~ UC Davis Official Class of 2016 Decisions ~

mmmmiiii · March 18, 2012, 3:55am

Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 630 W 800 Ma 800
[ *] SAT II: Math2: 720 Physic 720 USH:680
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.77
[ *] UC GPA: No idea
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[ *] Intended Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores,grades
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

Pistachi0 · March 18, 2012, 6:29am

Decision: ACCEPTED! :o

OBJECTIVE
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1640–430 CR, 600 Math, 610 (MIRACLES DO EXIST!!)
[ *] ACT: 26 – 27 Eng, 27 Math, 24 Writing, 24 Science
[ *] SAT II: 510 US History, 630 Chinese
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
[ *] UC GPA: 3.65
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer AP classes.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Personal essay on immigrant voices chosen to be published in Harvard Educational Review, local hospice scholarship, city-wide speech contest, Girl’s Inc, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

SUBJECTIVE
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (President, area club chair director), Music club (president), (Vice-chair) of youth advisory commission, ASB (Treasurer two years), school garden (head), Student Conservation Association (mentor, 2nd year), Chinese orchestra (10th year member), UC Berkeley Reach! Retention Shadownite, Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Law office intern w/ private defense attorney one summer, tutor at Kumon
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Local school tutoring after school, hospice, elderly center, Rotary International
[ *] Personal Statement: 1st essay - Wrote about growing up in an underprivileged community, which made me step out and participate in more outer-city groups, hoping to bring back to my city.
2nd essay - wrote about my Chinese orchestra and how it impacted me

OTHER
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Anthropology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, magnet (with community college)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: $60k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

REFLECTION
[ *] Strengths: 1) The fact that I received my first Associates in Arts degree from community college before my senior year, received three more during my first semester of senior year and two more my second semester. 2) How I take college classes instead of AP classes to gain college credit and experience. 3) Extra-curriculars that show my true passion as a whole to help the underprivileged.
[ *] Weaknesses: SATs (before I start to get ridiculed…)

GENERAL COMMENTS:
Miracles are real! Great thing about UCs is that SATs are not as heavily emphasized as they are in privates. Be yourself. You don’t have to stand out among sixty thousand applicants, but you can stand out among twenty five applicants. Make yourself unique. Everyone will have the same SATs scores and everyone will have the same GPA. It’s your job to make yourself look like a teenager who has a motive and a passion for college, and not look like another typical teenager who has no idea what they want to do.

leesievictoria · March 18, 2012, 1:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32 Composite
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA:4.0? (My weighted is 4.26 so I’m not really sure what this means)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% out of 67 students, so basically #2
[] ELC?:Yup!
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Lang (4), US (3), World (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Span, AP Gov, Statistics, Social Justice
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors? If that even counts…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (9,10 -Staff Member, 11-Copy Editor, 12-Editor in Chief), NHS (President), CSF, Math Club, History Club, ASB (10-Secretary/Treasurer), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience:Precinct Worker at Fall Election
[] Volunteer/Community service: Italian Community Events (large involvement), Red Rhino Orphanage Project, Non-Profit Marathon Volunteer, Exotic Animal Shelter, etc.
[] Personal Statement: Personal view into a an aspect of my life, related it back to my eagerness to learn 8/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major:Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Small, Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:F
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: A’s, Essay, Extracurriculars (Consistent but Varied)
[] Weaknesses: ACT Score, Community Service
[li] Why you think you were accepted: My consistent A’s and also my leadership shown in a variety of different activities. [/li][/ul]General Comments: My 2nd acceptance, but as of now my top choice! If you haven’t had the chance to visit, do! You really have to see the school; it was quite different from anything else I had ever seen.

