***UC San Diego Class of 2020 Decisions Thread***

Accepted to Warren (First Choice), but not into bioengineering major (first choice). I was accepted into Nanoengineering. Anyways, waitlisted today at Caltech. I will probably be attending MIT (admitted EA)

Is not receiving your acceptance by now a bad sign? :frowning:

Hi … I’m wondering if maybe you made a typo on your GPA of 2.3 …

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 590 Math, 630 Reading
ACT: n/a
CSU GPA: 3.61 (this doesn’t reflect any Honors or Dual Enrollment courses because I’m OOS)
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
College courses? If so, list them.: Intro to Computers, Psychology, Western Civilization, Abnormal Psychology, World Religions, English 101, Anthropology, Nutrition, Biology 101, College Algebra, Sociology
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Biology 101, College Algebra, Sociology, Senior Project, Financial Literacy (required by school), Government, Economics
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
7/10. Essay was about gender disparities in science and how I coached an all-girls Lego Robotics team to serve as a female, science-minded role model.

Other:
Intended Major: Biochemistry/Cell Biology. This was my second choice major, first choice was ChemE which I did not expect to get.
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
EOP?: No
NCAA?: No
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Greenville, South Carolina
If International, from what country?: n/a
School Type: Small Charter School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military?: No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: 140k+

of Family Members: 4

Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: 1 w/ Bachelors and 1 w/ Masters
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): “Hillbilly Appeal” (I live in South Carolina. Enough said.)
Living on-campus?" Yes

Reflection:
Strengths: Strong, different ECs, lots of leadership roles, solid grades, relatable essay, being from SC
Weaknesses: Scores are not very strong
Are you going to UC San Diego?: Possibly
If not, where are you going?: Waiting on UCLA, UCB, University of Washington, and a few others

@2Tired: The OP @donutkiller does have a 2.21 GPA but I am sure the post is a joke. OP was posting another thread about their chances at CS at SJSU and several other schools.

From SJSU thread
Decision Pending
CSU GPA: 2.21
SAT: 1530 - Math: 570, CR:490, writing: 470
Computer Science
What are my chances for getting in?
Thanks.

Asked for chances and then was asking about CC’s to attend.

Is it a bad sign if I did not recived anything yet on my portal? Or do they just send acceptances untill may 30th?
Thanks

No-one knows but probably the latter this year. It won’t be like UCI though probably; most likely 2-3 big waves until then. No-one knows though so don’t take my word for it- just a general speculation.

Well, thanks anyway! I’m just nervous as anyone here…
I got into UCD on Friday, but UCSD is one of my top choices. I applied for physics:
ACT: 31C (30E, 32 R, 34M, 28 S)
SAT II Physics : 730
SAT II Math level 2 : 770
GPA (Weighted) : 4.5

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 680 +690
[
] ACT: 30 (R 35 W 31 S 28 M 31)
[] CSU GPA: Don’t know–at my school, my GPA is 4.3 and I’m rankied 11/178
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), APES (4), APLANG (3), AP PHYSICS (2)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[
] College courses? If so, list them.: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro, AP French, AP Stats, AP Psychology, Teacher’s assistant for French II
[
] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 8.5/10
[li] Supplemental?: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Economics
[
] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: Don’t know what this means
[
] NCAA?: Don’t know what this means
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: New Jersey
[
] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: Public
[
] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[
] LGBTQ?: Bisexual
[] Citizen?: Yes
[
] Served in military? No
[] Married?: No
[
] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: >20k
[
] # of Family Members: 3
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: One bachelor degree, one just went to college
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays–they were definitely solid and well-written, good extra curricular activities too
[
] Weaknesses: test scores lmao
[] Are you going to San Diego State?:
[
] If not, where are you going?:

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
Genuinely happy that I got in since it’s my first acceptance out of NJ state schools :slight_smile:

Just a guess but it seems like those initially accepted this Friday might have been the initial top tier students?

I didn’t get a response yet and I’m not sure what my chances are, considering my scores are along the lower end.
Does anyone know how competitive admission to the Physiology & Neuroscience program is?

UC GPA : 4.0
ACT : 28
SAT : 1860

The results came out yesterday 3/12/16. I got accepted!

Decision: Accepted 3/12/16

Objective:

SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1410 
ACT: 19
UC GPA: 4.2
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus (1), AP English Literature (2), AP English Language (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School didn't offer
College courses? If so, list them.:
Child Development, Medical Terminology, Chicano Studies, Administration of Justice 1 & 2, Logistics 101 and 102, Fundamentals of Chinese, and Jaime Escalante Program - Geometry. 
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: I think my personal statement was pretty good. I'll say a 8.5/10. I got it reviewed many times by teachers, counselors, friends, my church mentor and family. 
Supplemental?: No. 

Other

Intended Major : General Biology! :)
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
EOP?: No.
NCAA?: No.
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes. LA.
If International, from what country?: N/A
School Type: Public.
Ethnicity: Latino
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: No.
Citizen?: No.
Served in military? No.
Married?: No.
Orphan?: No.
Income Bracket: 24k
# of Family Members: Five. 
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Middle School. 
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen.
Living on-campus? Yes.

Reflection

Strengths: Science, Public Speaking, Extra Curriculars. 
Weaknesses: Essays. 
Are you going to UC San Diego?: Undecided. 
If not, where are you going?: I'm waiting. 

