<p>Got rejected
SAT1990
international student</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2110 (690CR/700M/720W)
SAT II: None
Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): 3.5
UC GPA: 3.33 (UW) 3.64 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~
AP: US History(4), English Language and Composition (4)
IB: ~
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Literature, Precalculus Honors
Extracurriculars: Nothing significant.
Job/Work Experience: Manage a website.
Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours volunteering for Operation Smile
Essays: I’d like to think that they were fairly well-written and indicative [as well as explanatory] of my GPA. They were disproportionate in size – I focused on my grades during the former essay [~250 words], while really accentuating my job experience with the latter essay [~750 words].
Teacher Recommendation: ~
Counselor Rec: ~
Additional Rec: ~
Interview: ~
Other: ~
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ~
Reflection
Strengths: SAT scores are moderately higher than the average for UC Davis. My essays should have been relatively explanatory/creative – it had blatant semblances of passion, but I presume that they weren’t sufficient enough to ameliorate the awful GPA.
Weaknesses: Probably my GPA. Most of the ‘bad grades’ were from sophomore year – I applied for a Biology major. I didn’t have any subject tests that provided ample evidence that I was capable of handling the subject; and sophomore year, I scored B’s for both semesters of CP Biology. Senior year, I’m pulling fairly easy A’s in AP Biology. However, I can’t exactly show that to the colleges.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to UCI, UCLA, and UCSD. Haven’t heard back from any of them yet. Dreading being rejected from all the colleges that I did apply for. Would be an awful predicament.
General Comments: Don’t be an idiot and make bad grades. Congratulations to everybody that did get in; I didn’t specifically want UC Davis [Really moreso UCSD and UCLA], but things aren’t looking so hot right now.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Decision Date: 3/15/13
Application Plan: RD </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (760 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: 800 Chem, 760 Math 1, 740 US History, 700 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Psych (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Comp Gov (4), Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, English 12A, Government/Economics, Digital Imaging 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as a busboy
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteering, Library Volunteering
Summer Activities: International Hospital Volunteering
Essays: Good, reviewed by lawyer cousin and developed over a few weeks
Teacher Recommendation: Not known, but I think great!
Counselor Rec: Not known, but I think good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State: CA
School Type: Top 50 Public In USA
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, Volunteering
Weaknesses: GPA, EC</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely GPA
General Comments: Good Luck to others!</p>
<p>Rejected.</p>
<p>3.64 UC GPA, 33 ACT, 790 SAT Math 2.</p>
<p>Good ECs, definitely good essays.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>4.12 W GPA, 2100 SAT, decent-good essay/EC.</p>
<p>I’m disappointed, but I won’t complain. Good luck to others :)</p>
<p>Accepted
Neurobiology, Physiology and behavior
SAT:1910
GPA: 4.3 W, 3.89 UW
Over 10 AP classes 4 Honors
CSF Life Member, LINK crew life member, 250+ hospital volunteer hours
SOOOO EXCITED</p>
<p>Accepted! 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
4.01 Weighted GPA, 3.9 Unweighted
1570 SAT, Good EC, 100+ Service Hours</p>
<p>Congratulations to the people who got accepted!! :)</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR 750 M 700 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Math II 740 Biology E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
[<em>] UC GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 96 of 400
[<em>] ELC?: No.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Studies SL (7) Economics SL (6) Biology HL (Anticipated) Japanese SL (Anticipated)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pre-calculus, IB Biology 2, IB Theory of Knowledge, Directed Projected (Art), IB Japanese 2, English 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Arcade Creek Project (Senior leader), cross country 2yrs (varsity), track and field 2yrs (varsity), Choy Li Fut Kung Fu 2yrs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work part-time in my parents’ store for over 10 years (31-40 hrs a wk)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Sacramento Children’s Museum Docent (66ish hours total) Sacramento Public Library Volunteer (40 hours)
[</em>] Personal Statement: I mostly talked about balancing academics and working part-time. I really emphasized the real-world experience that I developed because of that. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: I put Asian American Studies but I’m planning on changing it. I only put it down because I was afraid that if I put a common major, I wouldn’t get accepted. BTW DON’T DO THIS. Be honest. If they don’t want you because of that, then too bad for that college. They missed out on the honor of having you as a student
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese-Cambodian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket : <$30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college, low-income, work part-time</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Decent SAT score, IB scores (probably), personal statement, working part-time
[</em>] Weaknesses: No awards, little community service, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most applicants in my income bracket generally don’t do well academically, and I was one of those who did pretty decently. My personal statement probably helped a lot.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
SAT:1690
UC GPA: 4.4 UW GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>Accepted
Materials Science and Engineering
SAT: 1980, ACT: 30
GPA: 3.93 UW. not sure what weighted was… do they cap AP/honors/college courses?
