---UCLA: Class of 2017 Decisions (Letters and Science Only)---

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<p>Please post only decisions if you have applied and heard from UCLA's letters and science admissions department (non-engineering, nursing, television, etc.). Feel free to utilize other threads if you applied to one of the other departments.</p>

<p>Close all the spaces between the brackets before posting or the code won't work.</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: [ *]
SAT II: [ *]
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Gender and Ethnicity:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] </p>

<p>Again, this is for Letters and Science majors only. Thanks for your time. I got this setup from another CCer. See you guys Friday!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1900, 660 Reading, 680 Math, 560 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Chem - 710, Math - 730, US Hist - 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.50
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), English Composition (5), Calculus AB (4), European History (4), US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Biology, AP Civics/Honors Econ, AP World History, AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction? xD</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art Appreciation Club (Treasurer 11th grade, President 12th grade), CSF (Treasurer 12th grade), Food Club, Journalism (Editor in Chief), Anime Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: n/a
[</em>] Personal Statement: They were pretty good, base on my teachers and readers.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Unknown
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Male, Viet and White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Decline to answer
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 - M: 800; CR: 780; W: 750
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio E; 800 Math II; 740 English Lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I want to say 3.9ish?
[<em>] UC GPA: I’m actually not sure LOL
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% i think
[<em>] ELC?: no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (5), Calculus AB (5), Computer Science (5), Biology (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Vocals, Band, Forensic Science, Sustainable Earth Systems
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Global Citizenship Award – internationally recognized by EARCOS, Presidential Award – Grade 10, 11, California State Award for Academic Achievement, Certificate for Recognition for Achieving High Honors, All-Star Volleyball Player of Southeast Asia, MVP Volleyball,</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government,
National Honor Society, MUN, GIN, JHU’s Center for Talented Youth, Yearbook Copy Editor
Varsity Volleyball for 5 years, Captain for three years, Varsity Badminton, Varsity Swimming
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I interned at this biopharmaceutical firm. I learned medical school level material and worked in the lab to extract beta-D-glucan molecules within mushroom polysaccharides to repair heart cells and inoculated components that inhibit VEGF receptors in our cells.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I do a looot of community service. Coordinator of Habitat for Humanity, Coordinator of World Vision (teaching impoverished people how to use technology and giving them diplomas), Coordinator of Cleft Care - (helps kids with cleft palate), Coordinator of Pelayan Gratia (Last year sent 60 children to school. First time this was done in my school and I did this entirely on my own), Coordinator of Athletic Council (organizes athletics of my school), Coordinator of Malnutrition (raises money for malnourished kids in Indonesia), Coordinator of Big Brother/Big Sister (pairs abused children with students for high-school-career long commitments), Coordinator of several other projects dealing with orphanages, Coordinator of Klumprik – teaching English to native Indonesians, Coordinator of Recycling Committee – completely revamped the recycling system of my school. I’m currently helping my drama teacher, who recently suffered a stroke and had to get his leg amputated and lost most of his ability to speak, to learn vocabulary and reading and etc again.
[</em>] Personal Statement: world was about my travels and attribute was about my google history</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Bio (pre-med)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Indonesia
[</em>] School Type: Private International
[<em>] Gender and Ethnicity: F, Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, essays, community service
[</em>] Weaknesses: crappy EC’s, low-ish freshmen/sophomore grades, OOS, no major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays? SAT score?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: </p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! This is definitely a possibility. I’m still picking between CS and bio, and depending on which I pick (and which schools I hopefully get accepted to on the 28th, PLEASE JESUS), UCLA is def on my radar. </p>

