~ UC Davis Official Class of 2016 Decisions ~

<p>it’s kind of late but i will just post it
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1970, Writing:630 CR:560 Math: 780
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800 Physics:780 Chinese: 800
[</em>] UC GPA: 3.49?? this might be wrong, but because i moved from Taiwan and i actually repeated my junior year while i was supposed to be a senior(otherwise i wouldn’t have time to apply to colleges) So i had to include my crappy junior year grades I got in Taiwan. Basically I have ‘two junior years’ and one of them has couples of C’s.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] ELC?: NO
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(5) Physics C-Mechanics(5) Chinese(5) Calc BC, Stats, AP Chem
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem(2 periods), Calc BC, Stats, English 4, Government
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any major awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Breakdancing (lots of stage experiences and some award including national finalist of a showcase competition) Class Leader, MESA(vp), COSMOS, NSLC
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Diabolo Summer Camp Instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Gear-Up, tutor at a summer school
[</em>] Personal Statement: I thought they were between good and ok. One is about a dance competition, the other is about my academic interest. Rewrote them a lot of times and got help from a lot of people before I turned in my UC App
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: poor as dirt
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation, immigrant??
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT II?? special experiences?? COSMOS??
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa
[/ul]General Comments: I was actually mad when i found out that i got rejected … but I don’t really mind anymore since I got in another higher ranked school.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 1540C/540M/550R/450W
• ACT: 27
• SAT II: Bio M (580), English (500)
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.00): 3.96
• UC GPA: 4.2 Weighted
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/298
• ELC?: Yes
• AP (place score in parenthesis): –
• IB (place score in parenthesis): –
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Govt/ AP Econ, Physiology, Elective, Music History, Expository Composition
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): --</p>

<p>Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council(Treasurer), Black Student Union(VP), Clean Slate, Peer Mediation(VP), Mentor(President)
• Job/Work Experience: Office Clerk, Recreational Aide, Youth Intern
• Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours total
• Personal Statement: Really strong! Everyone loved it :)</p>

<p>Other
• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Biological Sciences
• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant): USA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: African American
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: >$100,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.</p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: Strong essays, qualified for ELC
• Weaknesses: SAT scores, class rigor
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Personal Statements!</p>

<p>General Comments: High test scores are not the only determining factors and start on your PS early. I stressed over mine and finished them the day before they were due!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 M 750 W 750 R composite. 690/750/750 single sitting
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Lit 760 Bio M
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[<em>] AP: 5 Bio 5 Psych
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, AP English, Physics, Government, Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat. Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty strong. Music groups, recreational sport club founder (I’d rather not go into specifics on here as this post will be probably be read by thousands lol), Psych research
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none :confused:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Music stuff, nothing too huge
[*] Personal Statement: Very strong. Writing is my fort</p>

<p>Admission Decision for UC Davis</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): C-1510, R-440, M-530, W-540
ACT: C-22, E-19, M-29, S-18, R-21, W-8
SAT II: Math Level II-600, Chemistry-490, Spanish with listening- 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.54
UC GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
ELC?: no
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, American Gov, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, Physics, American Sign Language 3, Shakespeare,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: key club, NHS, CSF, JOOI
Personal Statement: 10/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: less than 40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college,
Reflection
Strengths: I always try my best
Weaknesses: Never took ap classes before senior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because I wrote a good personal statement, and also because I’m Hispanic
General Comments: I wasn’t really expecting to get accepted here nevertheless to any UC school. I never took any ap classes. But I got accepted to UCSB and UCI too.</p>