Edreed20 · March 18, 2012, 1:30pm

WAITLISTED!!
3.82 UC, 1940 sat. Hispanic male.
Lol I got into SD yesterday, so idk what happened… Lol

schermeg · March 18, 2012, 2:35pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 660-Math 640-CR 670-W
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] UC GPA: not sure…
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/500
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography(4), Calculus AB(3), World History(4), Biology(4), Chemistry(4), Lang and Comp(3), Statistics (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, AP Lit and Comp, AP Micro/Macro Economics, Yearbook Editor, Spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Yearbook(Editor), Newspaper(Editor), NHS(Secretary), Soccer manager, Multicultural Club (Vice President)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, In charge of cultural assembly, many activities through NHS
[] Personal Statement: Spoke about growing up with my disabled mother and the other one was about the project I led for the family of a student at my school that committed suicide.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: Less than 30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc: Disabled mother, first generation, low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: AP classes, GPA, ECS
[] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably out of state, they did give me a huge grant though so I only have to pay about 10,000 a year.[/li][/ul]General Comments: For everyone who was accepted, be proud! And for those who were not, do NOT let this discourage you. I’ve been waitlisted my some schools that my stats were far greater than the average attending student, and there is an element of random that goes with it. Also, a thing they seem to be looking for, at least for the smaller private schools, is distance and expressed interest with the school itself. Good luck everyone! I’m debating whether this school will be better than University of Washington, I was just accepted there as well.

gbmack · March 18, 2012, 7:37pm

I got in with a 1950 SAT, 3.9 UC GPA, and very few extracurriculars.
I only took 3 years of math and slacked off during my senior year.
I’ve always wanted to go to UC Davis, and now I’m finally going to go! I honestly did not think I was going to get in, but i did.

even if i were accepted into UCLA or UCSB, i’d still choose davis for the entire college experience (people, campus, town, etc.)

in the beginning i was so pessimistic about getting into any UC’s at all because i didn’t do very well at math, and i hated preparing for the SATs/ACTs. i cannot wait to leave my ass hell hole of a high school (jk, but it’s still feels like hell) and move on to college.

i did mention in my personal statement that i started my own business, so i’m sure that helped a lot.
i also applied to the agriculture college (lol), but now i really wish i did computer science.

sorry i didn’t put down all my stats in the format that everyone else is doing it in. that is way too much work. forreals. but i guess i’ll do this…

Decision: Accepted

mochato · March 18, 2012, 8:41pm

Decision: Rejected

ZY14159 · March 18, 2012, 11:02pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260C/770M/690R/800W
[] ACT: –
[] SAT II: Bio M (720), Chem (760), Math IIC (710)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): –
[] UC GPA: 4.18 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second Decile
[] ELC?: Did not qualify
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chem (5), US History (3), Calculus AB (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: Bio AP, Philosophy, Contemporary Authors, Stats AP, European History AP, Photography
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country for 3 yrs., Volunteering for 4 yrs.
[] Job/Work Experience: –
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours total
[] Personal Statement: I thought they were pretty strong and had them checked over by my counselor. One was about my growing up and community service and the other was about my cross country experience.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, upward trend in grades, decent essays
[] Weaknesses: Lack of extracurriculars, bad sophomore year grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Partially due to my strengths, partially due to luck.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in!

mosesmk · March 18, 2012, 11:46pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1880 590M/650R/640W
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4?
[] UC GPA: 3.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Highly competitive HS, doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: no
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5) APUSH (5) AP Chemistry (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Gov’t; AP US Gov’t; AP Micro Econ; AP Macro Econ; AP Lit; Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Competed at the National Debate Tournament of Champions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Team Captain Senior Year, Congress Captain Junior Year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Work in my dad’s dental office
[] Volunteer/Community service: 30 hours mandatory to graduate
[] Personal Statement: topic 1: The troubles of being an immigrant from eastern europe, and growing up gay in an extremely closed-minded eastern european household
Topic 2: Being rejected from the debate team at my HS freshman year but then going on to join at my new HS and going to TOC (which NOONE from my old school had done before)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: HIGHLY COMPETITIVE Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: about $700,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Gay? (if davis considers that an under represented minority) Immigrant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, ECs, and on the EC’s, I feel my strength was in that instead of joining every single club just to add more EC’s to my apps, I committed to one EC, debate, in which I not only excelled in, but even went off to compete in the most prestigious and elite competition in the debate circuit
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not to sound pompous, but my essays were REALLY good and I feel like it helped portray an accurate description of me as a person, and everything I’ve gone through to get where I am.
[/ul]General Comments:

