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I am going to post my results but I have a dumb question first (lol I’m not a cs major): do I remove all the brackets?
@hyacinth12 Sorry, I copied the source code from somewhere else, but I think you do remove all the brackets. However, the formatting may be a little off.
Decision: Accepted
Major: Computer Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1430, 6/5/6, 740M, 690CRW
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 34C, 9W, 35E, 35E, 29R, 36S
SAT II (Type, Score): Math2 800, Chinese 800, Physics 650 (don’t laugh… my school didn’t offer Physics)
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.19
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but pretty sure I am in the top 3% out of 103 seniors
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Environmental Science (4), Physics 1 (3), Computer Science (2-didn’t submit)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not applicable
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Gov, World Lit, Physics, and Spanish 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Yale Young Global Scholars participant, AP Scholar, Student of the Month, Prudential Spirit of Community Service, and (most likely because of the) UC Berkeley embARC Summer Design Academy participation.
[ b]Subjective:**
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): College Prep Club (Founder, 11th-12th), Gardening Club, Film Club, GSA, in-school tutoring
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Mathnasium, Mentor at CollegeSpring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Park Ranger’s Assistant, Library Summer Volunteer
[ *] Summer Activities: Yale Young Global Scholars, embARC Summer Design Academy, Courses at Community College, Family Responsibilities
[ *] Essays: I would say a 9.5/10, and had at least three pairs of professional eyes look on it before submission
[ *] Teacher Recommendations: Not applicable
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not applicable
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[ b]Other**
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California!
[ *] School Type: Charter
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese to be exact)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Very low (four digits)
[ *] Assets: None except for some income from part-time job
[ *] Property: None other than the house I live with my parents
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances: This. So. Much. My father had a stroke that left him unable to work. My mother recently immigrated to the US with little English knowledge. I had to take care of my father while maintaining a high academic record. This must have moved the adcoms at UCLA.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1.5th generation college student and low-income family.
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Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: Honestly, I think it’s my personal story and experiences as someone who experience trauma as a young child and various setbacks in the teenage years. Also, my test scores, especially in STEM, signifies that I am ready for the UCLA HSSEAS curriculum.
Rejected, unfortunately. Here are my stats in case anyone’s interested:
3.93 weighted GPA, 1490 SAT, 800 Level 2 Math, 640 Physics
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
- [] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW):1520, 18, 740 Eng, 780 math
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): NA
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Physics 740, Math II 800
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.5/4
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/~430
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL (6), Film SL, Hist HL, Eng HL, Phys HL, Math HL, Comp Sci SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: bunch of IBs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM commended
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity xc/track; scouting (Eagle, various leadership)
[] Job/Work Experience: NA
[] Volunteer/Community service: NA
[] Summer Activities: Misc. Lots of camping
[] Essays: Decent
[] Teacher Recommendations: NA
[li] Counselor Rec: NA[/li][/ul]
Other
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[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White + 25% asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: >200k
[] Assets: 2 boats, some houses
[] Property: a few houses
[] Extenuating Circumstances: not really
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Don’t think so[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I applied as an engineering major and I think that’s more selective.
Rejected
Engineering
3.88 UW
34 ACT
Re-Frickin-jected
1280-4.06 UC W-OOS-3.83 UW
Admitted?: Rejected D:
Major: Biology
GPA: 4.3
SAT/ACT Score: 1360/1600
Essays (Good or bad?): Good
Extracurricular Activities: Band, Link Crew, Hospital Volunteer, other types of service
Awards: CSF
AP classes (and test score): AP CHEM (4), AP COMP SCI, AP PHYSICS, AP GERMAN, AP CALC AB
Honors: Honors Geometry, Honors PreCalc, Honors Chem
What made you stand out?: nothing lol
Other colleges applied: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCI, UCSD, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Long Beach
Colleges accepted: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Long Beach, UCI (with CHP)
Colleges denied/waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD
Are you planning to attend?: not anymore D: I’m going to Irvine now.
accepted for pre economics!
weighted uc gpa: 4.4
unweighted gpa: 4.0
sat: 1450
sat subject: math 2: 760 chem: 730
weighted classes: honors pre calc, honors chem, ap calc ab, ap calc bc, honors american literature, honors physics, apush, ap micro, ap macro, ap computer science, ap stats
rank: top 30 in class
ap: apush (5) ap calc ab (5)
EC: competitive swimming ~22 hours a week, DECA both junior and senior year (2nd in norcal for Marketing Communications senior year)
in state!
first generation american (russian)
I was waitlisted. Does everyone get the opportunity to be on the waitlist or does UCLA select applicants to be on the waitlist?
