I guess since this is my problem I need to fix this.
By “Are you going to San Diego State?” Please remove San Diego State and insert UC San Diego as well as “CSU GPA” remove CSU and insert “UC” (despite of the UC GPA and the CSU GPA being the same), then insert the information if you are willing to give it out online. Sincere apologies from the OP, I was in charge of the San Diego State Class of 2020 thread as well.
If there are any other mistakes I have made, please let me know. I am pretty sure everyone who has posted on here corrected it themselves. I cannot edit the first post due to College Confidential’s rules on editing. I will just repost this once per page.
[ *] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): Did not send
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] GPA: W: 4.29 UW:3.92
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), EngLang (4), APES (3), APUSH (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: NONE
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Spanish Lang, HNRS Gov/Econ, AP Stat, HNRS Band, AP English Lit
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
I was REALLY happy with my personal statements! I watched videos from UC professors and admin officers explaining what each statement should represent and I took the advice and made sure I expressed exactly who I am and what my aspirations are. RATING: ~9/10!!!
[ *] Supplemental?: NOPE because who needs extra stress haha
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Clinical Psych
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Nashville, TN
[ *] School Type: Public, coed, Very competitive w/ about 2500 students
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Citizen?: Yes
[ *] Income Bracket: 250,00 +
[ *] # of Family Members: 4
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Some college
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No
[ *] Living on-campus?: Yep
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays I believe were my strongest and my GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT slightly
[ *] Are you going to UCSD?: Maybe but I have to hear from other schools!
[ *] If not, where are you going?: UCLA and NYU are my top choices but honestly I like UCSD just as much and I plan on visiting SOON
Objective:
SAT I : 2080
ACT: N/A
UC GPA: 4.27 (capped) & 4.63 (uncapped)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), US History (4), Biology(4), Lang (4), Euro(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
College courses? If so, list them: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP Spanish, AP Government
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:7-8
Supplemental?: No
Other
Intended Major : Computer Engineering
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
School Type: Competitive public school
Ethnicity: Syrian
Gender: Male
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: No
Served in military? No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: 80k
of Family Members: 4
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: high school degree & associates degree
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Im Syrian
Living on-campus? Yes
Reflection
Strengths: High GPA, One essay was bomb, extracurriculars, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT Score
Are you going to UC San Diego?: Maybe
If not, where are you going?: UCLA hopefully
General Comments/Additional Information:
I only recently moved here form Syria, and was able to become a high achieving student here in the States.
Accepted: UCD
Waiting on: UCB, UCLA, USC, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UCI, UCSB
Objective:
SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): CR-710, Math-680
CSU GPA: 4.45 (my school doesn’t offer much AP/honors courses)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB- 5; Biology- 3 the only AP’s I was allowed to take because of how small my school is
Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Honors Econ
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:10/10 I worked a lot on these, so I’m quite proud of the essays I presented to the admission officers.
Other
Intended Major [ /b]: Political Science: International Relations
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: I’m from SoCal
School Type: Small Private School
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: $210,000+
of Family Members: 4
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: both college/graduate degree
Living on-campus? yes
Reflection
Strengths: my extracurriculars; internships; grades; essays
Weaknesses: test scores- they’re most definitely not the best, but I’m fairly positive that my extracurriculars were unique enough to outweigh that weak spot of my application.
SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 800 CR, 710 M
UC GPA: 4.40
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Calc BC (5 with AB subscore 5), US history (5), Lang (5), Chemistry (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Lit, AP Gov, World Religions, Peace & Justice (I go to a Catholic school), AP Psychology, AP Physics I, AP Spanish, Honors Macroecon
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: Going back and rereading them, they aren’t as bad as I remember them, so I would say both were ~8-8.5
Other:
Intended Major: Bioengineering: biotechnology
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: freshman
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Orange County, CA
School Type: all-girls Catholic school
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200k
of Family Members: 6 in household
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: grad school
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I did attend COSMOS at UCSD this past summer and was in the Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine cluster, so I am quite certain that was a big hook for this school
Living on-campus? yep
Reflection:
Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, test scores, COSMOS, essays
Weaknesses: perhaps my SAT math score, but hopefully I made up for that with my SAT II subject test score
Are you going to UCSD: maybe!
If not, where are you going?: haven’t heard back yet from many other schools
General Comments/Additional Information:
Honestly, I spent a month at UCSD during the summer working in their bioengineering facilities and I loved it there! UCSD is right now at the top of my list until I hear back from some of my other schools.
I was also awarded Regents Scholar so I’m pretty pumped
I agree with someone from earlier who said they think that UCSD is accepting more California students, last year at my school (also in San Diego) there were only 10-15 acceptances and this year i think there are at least 20 this year
theyre accepting 5,000 more students because the UC system got more funding and one of the things they have to do is accept 5,000 more students into the UC systems and they have to be CA residents
Objective:
SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): Did not submit
ACT: 33 overall, E:34 M: 29 R: 33 S: 34 Combined E: 33
GPA: UW ~3.8, W: 4.12
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
College courses? If so, list them.: English Dual Enrollment
Senior Year Course Load:AP Govt/Comp Govt, Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, English DE, Computer Math/Intro to CS
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: I thought they were probably a 6 or 7. I didn’t put anything in the additional comments section.
Supplemental?:
Other
Intended Major: Psychology
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?:Freshmen
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: No. South Riding Virginia.
If International, from what country?: N/a
School Type: Public high school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
LGBTQ?: N/a
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military? N/a
Married?: N/a
Orphan?: N/a
Income Bracket: $120,000
of Family Members:5
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Graduate
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/a
Living on-campus?: Possibly
Reflection
Strengths:Personal Statements, GPA, Test Scores, ECs
Weaknesses: Honors, Course load
Are you going to UCSD?: I’m not sure yet. Still waiting on other schools! This is my second college acceptance out of 8. I got into George Mason University and rejected from Georgia Tech.
@jerseycali No! I don’t think so. The recent decision releases was only the second batch. The third batch is on March 30th, so I believe. Have faith my dude!
By “Are you going to San Diego State?” Please remove San Diego State and insert UC San Diego as well as “CSU GPA” remove CSU and insert “UC” (despite of the UC GPA and the CSU GPA being the same), then insert the information if you are willing to give it out online. Sincere apologies from the OP, I was in charge of the San Diego State Class of 2020 thread as well.
If there are any other mistakes I have made, please let me know. I am pretty sure everyone who has posted on here corrected it themselves. I cannot edit the first post due to College Confidential’s rules on editing. I will just repost this once per page.
Objective:
SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1400 (710 CR, 690 M)
ACT: did not submit
GPA: UW ~3.88, W: 4.12
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), US History (4), World History (4), Statistics (Taking currently), Environmental Science (Taking currently)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
College courses? If so, list them.: English Dual, Government Dual, Economics Dual
Senior Year Course Load: Dual English, Dual Gov/Econ, AP Stat, AP Environmental Science, Clinical Rotations
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:probably a strong 8.5 on all, I’d consider myself a relatively strong writer.
Other
Intended Major: Biology
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?:Freshmen
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: No. Texas
If International, from what country?: N/a
School Type: Public high school
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: N/a
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military? N/a
Married?: N/a
Orphan?: N/a
Income Bracket: High
of Family Members: 3
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Graduate
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/a
Living on-campus?: Possibly
Reflection
Strengths: Definitely my EC’s and personal statements, I think those really carried me
Weaknesses: A few B’s, not the highest rank because I go to such a competitive HS
Are you going to UCSD?: Probably not, still waiting on other schools though
