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

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): Didn’t send
[
] ACT: 29
[] CSU GPA: 4.533 W, 4.0 UW
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Environmental Science (5), Eng Lang (4), Calculus BC (4), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[
] College courses? If so, list them.: None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Advanced systems Physiology, AP Eng Lit, AP US Gov, AP Bio, Theatre
[
] How were your personal statements? I would say they were both at least an 8/10
[li] Supplemental?: No[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Physiology and Neuroscience
[
] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?:
[
] NCAA?:
[] Are you from California? Northern California
[
] If International, from what country?: N/A
[] School Type: Public, competitive
[
] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[
] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Yes
[
] Served in military? No
[] Married?: No
[
] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket:150k+
[
] # of Family Members: 6
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: College
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): A lot of leadership positions and volunteer work
[li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Extracurriculars, and essays
[
] Weaknesses: Other Test Scores
[] Are you going to UC San Diego?: Undecided.
[
] If not, where are you going?: Still waiting for other decisions

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
I received the call on March 1st at around 5:00. It was an unknown number. You guys all still have hope. Good luck to everyone :-).

Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] CSU GPA:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.:
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:
[ *] Supplemental?:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?:
[ *] EOP?:
[ *] NCAA?:
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?:
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] LGBTQ?:
[ *] Citizen?:
[ *] Served in military?
[ *] Married?:
[ *] Orphan?:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] # of Family Members:
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ *] Living on-campus?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Are you going to San Diego State?:
[ *] If not, where are you going?:

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

@blessupman I got the call last night at 8.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I: 1870 (640 Math, 660 Reading, 570 Writing)
SAT II: 600 US History, 640 Biology, 690 Lit, 710 Math II
ACT: 31 (27 Science, 31 Math, 33 English, 34 reading, 16 writing, 28 ELA)
GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.423 W
AP: APUSH (3), AP Lang Comp (3)
IB: none
College courses? If so, list them: none
Senior Year Course Load: AP physics 1, French 4, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Bio
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: Pretty good. People that read them liked them a lot, I thought they were fine.
Supplemental?: No
Intended Major : Human Biology
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
Are you from California?: yes
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: Yes
Income Bracket: below 50k

of Family Members: 5

Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: college
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, girl in STEM
Living on-campus?: Yes

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: Basically just GPA and URM
Weaknesses: sat scores ugh
Are you going to UCSD?: Possibly
If not, where are you going?: Waiting on UCLA, if I don’t get in there it’s between UCSD and UCI
General Comments/Additional Information:
I wasn’t expecting to get a call so I’m super thrilled. Good luck to everyone waiting! :slight_smile:

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): CR - 750 / M - 750
[
] ACT: N/A
[] CSU GPA: 4.34
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), U.S History (5), Environmental Science (5), Lang/Comp (5), Calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[
] College courses? If so, list them.: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics
[
] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 7-8/10 for both - I tried to illustrate aspects of my personality specifically through each prompt.
[li] Supplemental?: N/A[/li]
[/ul]**Other [ul]
[]
Intended Major **: Communications
[
] 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 - Orange County
[
] If International, from what country?: N/A
[] School Type: Large Public
[
] Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
[] Gender: Female
[
] LGBTQ?: Yes
[] Citizen?: Yes
[
] Income Bracket: $45k to $55k
[] # of Family Members: 3 (only child)
[
] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Highest was high school
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college but being Asian isn’t exactly a hook LOL
[
] Living on-campus? Yes

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: test scores, GPA, non-generic statements
[
] Weaknesses: Ethnicity
[] Are you going to UCSD?: Probably not…
[
] If not, where are you going?: UCSD was my second acceptance soOoO

Hi guys,
I received a supplemental questionnaire to submit last month. As I was entering my grades, I accidentally submitted the form before filling out all my senior grades and was able to only fill out 3 of my course grades. Do you think this will harm my chances?

@kobe24mamba You technically did not complete the supplemental. But in this case (I got the supplemental from UCSD & UCLA) I am pretty sure grades do not matter to the extent that it will deny a person’s admission, unless if they are just really bad/do not meet the senior year requirements. Honestly, if I was an admissions officer I would definitely expect those who got the supplemental to turn in (mostly) average grades. I would be more intrigued by the supplemental application’s responses than grades. Just know that if you gave it your best possible shot, at least you got that. I do not care if I get denied, the fact that I got this far already satisfies me enough and the other fact that I got into one of my top choices, San Jose State, just astounds me. I hope you know UCSD already eliminated most applicants at the time you got the supplemental. Good luck to both of us! I will be praying for acceptances.

just got the call!

