***uc irvine class of 2023 decision thread (stats only)***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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Decision: Accepted

Major: Civil Engineering

Academic Stats:

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.1
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.2
ELC eligibility: No, however, I am eligible for the Statewide Path.
Rank: Top 30%

SAT I: 1370 (650 English, 720 Math)
ACT: 30 (Reading: 32, English: 30, Math: 34, Science: 24)
SAT II: Math 2: 690 Chemistry: 630
AP: Statistics: 4 I am currently taking Calc AB

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: 3 years in an Environmental Club (Treasurer Senior Year), 1 year in a Math Club, 1 year in a Cultural Club, 1 year in a Political Club, 1 year in a Debate Club
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at my school garden and going to beach cleanups
Summer Activities: volunteering at my school garden

Essays: 9/10 I wrote about my experience in my environmental club, my love for mathematics, my ADHD, and moving to a new home freshman year. My cousin, who is a lawyer, helped me write and correct my essays.

Demographics:

State: California
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Pell Grant: Eligible for around $4000 a year
Maximum Pell Grant: No
Highest level of parent education: They both dropped out of community college.
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both Parents

Reflection:

Strengths: Statewide Path, First Generation, my grades had an upward trend, heavy involvement in my ECs, great essays, good standardized test scores

Weaknesses: bad grades freshman year, no honors courses until my junior year, only two AP courses, applied to a very competitive major, could have gotten higher standardized tests scores

Why I think I was Accepted: I was a solid candidate for the UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering.

Acceptances: Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, CSULB, LSU, SDSU, SJSU, University of Arizona, UC Merced, UC Riverside

Waitlists: UC Davis, UCSD

Rejections: Colorado School of Mines, Purdue, UCLA, USC

General Comments: I applied to UCI because I thought I had a fairly good chance of getting in. I was happy that I was admitted however, I most likely will attend Cal Poly SLO.

Congratulations to everyone who got into UCI, it’s a wonderful school!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1540(math 790 english 750)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Math II - 760 Physics - 670
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.34
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): applied rank 42/643
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History(4), US History(2), Calc AB(5), Physics 1(2)… taking both Physics C tests, Calc BC, Macroecon, CS Principles this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Macroeconomics, Photo 1, Myth & Scifi
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): acadec senior year, a bunch of school clubs mostly just senior year
Job/Work Experience: youth soccer referee 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: Engineering & Technology camp at UC Berkeley between my soph & junior year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably not great, but I’m never confident in my writing so who knows
Supplemental Review or LOR submission:

Applied for Financial Aid?: ye
Intended Major: Computer Science and Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Gender: male
Income Bracket: not very high idk
ELC Eligibility: yes
First Generation: no

Reflection

Strengths: sat score/class rank/senior year courseload
Weaknesses:community service/ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk man
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted Fresno State, UCSB, Waitlisted UC Davis, Rejected UCLA, USC, UCSD, Cal Poly, waiting on UCB

General Comments: bruh
also i was accepted on friday, not today

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Thought I had posted daughter’s stats, but cannot find them.

**Decision: Accepted/b

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1460 (R/W 670, M 790, E 8/8)
ACT (breakdown):35 (M 36, S 34, STEM 35, E 35, R 33, W 10, ELA 32)
SAT II: Math 760, Spanish 670
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Lang (5), AP Physics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band, Drama/Stagecraft, Varsity Volleyball
Job/Work Experience: City of Santa Rosa, Camp CIT 3 Years
Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours, (CIT, School Musical, Band Events, etc)
Summer Activities: JC Classes, Camp CIT
Essays (rating 1-10, details): ?
Supplemental Review or LOR submission:

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: No

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: CSU Fullerton, SDSU Weber Honors College, Harvey Mudd (4 year scholarship), UCI CHP and UCSB Chancellor Invite.
Waitlisted: UCSD, UCLA
Rejected: USC
Waiting for: Stanford

General Comments: Challenging few years between the Tubbs and Nuns fires, evacuations, missing 3 weeks of school due to fires, testing schedules all messed up, suicidal friend, added stress of dad working for Cal Fire, etc.