<p>Again, CONGRATS to everyone who got in, and tho those who didn’t, DONT WORRY, you’re AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, AND PERFECT and any college will be lucky to have you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didnt take!
[</em>] ACT: [<em>] 33 in one sitting, 34 superscored
SAT II: [</em>] 700 English Lit 720 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] ELC?: Yes!
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5) US History (5) European History (4) Biology (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Comparative Government, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, Contemporary Issues & Public Policy, Spanish 4 Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Ambassadors Program, Gay Straight Alliance (Co-president), Lorax Club, Began my own community based initiative
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Writing for a magazine.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: John Muir Hospital (100+ hours) and Volunteer work Abroad
[</em>] Personal Statement: One about being Iranian American and how I’m a global citizen. I’d say 6.5/10. Other about my work with my community based initiative and the GSA. 9/10.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: I’m undeclared now but Literature.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA BABY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Medium sized public
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female… technically Caucasian but Iranian American
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper bracket
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): absolutely none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: … test scores? Some of my EC’s are unique-ish.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades/everything else.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EC’s? </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’M SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL AND SHOCKED RIGHT NOW. Congratulations to all!! Now I have to wait for Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math; 720 Reading; 700 Writing
[</em>] ACT: [<em>] N/A
SAT II: [</em>] 790 Math; 750 Bio-M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: Not exactly sure haha…
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/576
[<em>] ELC?: Nope, OOS
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH; 4 AP Spanish, 3 Macroecon.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 Spanish SL; 6 Econ SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL 2, IB English HL, IB Bio HL 2, IB Art SL, Honors Human Anat/Physiology, ToK
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sci Olympiad (Secretary), Math Olympiad (VP), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hrs at Mayo Clinic
[</em>] Personal Statement: Pretty good…had an admissions officer read over them</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: FAFSA
[</em>] Intended Major: Molec. Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: F, East Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none really lol</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SATs?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Need more leadership positions
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and SATs</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! Very likely to attend.</p>

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<p>@AtypicalAsian I don’t know if you’ll check this post again but I can’t respond to private messages cause I have less than 15 posts! Thank you for the congratulations! Let me know if you don’t mind me responding publicly and I can post here.</p>

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<p>Sure! Reply here, I don’t mind.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (760 CR, 630 M, 800 WR)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take it
[<em>] SAT II: 750 U.S. History, 730 Literature (on 2nd try)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.4 (not sure if this is correct)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top quintile; UCs don’t consider rank
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), English Language and Composition (5), U.S. History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, Physics, Spirituality in Literature, Religions of the World, U.S. Foreign Policy, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended Student, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutoring middle school and high school students, student newspaper (Opinions Editor; Co-Editor-in-Chief)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Assisting the visually disabled during the last two summers
[</em>] Personal Statement: Why I wish to avoid repeating my mother’s mistakes; my novel and what writing means to me</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Was accepted as an English major. Am considering an English-Economics double major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academic record, test scores, personal statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of strong EC involvement or extensive leadership. I should have been more involved in more activities.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I chose to center my application around my passion for English and writing, because that’s a big part of who I am. Looks like it worked![/li] [/ul]General Comments: I was so incredibly anxious that I wouldn’t stand out enough, so I’m REALLY excited about being accepted! I couldn’t believe it at first. Congrats to everyone who was accepted :slight_smile: and good luck to those who were waitlisted/rejected.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

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<p>Are accepted students going to get anything in the mail from UCLA? Like a package or something?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (630 M, 630 CR, 700 WR)
ACT:<br>
SAT II: 640 Lit, 670 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
UC GPA: 3.93 I think
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
ELC?: N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH & Lang: 3, Gov: 2
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP Lit, AP German (dual-enrollment), Pre-Calc CP, Art 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis 9-12 (Varsity 11-12), Basketball 9-10, Spring Track 9-10, NHS, National German Honor Society (Historian), Red Cross (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: Summer job with my uncle’s apartment business in LA
Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours through NHS, dance center, and blood center
Personal Statement: I’d say 8/10</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared-Humanities
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Gender and Ethnicity: White female
Income bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II’s, AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know! I’m so shocked and amazed by my acceptance, especially with my subpar GPA.</p>