Decision: Accepted
Major: History
SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1190 - English 560, Math 630
SAT II (Type, Score): US History - 580, World History - 530, Spanish - 710
UC Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.56
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/151
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History - 3, World History - 3, Lang - 3, Enviromnetal - 2, Chem - 1
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Spanish, Honors Physics, Journalism, Leadership
Major: History
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (3 years) Commissoner of Publicity and Grade Pres. 10th and 11th, School Newspaper (4 years) News and Manging Editor and held several other positions, NHS President, CSF Vice President, Mock Trial Lead and Pre-trial Lawyer, and College Peer Counselor
Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship
Volunteer/Community service: local park and local museum about 400+ hours
Summer Activities: Summer Internship at LAUSD and Took several community college classes.
Essays: idk I just wrote my PIQ’s to the best of my ability
State (if domestic applicant):
] School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chicano
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000
Hooks: URM, First-Generation
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Is anyone on here was accepted into UCLA performing arts program and received an email today?
Decision:Accepted !!
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OOS undeclared -physical science
GPA W. 4.41 , SAT 1370, Class rank 3/200 4year varsity track, cross country, Many ECs,
Decision: Accepted
Major: Bioengineering
Objective:
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[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1440, 690M, 750E, 5/6/5 essay
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 35, 36E, 35M, 35R, 35S, 9 essay
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Math2 800, Bio M 800, Chem 780
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.5/4
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1/4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, def in top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (5), Calc BC (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chinese, AP Psych, Discrete Math, Multivariable Calc, Genre Studies (school limits to 3 APs/year)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM commended [/li][/ul]
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): competitive figure skating (9-12, 16 hr/wk)
[] Job/Work Experience: ice skating classes assistant (10-11), ice skating coach (12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: building blocks service learning (working with Head Start) (9-12, learder 12)
[] Summer Activities: same as ECs
[] Essays: pretty good?
[] Teacher Recommendations: one was very good, don’t know about the other but it was probably good as well (don’t know if these were sent or not)
[li] Counselor Rec: probably good[/li][/ul]
Other
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[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: half Chinese half white
[] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]
@larry.deqauvo No only select people get waitlisted.
Decision: Accepted
Major: Neuroscience (College of Letters and Science)
Objective:
- [] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1590 - 800 M, 790 CR, 8/6/8E
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 35 - 36E, 34M, 36R, 34S
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Math 2 - 800, Chemistry - 750, Biology - 740, Spanish - 740, Literature - 730
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5): ~4.2 (weighted, capped)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 225/673 ← definitely my weakest point, though UCLA doesn’t consider
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), CS (5), Calc AB (5), English Lang/Comp (5), Spanish Lang (5), Physics 1 (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Stat, AP English IV (literature), AP Bio, AP Econ, AP Gov, Medical Microbiology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scouts Gold Award, small regional science fair award, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Silver, DAR Good Citizens
Subjective:
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts Ambassador, NHS, Some side research, Writing articles for self-started journal/publication (I started this recently though, so it wasn’t reported in my application)
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 Research Internships at state flagship over the summer (unpaid), Technology instructor at local senior center (unpaid, for my girl scouts gold award)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteering, Girl Scouts mission trips, volunteered at an organization that helps the mentally disabled
[] Summer Activities: Research internships, Girl Scout mission trips
[] Essays: Not the best, but they highlighted my ECs pretty well
[] Teacher Recommendations: N/A for UCs
[li] Counselor Rec: N/A for UCs[/li][/ul]
Other
- [] State (if domestic applicant): Texas (from California originally)
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): absolutely none
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: I think my test scores definitely helped mask the impact of my relatively low GPA, and I feel I had some pretty unique ECs to share about through my essays.
Advice for future applicants: Sounds cliche but express your true self in the best way you can and don’t worry about any weak spots in your application. I thought my GPA and class rank would basically eliminate me from ever having a chance at being accepted but I thought wrong!