UCLA Class of 2018 Official Decisions/Discussion

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1021

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School & Major: College of Letters and Sciences-Pre Math, Financial Acturarial</p>

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170, 780 M, 690 R, 700 W
    [</em>] ACT: -
    [<em>] SAT II: 800 Math ll, 760 Physics
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
    [</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), Statistics (5), Spanish (3)
    [<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Macro/Micro, AP Physics C, Mandarin Level 4, Advanced Math Topics
    [<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Commended

Subjective:

  • [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BSA (SPL, Eagle Scout), Spanish Club (President), Varsity Basketball, Taekwando
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at major tech company and TV production company
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat For Humanity, Boy Scouts, Service on Saturdays
    [<em>] Summer Activities: Internships
    [</em>] Essays: Very good, wrote about international background and basketball
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read
    [<em>] Additional Rec:

Other

  • [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
    [<em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong, applied as out of state, US citizen
    [</em>] School Type: Private
    [<em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
    [</em>] Gender: M
    [<em>]Income Bracket: 200,000
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None

Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: International background, EC’s, strong essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, EC’s showed leadership
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UC Davis, UCSD. Rejected from Stanford, NYU Stern
[/ul]</p>

1022

<p>@Mikey486 ahhh i got accepted with exactly the same major as you!! :slight_smile: btw, how did you hear back from NYU stern yet? i applied there, and i thought decisions were supposed to come in a week or so?</p>

1023

<p>@fahrenheit1064 ED 2’d there, decision came back mid February. Gl on your decision.</p>

1024

<p>@thnkprnctn - Yes, it happens. I know three different families at work whose kids were accepted to Berkeley but not to UCLA. Best of luck!</p>

1025

<p>@thnkprnctn: Yes it does happen. I know a girl who was accepted to UC Berkeley and is currently a freshman there, but she was waitlisted for UCLA. Good luck!</p>

1026

<p>rejected - applied to econ major, 2330 SAT, 4.18 GPA. kind of surprised because my older sister got in when she applied to colleges two years back and my numbers are better and we have about equal extracurriculars and achievements. guess it’s always a crap shoot though…</p>

<p>congrats to all accepted! looks like there’s a lot of international students. :-)</p>

1027

<p>Son waitlisted.
Major: Undeclared - Social Sciences
UW GPA: 3.85
W GPA: 4.45
ACT: 33 (36 E, 31 M, 33 R, 32 S, 32 E/W)</p>

<p>Been through this process two years ago with his older brother who did get in off the waitlist, but he chose to stick with the school that he’d SIRd to. </p>

1028

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Major: Biology</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT: 1940 (710 math, 570 reading,
SAT II: 760 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
AP: 5 AP Human
Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro Science, AP Calculus AB, College English and Calculus AB</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Orchestra, National Tech Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, Student Council Representative, MSA
Work Experience: Cashier
Community service: 300+ hours extensive both in and outside school
Essays: Talked about how I was speech delay and how to overcome it and how to deal with people after 9/11</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Both public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, community service, EC
Weaknesses: SAT, not enough AP’s
Why you think you were accepted: honestly thought I was going to be rejected but I think my essays were really good and GPA
Where else were you accepted: UT Austin, Baylor</p>

1029

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Major: Pre Math</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (35 Math, 35 Science, 32 English, 30 Reading)
SAT II: 660 Bio, 690 Math II</p>

<p>WGPA: 4.65
UW GPA: 4.00
UC GPA Capped: 4.33
Rank: 6/500+
ELC: Yes</p>

<p>AP Exams:
Calc BC: 5 (AB subscore 5)
Psychology: 5
English Language: 3
European History: 3</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload: AP English Lit, APES, AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, AP US Gov, AP Comparative Pol, Honors Physics
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Scholar Athlete</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: 500+ hrs community service, 2-sport athlete, leadership</p>