<p>General Comments: OOS tuition is so expensive, but UCLA is my top choice and I really want to attend! Hopefully, I can convince my parents! I’m still so excited and shocked. Never lose hope!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (700M 700CR 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 36 S, 8 essay)
SAT II: U.S. History 770, Physics 750, Math IIC 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.333
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/643
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Calc AB, Physics B, USH, Lang/Comp – all 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, Philosophy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Statistics, AP U.S. Government, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, county science fair 2nd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (assistant editor), newspaper (news editor), film production, CSF (historian), county science fair (2nd place 2012), French Club (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer math tutor, city library assistant
[</em>] Personal Statement: I’m terrible at judging my own work. But the professor who interviewed me for Berkeley Regents said they were exceptionally well-written and captured my passion and life philosophy.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I didn’t get anything.
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology, possibly Cognitive Science as a second major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public of ~3000 kids
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs,
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In-state, ELC, and a presentable application.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: My top choice out of my acceptances right now is Berkeley, mostly because I haven’t visited UCLA. I might change my mind. I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 W, 740 M, 720 CR)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t write
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure. school does percentage grades (94% overall)
[<em>] UC GPA: ^
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[<em>] ELC?: no
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (all being written in May; school doesn’t offer AP courses until senior year): Biology, Calculus AB, Computer Science A, English Lang & Comp, Chemistry
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP English, AP Chemistry, Advanced Orchestral Music
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Certificate of Distinction (MS Society), National Champions, Athlete of the Year (2x), Athletic Director’s Award, MVP Varsity Basketball (4x), Subject-Specific Awards, 1st Place Begbie History Contest (school), School Scholarship Award, 9x Conference Champion (misc sports).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): competitive regional basketball year-round (OBA/AAU, team captain), 3 school musical ensembles (section leader)/leader of self-initiated ensemble/member of school choir, varsity volleyball and basketball teams (captained both) and ultimate frisbee, member of student government (re-elected), sports writer for school newspaper.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutoring (french/math/reading/spanish/chemistry), assistant coach to a youth basketball team, head of sports at local camp, Round Square service project in Costa Rica
[</em>] Personal Statement: one about lessons learned, other about my reading and how it let me help people with MS</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: I applied undeclared, still not sure :s
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Gender and Ethnicity: male, caucasian
[</em>] Income Bracket: not sure where I fall
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, essays(?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: not much volunteer work, so-so ECs (my training takes up most of my time outside of school)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just happy I was</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I was really nervous applying as an international student and didn’t have high hopes but I’m sooo happy with how things turned out. Now I just have to wait to hear back from other places before I decide. Congrats everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (M 720; R 610; W 690)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] UC GPA: Not sure… Wasn’t too high though, not a lot of APs and I’m OOS
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Like 45th, 7th percentile
[<em>] ELC?: What???
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Exercise Physiology, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Hugeo, AP Lit, and Choir
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, I have a lot of singing related awards, including a spot in the ACDA National Honor Choir</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sounds of Community for Kids (VP), Music for Cure, Choir, Choir Council (President), Voice Lessons, and some other stuff.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-time at a Mexican Restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: hmmm various places? This is hard
[</em>] Personal Statement: Wrote about a speech impediment, and my passion for Music</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nah
[</em>] Intended Major: Poli Sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: White Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High… My dad makes like 250K a year lol
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Lots of singing accomplishments
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Reading
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think what distinguished me was my clear dedication to singing, also I love writing so essays are kinda my thing haha</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (CR: 720 Math: 720 Writing: 770)
SAT II: Bio - 750 World History - 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7727
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.4444
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24
[</em>] ELC?: what is this
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (5) AP World History (5) AP Calculus AB (4) AP Statistics (4) AP Chemistry (3) AP Composition (5) AP USH (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Economics (Macro), A{ Environmental Science, AP Literature, Directed Studies PE, Calculus BC, Tutor (I coach speech & debate sorta/kinda)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Hispanic Scholar of Distinction, been to national championships for debate twice, state championships three times, and won multiple club awards (Key Club, Forensics).</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech & Debate (Captain of two years), Varsity Tennis, Key Club (Club secretary), Interfaith Youth Alliance (Club Founder/President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours via Key Club/random stuff
[</em>] Personal Statement: 1) talked about life in the central valley and debate trips across the nation 2) talked about indecisiveness and why it’s good for me. basically I talked about how rationality prevents quick decisions, but that this is inherently good 3) talked about the nature of education and the intrinsic goodness of knowledge as an ends, not a means</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yessir
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared-Humanities
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California WESTCOASTBESTCOAST
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Hispanic w/European-American mixed in
[</em>] Income Bracket: $130K gross income
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I teach/coach debate and am pretty good at it. Also my writing has been said to be decent. If you asked my principle he would say I’m well rounded I guess.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT is OK, personal statements probably decent, junior year grades were perfect, and my academic ECs are solid.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT 2s, sophomore year grades, could have been stronger in ECs, and had more volunteering hours.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I meet most of the numbers at between the 40-70th percentiles and I’m mostly hispanic, so I applied as that. My writing was probably good.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Cal is my top public school and I guess UCLA is now a contender. Never been to UCLa but I plan on going to Bruin day, cause I hear it’s a sweet gig. I’m really nervous about Cal though. Anyways, congrats to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (CR: 660 M: 730 W: 770)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 720- lit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: no
[</em>] AP: English Language (5)
[<em>] IB: n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Human Geography, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Psych, Calculus, Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Field Hockey 10-12 grade (Varsity captain 11th grade), Student Council (Spirit Commissioner)<br>
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours Motion Picture Hospital
[</em>] Personal Statement: Strong, talked about overcoming family challenges. UCLA sent me a supplement requesting more information after reading my essay </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Sociology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Parochial
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, White
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, maybe SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA, weak extra curricular activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays, on the supplement they asked for my senior grades (I got a 4.6) [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Shocked I got in</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1880 ( Reading: 610, Math: 620, Writing: 650)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M: 610, US History: 690
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.62
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/452
[<em>] ELC?: what’s that… haha
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), Calc BC (4) World History (4) US History (4) Biology (5) Eng. Lang & Comp (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French 4, AP Gov, AP English Litt, AP Environmental
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I guess AP Scholar with distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB 2 years (Media Commission Chair), Renaissance Leadership 1 year. Tennis for 3 years (varsity two years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nope
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: City library, organization for helping homeless children, etc, all done over a span of my high school years
[</em>] Personal Statement: I would think they were strong and unique.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Male Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: Decline to answer
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: strong gpa, rank, and extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: standardized testing scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall package outweighed my SAT scores.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Woooh I’m a bruin!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
1580
Math - 550 CR - 520 Writing -510
[</em>] ACT: 23
[<em>] SAT II: None taken
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.35
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/203
[<em>] ELC?: No.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (4), APUSH (1), AP World History (2), AP Human Geography (2)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Environmental Science, Peer Counseling, Intro Comp, Service.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Marching Band (Drum Major for one year), Key Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 180 hours of volunteering at nursing home.
[</em>] Personal Statement: Wrote my first one on my community and how its hostility shaped my ideals and goals. Second one expressed my passion for mathematics, or any phenomena that can be represented through numbers.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics (B.S.)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Public, Preparatory (6-12)
[<em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Male/Filipino
[</em>] Income Bracket: $145K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I suppose it would be fully taking advantage of my resources, I come from a generally low performing school. So diligence would be my strength.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores. Straight out.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If I had to guess, it would be what I mentioned above in my strengths. I know its not my test scores that got me in, compared to the other freshman I’ve performed way below average. Otherwise, it’d be my GPA and my Personal Statement that probably led me to my admission. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: </p>