pinkchickenfuzz · March 19, 2012, 1:23pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 720 CR: 680 W: 710 (total=2110)
[] ACT: didn’t send
[] SAT II: Lit: 700, Math II: 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 top 3%
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): calc AB: 4, lang and comp: 5, APUSH: 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: tough
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended student, AP scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance 8 years, lots of clubs, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital
[li] Personal Statement: good[/li]
Other:[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: magnet
[] Ethnicity: asian indian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: >200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: essays, GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ELC

[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I hope everybody gets into their dream colleges! Congratulations you guys! I’m so excited for the future!!!

kejeros · March 19, 2012, 4:15pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 570 M 650 W
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] UC GPA: 3.90
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] AP: World History (5) Euro History (5) US History (4) Biology (2) Chemistry and Comp. Gov’t planned
[] Senior Year Course Load: A couple APs, and the other basics.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Guitarist/Bassist for tons of random bands in my area, Rock Climbing Organizations, CSF, JV X country and Track 3 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Have worked 2 summers and 2 years in a row, recently as an intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: Guitar Tutor for kids, Founded Booster club for local soup kitchen at school
[] Summer Activities: Work!, Career Mentor Program
[] Essays: 1st one I spent a few weeks on (read by 6 teachers and HS counselor who all really enjoyed it), 2nd was done in 30 mins (yikes!)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Intended Major: Sociology (Switching to Managerial Economics if admitted)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single Parent
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Honestly, nothing about my app pops out. Maybe my 1st essay, or being founder of a successful club at school got me on the waitlist.
[] Weaknesses: GPA and SATs are slightly low, ECs are average
[] Why you think you were waitlisted: Nothing about my app is extraordinary, yet.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCSC- Accepted UCSD (ultimate reach) - Denied
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those accepted. From what I’m seeing it looks like you guys worked extremely hard in HS and deserve every bit of your success.

FBGMeveryday · March 19, 2012, 5:36pm

Decision: Accepted

awww yeahh

heibleh · March 19, 2012, 7:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I : 1390
ACT:
SAT II: Chinese 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.35
UC GPA:Forgot
Rank : 86/4xx
ELC : Yes
AP : Cal AB (1) & Chinese (5)
IB :
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov., AP Bio., AP Lit.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars : Tons of Christian Church Activities, Leadership Program & Visiting Elder’s home program
Job/Work Experience: 4 years school cafeteria
Volunteer/Community service: Almost 1500 hours of volunteer work.
Personal Statement: Topic 1. Immigrating from Hong Kong to US and the hard time i’ve gone through.
Topic 2. Personal experience, how I serve back to the world& what I’ve learned in my 4 years high school lives.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Cali
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen., Single mom, Low-income & Taught English in Thailand countryside for two months

Reflection
Strengths: Personal Experience and Essay
Weaknesses: GPA and SAT are super low. Way below average.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grace of the Lord.
General Comments: Nothing is impossible in front of God, if you get rejected, God has better plan for you!

