<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 R, 780 M, 770 W (2310)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 M2, 790 Chem, 750 US, 740 Phys, 730 MBio
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Euro (4), Chem (5), Calc BC (5), Physics B (5), US (5), Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP MacroEcon/Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats, APES
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF, Cross Country, Rugby
[</em>] Essays: Solid.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undecided Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades and test scores for sure.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No community service mentioned, general lack of ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades and test scores.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty happy right now.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 680 CR, 680 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 Physics, 680 US History</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9</p>[/li]
<p>[li] UC Weighted GPA: 4.3</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/approx. 520</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Spanish Language (5), Euro History (4), Physics Mechanics (4), Physics Electromagnetism (4), US History (4), English Language (4)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, US Government, Psychology, Sociology, Team Aquatics</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity water polo, varsity swimming, Mock Trial, MESA math team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer science internship at USC in paleoclimatology
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Math and physics tutor
[</em>] Essays: Reasonable
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics, interdiscplinary science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Urban public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): See summer research above
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Class rigor (college math classes in linear algebra and multivariable calculus)
[<em>] Weaknesses: Leadership in ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: See strengths, plus being a CA resident
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 Single Sitting: 620 W, 690 CR, 770 M
[</em>] SAT II: 680 Chem, 770 M2
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] UC Weighted GPA: 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US: 5, Calc AB: 5, Psych: 5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP + 1 reg
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded club, community leadership stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: research internship, tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Essays: incredibly awesome
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got 19K in grants!
[</em>] Intended Major: bioengineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, grades, ECs were ok
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: my essays were awesome[/li][/ul]General Comments: UCLA is a decent school, im pretty happy</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): R:660, W: 690, M:630 (1980 composite)
SAT II: 680 Math II, 720 US History, 740 M Biology
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs: Spanish, Calc AB, Gov, Chem, Psych, World Lite
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam, AP Scholar
total APs: 10 (Bio, US history, Euro, AP Shakespeare)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Community Service club, Spanish club, Modul UN
Job/Work Experience: summer job - none
Volunteer/Community service: about 50-60 hrs
Essays: they were ok, not my best…i guess i was a little 2 over confident…
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: bio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): urm
Reflection
Strengths: idk…obvi nothing
Weaknesses: sat, grad
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: I guess it just wasn’t meant to be…
General Comments: congrats 2 who got in…im kinda depressed though. Still, it wasn’t my top choice, but idk how Ill get into a school better than ucla if i got rejected from ucla</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 32 (33 eng, 35 math, 31 reading, 28 sci, 33 writing)
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 630 lit, 620 Math II, 600 Spanish
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.999999 lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/493
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych 5, World Hist and English Lang 4, Spanish Lang and US Hist 3</p>
<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NE
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): out of state</p>
<p>Would love to consider UCLA but it is WAY expensive…but its an honor to be accepted! =) Hoping for my other private schools to pull through =) =)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260. Math: 790 Reading: 750 Writing: 720 (Essay 11)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio M: 780 Physics: 790
[<em>]ACT: 32 (Essay 12) DID NOT SEND
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW. 4.92 W
[<em>]Rank: 3 out of 548 (Top .54%)
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
Physics B: 5
Environmental Sci: 5
World History: 5
Biology: 5
Calculus BC: 5 (AB Sub-Score 5)
Macro/Micro Economics: 5 and 5
English Language: 5</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Santa Barbara, California
[</em>]High School Type: Public, but best in district
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese). Permanent resident
[</em>]Gender: MALE</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
Science Bowl (vice president 2 years),
Economics Team (2 years),
FIRST Robotics team (Team 1717 ftw!),
Boys Tennis Team (4 years),
Piano (4+ Years),
Sustainability club (founder/president),
Internship in UCSB Economics (summer),
Internship in EE at UCSB (summer and now),
Ping Pong Club
245 hours of community service at Hospital
Etc.
[</em>]Awards:<br>
Westmont College High School Math Competition Team Winner 2008 and 2009
Capital Markets Contest 2009<em>:: (state) 1st place
California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009</em>:: (State) 1st in California,<br>
National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009<em>:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
Regional Science Bowl 2009</em>:: (Regional) 1st place
National Science Bowl 2009<em>:: (National) Nationals Qualifier
National Merit Semi-Finalist 2009-2010
National AP Scholar 2009
Music Teachers’ Association of California:: Certificate of Merit for Piano 2006, 2007, 2008: (State: for levels 4,7,9)
American College of Musicians: National Piano Playing Auditions 2008:: Intermediate C (State) state winner
Most Improved Player on HS Tennis Team 2007 and 2008
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Got into UC Berkeley as well, so I am don’t really care much for UCLA. Congratz to all of you who got in!!!
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 - 790M, 750CR, 720W
ACT:
SAT II: 720, 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.29
UC Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc BC (4), US History (4), Euro History (5), English Lit (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: moderate, 3 APs, 1 IB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar with Honors
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years wrestling (varsity 2 years, captain 1 year, JV captain 1 year), NHS member
Job/Work Experience: Coldstone Creamery Icecream store (16 hours per week)
Volunteer/Community service:5 hours per week for 2 years at a hospital, student tutoring about 2 hours per week, church sponsored volunteer programs
Essays: felt they were excellent, guess not?
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
School Type:public
Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):won many many many of my school’s awards for both academics and athletic divisions
Reflection
Strengths: Volunteer work, test scores, doing decently with a lot of hours devoted to EC / volunteering, lots of AP / advanced classes
Weaknesses:GPA (testament to perseverance not knowledge IMO -_-), OOS?
