Decision: Admitted
I think my app is really weird, so be prepared to be confuzzled (D:)
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Ha, you thought.
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Marine and Coastal Science (I clicked Biological Sciences but ok)
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.83 (All 4 years), 3.87 (Sophomore and Junior)
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC eligibility (Top (9% HS): Does not rank
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): Most likely top 10%
Comments about course load (including senior year): 10 APs completed, set to complete 6/7 years of math (currently in Applied Statistics [class above AP Stats]), 4 years of english, 5 years of science, 2 years of language, and 5 years of social science.
SAT (total and sections): Not submitted
ACT (total and sections): 32C (29,35,33,29) without writing and 30C with writing (They look at both according to the UC admissions department)
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Not submitted
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Not submitted
IB exams (score in parentheses): NA
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Award for Statistical Research. HS Highest Academic Honors, Honors Scholarship Semi-Finalist for Music Performance. AP Scholar.
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
- Certified CPR and Licensed Jr. PADI Rescue Diver,
- Founder and VP of educational-tutoring club
- Performed 3 instruments during HS as a music major, performed in Marching Band, Choir, Combined Choir and Symphony, and as a Pianist Soloist (Possibly one of the best 10 pianists in the school, chosen 32, 7 pianists, from about 600 students to perform in the honors scholarship for music).
- Founder of a educational business integrated into multiple high schools with a team of half a hundred students.
- Attended a medical internship abroad for 2-weeks at a school of medicine in Mexico.
- Independant/Peer Research [I’ve written stuff, but never had any published papers. Refer to national award for research as proof]
Job/Work Experience: None submitted at time of application.
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours of community service
Summer Activities: Took my foreign language requirements during the summer cause I couldn’t be bothered to do them during school. Attended a medical congress to learn from medical professionals and Nobel prize winners. Attended a medical internship abroad in a school of medicine in Mexico where I got the opportunity and honor to help deliver a baby, do rotations at various hospitals, and work hands-on with doctors. Finally, I developed my business with my cofounder around this time.
Essays (topics, details):
Letters of recommendation: 4 total recommendations (never sent tho): 2 amazing teacher recommendations that describe my passion for medicine, my internship, and my business educational website’s integration within my school. 1 Counselor recommendation, and 1 peer recommendation written by my cofounder regarding his time knowing me and building our business together. (All were included in my Common App but not required nor sent to UCs)
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): United States of America
High school type: Private
Gender: M
Race/ethnicity: Asian
Applied for need-based financial aid?: Yes
Pell grant eligible?: I don’t know
Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: N/A Applicable
Highest level of parent education: No official documentation of HS graduation (immigrants), both never graduated from college, First-Generation Student
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both parents
Reflection
Strengths: First-Generation Student with notable accomplishments, undoubtedly one of the best line-up of extracurriculars in my school, scores were on-par or above admitted range, and my essays described my passion to change the way we perceive the world, founding my educational business, and my struggles as a first-gen student growing up in one of the most competitive places in the world– The Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
Weaknesses: I kinda think my lack of AP scores, Subject tests, and my unweighted GPA could have been better. But hey, they aren’t indicators of success! 
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I personally think just being first-gen and having my scores got me in, that and stellar ECs and possibly good essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
- Accepted: Baylor University
- Waiting: UCLA, UCSD, UCB, Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Stanford, Dartmouth, Brown, UPenn
General Comments: I wish everyone the best of luck! You will find somewhere that you will love and enjoy with every ounce of your soul, have faith in yourself and never give up! Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted, good luck to everyone who got waitlisted, and keep looking up and pushing forward for everyone who unfortunately got rejected. All the best.
(i should have applied to bio or something. i’m so sad)