<p>^
somehow i have trouble believing that one.</p>
<p>and my son: rejected
4.4 weighted/3.7 unweighted (not sure about UC GPA)
SAT ~2100
IB diploma
mock trial
water polo
tons of community service, founder of a club that informed his intended major
community-wide awards
family hardship - dad has stage 4 colon cancer
… go figure …</p>
<p>I wanted to go to UCLA my whole life,
My dad went there and loved it.</p>
<p>With a 4.02 GPA, 2020 SAT, 600 & 640 SAT II’s and nearly two-dozen note-worthy extracurriculars (not exaggerating), I didn’t get in. Yet I’m seeing people here who got in with a 3.86 weighted GPA and a 1780 SAT, and their ECs are barely existent? And someone like the person above me’s son, with a 4.4 and 2100 SAT plus some ECs, DIDN’T get in?</p>
<p>I don’t know what system they’re using for acceptance, but it’s total bull*****. Ridiculous…</p>
<p>Sorry, athenisa - I know how disappointing it is.
Forgot to mention that he did a Summer Institute there too (Green Global sponsored by the Anderson Business School) and came home “sold” on UCLA. Loved the campus, the people, the dorms… everything! Oh well. Their loss, I’m afraid. (of course all moms think that… lol)</p>
<p>@coquimom and athenisa: How about the essays? Remember that UCLA takes the essays into consideration as well.</p>
<p>I have to say, my son didn’t let me see his essays. He insisted on doing everything on his own. I wonder if the kids with “paid coaches” got the brass ring in the end… ugh.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (770 Reading, 800 Math, 750 Writing</p>
<p>SAT II (if submitted): 750 US & world History, 750 Math 2, bio m 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.1?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History 5, Physics c mech em (3,4), European History 4, calc ab and bc 5, ap env. sci. 5, bio 4</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP English Lang
AP US Government
AP World</p>
<p>Major Awards: ?
Extracurriculars: robotics, key club, lacrosse, etc</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: key club and individual.
Essays: about my past
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State:CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low, low, low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen</p>
<p>General Comments: fun stuff</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT: 2000 (660 Reading, 690 Math, 650 Writing)
SAT II: 700 Bio M & 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA (out of 6.0): 4.9</p>
<p>Dual Enrolled Student at the community college; earning AA degree alongside high school diploma.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: LOTS of ROTC stuff during first two years of high school. Last two years of high school went into my dual enrollment and work so not so much there.</p>
<p>Essay: About Forrero Rocher.
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>
<p>Applied for financial aid: Yes
Major: Business
State: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Income: POOOOOOOR. D;</p>
<p>Comments: I think it’s the essay that made it for me. 
I used a fun metaphor to recreate my life story basically.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1880 (580 Reading, 700 Math, 600 Writing
ACT: 31
SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math II 670 US and Span
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.04
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): definitely top 25% but idk how exact
AP (place score in parenthesis): US (3) AP CALC and AP CS (Pending)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc AB
AP CompSci
Psych/Current Amer
Jazz Band
English IV
Physics</p>
<p>Major Awards: Most imporved band member freshman year, honors roll all 4 years.