Why you think you were accepted/rejected:I honestly think I should have been accepted easily, I looked at the stats of their acceptances last year and I fit in average for GPA and very high for test scores and I thought my essays were excellent, they reflected the workload I had to go through, not just bragging about academics
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2050(590 W, 800 M, 660 CR)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[<em>] UC Weighted GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/385
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Physics B (5), Eng Lang and Comp (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): (none)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 3, AP: Chem, Bio, Gov, Eng Lit, Stats
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award, CSF Lifetime Member
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 13 Years Martial Arts (Student Teacher), 3 Years Marching Band + Color Guard + Winter Guard (Student Leader)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring since Freshmen Year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at Abilities United
[</em>] Essays:First essay was about my father, and his influence on my life.The second was a martial art experience i had. Both essays were pretty good in my opinion, and have been checked over by many, so i doubt there were many flaws grammatically.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Only FAFSA and CAL Grant
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics or Applied Math
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, not anything notable
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese and Iranian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90K+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing Really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:SAT II scores, ACT score was above average, Decent AP scores, Good EC
[<em>] Weaknesses:GPA, SAT I Scores (especially in the English sections)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: GPA, Not amazing ACT/SAT scores
[/ul]General Comments: Truly this was a hard year to get in; with less than 5000 people getting in, compared to more than 12000 in the past years, you kinda have to be awesome to get in. I guess i just didn’t make the cut. Not truly surprised.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (CR:680 M:690 W:740)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: MathII: 680, BioE: 670 Lit: 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC Weighted GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 1%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I haven’t taken any yet; my school doesn’t offer many APs and most are only available to seniors.
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Psych/Sociology, AP Gov/Honors Econ, AP Bio, English 7-8, Health Careers Education
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):I’ve won a lot of awards at the state level for journalism (writing and page design), and one national award, but nothing super major or impressive
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, School Newspaper, Quill and Scroll (international honor society for journalism), Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA), and some others
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked retail junior year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:NHS, VA Medical Center volunteer, AZ humane society
[</em>] Essays: Not very good, in my opinion. I just did a sloppy job of modifying the essays I wrote for Stanford, and they didn’t really fit the UCLA prompts. I think I wrote a humorous one about being an atheist and attending church for the first time and a serious one about my childhood.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: immunology/microbiology, I think. Whatever UCLA’s pre-med major is
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):AZ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:I didn’t have anything that made me a shoo-in, but I had decent ECs, awards, test scores, etc.
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected: I filled out the UCLA supplement that I was sent. I was a borderline applicant, and the short essays I wrote for that probably got me in.
[/ul]General Comments: This is my first acceptance, and UCLA is a decent school so I’m pretty pleased. Hopefully it’s a sign of more acceptances to come</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2090 (CR: 710, M: 650, W: 730).
[</em>] ACT: 31 (E: 32, M: 27, R: 32, S: 33, CE/W: 31, W: 10).
[<em>] SAT II: Literature (620), Math I (660), US History (660).
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t tell us, somewhere 3.3-3.5.
[<em>] Rank: 116/561 (top 20%).
[</em>] AP: European History (4), United States History (5), English Language & Composition (4), Art History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Film/Media, Advanced Math/Trigonometry, Individual Sports, Honors Physics, Honors Symphony Orchestra, AP Spanish Language, AP US Government, AP English Literature.
[</em>] Major Awards: Illinois State Scholar, PSAE (one of the top scores in my school), Honors Thespian (International Thespian Society), AP Scholar with Honor.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Concert Orchestra (Violin I Section Leader, Officer), Honors Symphony Orchestra (Secretary), Drama Club (Photographer, Co-Vice President),Technical Theatre Club (Photographer, Vice President, Stage Manager for several plays/musicals/performances).
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: technical services in my school’s theater.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat For Humanity, volunteer at local food pantry.
[</em>] Essays: I used them for another school and got in… overall, I thought they were pretty good. Both were about film.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, my EFC was $889.
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared Arts & Sciences.
[<em>] State: Illinois.
[</em>] School Type: public, fairly competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian. I noted that I was born in Ukraine though.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Income Bracket: uh… live with my mom. She makes less than $40k.
[</em>] Hooks: Multilingual/born abroad, good ECs/leadership, good test scores.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: low GPA, out of state, can’t pay full tuition.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: low GPA, out of state, can’t pay full tuition.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Well, I knew I wasn’t going to get in so I didn’t really care. USC is my first choice so… getting rejected by UCLA wasn’t really that big of a deal.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 790 Math 800 Writing 730 Critical Reading
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 800 Physics 800 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5) Comp Sci AB (5) Calc BC (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Econ, Gov, AP Stats, Contemporary Literature, ROP Engineering Tech, AP Music Theory [Discrete Math, Finite Math]
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Website, Math and Science Club, Physics and Astronomy Club, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: CSF
[<em>] Essays: okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: computers
[<em>] Weaknesses: the humanities
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ELC
[/ul]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (CR:580 M:730 W:690)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II: 780 U.S. History: 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), U.S. History (5), Eng. Lang. (4), Physics B (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP 2D Design
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TARS (Co-president), Debate (Vice President), Key club, JV Tennis, Calculus Club.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club events.
[<em>] Essays: Decent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not low enough.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): The letters of my last name fit into UCLA.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Support of my friends, family, and school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Doubting myself.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I attended a summer program over the summer there, ELC, fate.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am excited about the opportunity to attend my dream school. I really have to thank my friends and family because they were always rooting on for me. Congratulations to everyone else!</p>