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Decision: Accepted

ACT (breakdown): 23
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 3.75
AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (4), Lang (4), World (3), taking this year Psych, Stat, Lit
Senior Year Course Load: AP- Lit, Stat, Psych, non AP- required tech credit (I have an abbreviated schedule for an internship so I only take 4 classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Smith College Book Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model United Nations, english and General National Honors society
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a camp for a summer
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a camp for two summers (200+ hours I’m not sure how many)
Summer Activities: AFS Future Leaders Scholarship- 6 week trip to Finland summer 2018
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Criminal justice and criminology
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Public
Gender: Female

Reflection

Strengths: writing abilities
Weaknesses: Math
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays and the opportunities I took advantage of over the years.

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Computer Science B.S.

Academic stats:

high school weighted gpa: 4.63 (10 - 12 grade)
unweighted gpa: (3.91)
throughout all of high school I’ve taken 11 AP’s, 4 Honors

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 97th percentile in my high school (top 20/800)
Comments about course load (including senior year): during my senior year I took 7 courses total: 5 APs, one regular course, badminton (counts as a class at my high school)
SAT (total and sections): took it but didnt submit (1420)
ACT (total and sections): 33 composite
SAT Subject Tests (if any): none
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Chem (4), AP Euro (3), AP Eng Lan (5), APUSH (4), AP Comp Sci Pri (5), taking 6 more senior year [AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, AP Spanish Lan, AP Calc BC, AP Comp Sci A, AP Phys C Mech]
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards: school awards and extracirruclar awards, AP scholar w/ distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Varsity Badminton 4 years and Captain for 2 years (won state tournament), also did club badminton for 5+ years, Debate team (top 8 in state county), board member of 2 clubs (mental health club and a volunteer club for impoverished communities), did martial arts (was an instructor too), guitar and piano w/ some public recitals, helped start an eSports team at my high school (top 2 in state county), took additional classes in Vietnamese language and IT Fundamentals
Volunteer/Community service: hospital, religious, club
Summer Activities: took a total of 3 summer classes, a lot of badminton practice, traveling the world and opening myself up to new cultures

Essays (topics, details): helping start eSports at my school, badminton, debate team and how that help me overcome a fear of public speaking, surpassing my personal depression
Letters of recommendation: had two but UC’s don’t take

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: public, pretty competitive w/ 800 people

Gender: M
Race/ethnicity: Chinese

Reflection

Strengths: high GPA, rigorous courseload, diverse EC’s, good essays imo
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores for sure
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck plus my stats were aight
Where else were you accepted: UCSD, UCI, USC?, Cal Poly Pomona, waiting on UC Berkeley

General Comments: these applications are pretty random so a rejection doesn’t discredit all the hard work you have put into these past four years and it will all all work out in the end!!!, glhf

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Waitlisted
Biomedical Engineering
UC GPA 4.14
SAT 1370 (english 690, math 680)

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1330; 620 English/710 Math (6,6,7 essay)
ACT (breakdown): 29; 24 English, 33 Science, 30 Reading, 30 Math
SAT II: none
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.29
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/498
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (2) Calc AB (4) Psych (4) Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government, French 4 honors, AP Calc AB, history seminar, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Environmental science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School awards only

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French club (President), Varsity volleyball, club volleyball (captain)
Job/Work Experience: Hall monitor, coach, apple orchard
Volunteer/Community service: not much, Finnish community center and tutoring
Summer Activities: Paris trip
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9, spent a lot of time fixing and perfecting, had many teachers/experts read them over. talked about a major injury I had junior year / how i figured out i was in love with math / my passion for songwriting & my creative side / being an immigrant and how i love being Finnish
Supplemental Review or LOR submission:

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: mathematics
State (if domestic applicant): michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle ish
ELC Eligibility: no
First Generation: no

