Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): n/a
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Sociology, College of Letters & Sciences.
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.15
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.15
ELC (top 9%): Yes, 47/438
Comments about course load (including senior year): medium difficulty, taking four AP classes: calc ab, statistics, literature, and government
The difficulty stemmed from taking calculus during senior year, senioritis hits real quick
Dual Enrollment: Took Psychology at local CC and received an A
SAT (total and sections): 1220 620 RW 600 M
ACT (total and sections): 25
SAT Subject Tests (if any): none
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 3 for AP US History
IB exams (score in parentheses): none, school did not have IB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Highest Valued Player Award for Women’s Tennis
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Tennis, Technology Editor of Key Club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 100 + hours of community service
Summer Activities: none
Personal Insight essays (details):
leadership role: I detailed my role in tennis, what I did for three years, how in Senior year I started becoming a role model for underclassmen teammates, and wrote about importance of teamwork and being a family.
Rate: 8.5/10
personal challenge: I wrote about having to be the second mother in my family due to an absent father and mother working constantly.
Rate: 9/10
greatest talent: Having to be positive when I was constantly under pressure to care for my family while also trying my best to be the first person in my family to go to college.
Rate: 8/10
creative side: I wrote about my love for graphic design. I further elaborated on what I did to express my love for it ex: creating designs, making websites etc, then furthering that interest into becoming the Technology Editor for Key Club.
Rate: 7/10
Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): in state
High school type: public school
Gender: Female
Race: Asian
Highest level of parent education: high school diploma
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, GPA, lots of community service
Weaknesses: SAT score, lack of extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I feel that my essays are what got me admitted because of how much it revealed the person that I am. I did not say: here’s what I did, how I did it, and how did I fix it/change, rather I delved into how it shaped me to the person I am and continues to do so. I was very personal and bared my true feelings into each essay. I also related each essay back to my major and why I am a perfect candidate for my major, Sociology. (Some recommend not to do this because you have an alternate major and what you talk about may not relate to that. However, if you’re passionate about your major, go for it and be very personal and show the type of person you are.) Also, I was in the top nine percent of my school, (I was 8%) but as long as you can be in the top nine percent, the likelihood of acceptance should increase. The classes that I took were very rigorous as well. In all four years of my high school , I have gotten A’s in every course, every semester. I also recommend to be very involved in school activities and join as much clubs that you are interested in.
Classes I took:
Advanced English 10
Honors Math 2&3
Honors English 11
AP US History
AP Calc AB
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Government
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
ACCEPTED:
Cal Poly SLO
SDSU
Long Beach State
SJSU
UCR
UCSC
UCI
WAITLISTED:
UCSB
UCSD
REJECTED:
UCLA
Waiting in UCB
General Comments:
Start early on your UC application future seniors! They open in August, but let me tell you, I waited until the last TWO days to write my essays. But if you can put the thought and feelings into completing the essays, then it doesn’t matter if you spend 2 months or two days. Just be you. Also do your scholarships, I’ve been lacking lol. Any future freshman, sophomores, juniors, get involved in school and get good grades! Hard work truly pays off. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t have a high test score, as you can see from my low 1220 SAT, you can do it. I was accepted into UCD (my dream school ;)) UCR, UCSC, and UCI. If you are UC potential, the admissions will recognize your hardwork and effort. Good luck future UC applicants and soon to be students! 