AP Bio 5, Calc BC 4, AB subscore 4 (calc ab was a 3), took many community college classes (english/econ/calc 3)
Previously done research, wrote one personal statement on it.</p>
<p>Accepted into Biological Sciences: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
(Wow! I was surprised! I was planning on going to community college since I thought I would be rejected by all the UCs.)
I am an out of state student.
Sat I: Math: 660
Reading: 550
Writing: 620
Overall: 1830
Sat II: Did not take it
ACT: 29
Unweighted GPA: 3.6/4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4/4.8
Class Rank: 82/661
AP: Took a lot of the classes but did not get any passing scores on the exams…
IB: Not in it</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
Key Club: 4 years
National Honor Society: 3 years
Hospital Volunteering
Library Volunteering
Few hundred hours over the 4 years.
Science Olympiad
HOSA</p>
<p>Work Experience
Poll worker during election day 
(I was able to experience the thrills of working the voter cards)</p>
<p>Other
Race: Chinese
Language: I can speak English, Cantonese, and Mandarin
Was born in America but my mom made me stay with my grandparents in China for a few years during elementary school so I was able to learn Chinese. I am pretty fluent in it now.
School type: Math and Technology Magnet
EFC: 0
Single Parent Family</p>
<p>Financial Aid Stuff
Financial Aid/Grants: Over 20k
Loans: Have to take out over 30k in loans…
Have to pay like 3.5k myself? (Work-study?)</p>
<p>Overall
At first when I saw that I was accepted I thought that UC Davis had low standards, then I looked online and saw this thread… I realized how much better everyone else was… All the people who got rejected and waitlisted had better Sat scores and GPAs than me. The only reason I can think that I got accepted was because of my EFC and family. I have bad writing skills so I don’t think my essays or personal statements would have helped much. Anyways, I’m still really shocked about how I got accepted.</p>
<p>Pick one:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didnt submit
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: didnt submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ <em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/320
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Stats (5), AP Lang (4), AP Bio (4), APUSH (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: French III, AP Lit, Honors Physics, AP Calc, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Macro
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar (l o l Im pathetic)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government, CSF President, FBLA Treasurer, French Club President, EAOP, AcaDeca, APIC, Buddhist youth group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor and Ive worked at KFC/A&W for the past year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours with my temple and youth group
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work
[</em>] Essays: I didn’t really care about them so idk…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ^
[<em>] Additional Rec:^^
[</em>] Interview: didnt know they offered any, oops
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Cell Biology (pre-med)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $90,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: maybe my GPA. Thats about it.
[<em>] Weaknesses: pretty much everything
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: EAOP was sponsored by UCD so I’m sure that helped quite a bit.
[/ul]General Comments:
Davis was my safety school so I wasn’t surprised. Waiting on Cornell and Berkeley.</p>
<p>Accepted - Cell Biology</p>
<p>Full IB Diploma
GPA (UW): 3.6
SAT I: 1910 (680 W, 600 M, 630 C), but superscored, which I don’t think the UCs do, it’s a 1960 with a 650 M
SAT II: 650 Bio (M) 640 Math2
ACT: 28
ECs: Started a charity, student government, MUN, varsity baseball, and some more
Essays: Pretty decent
Ethnicity: African American
OOS</p>
<p>Comments: I expected to get into Davis, despite my low test scores, but I’ve already gotten accepted to UCSD, and still waiting on UCLA and UCB, as well as like 7 more unis, so if I really don’t get in anywhere else, I’ll probably go to UCSD instead</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/ Regents</p>
<p>Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2270
[</em>] SAT II: Biology M (800), Chemistry (780), Math II (780)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] AP: Chemistry (5), Psychology (5), Statistics (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (sciences/math/English), Economics, DI
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Choir, XC, a few school clubs w/ leadership positions
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor (for only a few months)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 400 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Educational prep programs (COSMOS, YSP)
[</em>] Personal Statement: One I spent a few weeks on and was pretty good, the other one I wrote in one day and submitted right before the deadline xD
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public, pretty competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks: Did research at UC Davis last summer
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses: No significant awards/honors; courses taken & extracurriculars are mediocre compared to many others at my school
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats fit; research
[/ul]
General Comments: I’m really happy that I got Regents! I kinda expected it after getting Regents at Irvine and Santa Barbara but wasn’t 100% sure, so I’m pretty pleased. I’m still waiting for SD, LA and Berkeley though before I make any final decisions.
