<p>@2018dad Thank you sir! Congratulations to your daughter, I’m sure you guys are all very excited (and rightfully so!). Definitely hoping for an Ivy League college. This process is as close to a meritocracy as I’ve ever been, which excites me greatly. 
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<p>Rejected </p>
<p>Hehe, honestly I’ve decided I’m going to try to appeal to UCLA because there’s no harm in not trying at least. If I’m going down, I’m going down fighting. </p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! Just think, finally after 4 years of stress and hard work, it’s finally paying off! I hope where ever you guys go regardless of whether you got admitted or rejected that you’ll be happy and end up in a place that feels right for you! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
Major: Nursing
Fee Waiver Used
SAT I (by section): 1650 <em>highest sitting</em>
SAT IIs: did not take any
WGPA: 4.40 UW GPA: 4.00
Rank: 6/267
APs: 3 AP Bio, 3 APUSH, 5 AP Psych, 5 AP Cal. AB, 4 AP Cal BC
None IBs
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Stats, Econ.+Gov, Arts (a->g req.)
Awards: Honor Roll, AP Scholar w/ Honor, Volunteer Recognition from HHSA</p>
<p>Community Service(s):
-3 years volunteering at local health center <em>clinical setting</em>
-been volunteering for UCSD Medical Health Center since last January <em>hospital setting</em>
-3 years w/ Key Club <em>this year’s Co-President</em></p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: San Diego, CA
School Type: supper small, public, mostly low-income (:
Ethnicity: Asian <em>Vietnamese-Chinese</em>
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $10,000
Hooks: i am not sure (:
Strengths: my AP scores (: since I applied for Nursing, definitely my recommendation letters helped A LOT
Weaknesses: my SAT score (: it is fairly way too low comparing to others’
Why you think you were accepted: hmm, my background?! i really appreciate that their school requires a supplemental application w/ a “Statement of Purpose” <em>your reasons for choosing their Nursing program</em>. I think I was able to shine because of my statement of purpose :). The fact that my SAT score is nowhere close to compare with others, but I still got accepted into their Nursing program speaks A LOT. I strongly believe UCLA is one of the most holistic :). Ahh, fun fact: I got rejected to UCI’s School of Nursing :). Hehe, UCI, that was your loss! 
Other Factors: this is my 4th year living in the U.S. I was also enrolled in an ESL class my freshmen year :)! Crazy huh? :)</p>
<p>Daughter rejected. 4.4 UC GPA, very rigorous schedule throughout HS, possibly not enough ECs but really I think what she has is great. It’s not meant to be and that’s ok. Plus my grandfather is a lifelong Trojan, he might have keeled over if I told him she would be a Bruin Congratulations to all of you who were accepted and to those who were not, just know that there is a better fit for you somewhere else. Happy Trails!! </p>
<p>Rejected BioEngineering! (Wasn’t my first choice, but still wanted to feel the love 
) </p>
<p>SAT score is a 2120 (600cr740m780w), my
ACT is a 33 (36e34m30s30r33w) and 34 (35,34,30,34,33)
GPA is 3.8/4.38 (UW/fully W for UC). my b’s are in every semester of english (soph year it was honors, jr year it was uc approved honors)</p>
<p>Math 2- 790. Chem - 740. Bio M-790</p>
<p>took 1 ap as soph,4 as jr (highest in grade with 1 other guy) and took 10 overall (10-12) (2nd highest in grade)</p>
<p>bio,calc ab, chem, stats(i thought 2 maths as a jr was a good idea :/), ush (5,5,5,4,4). taking calc bc, phys b, macroecon, eng lit, gov.</p>
<p>Extra curricular wise I have a bunch of “regular stuff”: Varsity Swim 4 years, Captain. Varsity XC 2 years, Sectional Qualifier both years. Mock Trial Member (no room to mention), a bunch of tutoring at library and local elementary of underprivileged kids, soup kitchen charity stuff , year round club swim, jr lifeguarding. Math Club President. NHS, CSF</p>
<p>my more important EC’s are: Summer internship at Stanford Mechanical Engineering Department developing an inkjet printer that can print proteins. It’s pretty legit because im defined as a former lab group member. My work was extensive since it was almost a full length work day (9am-4pm) about 3-4 times a week for pretty much all of summer.</p>
<p>Summer Internship at U of Arizona Biomedical Engineering Department where I helped with a Ph.D’s project of analyzing the compatibility of human cells with the electrospun coatings on a stent. Ultimately led to a published Abstract.</p>
<p>my 1st essay was about how my visit to dad’s office, ap courses, and internships generated my interest in the field (talked about: failure is a teacher for engineering, confluence of different fields, importance of experience outside of school blah blah blah). 2nd essay is about how working at stanford helped me overcome my fear of public speaking/social anxiety.</p>
<p>other places accepted: UIUC (bioeng) UCSD (chemeng) UCSB (ChemEng) Cal Poly (BME) UCD (BME)</p>