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): CR-690 Math-670
[
]ACT: n/a
[]CSU GPA: 3.8 unweighted 4.2 weighted
[
]AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language (4) APUSH (4)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[
]College courses? If so, list them.: AP Bio, AP Language, AP Literature, AP Calc, APUSH
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Physics, Gov/Econ, AP Literature + 5 art classes
[
]How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: tbh I don’t remember
[li]Supplemental?: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]**Intended Major **: art
[
] 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)?: Arcadia, CA
[
] If International, from what country?: n/a
[] School Type: Public, Art high school
[
] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: f
[
] LGBTQ?: no
[] Citizen?: yes
[
] Served in military? no
[] Married?: no
[
] Orphan?: no
[] Income Bracket: 90k~120k
[
] # of Family Members: 5
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: undergrad degrees
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[li] Living on-campus? sí[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: volunteer work, leadership, extracurricular, strong art background
[
] Weaknesses: SAT score
[] Are you going to San Diego State?: errrr idk
[
] If not, where are you going?: dunno

@elefish92 thanks so much for the support and good luck!

I got a call this morning during school around 10-11 AM from 925-813-**** and it mentioned Antioch, CA. I tried calling back but the person never responded back. Could this be a current student from UCSD?

@stressedgirl7 Would you mind telling me the first part of the number that the UCSD student called you from and possibly what city it mentioned?

**Decision: Accepted **

**Objective: **[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 660+650 1310
[li] ACT: 29[/li][
] CSU GPA: 4.33
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP (3), APUSH (4), AP English Lang (3)
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: tbh they’re like a solid 5/10 to me LOL
[
] Supplemental?: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Sociology
[
] 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 County
[
] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese American/Vietnamese)
[
] Gender: Female
[] LGBTQ?: No
[
] Citizen?: Yes
[] Served in military?: No
[
] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[
] # of Family Members: 4, incl
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Less than high school
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen
[li] Living on-campus?: Yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA
[
] Weaknesses: can I say everything lmao. SAT/ACT scores for sure

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information: thank god they didnt think my essays were bad lmaoamaoaoaoa

So online is probably coming out Friday but some people are already getting phone calls?
I know one of my friends got a letter already!
Super nervous eeep

Just got the call. Hopefully it was legit because I made the conversation very awkward thinking it was fake. I even asked the lady what my major was… Yeah I cringe but happy.

I got the call Saturday but no letter in the mail yet. No portal update either, but I don’t expect that to happen until they release decisions for everyone.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I : didnt send
ACT: 25
CSU GPA: 3.7
Senior Year Course Load: Speech, IB Physics HL 2, IB Spanish sl, IB english HL 2, IB History HL 2, AP Calculus, IB Theatre, IB TOK
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, 9.5/10 lol
Other
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, LA County
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: Yes
Served in military?: No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No

of Family Members: 3, including me

Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: high school
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen
Living on-campus?: Yes
Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars/ essays
Weaknesses:. mm GPA and ACT scores could’ve been ALOT better for me lmao
General Comments/Additional Information: don’t let low test scores discourage you!!! :slight_smile:

@alexxxcee how do you know you got accepted?

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 750 CR, 800 M
[
] ACT:
[] CSU GPA: ~4.3
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[
] College courses? If so, list them.:

  • Intro to Chem
  • General Chem I & II
  • Principles of Bio I & II
  • General Physics I & II
  • Elementary Stats & Prob
  • Looking at Art
  • Business Finance
    [] Senior Year Course Load: General Physics I & II, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, Gov/Econ, Aerospace Engineering (Spring), Robotics Manufacturing (Fall), Business Finance
    [
    ] How were your personal statements? 7 - I’m bad at writing
    [li] Supplemental?: N/A[/li]
    [/ul]Other[ul]
    []** Intended Major **: Mechanical Engineering
    [
    ] Freshman
    [] EOP?: No
    [
    ] NCAA?: No
    [] Are you from California? Los Angeles
    [
    ] If International, from what country?:
    [] School Type: Small public magnet
    [
    ] Ethnicity: Asian
    [] Gender: Male
    [
    ] LGBTQ?: No
    [] Citizen?: Perm Res
    [
    ] Served in military? No
    [] Married?: No
    [
    ] Orphan?: No
    [] Income Bracket: High middle
    [
    ] # of Family Members: 3
    [] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: College
    [
    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 15 hrs per week, year long internship at international aerospace company
    [li] Living on-campus? Yes[/li]
    [/ul]Reflection[ul]
    [] Strengths: Stats and EC
    [
    ] Weaknesses: Essays
    [] Are you going to San Diego State?: No
    [
    ] If not, where are you going?: DK yet

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list] No call as of 3/8/15 but got accepted through the mail and invited to a reception. No word as to regents or chancellors yet.

@knguyen1297 phone call

@chx178 did you get the reception mail today?

Can someone do a quick “chance me” for me?
Major: Chemistry
Asian, Male, First generation, immigrant

U/W GPA: 3.85
UC GPA: 4.15
Rank: Top 4% (out of 489) *School is 80% Asians, best in the area)

AP classes that I have took with AP test scores:
APUSH (3)
Physics 1 (4)
Calculus BC (5)

AP classes currently taking
AP Civics
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics

Extracurricular:
CSF (3 years)
Key Club (3 years)
After school teacher assistant (3 years)

Leadership position
CSF (Treasurer)
Key Club (Historian, Division News Editor)

Sport:
JV Tennis ( 3 years)

SAT: 1990 (Math: 780, CR: 580, Writing: 630) (9 on essay)

SAT Subject Test Math 2: 760

ACT Composite 27

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