Some of the decisions for UCR have been distributed today on January 9th! Congratulations to those who have been accepted! Feel free to comment down below your stats. Go Highlanders!
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@UFeelMe I’m in the same boat. Applied the 29th of nov for business informatics(compsci) in college of engineering with anthropology as my alt. UC gpa 3.55 sat 1930
Objective:
SAT I: 610 M 520 R 620 E (1750)
ACT: 25 (31 E, 24 M, 23 R, 22 S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.5
UC GPA:3.8
AP : English, USH, Biology, Calculus AB (Currently taking AB and Bio) did not take exams yet
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards: US Patents awarded
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism Club, Improv Club, Varsity Basketball, Club soccer
Job/Work Experience:N/a
Volunteer/Community service: Did some community service abroad, visited new country every year. Wrote about that in my essay
Personal Statement: Talked about the above
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): California (Northern Marin County)
School Type: Private, Charter, but moved to big public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000+ year
Hooks: I guess I wrote good essays and had good EC’s
Reflection
Strengths:GPA, Extracurriculars, Volunteering
Weaknesses: Standardized Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA. I got an email last month saying that because I was a high achieving student, I would be recommended for admission into CHASS
General Comments:First UC acceptance.
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (October) 500R 530M 550W 1720 (December) 520R 560M 640 W
ACT: 23
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
UC GPA: 4.0 (Capped at 8 semesters 10th+11th) 3 AP’s and 2 Honors
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):~21/690 Top 3%
ELC?: Yes.
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (5) APUSH (3) English Language (2) lol
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP GOPO, AP Psych, AP Spanish Lit, Peer Leading
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Idk
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interpersonal Communications, Link Crew for two years, Peer Leading (Activities Director)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Saturday school assistant, school beautification, babysitting (unpaid), time outside of PL class. ~50 hours.
Personal Statement: First was maybe 7.5-8.5/10. Second around 9/10. Optional was great.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Mathematics.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type: Large public. ~3,500
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$22,000 on app but it’s less.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-gen, Hispanic (dominates UCR IIRC), some leadership, low-rated school, essays, and income.
Reflection
Strengths: Maybe GPA? Class rank too?
Weaknesses: Average SAT and ACT. Downward trend in second semester of junior year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good GPA, decent tests, and local.
General Comments: Honestly, this was a safety. Still a good school nonetheless.
Objective:
SAT I: 630 CR 670 M 720 W (2020)
ACT: didn’t submit
SAT II: none
UC GPA: 4.1
AP : no scores sent.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP calc AB, band, AP econ, regular gov.
Major Awards: some stuff related to golf and music
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community Service clubs, music club. (founder to all)
Job/Work Experience: occasionally paid from youtube?
Volunteer/Community service: mostly music stuff.
Personal Statement: talked about golf and music. And how I lived in 5 different countries.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yas
Intended Major: music
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian/ white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $60,000/year
Hooks: have a overall theme of music. Every activities related to intended major. good essays.
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, GPA , good essay.
Weaknesses: no SAT subject test scores nor AP scores.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores were above average I think (: I’m excited!
General Comments:First UC acceptance! I might go to UCR !
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT 1: 670 CR, 760 Writing, 770 Math(2200 total)- took it twice got 1940 the first time
ACT: did not participate
SAT 2: 690 US History, 780 Math 2
UC GPA: 3.31
AP: no scores sent, self-reported US History 4 and AP Psychology 4
Senior Courseload: AP Statistics, AP World History, Regular English, Anatomy/Physiology, Band, Gov./Econ., Marching Band
Major awards: none
Subjective:
extreme upward trend from sophomore year to junior year in terms of GPA
4 years band, 4 years marching band, 4 years cross country, 4 years track
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer marching band 48 service house(separate from 4 years marching band)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Statistics
State(if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $220,000/year
Hooks: extreme upward trend in GPA from sophomore year to junior year
Reflection
Strengths: upward GPA trend, SAT 1 and SAT 2s, good essay
Weaknesses- Low overall GPA, not many super special ecs
Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My sat score was way way above average at 2200 and I had a really good upward GPA trend
General Comments: Happy to know I got into at least one UC!