<p>I know that technically ucsd and uiuc (even sometimes ucsb) can be considered better engineering schools than la, but it still stung alot! !especially knowing kids from my school with lower stats get in for engineering. But UCLA is jusst… UCLA!!! congrats to everyone who got in! Clearly deserved it!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 1940
ACT: 31
SAT II: 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not Offered
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Math HL, IB Lang. & Lit. HL, IB Spanish SL, IB History SL, TOK 2
Senior Year Course Load:IB Biology HL 2, IB Chemistry HL 2, IB Math HL 2, IB Lang. & Lit. HL 2, IB Spanish SL 2, IB History SL 2, </p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orphanage work, 500 + hours of volunteer work, Volleyball, Swimming Varsity, MUN
Summer Activities: Backpacking Europe, Medical Clinic in Africa Volunteer
Essays: Great Personal Statement!</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Zimbabwe
School Type: International
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 90k
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lots of volunteer work, showed passion through essay.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Washington, UCD, UCSB, Pepperdine. Waiting on Berkeley, USC</p>
<p>General Comments:Yay! Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Psychology</p>
<p>SAT I: 660 CR, 760 M, 720 W (2140)
SAT II: 760 Spanish, 700 Literature, 750 Chemistry</p>
<p>WGPA: 4.84 UW GPA: 4.00
Rank: School Does Not Rank. </p>
<p>AP Exams:
AP Environmental Science: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP Macroeconomics: 5
AP Microeconomics: 5
AP Human Geography: 4
AP English Literature: 3
AP Chemistry: 3</p>
<p>Senior Year Courseload: AP English Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, Yearbook
Awards: NHS, AP Scholar with Distinction, AP International Diploma, High Honor Roll</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: India
School Type: Small, International School
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male</p>
<p><strong>Decision: Accepted</strong></p>
<p>~Objective~
UC GPA: 4.3
SAT: 2300
SAT IIs: 750 History, 730 Math II
APs: 5, 5, 4 (School limits # of APs students can take)
Courseload: most rigorous courseload offered</p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
National Merit Commended
Girls’ State Nominee
2 School Awards for top 1% + merit
School Award for Leadership & Service</p>
<p>~Subjective~
**Volunteering:
- (Vice President) Service club helping disadvantaged youth. Among other events, conducted donation drives and prepared meals for 100 foster kids
- (Publicity Chair) Non-profit foundation raising $7000+ last year for a child afflicted with a malignant brain tumor
- (Publicity Chair) National cancer non-profit organization educating and fundraising for cancer research
- (President) Sport Club leading weekly classes, volunteering with fitness for disabled, elderly, and children, and fundraising for childhood obesity prevention</p>
<p>**Student Government:
- Class Council - Plan events such as Senior Lunch Fest, Homecoming, and Winter Formal
- Student Forum - Serve as liaison between student body and school administration
- Link Crew - Serve as mentor to new students and lead events such as Freshman Kick-Off Days</p>
<p>**Summer:
- Retirement Home Volunteer leading and organizing elders’ recreational activities
- Ivy League STEM Summer Program
- 3 LeadAmerica Conferences for college credit (won awards/was a finalist at all 3)
- International Travel</p>
<p>**Arts:
- Dance 3 (10, 11) - Awarded Best Choreography
- Art 3 (12)
- Chorus (9, 10)</p>
<p>**Personal Statement:
- I thought it was cliche; written last minute cause I scrapped my original essays and started over. Apparently it went over well.</p>
<p>~Demographics~
School Type: Competitive In-State Public
Ethnicity: Not specified
Hooks: None
Major: Neuroscience</p>
<p>**Other decisions:
- Accepted: UCSD, UC Davis, UCSB (Honors College), University of Rochester, Brandeis (Dean’s Scholar to both UofR and Brandeis)
- Rejected: Wash U in St. Louis, Northwestern
- Waitlisted: Scripps (lol)</p>
<p>Waiting on the rest - next week! hopefully lots more good news.</p>
<p>**Comments: I feel so thankful to have been accepted. UCLA had the largest applicant pool in the nation this year! Some really awesome students didn’t make it in, but success comes from what you do, not where you go. Congrats to everyone who made it as well :)</p>
<p>Rejected- intl student SAT = 710maths 560 cr 560 w SAT2:770 frenchh … english is my 4th language.I live in a poor country in the middle east with a population of 4 million. had good ec’s and a gpa of 15/20(excellent for the french system)…i honestly though that i’d have faire chance … devastated. accepted at ucsd though… but still sad :(</p>
<p>I got accepted!! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>W GPA (not UC W): 4.46
U/W GPA: 4.0
ACT: 34 (35 E, 31 M, 32 R, 36 S, 9 W)
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 800 Bio M, 760 Chem
AP: Bio 5, Comp 3</p>
<p>Summer hospital internship. Many hours tutoring at nearby disadvantaged school
Football, XC, Track
bio major</p>