LiteBrite · March 19, 2012, 7:39pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):1730; 500(math) 600(writing) 630(reading)
[] ACT: Didn’t send
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.3
[] UC GPA: 3.5
[] Rank: 50/600(ish don’t remember the exact numbers), definitely top 15%
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Regular HS Classes; Senior English, Senior Gov, Senior Economics.
College Classes; Honors English Composition, Film Studies, Biology, Critical Thinking/Writing, Spanish II, Honors Political and Social History of the US, and Gym.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive cheerleader 2003-2010, founder and president of humanitarian club at my community college.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for both of my parents companies throughout high school.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100-200(ish) hours of volunteering in the pediatric department at my local community hospital, 100(ish) hours of English tutoring at my high school.
[] Personal Statement: I felt they were very strong. I wrote about my previous drug and alcohol abuse and how I turned my life around thanks to Middle College, I wrote about my father losing his job and our financial struggle, and for the extra statement, I wrote about the intellectual struggle I had when I came out with my atheism.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: English
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~$30,000
[] Hooks: first generation college student. I’m also a participant in an educational outreach program where, for the past two years, I’ve been taking all of my classes at the local community college for dual credits, so I will be graduating HS with two associate degrees.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:College Classes and Personal Statements
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:College Classes and Personal Statements. I really did not think I had a chance…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted; UCR, Hartwick Rejected; CSULA, CSULB, Sac State, SDSU, UCSB.
[/ul]General Comments: Might be going there this fall!

alxz310 · March 19, 2012, 9:50pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (730W, 660M, 610CR - Single Sitting)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 730 Bio M, 640 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] UC GPA: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15% (Competitive School)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 English Lang/Comp, 4 Biology, 3 US History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomic, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Spanish 4, Folktales/Mythology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No real “major” awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Numerous clubs at school, years of piano, research project with UCLA professor
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at plastic surgeon’s office
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, local library
[] Essays: Great - Edited by multiple people - showed who I really was
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (European)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First to attend college in US; Difficulties in Life; Single Parent Household; Low-Income?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, Internship, Research Project
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Personal Statements, ACT
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCSB + UC Irvine[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all admitted

PhantomVirgo · March 21, 2012, 9:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (590M, 630CR, 740W)
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] UC GPA: 4.11
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/500 something
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (4), Calculus AB (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macroeconomics, AP American Gov, AP Spanish Language, Orchestra, a couple of GPA padding classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music for 8 years, created a political club (VP), Key Club junior and senior year, California Scholarship Federation senior year
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked as an algebra tutor for the duration of junior year, babysitting all four years
[] Volunteer/Community service: I have around 60 hours at various places/events
[] Personal Statement: Had multiple people review them, and all that read them said that they couldn’t find any issues with them. Talked about growing up in a multicultural community as one of the few monolinguals and how this influenced my fascination with languages and cultures in the freshman prompt; talked about music and the challenges of learning multiple instruments in the general prompt.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Linguistics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~$50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal statement, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Community service, work experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Combination of my personal statements and GPA[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m almost positive that I’ll be attending.

chocolatechipsss · March 22, 2012, 8:27pm

I just copied most of this from the SLO forum, so… hahaha.
Major: ChemE (first choice)
From: Orange, CA
Graduate: HS
CSU/UC GPA: 4.0
HS GPA: 4.14
SAT: 2090/1400 (710 CR+740 W+640 M)
ACT: 30
AP: 10th (Euro-4), 11th (Art History-4, US-4), 12th (CS, Physics B, Gov, English Lit)
ECs: 4 year Key Clubber, 3 year Decathlete (captain my senior year)
Race/Gender: Asian female (FEMALE ENGINEERS WOOT WOOT!)
High school: Private Catholic (I wouldn’t say it’s competitive, but there’s really no middle ground. You’re either part of the really smart minority or not.)
Other college acceptances: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly SLO, Wilamette, Portland State, Drexel, RPI, UCSD, NYU-Poly
What got me in: Hands down, my personal statements. For my main one, I wrote about learning how to ride a bike at 17. My secondary one was about how my grandparents (who had a hard life) inspire me to pursue higher education. I’m sure being qualified, but not overly qualified helps. :) 
Colleges I still need to hear from: UCLA, Cal, Vanderbilt, NYU, Columbia, and Dartmouth, but I’m really only considering SLO (as a GenEng major) and UCD. The decision is just too hard. :/