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[list]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1520 (770M, 750 CR)
[
] ACT: n/a
[] UC GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.04 W
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) APUSH, (4) Calc. (4) English Lang, (3) AP Chem
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[
] College courses? If so, list them.:
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multi Var, AP Phys Mech, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats
[
] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: ~8/9
[li] Supplemental?: No[/li]
Other
[] Intended Major: Applied Mathematics.
[
] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: No
[
] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California?: Yes
[
] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: Public
[
] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[
] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Yes
[
] Served in military? No
[] Married?: Yes
[
] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: Didn’t list (but well over 200k)
[
] # of Family Members: 4 total
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Masters for both
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
General Comments/Additional Information:[list] Had good ECs, 800 on Math Level 2, good personal statement. Just waiting for LA, Berkeley, and SB now.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2030 (670R 650M 710W)
[
] UC GPA: 4.33 (4.0UW)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Calc AB(3)
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Psych, Stats, Civics, Econ
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 7/10 & 9/10
[
] Supplemental?: No

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: International Studies - Political Science, ERC (first choice)
[
] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Frosh
[] EOP?: No
[
] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes, Bay Area
[
] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian/white
[
] Gender: M
[] LGBTQ?: No
[
] Citizen?: Yes
[] Served in military? No
[
] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[
] Income Bracket: did not state
[] # of Family Members: 4
[
] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: PhD and Masters
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[
] Living on-campus? Yes

[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[] Strengths: Lots of leadership in application. Founded service club as fresshman, was president all 4 years, received award from city for volunteer leadership, varsity tennis 4 years, team captain 2 years + MVP junior year,
4 years marching band, section leader senior year, officer in NHS club senior year
[
] Weaknesses: not a huge amount of volunteer hours, low SAT (esp math), one essay was risky, could have been taken the wrong way, but they must have liked it :slight_smile:
[] Are you going to UCSD?: likely not
[
] If not, where are you going?: probably UC Davis (like their International Relations program better)

Decision: Accepted

SAT I : 2060
(CR and Math): 1420

CSU GPA: 3.91

AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), Calc BC (5), APUSH (4), Lit (4), Lang (3), Macroecon (4), Microecon (4), Chem (4), Euro (2 lol), Physics C E&M (3), Physics C Mechanics (3), US Gov (3)

Senior Year Course Load: Capstone French, Multivariable Calculus, College Counseling, Critical Theory, Organic Chemistry, TA (AP Chemistry)

How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: Pretty good, spent a lot of time on them. I’d say an 8-8.5

Intended Major: Undeclared Humanities

Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman

Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: OOS- Arizona

School Type: Charter

Ethnicity: Hispanic

Gender: Female

of Family Members: 3

Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, victim of domestic violence, 2 TEDx talks on racism and low income inter-city neighborhoods and the effect of the allocation of more money to prisons and not education, etc., captain of varsity basketball, boys and girls club volunteering

Living on-campus? ??

Strengths: Essays

Weaknesses: GPA and SAT (should have retested)

Are you going to San Diego State?: Well… Considering I did not apply to SDSU… Perhaps not.

If not, where are you going?: Uncertain as of this moment

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): N/A (Not reported to UC)
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] UC GPA: 4.23 (3.89UW)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): None LOL
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: Sociology, Horticulture, Computer Sci, Health Sci, Social Problems
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, US Gov, Spanish 1, French 1
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9/10 for complete and utter sass. My ending statement in the additional comments section for explaining my unfulfilled A-G requirements for foreign languages: “If you would to see my progress in self-studying Spanish, have a talk with my Colombian pen pal.”
[ *] Supplemental?: No

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Physics
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ *] Are you from California? Sacramento County
[ *] School Type: Public, then homeschool, then charter
[ *] Ethnicity: 1st-generation Asian-American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] LGBTQ?: Bisexual
[ *] Citizen?: Yes
[ *] Served in military? No
[ *] Married?: No
[ *] Orphan?: No
[ *] Income Bracket: 35K
[ *] # of Family Members: 2
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Bachelor’s degree and high school degree.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, I think.
[ *] Living on-campus? Yes

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: High GPA, ACT science score (34), fantastic essays, unique school history, college classes, drop year to volunteer in different states, can play multiple musical instruments, sass
[ *] Weaknesses: missing credits from strange school history, didn’t take a physics class because it wasn’t available, sass (which, in the end, they liked LOL)
[ *] Are you going to UC San Diego?: If I get full financial coverage, yes. Already got the $12,240 cal grant, btw.
[ *] If not, where are you going?: Purdue University, if I get scholarships.

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]
I did not receive my major, Mechanical Engineering, because it was capped. I will work towards transferring into it later, however.

Yeah Sorry about that guys, friends were messing with account, but no still havent gotten any results. do you have any idea when will it come?

Accepted 3/11 6pm

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): did not send
[ *] ACT: 32 (31,29,35,31)
[ *] CSU GPA: unweighted : 4.0 UC: 4.23
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) Calc AB (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.:
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP envi sci, ap stats, ap Chinese, ap us, English 4, world religions
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: First one: 10/10 best thing ive ever written lol and everyone admired it. Second one 8/10. NO additional comments
[ *] Supplemental?: NO

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Economics
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ *] EOP?: NO
[ *] NCAA?: NO
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: NO, Boston, MA
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type: Private, all boys, 1500
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] LGBTQ?: No
[ *] Citizen?: US
[ *] Served in military?
[ *] Married?:
[ *] Orphan?: NO
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle (150k)
[ *] # of Family Members: father, mother, little sister, (parents divorced)
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Dad- college mother- masters
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): adopted
[ *] Living on-campus? Yes

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, GPA, test scores,
[ *] Weaknesses: not much leadership activities
[ *] Are you going to San Diego State?: Probably NOt :frowning:
[ *] If not, where are you going?: UCLA is number 1

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]

For those asking about when people got their acceptances, I got mine this last Friday the 11th by phone call around 5pm. I’m an Economics major and got into Muir College my first choice! :slight_smile:

My daughter applied but hasn’t received any decisions yet. She is out of state. Do they call everyone when the decision comes out or have some been accepted who have not received a phone call?