<p>My profile shows that test scores and numbers don’t necessarily mean everything when it comes to admissions. I mean 1580 on SAT, 23 on ACT? I hope it provides inspiration for other prospective students for next year’s incoming freshmen class that putting effort really does pay off.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1980
[</em>] ACT: [<em>] Composite: 29
SAT II: [</em>]
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] UC GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sports, Debating, Music, Student Council
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot!
[</em>] Personal Statement: Pretty strong</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity:
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: So excited to be a Bruin! :D</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[ *] ACT: [ *] 25.
SAT II: [ *] Did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] UC GPA: I am not sure, lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/94
[ *] ELC?: Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), APUSH (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Biology, Pre-Calculus,
AP Government and Politics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LGBTQ/GSA Club (President), Writers
United (President), Student Government/Body Secretary/Public Relations Officer, Planned
Parenthood Peer Advocate for 3 years, Volleyball for 2 years, Cheerleading for 1 year,
Soccer for 1, Knights Newspaper (Editor in Chief)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Planned Parenthood Peer Advocate
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Planned Parenthood Peer Advocate
[ *] Personal Statement: The first was about taking characteristics from both my parents
and being inspired to be the first in my family to attend college, pretty generic but well written so 8/10. Second was about joining a traveling poetry group and how it has inspired
me and my individuality 9/10. </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Gender Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type: Charter
[ *] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, African-American
[ *] Income Bracket: Lower
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college student</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays,
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Although I have a lower ACT score, it was superb for the school I am from and from the area I live in. My essays and level of writing was also fantastic and definitely held weight in the decision-making process.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
SOOOOO EXCITED TO BE A BRUIN! Congratulations to all my fellow Bruins! Happy, thankful, blessed. Can’t wait to meet all of you in the Fall! U-C-L-A Fight Fight Fight!</p>