Reflection

Strengths: gpa/class load, essays
Weaknesses: sat score, volunteer & work experience
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays were very strong, i am a woman wanting to go into math (it helps lol)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: Loyola chicago, ucsd, ucd
waitlisted: ucla
waiting: berkeley
General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1340, 1380 superscore
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: n/a
Capped Weighted UC GPA: school doesn’t do GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): school only offers AP Chemistry
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, Physics, Biology, AP Chemistry, English, Pre-Calculus, Mandarin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): multiple piano competitions winner, mostly school awards for academic

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Grad Class VP, UNICEF Club founder and President, Varsity Volleyball since middle school, ATCL piano diploma(Equivalent to first year performance major completion), multiple piano competitions winner, cheering team leader for 2 years, athletic leadership club VP, received distinction for all the piano exams
Job/Work Experience: had my own online business, over 3000 followers on Instagram
Volunteer/Community service: volunteers at local Chinese school every weekend as a teacher assistant for 2 years
Summer Activities: volunteered at a hospital in one of the poorest cities in China
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5/10, not the best but I really like how it highlights all the dedication and how I went through depression and identity crisis, also talked about my online business and my journey of working hard to achieve my goals. Essays really did a great job showing a multi-talented me.
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): n/a
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$150,000
ELC Eligibility:
First Generation: NO

Reflection

Strengths: Essays and EC
Weaknesses: Test scores, and also I don’t have any subject tests
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good ecs, really showed my initiative and determination
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UCI, UCR w/ scholarship, rejected by UCD, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, USC

General Comments: After my first rejection from UCD(really thought I would get in), I thought I won’t have any chances for the rest of the UCs. I wasn’t completely wrong- I was rejected by most of the UCs that I’ve applied. Every year just get more competitive. Not sure how admission works, but still feel lucky and grateful getting into UCI pharm sci. I don’t have stellar stats, but at least I gave it a shot:)

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REJECTION!!!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1170
ACT (breakdown): 24
SAT II: N/A
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.07
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do, but Top 9%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), AP US History (2), AP English Language and Composition (4), AP US Government and Politics (taking this year, so N/A), AP Macroeconomics (taking this year, so N/A), AP English Literature and Composition (taking this year, so N/A)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Macroeconomics (1st Semester)/AP US Government and Politics (2nd Semester), Digital Photography 1, AP English Literature and Composition, Psychology 1 (1st Semester)/Psychology 2 (2nd Semester), American Sign Language 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Superintendent Honor Roll (4.0+ weighted GPA for 3 years), Principal Honors Roll (3.5-3.9 unweighted GPA for 1 year)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Badminton during Freshman year, Acts of Random Kindness, Key Club, Campus Improvement Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Teacher Assistant during summer before Senior year (70+ hrs), Classroom help (6 hrs), Summer Camp Counselor during the summer before Sophomore year (30 hrs), other miscellaneous things… In total 120+ hrs.
Summer Activities: Summer Camp Counselor before Sophomore year, Summer Teacher Assistant before Senior year, family camping
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10, teachers helped a lot, wrote about struggling in a single parent household, love for ASL/Psychology, etc
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Psychology or Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): In-state (East Bay)
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <7000
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: Yes

Reflection

Strengths: Not too sure, maybe my essays or my community service
Weaknesses: Test scores because I’m bad at taking multiple choice. My stats are very low and in comparison to everyone else.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

  • Accepted: UCR, CSUEB, CSUSM, SJSU, Cal Poly Ponoma, U of O
  • Waitlisted: SDSU, UCSB
  • Rejected: UW, UF, UCSD, Vanderbilt, UCI

General Comments: Nothing really. I’m just sad I didn’t apply to more UCs and that I didn’t get into anywhere I’m really excited about. I’m gonna cry. So congrats to all you Anteaters

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 640 English, 550 Math (1190 Composite)
ACT (breakdown): English 23, Math 22, Reading 27, Science 24 Composite 24
SAT II: n/a
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.08
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know
AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Literature (this year)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Pre-Calculus, psychology 2/childhood development (semester courses), AP Literature, forensic science investigation, government/economics, American Sign Language 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Multiple afterschool clubs (no leadership)
Job/Work Experience: n/a unless you count watching my special needs brother every day
Volunteer/Community service: Almost 200 hours of community service - includes tutoring chemistry, working park events and running events at the elementary school
Summer Activities: Tutoring chemistry, stayed on the family farm
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/8 My AP Literature teacher helped me revise along with many friends. About learning sign language because I may go deaf due to a disease, fundraising $50,000 for cancer research, watching my special needs brother and how it inspired me to become a teacher, and tutoring chemistry
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Education Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public High School
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50,000
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: Yes

