Nope…we are from WA state. Still waiting. My D got into UCD, waiting for UCSD @amy989
My D got into Davis too! Waiting on UCSD and Irvine now.
@amy989 - My D got an acceptance email on the 12th (portal updated on the 11th). We are OOS. Good Luck to you D.
@Mayzie Thank you!
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.
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1920
[] ACT:
[] CSU GPA: 4.4
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] College courses? If so, list them.:
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Chemistry, Honors Lit, Government
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: I think I had a unique point of view, 9/10
[li] Supplemental?: none[/li]
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: I think they do it by college, right? I got into Eleanor Roosevelt.
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ ] EOP?:
[ *] NCAA?:
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: In-state
[ ] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: Online
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[ ] LGBTQ?:
[ *] Citizen?:
[ *] Served in military?
[ *] Married?:
[ *] Orphan?:
[] Income Bracket: <40,000
[] # of Family Members: 4
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Grad school
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I talked a lot about being a professional actress and how that allowed me to give back and how I have grown from that
[] Living on-campus? Yes
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: GPA and test scores were pretty good, I think the acting thing helped be stand out
[] Weaknesses: Senior course load maybe
[] Are you going to San Diego State?:
[] If not, where are you going?:
This was my first decision so really happy I got in! The email came at 1:45 today.
any anthropology majors?
Decision: Accepted
Major: Electrical Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2280 in one sitting (730 R, 790 M, 760 W)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 790 Bio E, 790 Chinese, 740 Physics, 790 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted GPA, but maybe around 3.7~3.8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(4), AP Macroeconomics self-studied(5) AP Physics 1(4), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Chinese(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Physics C Electromagnetism, AP Computer Science A, AP US Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Central Taiwan National Debate Championships 1st Place, WSC Taiwan Round debate champion, WSC Global Round debate champion
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate Club Captain- On the national WSDC debate team + Represented Taiwan at the NSDA National Round in Texas. Central Taiwan National Debate Championships- 1st Place, NIFTY Impromptu speaking-1st place, and some other debate awards not worth mentioning.
Swimming Team Captain- 200 meters Butterfly Hsinchu City-1st Place; Broke two Hsinchu County records for 50 meters and 100 meters Butterfly in November 2014, and a lot of other swimming awards not worth mentioning.
WSC Club Founder and President- WSC National Debate Champion; Global Round Final Debate (Represented Taiwan’s top debater at Dubai); Global Round (Dubai) Debate Champion…etc
Robotics Team Co-founder and Captain- International Student Software Competition (ISSC) 2015; TAIROS Industrial Robotics Convention… no major awards
World Cultures Club- Founder and President- Helped out at lantern festival, volunteering at migrant worker centers…etc
Every Child Counts Club- Vice President- Fundraisers, community service at orphanages…etc
Piano- Had a lot of regional awards, nothing major
MUN- Had around 6 best delegate awards and some chairing experience
Job/Work Experience: Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU in the summer of 2015 and wrote a research abstract on the matter.
Volunteer/Community service: Had around 70~100 total community service hours volunteering at the Hope Center for migrant workers, teaching children English/Chinese at the Honghua Orphanage…etc
Summer Activities:
- Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU. (Created a prototype for a rehabilitative robotic exoskeleton- I worked on the electromyography of the exoskeleton)
- Represented Taiwan’s national debate team at the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC)
- Was the champion qualifier team in Taiwan so we attended the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Round in Dallas, Texas.
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Commonapp-(7/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor- Doesn’t really know me (6/10)
AP Physics teacher- (8/10)
AP Lit teacher- (7/10)
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Taiwanese (Asian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nopeeee
Reflection
Strengths: I think my extracurriculars definitely helped me on this one
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted- Georgia Tech, Purdue, UIUC, Northwestern, UT Austin
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Happy that I got in!
Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 460 + 530
[] ACT: nope
[] UC GPA: 3.04
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (pending), Biology (4), English Literature (3), Calculus AB (pending), Statistics (pending), Macroeconomics (pending), United States Government & Politics (pending) Psychology (5), World History (4), United States History (4), Spanish Language (5), & Spanish Literature (5).
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope
[] College courses? If so, list them.: nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP United States Government & Politics, Physics Honors, CSU Expository Reading & Writing, and Track & FIeld/Cross Country.
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 10/10 for all 3, made counselor cry a bit since I had unique situations and the whatnot.
[li] Supplemental?: Yes![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Mathematics - Probability & Statistics
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: Yes
[] NCAA?: Most likely no.
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes, Long Beach in the Los Angeles county.
[] If International, from what country?: nope
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] LGBTQ?: nope
[] Citizen?: yes
[] Served in military? nope
[] Married?:nope
[] Orphan?: nope
[] Income Bracket: $25K but my dad spends it a little more than half on himself such as drugs and alcohol so really $10K
[] # of Family Members: 7 including me
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: high school graduate (through a program for immigrants) & high school drop out
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, medical problems, 1st generation U.S. citizen, research in Statistics online, founder of Young Hispanic Scholars at my school, and several others…heartbreaking.
[li] Living on-campus?: I would have.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: everything else!!! 8-}
[] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA GPA SAT GPA GPA GPA GPA
[] Are you going to UC San Diego?: If I got accepted, I probably wouldn’t even go since it was a financial paradise by living with my sister. I am set on San Jose State unless if I get into UC Los Angeles or UC Berkeley.
[] If not, where are you going?: San Jose State as of now
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
Denied with supplemental, appalling UCSD, very appalling. I am so glad I am not going here since they are pulling the UCI now. I only applied for my sister and that was it.,.I visited the campus and I didn’t really fall in love I was just like, “Oh, cool.” Still an amazing school though for a specific group of people, I’m happy that UCSD accepted my sister and that was her dream school! Thanks for the time, UCSD!!! 
I seriously hate how undergraduate admissions put so much value into GPA and not the person itself, I hate it. 
It’s so unlucky for people who have difficult lives.
**Decision: Waitlisted **
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1340 (740 CR, 600 M)
[] ACT: 31
[] UC GPA: 4.1, UW 3.86, W 4.12ish?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Psychology (5), World History (4), English language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[] College courses? If so, list them.: N/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Calc AB, AP English Literature, AP US Gov/AP Microeconomics, AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP European History, Advanced Journalism, Senior seminar
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 8/10 on both
[li] Supplemental?: No[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Political science
[] 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, from San Diego
[] If International, from what country?: N/A
[] School Type: Large(ish) public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Yes
[] Served in military?: No
[] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: $250k+
[] # of Family Members: 6 (including me)
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Dad has PhD, Mom has bachelors.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, essays, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: SAT math score, no real hooks
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list] My extracurriculars, awards, etc. can be found on the Northeastern results thread.
I’ve gotten into UC Davis, Sac State, Cal Poly SLO, and Northeastern. Still waiting to hear back from UCSB, Tufts, George Washington, and American. I’m pretty bummed because I didn’t get a supplemental, meaning I was a solid “waitlist” candidate which doesn’t really make much sense to me but whatever. I will not be taking a spot on the waitlist because I don’t really see a point in waitlists tbh.
To those who were accepted- congratulations! To those who weren’t- I’m sorry. I was rooting for you. But UCSD’s decision doesn’t define you- and they don’t deserve us, anyway.
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I : 2170/1390
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] CSU GPA: 4.2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), Bio (3), APUSH (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): na
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: 3 week psych class at UCSD
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs 1 Honors
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9/10
[ *] Supplemental?: yes
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: neuro
[ *] 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?:
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] LGBTQ?: yes
[ *] Citizen?: yes
[ *] Served in military? no
[ *] Married?: no
[ *] Orphan?: no
[ *] Income Bracket: $200k+
[ *] # of Family Members: 3
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: college grad
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ *] Living on-campus? what?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: idek
[ *] Weaknesses: everything
[ *] Are you going to San Diego State?: no
[ *] If not, where are you going?: No idea
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list] So sad
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I =1770
UC GPA: 4.25, UW 3.92, W 4.25
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
College courses? If so, list them.: N/a
Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP Psych, Statisitics, Graphic Design, Government, Brit Lit
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 10/10 on both. They were the star of the app.
