**UC Davis Class of 2025 Decisions (Stats only)**

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** Decision: Admitted

Decision: Waitlisted

Decision: Rejected

Merit scholarships awarded (if any):

Major (and division if applicable) applied to:

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA:

UC Capped Weighted GPA:

UC Fully Weighted GPA:

ELC (top 9%):

SAT Subject Tests (if any):

AP exams (scores in parentheses):

IB exams (score in parentheses):

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars:

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service:

Summer Activities:

Personal Insight essays (details):

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant):

Country (if international applicant):

High school type:

Gender:

Applied for need-based financial aid?:

Pell grant eligible?:

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:

Highest level of parent education:

Living with both, one, or no parents?:

REFLECTION::

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

GENERAL COMMENTS:

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Twin 1
Decision: Accepted
Major: Undeclared
ELC (top 9%): Not sure because of P/NP spring semester
Weighted GPA: 4.26
UW GPA: 4.0
ACT: 34
Good essays and ECs, no leadership
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted to: UCD, UCSB, UCSC, Cal Poly SLO, McGill, Lewis and Clark, University of Hawaii
Rejected: Stanford
Still waiting:UCLA, UCB, UCSD

Twin 2
Decision: Accepted
Major: Undeclared
ELC (top 9%): No
Weighted GPA: 4.22
UW GPA: 3.94
ACT: 35
Good essays and ECs, leadership
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted to: UCD, Cal Poly SLO, McGill, Lewis and Clark, University of Hawaii
Waitlisted: UCSB, UCSC
Rejected: Stanford
Still waiting: UCLA, UCB, UCSD

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Decision: Accepted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Applied Chemistry

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: unsure

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.21

ELC (top 9%): top 10%, yes (school doesn’t offer more detailed stats)

Comments about course load (including senior year): 2 honors or AP courses per year, when available

SAT Subject Tests (if any): n/a

AP exams (scores in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Calculus A/B (5)

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: varsity water polo and swim team (4 years), marching band (2 years)

Job/Work Experience: lifeguard 2 years

Volunteer/Community service: various - mostly committed to volunteer tutoring, a few hours per week

Summer Activities: work and rec swim

Personal Insight essays (details): Not a strong storyteller/writer, but covered highlights of a varied education and EC life.

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: n/a

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): CA

High school type: Public, large

Gender: Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?: No

Highest level of parent education: BA

Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Grades, and likes a variety of ECs

Weaknesses: Writing and art (although was involved in music)

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UCSC UCI, Cal Polo SLO and Pomona, SDSU. Waitlisted UCSB. (waiting on UCSD, UCB, UCLA)

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S21 admitted to EE
GPA : UCUW 3.96 ; UC Capped 4.22 ; UC Uncapped 4.52
ELC: yes
13 AP Courses, maxed out STEM classes
Awards: AP Scholar w/Distinction
3 yrs boys varsity tennis, tennis coach job, girls’ tennis team manager
Community service
Major-related summer internship
Decent PIQs
Public high school (large, 750 students in graduating class, mid-low poverty level
No need-based aid
Accepted: UIUC, Purdue, CP SLO, UCI (regents), UCR (regents), UCSB, UCSC, Mines, U of A/ASU (honors).
Denied: GA Tech, CATech, MIT UT Austin
Waiting: UCSD, UCLA, USC, CMU, UCB

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** Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): n/a

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Linguistics/College of Letters & Science

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.88

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.21

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.21

ELC (top 9%): Yup

SAT Subject Tests (if any): n/a

AP exams (scores in parentheses):
Bio (5)
USH (4)
Lang (5)
WH (5)
US Gov (pending)
Stats not taking)
Lit (not taking)
Spanish (pending)

IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a, school doesn’t have IB

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
AP Scholar with Honors
Receieved 2 departmental awards for excellence in foreign languages and civil law

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars:
Culture Club VIP member (4 yrs)
Volunteered at aquarium (80 hours, summer 2019)
Volunteered on and off at local library between 10th and 11th grade
Nominated by teacher for NOCROP ULP 2 week internship (UC credit)
Online peer essay editing (2 yrs)
Legal Careers pathway classes
Choir for 1 year (quit)

Job/Work Experience: n/a

Volunteer/Community service: see above

Summer Activities: see above

Personal Insight essays (details):
Essays written at 4am (don’t recommend)
Execution was kinda bad, wrote about interesting topics though. Wrote about having synesthesia and pursuing linguistics, teaching myself calligraphy in 10th grade, skipping a year of Spanish and teaching myself over the summer, transitioning from homeschool to a large public hs

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: n/a

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant): n/a

High school type: Public, large, fairly competitive

Gender: Female

Applied for need-based financial aid?: Yes

Pell grant eligible?: NOPE

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: n/a

Highest level of parent education: Graduate school

Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: GPA, class rank, uncommon-ish major, less traditional student, AP scores, upward grade trend

Weaknesses: No honors classes, no leadership

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: umm idk maybe GPA but honestly no clue.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SDSU (honors), UCR (honors), CSUN, NAU, waiting for UCSD (Roosevelt)

GENERAL COMMENTS
This year was so crazy with all my friends having competitive stats and being waitlisted/rejected from the UCs and CSUs. I was honestly expecting a waitlist from Davis. I feel like my stats could have been a lot stronger but I guess I did what I could. I’m just shook.

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Decision: D Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Applied, unknown.

