Ucla 2015

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (720 Reading, 740 Math, 780 Writing)
ACT: n/a
SAT II (if submitted): 800 MathII, 690 Bio E, 650 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.41
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/240
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Stats 5, AP English Composition 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Biology
Awards: Mu Alpha Theta, Lifetime CSF (California Scholastic Federation) Member</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Principle cellist of Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra, President of UNICEF Club, 4+ years of JV/Varsity/Club volleyball
Job/Work Experience: I’m holding up 2 jobs right now, have been working since last year.
Volunteer/Community service: 2 yr+ volunteer with homeless kids putting on art sessions, 1 yr bowling with disabled seniors, 1 yr distributing food/relief items to homeless children, service trip to Ghana for 2 weeks, also ran a fundraiser for AIDS at my school.
Essays: #1. Diversity and what it means to me, and how I came about to that realization #2 how my work with orphans in Africa and witnessing AIDS affected families has led me to my future goals
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State:CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian - Korean
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper Class</p>

42

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070
ACT: 32
SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math, 690 Bio E, 640 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), European History (3), Studio Art: Drawing (3), English Language & Composition (4), Biology (4), US History (3)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:</p>

<p>French IV
AP Lit
AP Studio Art: 2-D Design
AP Psychology
AP Calc AB
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Distinction, High Honor Roll, Academic Lettering</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, National Art Honor Society, Link Crew, Interact, French Club, Varsity Tennis</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Waitress at three restaurants, hostess at one restaurant, freelance graphic designer, sponsoree for cosmetic company</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, CACHC Dragon & Lion Dancing</p>

<p>Essays:</p>

<h1>1: Talked about the event in my life that made me want to become a doctor</h1>

<h1>2: Talked about my secondary passion for arts and how it has impacted my work ethic</h1>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: N/A</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
Intended Major: Biology
State: CO (middle of nowhere basically haha)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian - Vietnamese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): GPA, ACT score, AP, work experience, first gen American</p>

<p>Reflection: Strengths: GPA, test scores, essays, work, class rank
Weaknesses: Lack of community service haha</p>

<p>General Comments: I’ve been trembling because I didn’t think I was going to get in, let alone receive a $21,000 scholarship for my first year! The work paid off :)</p>

43

<p>Decision: Accepted!!! Woohoo, I feel good.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (760 Reading, Math 670, Writing 800)
SAT II: 600 French, 600 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85~?
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.29
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/about 110</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP AB CALC
Political Theory
International Relations
Biology 100
English 111 - Honors
@ Community College</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Lots of classical music training and performances.
Volunteer/Community service: none really
Essays: Wrote about music and wanting to be a poli sci major. I wish I could’ve spent more time on them but I guess they were alright anyway.</p>

<p>Other:
Intended Major: Political Science, may switch to philosophy
State:CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Middle-Eastern, White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Reflection: Strengths: Essays, College courses at community college
Weaknesses: breadth of classes wasn’t too big. </p>

<p>General Comments: This is awesome, I had no idea whether I would get in or not and this makes me pretty stoked.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (Critical Reading 750 Mathematics 770 Writing 710)
ACT: none
SAT II (if submitted): Math II (740) Chem (760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (Out of 4.0) 4.06 < Honors=4.0 APs weighted at 4.25
Rank: unavailable
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) US History (5) English Composition (4)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc AB
AP Physics Mechanics
AP Stats
AP European History
H Latin V Vergil
H Adolescent Literature</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Town Superintendent’s Award, Dartmouth Alumni Book Club Award, other various small awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student government, judicial board, basketball, football, national honor society, math team
Job/Work Experience: coached basketball camp for two summers
Volunteer/Community service: Service projects to Vietnam and New Jersey, coach in town rec basketball league, local homeless shelter
Essays: moderate
Teacher Recommendation: strong</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Civil Engineering
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle class
From Massachusetts</p>

45

<p>got into nyu early decision and then found out i got into ucla today. now i really want to go to ucla</p>

<p>can u go on my forum page thing to give me advice…</p>

46

<p>ACCEPTED ! </p>

<p>BIOLOGY
SAT I: 2230 (CritReading 780/Math 760/Writing 800)
SAT II: Math II (760) Lit. (780)
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.5</p>

47

<p>ACCEPTED!!! </p>

<p>Cuz imma G… ya feel me? thank god tho i love UCLA i cant wait</p>

48

<p>My daughter got into UCLA the other day (posted at about 5:06pm PST 3/11/11]. Suffice to say, she (we) are so happy.</p>

49

<p>Decision: Accepteddd!!!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading(600) Mathematics(660) Writing(680) Total 1940
ACT: 32
SAT II (if submitted): 680 Math, 700 Chem, 550 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.208
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 27/478
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), Art History (3), English Language & Composition (4), Psychology (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:</p>

<p>AP Biology
AP US Government and Politics
AP Calculus AB
AP Literature and Composition
AVID 12 Senior Seminar
AP Environmental</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, MVP for JV swim team, Homecoming queen, not really sure if that was a major award or not ha.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Water polo (Captian) three years, Junior Varsity Swimming (MVP), Varsity Swimming, Key Club two years, Link Crew two years, Senior Class Officer (Organize homecoming float etc)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Part time employee at Jamba Juice</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Worked water polo tournaments</p>

<p>Essays:</p>

<h1>1: Talked about my parents both being British and being first generation American and to go to college, having to learn the American schooling system for myself etc.</h1>