Reflection

Strengths: My essays were pretty well written, thanks to the help I got, a lot of community service, extracurriculars that align with my major
Weaknesses: My SAT, ACT and GPA are not very good
Why you think you were accepted: My grades aren’t the best compared to everyone else that applied. I thought since my major isn’t in very high demand I would have a chance, since I have seen people with lower stats get in
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cal State East Bay, SJSU, Cal Poly SLO, UC Riverside
Rejected: UC Davis, UCI
Waitlist: None

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1430
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: 780 math II, 750 Literature
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.19
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Marching Band, AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP Microeconomics, Advanced Computer Aided Design, Creative Style (english)
Major Awards : none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (11,12), Drumline (11,12), MUN 11th grade, LINK leader 12th grade, marched in the 2019 Rose Parade Pasadena Honor Band
Job/Work Experience: worked at Panda Express since June 2018
Volunteer/Community service: church’s VBS, more church childcare
Summer Activities: band and drumline practices, work
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Creativity (7/8): I wrote about how I’ve always liked working with my hands to make things, like origami or lanyards. I talked about how I saw a presentation at JPL about an origami inspired satellite and that it inspired my passion for engineering.

Challenges (8): I described the challenge that came with being a short girl playing a drum that weighs 40 pounds and is mostly played by guys. I talked about how my determination is my strongest trait, and that my determination to succeed in drumline occasionally overshadowed academics, which is why I did not take the WHAP exam. (That was probably a mistake to write about but oh well).

Leadership (8/9): I talked about my growth as a leader in drumline, and how I learned from past mistakes to find a balance between being too strict or too lenient.

What else makes you stand out (10):

I talked about my job at Panda Express, and how much having a job in the service industry has helped me grow. I love working with people and seeing all the love they give each other while having a family dinner, etc.

Supplemental Review or LOR submission: I added an Additional Comment that hit pretty close to the word limit that talked about my adoption. I couldn’t find a way to work it into the other prompts without compromising either the honesty of my situation or ignoring part of the question. Basically, I was born in China and adopted by a white family, which has caused a lot of social and cultural gaps between my asian peers and me.

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: mechanical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (about 2000 students)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <70,000
ELC Eligibility:
First Generation:

Reflection:
Going into this, I thought UCI would be a safety school based purely on statistics, but I think this year has been insanely more competitive than past years. I got really worried a week or two before the release date and was almost certain I would get rejected, especially for mechanical engineering.

Strengths: My adoption, my essays
Weaknesses: Not many APs or major focused extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My backstory definitely helped, and I have always been an extremely strong writer, so I know my personality and voice were able to clearly show in the essays.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Colorado School of Mines
Waitlisted: UCSD, Harvey Mudd
Rejected: UCLA, Cal Poly SLO

General Comments: I’m extremely happy I got in, especially considering the drastic increase in applications this year.

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Nursing

Objective:

ACT: 31 (Math: 28 | Science: 35 | English: 28 | Reading: 34 | Writing: 8)
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.29
Rank: 26/517
AP (place score in parenthesis): ap world (3) | ap us history (4) | ap lang (4) | ap lit (taking in May) | ap calc (May) | ap us gov (May) | ap environmental science (May)
Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap calc, honors choir, ap gov, ap environmental

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: vocal music (treasurer) | mental health awareness club (secretary) | beach revival club (active member) | key club (active member) | track and field | tennis
Job/Work Experience: babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross (secretary junior year) | I love a clean San Diego (most of my life)
Essays: 7 | most of my essays were my common app essays shortened, they were kind of choppy but got the job done as they still expressed my genuine interest in nursing
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: I had to submit a separate app for nursing and did the day it was due bc of my flighty mind forgetting there was a supplemental, I finished it and was not the happiest with the result but had no time to revise.