Supplemental?: No
Other
Intended Major : Pharmaceutical Science
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, San Diego
If International, from what country?: N/A
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military?: No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: not sure i think 70k+
of Family Members: reported 5
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: no college education for both
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, bomb essays
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, essays,
Weaknesses: THAT SAT SCORE THO LOL, ec
General Comments/Additional Information:
I am so saddened that I’ve been rejected to my first choice. I was accepted to SDSU, SJSU, CSU San Marcos, CSU LB, UC Davis, and UCI. Im still waiting for UCB and hoping for the absolute best. GL to everyone accepted!!! and to those on the same boat as I am, things happen for a reason, and perhaps ucsd is just not for us. Honestly numbers are not everything, UC’s were whack this year so ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. Hope this helps someone in the future. Stats were pretty average but i heard ucsd barely reads essays so…?
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective
SAT I: 2260 ( 720 CR, 780 M, 760 W)
ACT: 36 (35 E, 35 M, 36 R, 36 S)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 (4.02 W)
Rank: Top 15%? (Just a guess, school doesn’t rank)
AP: APUSH (5), Stats (5), Euro (4)
IB:
Senior Year Course Load: English, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, Schoolwide English Dept. Award
Subjective
Extracurriculars: Club President + Founder, 5 years Odyssey of the Mind (2x State Champions),
Job/Work Experience:1 year retail job, 5 year other work, contracted technology work
Summer Activities: Service trip Costa Rica,
Essays (rating 1-10, details): One 7/10, one 8 or 9 / 10, won’t really go into much more detail
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec: 8 or 9 / 10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec (if used): Teacher, 7/10
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics/Astronomy
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $500,000
Hooks (legacy, URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, strength of senior year schedule, essay
Weaknesses: GPA, ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dip in grades junior year, not too many Extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected: UCLA, Johns Hopkins
Accepted: St. Mary’s CA, Willamette, UMass Amherst, George Mason, Ohio State, Northeastern
General Comments: Honestly surprised, but Northeastern is my #1 and the deposit is $3700 and non-refundable. Will be passing on the waitlist.
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1360 (1980 composite)
[] ACT: 31
[] UC GPA: 3.85
[] College courses? If so, list them: Economics, Government, Rhetoric, Composition
[] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, Government, Rhetoric, Composition, AP Statistics and AP Environmental Science
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9/10, I consider myself a good write, gave lots of insight in my additional comment section as well.
[li] Supplemental?: Didn’t get one.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Computer Science
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: TX
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle-class
[] # of Family Members: 4
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Middle eastern?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, essays, to a lesser extent ECs
[] Weaknesses: SAT I/II, GPA
[] Are you going to UC San Diego?: Not sure yet.
[] If not, where are you going?:
Accepted: UT-Dallas, Texas A&M, Iowa, UCI
Waitlisted: UCSD
Rejected: Northwestern, UT-Austin
Waiting: USC, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UNC-Chapel Hill
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information: Happy to not be outright rejected, but overall disappointed I wasn’t accepted. If I commit to UCI, I’ll definitely opt in to the waitlist and hope for the best, as UCSD was my top choice, but if money proves to be too much of a factor, I unfortunately won’t have that option. Congratulations to everyone accepted!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
ACT: 33
UC GPA: 4.35
IB: P-38
Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
How were your personal statements? 9 ~ 9.5
** Intended Major **: CompSci [list]
[] If International, from what country?: Taiwan (from US though)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Living on-campus? Yes!
