events, good recommendations, diverse and potent EC’s Weaknesses:
low GPA, waited until the last month to finish my essays, education gaps for aeronautics training and work, car accident caused me a lot of recovery time, 2 W’s
**applying to what schools? **
UCSB (TAG - Film), UCB (Art-Practice of), UCLA (World Arts and Cultures), and UCSC (Literature)
**Hi ~~~ and best of luck to everyone here!! <3 ** Thanks for reading <3
@Iwishforhaas Sorry for the late reply! Been a crazy time finishing up this last semester here. I think you can go on my past posts to see any notes / recommendations I’ve made. Not sure how many days you guys have left, but this is probably the best thing I can share at this time:
If you poured your heart out into your writing and shared your true, unique story - then trust what you wrote. I’d like to believe that UC Berkeley is indeed a very “holistic” school. They look beyond just grades, but what you’ve experienced and what you’ve done to overcome certain hardships - and most importantly - how you’ve shared, cultivated, or utilized what you’ve learned for the improvement of yourself or others.
A year ago I was in your shoes, so I know what you’re all feeling. Finish up those essays, read them over, press submit - and let it happen as it should.
Fun fact: I might’ve shared this but I had a typo in my essay and stressed WAY too much about it. Seems like it wasn’t a big deal in the end
P.S. - Anyone from EVC / SJ, feel free to reach out with questions and I’m happy to help!
Is there anyone in this thread who has applied to the Haas undergrad program? I’m not sure if I’m in the right place or if some have already started a separate thread. I’m new to the site and just submitted my applications last night.
Good luck to everyone on their submissions!
Some stats for Haas transfer applicants - For 2018, only 38% of applicants were actually eligible for Haas, so that’s the first gauntlet. Out of the eligible group, offers were given to about 14%. 5% admit rate if you count all transfer applicants, eligible or non-eligible.
@ashleymp np, I also applied to Haas if that wasn’t clear. @GoodAfternoonSir I know you will get in to Haas. I filled out all the info for my application months ago so that I only have to focus on the personal insight questions later on. @ProfessorPlum168 Yeah I always look at the class profile.
Whew! I’m finally done! Honestly, besides the personal insight questions, the Activities and Awards section took so long to complete! @neilsola Hey thanks! I think you’ll get into Haas too! If we both get in, then we can work and complete the classes together! I just hope both of us get the honor and then we can take advantage of all the opportunities offered by the college.
Personally, I finished and polished my personal insight questions before today. I just needed to finish filling in the info within the UC application
@ProfessorPlum168 so let me get this straight. Out of all the eligible applicants (The people who completed or will complete all pre-reqs by spring 2019), 14% of the transfer pool was accepted into the Haas major?
@GoodAfternoonSir “the Activities and Awards section took so long to complete!” nice subtle brag LOL jk I know you have a lot of stuff going on in your life. I feel if I don’t get in it will be because of my extracurriculars. I have a 3.9 gpa but family situation prevented me from doing internships
Does anyone know anything about the Environmental Economics and Policy in CNR? I applied to that major because it’s something I’m interested in. But I couldn’t find any recent stats about the major. I will have a 3.68 GPA and have volunteered in Indonesia for half a year and have finished all of my classes including IGETC. I’m worried about my GPA, which might be the barrier for me getting accepted.
