<p>Decision: Rejected > Appealed > Accepted
<em>Appeal was accepted on May 16th, 2012</em></p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading (580), Mathematics (740), Writing (630), Total (1950)
[</em>] SAT II: Mathematics 2 (760), Ecological Biology (630)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 6 Semesters (3.22), 7 Semesters (3.33)
[</em>] UC GPA: 6 Semesters (3.5), 7 Semesters (3.69)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): About 130 out of about 800
[</em>] ELC?: No
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Computer Science (5), Calculus BC (?), Environmental Science (?), Microeconomics (?), Macroeconomics (?)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, AP Economics, Web Development, AP Calculus BC, Calligraphy, AP Environmental Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NJROTC - Every week we would do physical exercise, uniform inspection, drill, and academic review on military and historical topics.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Fun Under the Sun - I volunteered as a junior counselor at this summer camp. I assisted with programming, watched over groups of children, and participated in weekly meetings. (640 hours; 2 summers, 320 per summer)
[</em>] Personal Statement: Both were great. One talks about how I grew up with technology and its influence over my life and desires to become a computer programmer, and the other talks about how volunteering at a summer camp helped make me a better person.[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, applied for FAFSA, but I did not receive any aid.
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science, but I recently changed it to Computer Game Science after being accepted.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large & Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k + per year
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: 5 on comp sci exam, lots of volunteer work, senior course load, decent SAT score
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think your appeal was accepted: My appeal letter was fantastic, had my sister revise it a bit and she’s a great writer. I basically talk about how I have made lots of challenging software already in my freetime using java, and how I feel that I would be an excellent addition to the computer science program at UCI. I also briefly mentioned that I got a 4.67 GPA the first semester of my senior year. I provided code samples, and pictures of the games I have made.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: Good luck to whoever is waiting to hear back on their appeal!</p>