<p>Now that I write it out I see why I got rejected: <em>very</em> weak extracurriculars, a bit lacking in test scores. Ah well.</p>
<p>Accepted ,aerospace major !!! Congratulations everyone:)</p>
<p>I will try to be as specific as possible!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! (YAY! I already completed the SIR haha}</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): I have taken it three times: first time was 1750, second time was 1860, third time was 1940 (640 M, 620 W, 680 CR)</p>
<p>ACT: Also took this three times. I scored 28 the first time, and 30 (34 English, 27 Science, 30 Math, 29 Reading) the second time (this is the score I used on the UC application) and 30 again the third time. </p>
<p>SAT II: 650 Spanish </p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, UC GPA: 4.5</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%, I was 22/514 at the time</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Euro (3), English Language (3), AP Spanish (3), AP Stats (4), AP Microeconomics (score pending), AP Macro economics (Score pending), AP Government (Score Pending), AP Literature (Score Pending)</p>
<p>College Courses: Psychology, Sociology</p>
<p>Honors Classes: Honors Spanish, Honors Chem, Honors Pre Calc</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): None</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: Web Design, Journalism, AP Micro/AP Macro (one semester each), AP Government/Law and Justice (one semester each), Internship, CP Physics, AP Literature, Piano Lab, Sociology</p>
<p>I will post ONLY the ECs, volunteer work, and awards I put on my UC application: </p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Academic Merit Award (given to students who achieve a cumulative GPA above 3.31 at my high school), National Guild Auditions (A piano evaluation for pianists; in 2012, I was recognized as a State Member; in 2013, I was recognized as a District Member), Branch Honors recital (Recognition for piano students in Certificate of Merit who play well in evaluation and reach over 80% in Music Theory exam; given to best pianists in program), CSF Member (member since Spring of my Sophomore year. Exclusive membership is given to students in CA who possess high academic achievements), Certificate of Merit (A piano evaluation; in 2011 passed at Level 4 evaluation; in 2012; passed at Level 6 with Honors; in 2013 passed at Level 7)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girls Varsity Golf Team (We have been able to place 2nd in our league twice and proceed to the CIF Section and Masters tournaments; 9-12th grade, 10 hours per week for 12 weeks), Pianist (Memorized pieces for recitals; participated in piano evaluations; played in piano competitions; 9-12th grade, 8 hours per week year round), high school journalism editor and writer (12th grade, 7.5 hours per week for 18 weeks), OCA Speak and Lead with Pride Program (leadership development and public speaking program, 12th grade, 2 hours per week for 6 weeks), The First Tee golf tournaments (12th grade, 8 hours per week for 3 weeks)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: I worked for about 2 months at an energy conservation company (sent letters to homeowners and designed advertisements and coupons), I’ve also worked since last August as an intern at a law firm (Called businesses; created spreadsheets of local companies and their information; created advertisements; wrote letters, etc)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: To earn Girl Scouts Gold Award: organized walkathon in support of a local child abuse prevention center; designed tshirts; created website; advertised for my event, etc. (12th grade, 3.25 hours per week for 26 weeks), The First Tee (I was on their fundraising committee, and volunteered at their tournaments as well, 12th grade, 2.25 hours for 9 weeks), Feed My Starving Children (Helped create approximately 100 handpacked meals for malnourished children each year, 9-11th grade, 3.5 hours per week for 1 week out of the whole year), To earn Girl Scouts Journey Award: assisted a local farm (11th grade, 2.5 hours per week for 4 weeks), To earn Girl Scouts Silver Award: created toy drive for children’s hospital (9th grade, 1.75 hours per week for 26 weeks)</p>
<p>Essays: For the first essay, I talked about how Cantonese was my first language, but how I had forgotten as I had gotten older. This caused me to “aspire” to relearn Cantonese, and because it wasn’t offered at my school, it led me to take Spanish (which I have found to have a passion for) and how I intend to utilize college as a way to explore various languages and cultures, etc. The second essay was about organizing my walk-a-thon to support the child abuse center, and how it has led me to grow as a confident, responsible individual (I talked about how, growing up, I was always shy and lacked self-confidence, but how this event I organized allowed me to realize my capabilities, etc)</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: n/a
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Intended Major: Undeclared - Social Science (L&S)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$45,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, ECs, volunteer work, awards