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: nursing
State: California
School Type: public
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $100,00-150,00
ELC Eligibility: yes
First Generation: no

Reflection

Strengths: good test scores, good grades all throughout high school, showed a genuine interest in nursing
Weaknesses: essays weren’t the best, applied to nursing not knowing just how competitive it was - dumbly had UCI as a safety school when the nursing program admittance is so low
Why you think you were accepted: I have wanted to be a nurse since I was little, led my whole life working towards benefiting that goal. It had payed off
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Michigan (accepted) | University of Virginia (rejected) | UCLA (rejected) | NYU (waitlisted) | UPenn (waitlisted) | Yale (rejected)

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I: TOP SCORE 1400 (660 English | 740 Math)
SAT II: ** Math Level II** - 690
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 3.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 158/531
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (3), AP Calc AB (TBD), AP Gov (TBD)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Piano, Drawing/Painting, World Lit, AP Gov/Econ

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Anime Club (Graphic Designer, VP), Key Club (member), Swim (JV-10th, Varsity-11th)
Job/Work Experience: Math tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (2 months for 2 summers), Key Club, CSUF Titan Con (annual volunteer)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 | Wrote about my role as a leader in a “cafe” fundraiser, my passion for art and math, and my academic struggles

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mathematics
State: California
School Type: Public
Gender: Femaile
Income Bracket: < $20,000/yr
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: Yes

Reflection
Strengths: SAT score, personal statements
Weaknesses: Huge reach school (with my kind of GPA), rushed but fairly polished essays, lack of need to transfer classes (which were extracurriculars) to better improve my GPA and wellbeing
Why you think you were accepted: I think I barely made the cut; they’re giving me a fighting chance (since not many people with my stats get in easily) and they’re hoping that I really am what I show them to be in their school. I also think that while my GPA isn’t that great, my SAT helps make up for it.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: CSULA (Accepted), CSULB (Accepted), CSUF (Accepted), SDSU (Waitlisted), UC Riverside (Accepted), UC Santa Barbara (Waitlisted), UCLA (Rejected), UCSD (Rejected)

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Sociology

Objective:
Stats:
SAT: 1230
Math 600
Reading 630
ACT: 24
Unweighted GPA: 3.23
Weighted GPA:3.72
Rank:N/A but my highschool is ranked the number 1 public highschool in CA and 4 in Country by US News
AP Scores: World History-3, US History-4,Bio-3, Lang-3, Art History TBD
Community Classes(at Cabrillo ranked 2nd best JC in country by US News): Soc 1-B+, Psych 1- B
Senior Year: Apah first Semester, AP Lit, Video Production, Geometry, Anthropology 2 first semester-A at Cabrillo, Second semster Stats and Sociology 10

Subjective:
EXC: Varsity Basketball all 4 yrs, Team Captain Jr and Sr year
Club Basketball all 4 years, Team Captain Jr and Sr year
Rec Basketball all 4 years, Team Captain all 4 years

Jobs: courtesy clerk at Nob hill Jr and Sr year all during school year and summer Minimum 16hrs per week
Babysit, housesit, dogsit at least 2 times a month Soph, Jr, Sr year
Book and Scoreboard for basketball games with 2 different Organizations: all 4 Yrs

Clubs:
Red Cross Club Jr and Sr
Journalism Fresh
Eco Club Sr

Volunteer Work:
Coach Girls Basketball Through organization and middle school team at my school Soph, jr, sr
Several Fundraisers to raise money for my basketball team (5-7 per year) fr, soph, jr, sr
Boys and Girls club aid and scoreboard keeper fr soph jr sr
Total:250-300 hrs per year recieved presidential community service award all 4 years

Essays: I wrote about finding interest in my desired field in exploring education oppurtunity outside my high school, leadership when our teams best player got hurt and I had to step up as an underclassmen, my best friend attempting to commit suicide and depression that ensued but how I was able to realize sensation is temporary and how I gained maturity, finally how I witnessed a car accident and helped a man out of his car while others stood around me recording and how I extend teaching values of humanism and togetherness to the kids I teach and impact. 1-6/10, 2-4.5/10, 3-7/10, 4-7/10. I consider myself a good essay writer overall, but i prepared most of my essays in the week preceeding their due date

Resident in Cali
I applied for aid, recieved 35k in grants (27k) and Loans (8k) and my annual income is 27k but I am paying for education myself
I am not first gen

Reflection: I think my personal statements and volunteering experience along with that spedific success and dedication to basketball were my strengths, otherwise this was a reach for me for sure but all the uc’s for me were reaches but I just wanted to know what would happen.