browneyed852 · March 23, 2012, 3:28pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 550 R, 590 M, 570 W
ACT: 25
SAT II: Didnt take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.2
UC GPA: 3.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 50%
ELC?: nope.
AP (place score in parenthesis): us history-didnt take because i hated it, currently taking chem
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, physics, anatomy, english, calculus, economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volleyball, basketball, san joaquin outdoor school (cabin leader), cyo volleyball (head coach), too much to post up right now haha
Job/Work Experience: thrift store
Volunteer/Community service: over 1000 hours
Personal Statement: extremely good (in my/parents/teachers opinions)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
Intended Major: political science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private
Ethnicity: african
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: ecs and essays
Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, GPA…TEST SCORES…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my weaknesses
General Comments: i didnt even want to apply here because i didnt feel like it was right for me and its too close to home but mi padre FORCED me to apply…im so glad i didnt get in haha…

CiaraNT · March 25, 2012, 4:07pm

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1750-580 CR 600 M 570 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] UC GPA: 4.09
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 12%
[] ELC?: nope
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language and Composition (3) AP United States History (3) AP Literature (planned) AP Environmental Science (planned) AP Macroeconomics (planned)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: broadcasting, English 4AP, Pre Calc H (weighted), Env Science AP, AP Macroeconomics, Art 1, Independent PE ((I was not able to fit in another year of pe and my visual art, so I had tot take those))
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cross Country First League, Award of Excellence (very high honor in broadcasting), second place in nation wide weather reporting competition, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country 3 years (Captain 2), Varsity Track and Field 3 years (captain for 2), CHSTV- nationwide winning broadcasting program (Producer Senior Year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Work at Local Amusement Park for 2 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours (Races, Broadcasting, church events, etc)
[] Personal Statement: after rereading mine, I think they were really good. The first one is about growing up with a single mom and becoming a stronger person from not having a dad,etc. The second one is about me transforming from a really shy person to a leader in almost everything I do. It was about the process and what I have learned.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Atmospheric Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: large, public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Raised by a single mother, First family member to attend college, First-generation college student, Working part-time
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC, leadership, essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT score
[] Why you think you were accepted: I think my essays were really good, and a lot of leadership helps as well
[] Results from other colleges: Accepted: CSU San Jose, CSU Chico, Northern Arizona, University of Northern Colorado, University of California: Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz. Rejected: UCLA
[/ul]General Comments: I mostly posted this to show people who are applying next year that theres still a chance without those high SAT scores. Also, I attend to go to DAVIS, and I am ridiculously excited.

meowwwliss · March 25, 2012, 6:16pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I : 1730

ACT: 27

SAT II: Math Level II-570, Spanish-580

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

UC GPA: 4.3-4.4

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23 of 594

ELC?: yes

AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (3), Spanish (4), AP Micro Econ planned, AP US Govt planned

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Econ, AP Spanish (I passed the test as a Spanish 3 student, now taking the class for AP credits) English, Statistics, and 2 electives Leadership, Culinary

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver medal at county science fair? If that counts as major haha

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student senate, link crew leader, basketball for two years, nhs, csf

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service: 250 hours, local elementary school tutor, camp counselor, local rodeo volunteer, relay for life, airshow

Personal Statement: Considering my stats, besides my gpa, my personal statements were the strongest. I talked about my independence in one and in the other about how my life is based on numbers therefore my love of math has fueled me to become an accountant.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

Intended Major: Undeclared (probably go into business though)

State (if domestic applicant): CA

School Type: Public

Ethnicity: Hispanic

Gender: Female

Income Bracket: 50,000

Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen college

Reflection

Strengths: Straight As (GPA) I was smart about how many APs to take so I wouldn’t get overwhelmed and it worked out, personal statements

Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores, but I don’t believe tests are an accurate depiction of who you are

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely my personal statements. They were unique and truly showed who I am as a person without the test scores behind me.

General Comments: I would have never thought that I would apply to Davis. But once I showed an interest in the Sacramento area my counselor encouraged me to visit UCD and I fell in love. The community is so down to earth, kind of opposite of where I live now haha. And I have family about 30 minutes away so it’s a plus. Davis is looking great right now! :)

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