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: ACT, GPA, ECs, Personal Statement
[] Weaknesses: Some of the statements may not be fully polished, GPA in G10…
[] Are you going to UCSD?: Probably not…
[] If not, where are you going?: We’ll see…
General Comments: Satisfied. Got into LA this morning and am waiting for Berkeley…
@GoombaJMR Dang man congrats! I got waitlisted Though I was pretty surprised by the results…
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
- SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 730 CR, 800 M
- UC GPA: 3.9(?)
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Nonne
- Senior Year Course Load: IB: Chem HL, Bio HL, TOK, Psych SL, Math HL, Japanese SL, English HL
- How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: I’d say around 7? They weren’t great but not bad either.
Other:
- Intended Major: Molecular Biology/Microbiology
- Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: freshman
- Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: International
- School Type: IB International
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Forgot
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of Family Members: 3 in household
- Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: grad school
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
- Living on-campus? yep
Reflection:
- Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, test scores
- Weaknesses: Maybe my GPA? Had a decreasing grade trend since junior year
- Are you going to UCSD: Probably not
- If not, where are you going?: Not sure yet.
General Comments/Additional Information:
Tbh I’m not happy about getting waitlisted. I initially thought that my grades would be enough and I had some pretty good ECs to back me up too. Though after seeing a lot of competent people either get rejected or waitlisted I think that I still have a chance a Berkeley!
I was accepted to UCSD but rejected from the bioengineering department.
I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I think it is weird that UCSD bioengineering rejected me since I was accepted yesterday to Johns Hopkins BME
Until now:
Accepted: MIT, JHU (BME), UCLA (Bioengineering), UCSD (Nanoengineering)
Waitlisted: Caltech
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math: 800
ACT: 32
UC GPA: Weighted: 4.35, UW: 3.87
AP: AP US Government (3), AP World History (3), AP US History (4), AP Chemistry (4), AP Psychology (4), AP Calculus AB, AP English Language (5)
IB: None
College courses? If so, list them: None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, Physics Honors (self studying AP Physics I; no AP Physics offered), Orchestra, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: One was a 9/10, about transferring to another school; The other was a 6.5/10, just a generally decent essay about my Korean-American background and how it impacted my decision to go into biomedical engineering.
Supplemental?: No
Other:
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering; accepted for Molecular Synthesis Chemistry
UCSD College: Warren
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)?: Arizona
If International, from what country?: N/A
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: Bisexual
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military? No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: 10k/year
of Family Members: 3
Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Dad has a Master’s in Molecular Biology, Mom has an Associate’s in Theology
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Low income minority (even though I’m an ORM), extracurriculars, leadership (Vice President of 3 clubs: Science National Honor Society, Orchestra Counsil, Chemistry Club), Treasurer of 3 clubs)
Living on-campus? Yes
Reflection
Strengths: SAT Math II Score, one really good essay, extracurriculars, background, difficulty of junior and senior courseload
Weaknesses: ACT score, GPA (it’s low for engineering)
Are you going to UC San Diego?: Maybe. I’m conflicted, though, because as an OOS student, tuition is really expensive and there’s hardly any financial aid. Also, I didn’t even get into the major that I wanted (bioenginering).
If not, where are you going?: Most likely UC Berkeley (if I get in) or instate honors college
General Comments/Additional Information:
I’m happy that I wasn’t waitlisted or rejected, but it still is disappointing that I didn’t get into the Biomedical engineering major. I love UCSD as a school, and I would love to go if it wasn’t so expensive and if I had gotten into the major that I wanted. Even still, I really like molecular synthesis and I think that even though it was my alternate major, I would really like it at UCSD, since that specific major is unique to UCSD and I think I would get more personal attention if I went into Molecular Synthesis than if I went into bioengineering. Also, I’m not really sure if I would like bioengineering better or Molecular Synthesis better, so I guess I would just have to wait until I hear from Berkeley to start making a decision about whether I want to go or not.
I was accepted into Warren for Computer Science! I’m shocked because of how hard it is to get in for that major. Probably won’t attend since I’m OOS
UC GPA : 4.45
SAT : 1880