Decision: Accepted
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 610 M, 610 W (1800 total)
ACT: didn’t take it
SAT II: didn’t take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
UC GPA: 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/650
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4) AP English Language and Composition (2 :D) AP Art History (3) AP Human Geography (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, Vietnamese-American History, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics (1st semester), AP American Government (2nd semester)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):VSA (Historian 11th grade, ICC rep 12th grade) Travel Club senior year, CSF junior year, temple (Vietnamese teacher)
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service: temple, VSA
Personal Statement: One was about the Vietnamese-American community and the other was about my social anxiety. I thought the one about social anxiety was the strongest one and the other one was just okay
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
Reflection
Strengths: essays i think, and the way i tied my extracurriculars in with them, overcoming social anxiety
Weaknesses: extracurriculars, weird random drop in grades junior year
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: decent grades and a good essay
General Comments: I’m really happy that I got into my first UC! Good luck to everyone else!
Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 560 CR, 580 M, 680 W (1820)
[ *] ACT: 25
[ *] SAT II: 560 Math II, 610 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] UC GPA: 3.82
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] ELC?: OOS, so no.
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 WH, 3 Psych, 3 Eng Lang, 2 USH
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Physics, AP
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd in state for DECA competition,
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too much to list, haha.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Hospital Volunteer
[ *] Personal Statement: Worked on it over a period of 5 months, but it was average overall.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Nevada
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 65k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars and Community Service
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, Test Scores.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a solid match for this university.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good luck to all applicants!
Decision: Accepted
SAT I (breakdown): 2280
ACT:34
SAT II: Lit (720), US History (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
UC GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History: (5), Ap Bio: (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Gov/AP Micro, English 12, Physics Honors, AP Chem, AP Stats, AP Human Geo/ International Relations and Chemistry Honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Only school awards, like student of the month, etc.
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music, Piano, Dance, Language Tutor
[ *] Job/Work Experience:NA
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at my church
[ *] Personal Statement: Wrote about my culture and wrote about volunteer work in Palestine
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Business Administration
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Ukrainian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): My essays were very personal and I made them unique in a good way.
[ *] Strengths: My ACT and SAT improved a lot between the first and second time I took them
[ *] Weaknesses: Once my senior year grades come, there will be a downward trend because I missed a lot of school due to medical reasons.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades, SAT, ACT, I liked the essays too
Last year, UCR posted acceptances on January 14 which included recipients for scholarships at the same time. Since they are posting acceptances a week early, maybe the scholarships will be posted in the UCR portal next week.
Objective:
SAT I: 530 M 470 R 460 W (1460)
ACT: 21 (20 E, 8 W, 23 M, 21 R, 20 S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
UC GPA: 3.6
AP : Biology (2)
Senior Year Course Load: ERWC, Online Civics, Econ, AP Environmental, AP Statistics
Major Awards: N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cheerleading, Tennis, CSF
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Make A Wish, Pink Ribbon, Leo Alpha club
Personal Statement: good, came straight from my heart
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public (fairly competitive)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $10,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation, immigrant, adopted and haven’t live with my parents for 7 years.
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, Volunteering
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got recommended for admission
General Comments: I was very surprised with the acceptance but yay!!
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): none
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: math 2 (790)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[ *] UC GPA: 3.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APLAC (4) CALC BC (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP bio AP chem AP stats Gov/Econ English sports med
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC, track, soccer
[ *] Job/Work Experience: no
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours overall
[ *] Personal Statement: one about coming from a world of losing teams, another about smiling a lot
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yessir
[ *] Intended Major: biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public (top 20 in state hehe)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ESSAY, act?
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa and everything else
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I loved my essays
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1930 (CR: 620, M: 660, W: 650)
[] ACT: 30
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[] UC GPA: 3.79
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%
[] ELC?: … what’s this? ^^;
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (3), Eng Lang (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Latin, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, Gov, PF, Studio Art, mandatory theology classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball (Varsity and then became Manager), Glee Club (President), Girl Power Club (President), OKJCL (Secretary), StuCo (Senator), Politics Club
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[] Personal Statement: one about strict parents breeding the best liars and how that ties into wanting to be a novelist, and the other about how kpop essentially saved my life
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep, but probably won’t get it //shot
[] Intended Major: Asian Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): OK
[] School Type: Private, Religiously Affiliated
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: upper
[] Hooks: URM (Affirmative Action plays no part at UCs though)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: JCL, test scores and personal statements
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I took a risk and admitted that I’m a good at BS in a somewhat witty essay[/li][/ul]General Comments: I wonder how much emphasis UCs really put on GPA when making decisions because mine is actually quite terrible and it took a dip sophomore year… On the other hand, one of my personal statements (the kpop one) explained why without making it seem like I was pitying myself, so that might have something to do with it.
