UCLA Class of 2015 OUT OF STATE official decisions thread

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<p>If your from OUT OF STATE and applied to UCLA please post your decision here (in addition to the other official thread).
heres the directions for posting your decision: </p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]College and Program:[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA (UW, W):
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Applied on (EA?):
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>DELETE ALL THE SPACES IN THE BRACKET OR ELSE IT WILL LOOK REALLY UGLY</p>

<p>A few notes: If waitlisted, change decision color to yellow.
If rejected, change decision color to red.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2]**ACCEPTED **[/size]</p>

<p>College and Program: Political Science
Also interested in the Public Health Minor and Pre-Med</p>

<p>STATS:
Sat I: 680 (CR), 690 (M), 750 (W)- 2120
Sat II’s: Chem 660, Math II 680, US History 730
ACT: 31
AP: US History- 5, Spanish Language- 3, this year- statistics, spanish literature and european history
GPA: 4.06 (school does not provide unweighted but only aps are weighted)
Rank: DNR but inducted into cum laude as a junior meaning I am in the top 10% of my class
Other Stats/Awards: Cum Laude, National Merit Letter of Commondation, Excellence in Spanish Four </p>

<p>OBJECTIVE:
ECs: B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (Regional Vice President of Judaic Heritage, Social Action, and Community Service; Regional Israeli Chairwomen; Chapter Board), Kent Denver Purposeless Plastics (tried to ban plastic bags in colorado, leader in club), Kent Denver Sun Devil’s Aware (leader within this philanthropy club), Sun Devil’s Advocate (New’s Section Editor), Habitat for Humanity
Job/Work Experience- Teller at the Kent Denver Credit Union, the largest student run credit union in the country; Completed for year junior counselor/teen leadership program at Cape Cod Sea Camps
Essays: Very good, UC essays not as personal as common app ones but still good/personal
Teacher Recs: very good, i am very close with both of them
Counselor Recs: Outstanding, she is the best and we are very close
Hook (if any?): Out of state? </p>

<p>Location/Person
State: COLORADO
School Type: Private, very competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female </p>

<p>General Comments: I am literally in shock that I was accepted. I am beyond words I am so happy! I never thought UCLA would be a possibility for me. Does anyone know anything about the public health minor? </p>

<p>Please post if your from out of state :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Science, International Relations</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 670 R: 640 W: 690, 2000
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 760 US History: 700
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: AP Calc AB, AP Euro, AP US, AP Literature
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.88 UW 3.9 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Founded a non-Profit organization sending impoverished kids to school in South Africa ([Seattle</a> South African Scholarship Foundation | SSASF](<a href=“http://www.ssasf.org%5DSeattle”>http://www.ssasf.org)), Track Team Captain, Hours of community service to one organization, NHS,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at Nordstrom, Interned for prestigious organization
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were good. Talked about living in suburbia and making a transition to the city. Also talked about creating my foundation and how its effected me and others.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Applied on (EA?):
[li] Hook (if any): I’m an asian guy, so… not very good. But I’m guessing it was my ECs and work experience.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Washington
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>really happy. congrats to everyone else!</p>