Other decisions:
Rejected: SDSU, CSULB, SCU, Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Scripps
Waitlisted: Cal Poly SLO, Chapman, USD, LMU
Accepted: UCSC, Cal Poly Po, SJSU, UoP, Saint Mary’s, Whittier, Drexel, Westmont, University of Scranton

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Decision: Admitted

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 English, 35 Math, 33 Reading, 32 Science)
SAT II: Math 740 Physics 800
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.21 Uncapped GPA 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4, AP Lang 4, AP Physics 1 5, AP Physics 2 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Econ, AP Lit, Spanish 3, Computer Game Design,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Acting in school plays as well as in various summer productions out side of school for all 4 years, Playing Piano for more than 10 years, various school clubs
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club junior and senior summer about 50 hours all together,
Part of a club that surfs with underprivileged kids, but only had about 10 hours
Joined Key Club senior year.
Volunteered to help my piano teacher teach younger kids.
Summer Activities:
As I mentioned, Boys and Girls Club volunteering
I did theater camps and acted in their productions
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d say 8, but Idk for sure. I wrote one really good essay about how I grew up having Autism. I talked about how this made it hard to make friends and made me struggle in school. The other were decent but not great. I wrote one about how much I enjoyed acting and volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club.

Supplemental Review or LOR submission: No

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000-$150,000
ELC Eligibility: Top 9%, making me ELC eligible
First Generation: No

Reflection

Strengths: ACT for sure, Weighted GPA
Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, rigor of classes (my school offers like 25 AP classes and I only took 8-9)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess my grades and ACT score
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: SDSU, UC Riverside, CSU Chico, Santa Clara University, CU Boulder, University of Oregon, Boston University

Waitlisted: UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, UC Davis

Rejected: UCSB, UCB, Pitzer College, USC, UCLA

General Comments: At this point I’m either going to go here or Boston University

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Decision: Accepted (Campuswide Honors Program)
Major: Political Science

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1420 (700 M, 720R)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/565
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), US (4), Econ/Gov/Enviro/Literature (TBD)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, Business Law, Empowering Entrepreneurs (Business Development)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Speech and Debate Association Academic All-American, 4 time California High School Speech Association State Qualifier, 2 time National Speech and Debate Association National Qualifier, NSDA ranking (6th in CA/18th in US for Expository Speaking)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Captain)
Political Advocacy Club (Founder)
RJUHSD Superintendents Student Advisory Counsel (School Representative)
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Activities Director, Equipment Manager
Volunteer/Community service: 5 year weekly youth leader at Church, Summer camp leader for Church and California 4H
Summer Activities: Camp Activities director
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9–emphasis on Speech and Debate skills being used to advocate low-income, first gen students to vote and take advantage of available resources (with personal examples of my own struggles)
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (Received Regents Scholarship)
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~40K
ELC Eligibility: Yes, confirmed
First Generation: Yes

Reflection

Strengths: Speech and Debate position and awards, Representation (Low-Income, First Gen), Clubs to promote social justice.
Weaknesses: Low SAT score, Low GPA, weak Senior Course-load
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Above reasons
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UT Austin (Accepted), UCSD (waitlisted), UC Berkeley (waitlisted), UCLA (rejected), Chico State (Honors—Accepted), Cornell (rejected), NYU (rejected)

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Hello, I am a senior applying right now, I was wondering if you could me ! :slight_smile:

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@maxiguillermo: This discussion is for 2019 admits so I will be closing this discussion and you can start a new discussion for being chanced.