<p>State or Country: CA
School Type: Public 2300+</p>

1030

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Major: Materials Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT: 2010
SAT II: 740 Math 2, 710 US history
ACT:31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.6
AP: AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Euro, AP US, AP Calc AB/BC, AP Lang, AP Lit</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Swim team (varsity 3 years), Water Polo (varsity 3 years), Club swim, club polo
Work Experience: Lifeguard, Swim coach
Community service: library volunteer, mexico outreach trip, taught children how to swim
Essays: Talked about my experience with the swim team over the years and how I used math in my everyday life</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Extra Curriculars, Courseload
Weaknesses: SAT, ACT
Why you think you were accepted: I think I had a competitive GPA, but ultimately materials engineering is much easier to get into than the other engineering majors
Where else were you accepted: UC Davis, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, Cal poly, Santa Clara</p>

1031

<p>I got accepted into UCLA! :slight_smile: I have a question though, I added a class to my schedule this semester due to some rearrangement of my class periods. So I ended up having to take a class as a teacher’s assistant and that class was not on my transcript when I applied. I did not drop any classes, I only added that. Do I have to report this change to UCLA? Will it affect my admission?!</p>

1032

<p>TA is not a-g. You’re OK as long as you didn’t drop a class that you put on your application.</p>

1033

<p>Rejected CS </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/800/12 (single sitting)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 Math / 800 Physics / 800 Chemistry / 800 Biology / 800 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/4.7W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% (Grade inflation at my school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s: Calc BC, Stats, CS, Bio, Chem, Phys C Mech, Phys C E&M, Phys B, Eng Lang, Psych, Euro, USH, Macro, Micro
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, DE Advanced and Modern Physics, DE Linear Algebra, DE Differential Equations, AP Gov, DE Organic Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):USAJMO double-qualifier, USAMO one-time qualifier, USAPhO, USABO, USAChO</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research Assistant for Physics at nearby college, (Math Club President), (Physics Club president), (Chemistry Club VP), Track&Field varsity 3 of 4 years. Swimming 1 year, Violin and Piano, Speech & Debate
Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed peer tutor for all subjects all four years high school.
Volunteer/Community service: Exhibit leader at local tech museum every weekend. Help ,local church with many events.
Summer Activities: Built homes and schools in Africa and China past 2 summers. Did Summer@Brown 3 years ago.
Essays: Thought they were good enough
Teacher Recommendation: n/a it’s a UC =|
Counselor Rec: Probably good. Always had a good relationship w/ him.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large Public in a wealthy area with much grade inflation
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60 - 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
Reflection
Strengths:Academics
Weaknesses: No Research [Edit: Should clarify that this is no original research. I only assisted someone else]
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Asian male interested in CS? Not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted at MIT, waitlisted at Caltech, Accepted UCSD
General Comments:</p>

<p>So. Anyone see a glaring red flag for UCLA? I thought at worst I would get wait list</p>

1034

<p>@Jwen556 - You should have gotten it with those stats. Definetely. MIT saw that. Screw UCLA. Haha. They waitlisted me with 9 AP 5’s and a 2340 in my SAT 1. 3 800’s on my SAT 2. (I know not as impressive as yours) haha.</p>

1035

<p>If it’s true that UCLA only accepts a certain number of applicants from the same school, that could be the problem. If this practice is actually occurring, then it’s ludicrous. Being punished for choosing the academically challenging school in your school district? Insane. I know it happens in our town. </p>

1036

<p>For those that got accepted, I have a question. Under the financial information page, it says that I have a “SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION AWARD”. Does every freshman get this or only a select few?</p>

1037

<p>@SmoothAl
It’s a grant for students from low income families:</p>

<p>

<a href=“http://www.ucla.edu/admissions/affordability”>http://www.ucla.edu/admissions/affordability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

1038

<p>@SmoothAl where do you find the financial information page? </p>

1039

<p>Okay thank you @2018dad</p>

<p>@fahrenheit1064 log into your portal at MyUCLA and then continue onto “View your Financial Aid Provisional Letter”</p>

1040

<p>@jwenn556 - if it’s any solace, I think you were denied bc you are so strong. You are a much better fit for a school like MIT and thus not likely to attend UCLA. Schools are looking for fit and likely attendees. My daughter was accepted at UCLA and UCSD but denied at UCSB (ironically, it was her favorite of all universities). I know many other kids who have similar stories and you can find many more on CC. Don’t spend a lot of time thinking about. Be proud of your accomplishments, they really are incredible! Good luck!</p>