Extracurriculars: Band? idk</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: 50-70 hours working in hospitals for elderly and charities for autistic kids
Essays: about how jazz made me realize who I was and how I discovered myself and others. I never thought it was amazing, but Im bad at judging essays so I think it was probably a big factor
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Materials Engineering ( I sorta want to switch )
State:CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Europeanish
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: lower middle class sorta
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing</p>
<p>General Comments: Scholarship Recognition Award is estimated at circa 17k… so that helps me out. I think the two biggest factors in my admittance are my essays and the major I applied to. Could also be the fact that I have been in band for 4 straight years.</p>
<p>@athenisa</p>
<p>If it helps, I know some guy with 2300, 4.7 GPA and 800s on all his subject tests that didn’t get in. Though he did withdraw his music school app. and tried to get in on his 2nd major. </p>
<p>@conquimom
have you thought about appealing?</p>
<p>Accepted as a biophysics major. Will probably switch to a mathematics/astrophysics major if I decide to attend once my parents get over the fact I’m not going to be a doctor.</p>
<p>Objective:
SATI: 2240 (M: 740, CR, W: 750s)
SATII: Chemistry: 780, MathIIC:760, Physics: 760, US History: 510 (lol)
GPA: 3.6/4.1
APs: AP Calc AB: 5, AP Eng Lang: 4, AP Bio: 4, Physics B: 4, Chemistry: 4, US History: 3
Awards: International science fair finalist in biochemistry, various awards at regional science fairs, AP Scholar with distinction</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
-Mayo Clinic dept. of molecular oncology/biochemistry research intern
-Science fair stuff
-Cross country (soft recruit for UCLA distance running)
-Tennis </p>
<p>I’m definitely happy to get in… There were a lot of really high achieving applicants rejected for no apparent reason. I would be a walk on for the UCLA cross country and track team. The only way I would be able to go, as I am out of state, would be if I achieved an athletic scholarship after attending UCLA for a semester. We’ll see what happens. I can’t wait to meet all of you if I do end up attending.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (690 CR, 760 Math, 780 Writing)
ACT: nope
SAT II (if submitted): 710 Physics, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) No clue
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35 out of 482
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), AP Calc AB (5)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
English
Digital Imaging
AP Stats
AP Psych
Social Justice
AP Government/Econ</p>
<p>Major Awards: Honor Roll? I think that’s it
Extracurriculars: Band? Key Club, environmental club, math tutoring</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: around 150 hours
Essays: 1st was about how much I enjoyed learning new things (I thought this one was great), 2nd was how my family/friends influenced my life (good, not as good as 1st though)
Teacher Recommendation: n/a</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mathematics/Applied Science
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing</p>
<p>General Comments: I’ve been a year ahead in math ever since 7th grade, so I think that helped a lot, along with my SAT score. Waiting on Berkeley and Stanford now.</p>
<p>///@conquimom
have you thought about appealing? ///</p>
<p>Nope. He’s already over it. Moving on now! He already has great options (one, so far, with $) and, who knows, maybe one of “the biggies” will take him!</p>
<p>Good luck everyone! :)</p>
<p>Decision : Accepted</p>
<p>ACT : 34</p>
<p>Subject Tests : Biology 790, Math II 780, US History : 780</p>
<p>AP exams results : Biology 5, Environmental Science 5, English Language 5,
European Histor 5, Calculus AB 5, US History 5</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA : 4</p>
<p>Class Ranking : 1 out of 312</p>
<p>E.C. and Community service : good</p>
<p>Ethnicity : Asian</p>
<p>Gender : Male</p>
<p>Intended Major : Neuroscience</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:
SATI: 2240
SATII: Chemistry: 720, MathIIC:790, Bio: 750,
GPA: 4.58/5.0
APs: AP Eng Lang: 5, AP Bio: 5, Chem: 4, APUSH: 5, Euro: 4, stats: 4,
Awards: AP Scholar with distinction, Nat merit finalist, various speech competitions, essay contest blahblah </p>
<p>Extracurriculars
lots of volunteering at hospital, lab, etc
badminton
intern for local company,
othersi can’t remember</p>
<p>I’M PSYCHED</p>
<p>@lkd1234 : hey i got into neuroscience too! where are you from??</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (international applicant)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (720 CR, 800 Math, 760 Writing)
ACT: Not taken
SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
GPA: Not ranked
AP: None taken</p>
<p>Major Awards: Country’s local chemistry olympiad silver 
Extracurriculars: chem club, lots of research attachments, awesome military service in the navy :D</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
Country: Singapore
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments: Waiting for Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley. UCLA was initially my safety, but now it looks like an interesting place to go. esp since i’m probably going to be rejected from P/S/B =X</p>
<p>I am from Sacramento County, Northern California. What about you?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (international applicant)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (680 CR, 800 Math, 730 Writing)
SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 790 Chemistry
GPA: Not rank
AP: None taken</p>
<p>Major Awards: Academic excellence award for good O Level results
Extracurriculars: Chinese Orchestra, Weiqi Club (some notable achievements here)</p>
<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
Country: Taiwan (though I studied in Singapore)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male</p>
<p>All the best for everyone waiting their admission decisions!</p>
<p>P.S.-- trivolve, which JC you from?</p>
<p>um hey guys, sorry to be offtopic but I’m new to this site and can’t seem to find how to create a thread?</p>