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Communications

ACADEMIC STATS: No APs taken, no SAT or ACT

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.7

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.1

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.17

ELC (top 9%): Unknown

Comments about course load (including senior year): No APs

SAT Subject Tests (if any): None

AP exams (scores in parentheses): None

IB exams (score in parentheses): None

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles: Tennis MVP

Extracurriculars: Girls Tennis Captain, Manager Boys

Job/Work Experience: None

Volunteer/Community service: None

Summer Activities: Community college courses

Personal Insight essays (details): Sports, leadership, sibling rivalry

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: None

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant): NA

High school type: Public/LAUSD

Gender: F

Applied for need-based financial aid?: Y

Pell grant eligible?: No

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: NA

Highest level of parent education: College grad

Living with both, one, or no parents?: one

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Essay, Leadership

Weaknesses: No APs, no testing

Admitted: UCD, UCI

Waitlisted: UCSB

Rejected: None yet

GENERAL COMMENTS: Still waiting on UCLA, UCSD, UCB

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** Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): none

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: undeclared life sciences

ACADEMIC STATS::

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.14

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.3

UC Fully Weighted GPA: unknown

ELC (top 9%): no

SAT Subject Tests (if any): none

AP exams (scores in parentheses):
AP Human Geography (4)
AP World History (4)
AP Physics 1 (3)
AP CSP (5)
AP Environmental Science (4) (self studied)

IB exams (score in parentheses): none

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

SUBJECTIVE:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars:
None reported

Job/Work Experience:
None

Volunteer/Community service:
None

Summer Activities:
None

Personal Insight essays (details):
Family death and what I learned, bully due to weight and subsequent weight loss, how physics inspires me, value of empathy in daily life

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:
I’m not sure I haven’t read my LOR.

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant):
WA

Country (if international applicant):

High school type:
Public; 2k students

Gender:
Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?:
No

Pell grant eligible?:
No

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:
No

Highest level of parent education:
Step-parent 4 year bachelor

Living with both, one, or no parents?:
Both

REFLECTION::

Strengths:
Course rigor of having taken 12 APs+2 honors +6 DE courses

Weaknesses:
GPA! I’m probably the lowest GPA applicant admitted by Davis.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Likely because they considered my application in context of some personal health and family issues I dealt with during my junior year.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: CPSLO (Public Health), SDSU (Public Health), ASU (Public Health), University of Arizona (Public Health), assorted CSUs

Waitlisted: LMU (Biology), UCSC (Biology)

Denied: CPP (Biology), UCI (Public Health), UCSB (Pharmaceutical Science), RPI (Biology), Occidental (Biology)(EDII)

Waiting: UC Berkeley (Public Health), UCSD (Microbiology), UCLA (Biology), USC (Lifespan Health), Pepperdine (Biology)

GENERAL COMMENTS:
I was surprised to be admitted into CPSLO and UCD if I’m being honest given my poor academic history. I can’t but help feel as if I stole someone else’s spot and I don’t really deserve the spot. Even considering the special circumstances in my personal life, many people worked just as hard with how difficult the world has been recently. Still, I hope to get into USC, my top choice but if not, I’d be more than ecstatic to attend one of these fine schools. Best of luck to everyone and stay safe:)

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** Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Regents (second from UC)

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: BME

ACADEMIC STATS::

UC Unweighted GPA:4

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.43

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.6

ELC (top 9%): Yes. Co-Val

SAT Subject Tests (if any): No

AP exams (scores in parentheses): 7 all 4/5, 5 senior yr

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars: Biomed Research, Adv/Chamb Orch, Robotics, CSF, Soccer/Tennis JV, Student mentor, Campus leadership.

Job/Work Experience: Yes, Food service, tutoring

Volunteer/Community service: Yes, lots

Summer Activities: took 1 col class, worked, tutored, Travelled, Studied

Personal Insight essays (details): Just be genuine, it was not all easy

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: Yep/No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): Yep

High school type: Inner City, high poverty, high academic reputation

Gender: F

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Tough curriculum, Building block strategy on ECs, Long term commitments. Focus on achievement, not activities

Weaknesses: being middle class, covid year not SAT

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades, rigor, organized approach to EC to prepare for major & career. Strong achievement record.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCR, UCD, UCI, Fordham, GTech, Cal Poly. Rejected: None so far but prob will

GENERAL COMMENTS: Surprised at how much merit aid came in so far

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Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not sure

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: College of Life Sciences

ACADEMIC STATS::

During sophomore year, I missed about two months of school because of an traumatic incident that happened during freshmen summer. Dealt with a lot mental issues, so that’s why GPA is very low for sophomore year.

UC Unweighted GPA:3.7

UC Capped Weighted GPA:4.16

UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.1

ELC (top 9%): yes

SAT Subject Tests (if any):none

AP exams (scores in parentheses):slight_smile: Bio(2), CompSci(3), U.SHIst(3)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CL(leadership) and CC(public speaking) awards for completing Toastmaster. Won two regional tournaments for squash in Cali.

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles: Became top 100 players in country. I was captain of my squash team during senior year. Also, elected as Vice President for Toastmasters (Gave Club).

Extracurriculars: Squash and Toastmasters - started when I was middle school and carried it on until senior year of high school. I was really invested in both these extracurriculars.

Personal Insight essays (details): talked about my experience as captain and a difficult hurdle to overcome to become a top 100 player nationally. my improvement in public speaking as a result of joining toastmasters.

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: pretty good

DEMOGRAPHICS::

High school type: International but went to highschool in U.S

Gender: Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?: no

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:N/A

Highest level of parent education:Bachelor Degree

Living with both, one, or no parents?:yes

REFLECTION::

Strengths: my extracurriculars for sure and essays

Weaknesses: My GPA was alright.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted because i showed commitment and persistent in my ecs and showed a pike towards them.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NA

GENERAL COMMENTS:Just be yourself and you’ll be fine.