<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 710 Chemistry: 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.85
[<em>] UC GPA: ~4.25
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22/612
[<em>] ELC?: no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (4) Statistics; (4) Chemistry; (3) Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none!
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English 4, AP Biology, AP Spanish 4, Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar and a couple of school awards for excellence in academics
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Treasurer and Vice President) Key Club; Freshmen Mentor; Hospital Volunteer; Tennis Team; NHS; CSF; peer tutor; etc<br>
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~200+ hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: I spent weeks and countless hours on my personal statements because I wanted to show my personality and my passion through these essays. I had a couple of college specialists read them too and they really liked them! I was really proud of my final drafts. (For Prospective Applicants): I REALLY suggest you to put your whole heart into those essays because these essays help you stand out as a person; try to find people who do not know you as well to help edit them because I found their feedback to be extremely helpful and honest.<br>
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: Biological Sciences
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My GPA, lots of extracurriculars activities, and community service hours?<br>
[</em>] Weaknesses: My test scores were pretty average.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my GPA definitely gave me a huge boost and possibly my personal statements? [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m happy that I got into UCI because this was a safety, but I’ll definitely consider UCI! This acceptance definitely made my day! Good Luck to all those who are still waiting to hear from UCI and to future applicants! :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010
[</em>] ACT:28
[<em>] SAT II: 670 math 2/640 us history/600 literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
[<em>] UC GPA:4.05
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] ELC?:no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) US History (4) English Lang (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Art History, Physiology
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at hospital, library, and food bank
[</em>] Personal Statement: The first prompt I wrote about my family and I immigrating here from ukraine and how it has influenced my career choice, the second prompt i wrote about volunteering at the hospital[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 730 Math, 770 Writing
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):2.85
[<em>] UC GPA:3.4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: Nope
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC - 5 (Calc AB subscore - 4), English Lang - 5, Biology - 5, US History - 4, Physics B - 2, Chemistry - 5, World History - 4.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Gov’t/ AP Econ Macro, Advanced Topics in Math, Calculus III / Linear Algebra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Science Fair, National AP Scholar Certificate of Merit, National Merit Scholar Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (Quizbowl, rather selective at our school to participate) freshman and varsity (2 years), Theater (junior and senior year), Science Fair (Biochemistry 3rd place in 10th grade) , Piano (9 years), COSMOS program at UCSD (Summer of 2008), Clinical Research Internship at UCSD Hospital
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Clinical Research Internship at UCSD Hospital
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: UCSD Hospital - 150 hours, Volunteer at Concessions Stands for Home Football Games - 64 hours, Library Volunteer - 31 hours.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Poured my life and soul into them, did pretty well in my opinion.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[<em>] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering: Premed
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public (extremely competitive)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:>100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research internship, I guess, probably theater experience… I have no idea.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays, SAT (to an extent)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly didn’t think I’d get in. So happy![/li][/ul]General Comments: Wow, can’t believe it…</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Math:
[ *] ACT: 27
[ *] SAT II: Math II 660, Environmental Science 590
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56
[ *] UC GPA: 3.81
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 59/599
[ *] ELC?: No
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (3)
Lit/ Comp (3)
World History (2)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Psychology, AP Language, AP Economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):National Honor Society (President) , California Scholarship Federation (Representative) , Environmental Club (Treasurer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Internship at a City Hall
[ *] Personal Statement: Wrote about an experience in a trip to a third world country and how it influenced me, second: my family and I immigrating to US
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major:Biological Sciences
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: LOTS of EC, and pretty good Personal Statements (my mentor cried when she read it)
[ *] Weaknesses: not such stellar grades
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I had decent grades that matched up to UCI, but I think my personal statement and EC helped me a lot!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] From what I’ve seen so far, most of the admits has been science related–aside from the ELC kids. But that’s just a pattern I noticed after talking to my friends that were admitted (they were also science related majors: bioengineering, biological sciences, social sciences, etc.) </p>
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics/ AP Microeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Men’s Soccer Team 4 years Varsity
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: required 20 hours a year so 80 hours in helping my teacher grade papers.
Personal Statement: Wrote about Hardship caused by economy
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 90K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Maybe my ACT?
Weaknesses: I didn’t have a high GPA or extracurriculurs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was
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<p>General Comments: Good Luck. Don’t limit yourself and think you can’t get into college, just realize that if you have a solid educational background and show consistency you can get into a good college. You don’t need sky high GPA’s or test scores, a myriad of AP of IB courses, or countless hours of community service to be a qualified candidate.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (700 CR, 650 Math, 740 Wr)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 620 History 680 CR
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.59
UC GPA: 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
ELC?: Nope
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IBSL Math Studies, IBHL Psych, IBHL English, TOK, IBHL History, IBSL Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major. lol
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club-4 years (leads, etc.), Chamber Choir 2 years (honor choir), HUGE involvement in community, youth, and professional theater, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Professional theater
Volunteer/Community service: Cancer research club, Youth mentor
Personal Statement: Wrote about a show in which I learned a lot. Can’t say much, it would reveal who I am!
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Drama
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 80,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation College student
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Involvement in theater
Weaknesses: SAT IIs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I always excepted to accepted so I’m not really surprised. We’re just a good fit, UCI and I.
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<p>General Comments: I found out about my acceptance in early EARLY February, sorry that it took me so long to fill this out. I found out on the 5th-ish. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (CHP) Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Total 2000 - 680 Math, 680 Writing, 640 Reading
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 680 Math II, 560 English
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.4+
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP: AP Engish Language + Comp (5); AP statistics (4)
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Macro/Microeconomics, French 4/5 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards: None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band 3 years, Jazz Band 3 years, Yoga, Scrabble Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (2 yrs), Academic Tutor (2yrs), Playing bridge with seniors (Summers, picture in local newspaper)
[li] Personal Statement: Excellent </p>[/li]
<h1>1: Physical setback (Music->Yoga transition)</h1>
<h1>2: Playing bridge with seniors</h1>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared SocialSci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public Large (3000+)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 50k-60k
[<em>] Hooks: First generation college, physical setback, “interesting/different” community service activity
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, Personal Statement
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA + Personal Statement
[/ul]General Comments: Invited to UCI CHP, cautious about the way they presented their program (Ivy League education at a public university price :P)</p>