<h1>2: Talked about how I have one kidney and the medical problems that have come from them. How sophomore year I struggled a lot and it was the reason I got not as good of grades, but overcame it.</h1>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: N/A</p>

<p>Other:
ELC: Yes
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Cognitive Science (Pre)
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ELC, first generation American, first generation to go to college, one kidney, got medical work done at UCLA, received supplement request form; talked about overcoming being in the wrong friend group and getting taken advantage of by a guy friend while drinking and reported receiving a 4.8 first semester senior year.</p>

<p>Reflection: Strengths: test scores, decent GPA, essays, grade improvement, ELC
Weaknesses: Lack of community service, GPA</p>

<p>General Comments: Getting into UCLA has been my goal since I screwed up sophomore year, everything I have done since then has been working to get in this school, I cannot even emphasize how amazing it is to reach the goal I worked so hard for! UCLA medical center saved my life, going there for college is very meaningful to me.</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading(720) Mathematics(800) Writing(730) Total: 2250
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math L. 2, 800 Korean, 780 Lit., 750 US History, 710 Bio ecology</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.453
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/694
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) Calc BC (5) US History (5) Biology (4) Physics B (4) Microeconomics (self-study, 4) Physics C - Mech (self study, 3)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Literature
AP Spanish Language
AP Economics/Gov</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, Debate Awards (1st place Parli debate team in league, going to states), LAUSD Board recognition award for excellence as debate captain on my high school. Also got an award from Los Angeles mayor (Mr. Villaraigosa) for my results at this one public forum debate competition. NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) BizCamp Competition - Regional Winner. </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (debate captain), Amnesty Club (founder & president), Youth Orchestra (bass clarinetist)
Job/Work Experience: self-empoloyed math tutor</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a local senior center (since 8th grade) - mostly organized events, talked with them throughout the day, and occasionally performed piano and clarinet pieces</p>

<p>Essays:</p>

<h1>1: Talked about my first ever debate competition and the lessons I learned from it, leading me to develop the confidence to challenge myself in every areas that have ultimately shaped who I have become today.</h1>

<h1>2: Talked about my transition into American culture, from the perspective of an immigrant from South Korea (I came here when I was in the 4th grade). I related the challenges I faced with the emotional support I received from my grandmother, and how she has been my inspiration to always push myself in whatever I do.</h1>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: N/A</p>

<p>Other:
ELC: I don’t know what this is, so I am guessing no…
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics (Pre)
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Lower-Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that seems to make it special enough to be legitimately considered a “hook” (perhaps being an immigrant?)
Reflection: Strengths: Essays Essays Essays, test scores, grades</p>

<p>General Comments: UCLA was my first college acceptance letter, so I feel great! I hope this streak goes on from here on.</p>

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<p>Accepted. Does anyone know the acceptance rate this year?</p>

52

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>2030 on sat, 3.7 gpa, no extracurriculars.</p>

53

<p>^^may2005 - rather than getting all sorts of answers (guesses) fr unverified sources (people love guessing & starting rumors), just wait till final stats are up.</p>

<p>[University</a> of California Office of the President](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/news/studstaff.html]University”>http://www.ucop.edu/news/studstaff.html)</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED to UCLA!!! </p>

<p>3.98 GPA UW
SAT: 1890
SAT II: MathII - 720 Bio - 640
AP Courses: Calc AB - 5;Biology - 3;English Lang - 3; US History - 2
Current AP Classes: Statistics, Comparative Governments, English Lit, Chemistry</p>

<p>Rank: 1 out of 186 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Band. President of NHS. School Board Rep.
Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed Trumpet Teacher and Calculus Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
Essays: Homophobia and Teaching PreCalculus; Teaching a Parakeet French
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid: FAFSA
Intended Major: Mathematics
State: Washington
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: higher
Hooks: Homosexual living in conservative town; Rural high school;</p>

55

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Undeclared Letters and Science</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): 2290 (780 Math, 710 Reading, 800 Writing)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Lit, 770 Bio-E, 760 Chinese</li>
<li>ACT: 35 (though i dont remember if i ended up reporting this for UCs) (36 Math, 36 English, 34 Reading, 32 English)</li>
<li>GPA (UW, W): 3.8 Unweighted, 4.2 something UC Weighted</li>
<li>Rank: Probably n/a</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: debate x 10, some other random stuff</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): First one was a pretty badass anecdote, second one was about debate</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: N/A</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Applied: Reg</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Bay Area</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: SD can blow me</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 - 750, Biology M - 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ? Don’t really remember
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.6 (when I applied xD)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Definitely somewhere in top 50% :stuck_out_tongue:
[<em>] ELC?: Only on track for ELC - top 12%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 4, Death in Literature, Civics, Honors Physics, Advanced Art, AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd place in a California-wide art show?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NAHS/Art Club (President), Cooking Club, School’s Ambassador’s Club, Theater Technician (some leadership roles), Hallway decorating (leader), spirit rallies, prom committee! haha
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work scholarship, parent’s business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: At school, Tech Museum
[</em>] Personal Statement: wrote about teching because it was unique and about why I picked my major in respect to my community</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. Didn’t receive any though! :frowning:
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US of A
[<em>] School Type: Private All Girls Catholic High School… :expressionless:
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~80k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores and gpa I guess, doing theater for four years
[<em>] Weaknesses: I’m not that unique! D:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but I’m happy anyway! (:
[/ul]General Comments:</p>