Congrats to everyone else who was admitted, and good luck for all the rest of your colleges!</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>GPA: 3.91 W, 3.67 UW
SAT: 1830
SATII: 750 Math 2, 690 Bio E
Good ECs and essays
Major: Computer Science</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (710 math, 710 writing, 600 reading)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0 W
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] ELC?: no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (3), US History (4), Psychology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP World History, NJROTC, Biotechnology, Multivariable Calculus at a community college
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some ROTC awards, either for patriotism or for athletics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (NJROTC Drill Master and Platoon Commander) Mainly ROTC things like academic team and athletics team, APUSH club, tutor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 30 hours of NJROTC community service events; more hours from volunteering at an elderly homecare
[<em>] Personal Statement: Personally I thought they were good. Wrote about my father’s stroke and how it inspired me to pursue psychology and self-study AP Psych. Second one was mainly about ROTC instilling work ethic into me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 90k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen american
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Commitment to ROTC, 8 AP classes, took multivariable calculus, self-studied AP Psychology
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats are around the same as the average acceptance rates
[/ul]General Comments: For now, I’m planning on UCI over UCD</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Animal Biology</p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 1830
ACT: 28
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (4.2W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/50
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Calc (3) AP Env. Sci.(3) Lang (5),<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State FFA competitions, CSF Lifetime member
Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of leadership within FFA.
Job/Work Experience: 4 jobs over the past four years doing a little bit of everything
Volunteer/Community service: teen rep at local communit center board of representatives andlotsof small stuff with FFA
Summer Activities: work and fair animals
Essays: Awesome possum! wrote about my first car and my sheep breeding project Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$40,000</p>
<p>Reflection Strengths: Probably extracurriculars, volunteering, .
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Rejected: Poly Accepted: MSU Bozeman
General Comments:
SOOOO PUMPED!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Chemistry</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:620 M:650 W:660 - Total:1930</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): CR:620 M:660 W:670 - Total:1950</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT (breakdown): didn’t take it</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT superscore (breakdown): didn’t take it</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II (subject, score): Math Level 2:600 Chemistry:660</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6/3.7</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weighted GPA: 4.09 (UC)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (according to UC’s)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (3), Chemistry (3), AP Calculus AB (4), AP Spanish Literature (4), AP Spanish Language (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parentheses): didn’t take any</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, Honors Physics, AP English Literature, Economics, Folklorico</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Community Service Award (>200 hrs), AMC Contest Award</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>[li]Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):[/li]Hands & Paws Club (3 yrs, 1 year as treasurer), Mariachi (5 yrs, trumpet leader), Swim (5 yrs), Softball (4 yrs), school Folklorico group (joined this year; plan to continue in college) </p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community Service: >200 hrs @ a hospital </p>[/li]
<p>Other</p>
<p>[li] U.S. State/Territory or Country: LA, CA</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Medical Magnet; Blue Ribbon School</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket Range: $20,000 - $30,000</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):first generation, first in family,</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments & Advice:
Congratulations to anyone else who was accepted!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Not reported
ACT: 25
SAT II: WORLD HISTORY-790 BIOLOGY-680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
UC GPA: 4.17
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/443
ELC?: NO
AP (place score in parenthesis): WORLD HIST-5 US HIST-5 ENVIR SCI-5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc AB, AP Gov/Econ,Physics (no AP available), Eng lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards just student of the month for World History and Science
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF-lifetime member, Varsity Pole Vault-4 years, NSHSS member
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Adopt-A-Canyon Project Leader to clean up waste (200+ hours)
Personal Statement: Good
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
Intended Major: Environmental Science and Management
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Mid size
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):None
Reflection
Strengths: Good personal statements, well-rounded
Weaknesses: ACT score (never finish any of the sections)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of the strengths listed above.
General Comments: Accepted also at Cal Poly SLO, UCSC, UCR</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1860
ACT: 32
SAT II: 610Lit 620BioM 570WorldHist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 44/446
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Stats (4), AP psych(4), AP Bio (3), APUSH (3) APHG(3) AP World(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 aps
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS
Summer Activities:
Essays: 1 awesome, 1 mediorcre
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Comp lit
State (if domestic applicant):GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian(pakistani
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: ACT/Ec’s
Weaknesses: SAT/gpa
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
General Comments:
Wooo! Cali bound!</p>