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<p>**Decision:Rejected **</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters and Science (Pre-Economics)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 690, CR: 740, W: 720. 2150 Composite
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Math2, 650 US History
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: AP Euro, AP Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): ~3.59 UW, ~3.80 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Wrestling, participated in a few clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were alright, not amazing though
[</em>] Hook (if any): My location?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AR
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>disappointed, but not really surprised. although my SAT/ACT scores were pretty high, above the 75th percentile of admitted students, my GPA was simply too low to be admitted and my ECs werent very great.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770W, 770CR, 680M (2220)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 740 US History
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Euro (4), US History (5), Lang & Comp (5), Calc, Lit, Pol & Gov, Macroecon
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/259
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Orchestra (Concertmaster, President), Chamber Orchestra (Co-Founder), Volunteer Tutor at Neighborhood House Association Tutoring Center, Girls State, Competitive Speaking (9th/10th grade), Link Crew (11th), Honor Society (12th), Co-Founder of MISC (Musicians In Support against Cancer) Benefit Concert for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - raised over $2000
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon Learning Center, agency-represented fashion/runway model
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote one about fiddling & how it gave me the confidence to pursue a career as a trial lawyer and another about modeling & learning how to juggle missing school and the demands of jobs (choosing between traveling and school and going to AP exams over a job). They were decent.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good I think?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): N/A
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington
[<em>] School Type: public, fairly small, not competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half Taiwanese, half German
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy to have my first acceptance, but disappointed that I probably won’t be able to attend due to financial aid.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted, ENGINEERING</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36M, 34S, 33E, 32R,10 E…12E + 36 S on previous sitting)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Chem, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t unweighted, UC GPA (Capped with only weighting AP classes was 4.08)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/538 at the end of Junior Year, 4.0 Senior year, heavy upward trend
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4),Stat(4),CalcAB(5),CalcBC(5),Chem(5),Lang (5), US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Research Mentorship Honors, Art, Quantitative Analysis (at University), Multivariable Calculus (at University)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless you count AP Scholar with Distinction or AIME, or a bunch of other state math/science/sports awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): -250+ hours of Research @2 different Uni’s, 3 projects, sent 3 Research Abstracts to WashU…State Science Fair Qualifier, School 1st place Earth Sci, 2nd place Chem
-Table Tennis (Founder + Pres): Nationally ranked, many state and multistate awards, attend 3-4 state clubs, 2000+ hours spent
-6 Years Sci Bowl, B team captain last year, A team captain this year, team placed top 10 in States each year, A team state champs 3/4 years; selected on School’s chem olympiad team, our team of 9 ppl placed 1st in state of 32 teams, Accepted to JSHS X2
-6 Years Math Team, A Team, 1st in League for last 4 years, 3rd in State, CSAML X2, NEAML X1, Euler Award, 3rd Highest Scoring Junior, ARML State Team, AIME X1 Qualifier, AMC 96…pretty good at math
-10 Years Chess, 20+ Trophies, VP/Co-captain of Club at school, 10th + 11th grade city champ in high level, School city champs (10+11)</p>

<p>The usual… SHS, NSHSS, NHS, FLHS, Vassar Book Award
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t turn 16 till senior year, so yeah…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer/Community service: 4 Years Community Service, 250+ Hours, taught chess to kids, did sci fair experiments with kids, State + Local proctor at MATHCOUNTS competition, Cultural Indian events
[<em>] Essays: One of the few essays I actually didn’t procrastinate on…I liked it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nopee
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends some grads to top schools, 3-4 HYPSM/10 Ivies
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: More than enough (150,000+)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 2 years of research, 3 projects (2 w/ professor, 1 Independent), wrote 3 research papers and sent in all 3 abstracts, skipped a grade
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, Recs, Course Rigor, Senior + Junior year grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Somewhat low class rank due to low freshman and sophomore year grade
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No comment.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in. You deserve it! Everyone who got rejected or wait listed, keep your head high and keep moving on.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: Sociology</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 680 R: 730 W: 710 Comp: 2120
[</em>] SAT IIs: 640 Math II (LOL) 750 Lang
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>] APs: Calc AB (taking test in May)
[<em>] IBs: 4 Chemistry, 6 Math SL II
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.79, 4.5
[<em>] Rank: 43 out of around 400.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: jv captain of xc and track, community service, piano, FBLA, NHS etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: One year as a cashier, another as a hostess at a restaurant
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I spent some time on them. I thought they were pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t submit
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t submit
[<em>] Applied on (EA?): Several days before the deadline
[</em>] Hook (if any): National Merit Finalist I guess? Not sure. Ha
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: US, Colorado
[</em>] School Type: mid-sized IB public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>I’m SO excited. I really don’t even know how I got in but I’m not complaining. California weather would be so nice after living in Colorado for 12 years, but I’m waiting on financial aid.</p>

<p>Congrats everyone!</p>