Weaknesses: ACT is on the lower side; personal statements were okay (tried to sound unique [i mean, you don’t hear about a lot of Asians speaking fluent Spanish!). When I first wrote them they sounded good-ish to me, but after I read them like 20x, they just sounded bad to me. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Major: Chemistry </p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 35
SAT II: 760 Math 2, 790 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
AP: 3 Stats, 4 Chem
Senior Year Course Load: Meh AP World, AP Gov, H Precalc </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Marching Band, Mock Trial, Varsity Field Hockey (Captain), Concert Band, Link Crew
Work Experience: Cashier
Community service: 250+ hours extensive both in and outside school
Essays: Talked about field hockey in one of my essays (I played at a provincial/national level)</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California *currently live in CA but considered an international student
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Both public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, field hockey, community service
Weaknesses: pretty much everything else
Why you think you were accepted: honestly no idea maybe because I transferred countries in my senior year??
Where else were you accepted: UCI, UCDavis, UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, U of Toronto, McGill</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
Major: Pre-political science
SAT I (by section): 2090 (Critical Reading 780, Writing 740, Math 570)
SAT IIs: n/a
GPA, unweighted: 3.75
GPA, UC weighted: 3.93
Rank: n/a
ACT: n/a
Senior year Courseload: Full IB diploma - HL Biology, HL History, HL English, HL Economics, SL math, SL French (anticipated, 6 score)
Number of Apps from Your School: A loooot
Fee Waiver Used?: No
Applied for financial aid?: No</p>
<p>Awards:
HL English IB award
HL History IB award
Student Athlete of the Year
Coach’s Award - Basketball</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Model UN (4-year presidency), Global Issues Club (President), Social entrepreneurship club (President), School Literary Magazine (President), Speech and Debate Competition (1st-place speech winner), National Honor Society member
Community Service: A ton of it, 100 hours/year
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Essays & subjects: pretty strong I think, talked about being a minority voice in a third-world revolution, and using fantasy novels and literary figures to move past personal obstacles</p>
<p>Location/Person:
Country: Egypt
Ethnicity: Caucasian Middle Eastern
Gender: Female
Strengths: probably my ECs and essays
Weaknesses: definitely my grades & GPA, both on the low-end. SAT is moderate compared to other applicants
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think it was my essays that got me in, giving a ‘character’ to my paperwork, pretty surprised I got in with my grades. Super excited though. </p>
<p>**Other decisions:
- Accepted: UC Davis, UC Irvine
- Rejected: n/a
- Waiting on: UC Berkeley, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Cornell, Emory, Tufts, Georgetown & William & Mary </p>
<p>**Comments: Stoked. </p>
<p>rejected, applied for media design
i guess i skew up my art supplement, which basically determines the final decision
congrats to all who got in !!!</p>
<p>I got rejected from UCLA. Could a UCLA reject receive acceptance at Berkeley? Like does it happen?</p>
<p>^ hopefully… I really want to go to Berkeley</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]School & Major:** Electrical and Computer Engineering</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2340: 800,780,760
[ *] ACT: 32 Did not submit
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math ll, 750 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, don’t know UC GPA
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/574
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov(5), APUSH(5), AP Language(5), Calc AB(5), Calc BC(4), Environmental Science(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, AP Comp Sci
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list][ b]Subjective: None
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrestling, Key Club, Math Club, Club Tennis
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Many hours at food bank/ various places
[ *] Summer Activities: Electrical Engineering camp at NCSU
[ *] Essays: Pretty Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read
[ *] Counselor Rec: Did not read
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:[/list][ b]Other
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean
[ *] Gender: M
[ ]Income Bracket: 200,000
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list][ b]Reflection
[ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, some EC
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, EC’s showed interest in particular major
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list][ b]General Comments:**</p>