<p>Since decisions are going up soon (Friday March 21), why not get a thread up in preparation? </p>
<p>I just couldn't help myself. UCLA's my top choice (:</p>
<p>UCLA is my top choice as well 
I’m so nervous… </p>
<p>@OACLJV
same here, the wait is unbearable! what other schools have you applied to/heard back from?</p>
<p>I’ve gotten into Irvine, San Diego, Davis, and Santa Barbara, but I don’t have high hopes for Berkeley or LA. Also waiting on Brown and Penn, which I anticipate will be rejections. </p>
<p>I definitely have some great choices if I don’t get into LA, but I’m just absolutely in love with the school… No matter how much I prepare myself for rejection, I know it’s going to be so painful if I don’t get in. </p>
<p>don’t sell yourself short, I bet you’re a fantastic applicant and I hope you get accepted to those remaining universities! </p>
<p>Anticipating a rejection here, since I applied as ChemE (a major which I don’t even want anymore) & they don’t take alternates. Already got USC (Trustee Finalist), UCSD, & UCSB w/Honors, though, so I don’t mind the outcome. :)</p>
<p>Hola!!! Hopefully I don’t get rejected here as well </p>
<p>@Lilliana330 woah, congrats on those acceptances that’s really impressive! :D</p>
<p>Sup guys… I’m oos so I only applied to Berkeley and ucla … Hahah I don’t really know much abt the others .</p>
<p>What do u guys think ?
What do u guys think my chances are for making either</p>
<p>Rank - top 11% - class size (1332) - lol my school’s like uber competitive
Weighted GPA - 4.09 -
Courses - I’ve taken all honors or AP classes other than Spanish I in freshman year and varsity tennis for all 4 years. I have gotten a 5 on Human Geo, World HIstory, Calculus BC, Lang. and Comp, European History, U.S History and a 4 on Computer Science. I’m taking AP Stats, Physics C, LIt. and Comp, Music Theory, Spanish Lang., Macro and Micro and Debate (4 years)</p>
<p>SAT - 2250, M -750 CR -730 W -770 Essay 11
ACT - 32 M 34 R 34 W 31 S 31 Essay 10</p>
<p>Subject Test - World history 800 math II 800 physics 750</p>
<p>EC’s
Debate - all 4 years , state qualifier all 4 years, national qualifier for 2 years, state finalist 2 years, tournament of champion qualifer, vice president for 3 years
Tennis - top 8 in the dallas area, top 10% for 2 years of state pop in my age group, varsity tennis as a freshman - team cap for last 2 years
Texas Youth and gov. - state delegate rep. , state conference qualifeier… president for 2 years
Violin - 6 years, piano 4 years, lot of random cultural events and organizations ahhaha</p>
<p>volunteering for tennis coach , and local tennis center - almost 200 hours in past 4 years nhs (4 years)</p>
<p>i never had a job, but i did tutor at my local Kumon center</p>
<p>i got some excellent recs too…</p>
<p>Essays are ok ish prolly like a 3.5/5</p>
<p>@thetavixx best of luck to all of us haha (: your username looks familiar, were you on UCSD’s thread?</p>
<p>@mehh1234 i’m oos too 
your stats look great, and so do your ec’s. I’m crossing my fingers for you! </p>
<p>Yes I lived the chaos of the UCSD thread… @breezing</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>@thetavixx it was a huge mess, i’ll agree with you on that lol
i hope UCLA is more prepared to handle the 100k+ traffic on friday evening</p>
<p>Oh well, I don’t want to live this frustration from tidy, so I will be back on Friday. Thanks guys !!! </p>
<p>@breezing Thanks :D</p>
<p>Good luck y’all! May the force be with you. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the encouragement, breezing :). Did you have the spongebob avatar this weekend? </p>
<p>UCSD was a nightmare. I didn’t post much on that thread, but I think I read through the entire thing. If the same thing happens for UCLA, I’m going to have a heart attack. </p>
<p>I live in California, but I think I am considered OOS, as I have only been here for around 9 months. I didn’t realize this until about a month ago, so I went from thinking I had a decent shot at Berkeley/UCLA to realizing that they are more like reaches. </p>
<p>@OACLJV yes I did! but tina from bob’s burgers is my spirit animal so I just had to switch it 
plus, I good number of people mistook me as a guy with the spongebob avatar… >.></p>
<p>that sucks you’re not in state, but how’s california? i’ve always wanted to live there!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with LL to CSE HSSEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
- SAT I (breakdown): 2310/750m/800w/760CR single
- SAT II: honestly i didn’t submit/didn’t take any so i have no idea why they gave me an engineering LL
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Weighted GPA: 4.66/4.25 UC
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
- AP (place score in parentheses): NONE LOLOLOLOLO NO AP SCIENCES GG
- IB (place score in parentheses):
- Senior Year Course Load: AP USH, AP Lang, AP CS, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, orchestra
- Number of other EA applicants in your school: like 130 some usually ~30 accept
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:**[ list] nothing major, no intel stuffs
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
debate
orchestra
mun
science olympiad
rando clubs
some unique stuff, like UCLA cares lol - Job/Work Experience: mechanic 3 years
- Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
- Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
wrote 24 hours b4 submission - Date Submitted App: day it was due i think
- State (if domestic applicant): CA/instate
- Country (if international applicant): USA
- School Type: high ranked public
- Ethnicity: asian
- Gender: male
- Income Bracket: 180k
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] Reflection[ list] anti hook pls i’m a junior
- Strengths: none
- Weaknesses: everything
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: still butthurt over uchicago waitlist
- What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:**
be a senior, being a junior really hurt my application cause i don’t have ap sciences under my belt nor a substantial list of grades
honestly don’t know why they sent me one
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
uchicago pls</p>
<p>California is really nice! It’s great being close to the beach, having moderate summer temperatures (unlike Texas, where I’m from), etc. The only thing I don’t like about it here is the lack of rain and snow (I’m in SoCal). I lived in a part of Texas that got snow a few times a year, so this winter was really depressing for me when it was sunny and warm everyday. </p>
<p>@OACLJV man, i would love to see sun. i’ve grown up in washington, so there’s not much snow but tons of rain
=.=</p>
<p>@5oviet how did you find out your acceptance early?</p>