*******UCLA CLASS OF 2019 DECISIONS ONLY*******

So decisions should be coming out today sometime in the evening! :slight_smile:
Hopefully this thread will be useful for future UCLA applicants. Good luck and hope to see many future Bruins!
Copy and paste information below and fill it out. Delete the spaces after initial brackets.

[ 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]

[ 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.):

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

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

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences, Applied Mathematics)

Objective:

[ul]
[] ACT: 34 (34 M, 34 E, 35 R, 33 S)
[
] SAT II: 740 (Math II)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9 UW
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but top 1 or 2 in class
[] IB scores: Diploma Candidate (Testing in May)
[
] Senior Year Course Load: IB Higher Level Mathematics, IB Higher Level Physics, IB Higher Level History of the Americas, IB Higher Level Literature, IB Standard Level Visual Arts A, IB Standard Level Spanish B
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few class awards (History, English, Design Technology), Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key (Poetry) and National American Voice Winner, Harvard Book Award, George Eastman’s Young Leaders Award, Published poet in an international writing magazine, some other minor things
[/ul][/li]
Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Orienteering Club (takes up a majority of my time, very committed), Varsity Soccer, 2 Bands, Academic Decathlon, Poetry (High Leadership Positions in Each), some other things for fun :slight_smile:
[
] Job/Work Experience: Paid performer with band, Working DJ
[] Volunteer/Community service: Athletic leadership, Coaching for orienteering and youth soccer, Volunteer DJ for Events
[
] Essays: I really liked them! Wrote about my life through film, and also my experiences trying new foods (personal anecdotes with “bigger implications”)

Other

[list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Idaho
[
] School Type: Private IB
[] Ethnicity: White
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Strong academics (almost all A’s in extremely rigorous IB coursework with 4 Higher Levels), Commitment to extracurricular activities, Poetry Awards
[
] Weaknesses: No “major” awards, no research.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academics and personal essays, with a strong commitment to my learning and passions
[
] Where else were you accepted: Accepted to: University of Southern California (Presidential Scholar, Engineering Honors), University of Texas Austin (Biomedical Engineering and Plan II Honors), California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo (Biomedical Engineering, Out of State Scholarship Winner). Deferred: Yale-NUS. Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis. Waiting for rest of RD applications.[/ul]

Decision: Accepted | Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 | Math: 770, Reading: 720, Writing: 740
[
] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: Math II: 790, Chem: 730
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: ??
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/432
[] ELC?:
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, AP Government, Honors English, Arabic (Dual Enrollment), Microsoft Office, Biology online
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too big
 student of the month from rotary club and small academic awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Praise band (Leader), Hispanic ministry (Leader), JV Golf Team, Concert Band, Wind ensemble
[
] Job/Work Experience: Burger King (21hr/wk), Started up own lawn-mowing service in neighborhood
[] Volunteer/Community service: Missions to Mexico, VBS
[
] Personal Statement: First one about growing up in an immigrant household and how I am the student I am today because of how much my parents struggled. Second one was about our apathetic generation

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Chemical Engineering[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[
] School Type: Small Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores/GPA
[
] Weaknesses: Extracirriculars weren’t really focused towards STEM area
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCSD, UCSB, Rutgers honors college. Waitlist from Case Western
[
] Schools you were rejected from? Cornell
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Drexel [/li][/ul]General Comments: Time to see if I can actually afford the oos tuition
haha but really, good luck everyone, hope for the best!

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[
] ACT: Composite 33 English 34 Math 30 Reading 34 Science 35 English/Writing 31
[] SAT II: Math II 800 Literature 620 (don’t know why I sent this)
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 89.64 (school doesn’t do 4 point scale) Weighted GPA: 96.37
[] UC GPA: 3.67
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: N/A
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL 6
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc IB French SL2 IB English HL2 IB TOK IB SEHS SL2 IB HOTA HL2 IB Psych SL IB Anthropology HL2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major, top 3 scorer on the AMC 10 in my school
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[
] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Badminton for 4 years-All County in my junior and senior year, county champion in my junior year-2 years JV baseball 1 year V, lots of summer baseball, math tutor in my senior year
[] Job/Work Experience: Busboy 10th and 11th grade, probably about 1000 total hours of work
[
] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a very selective camp for disabled children and adults (Camp A.N.C.H.O.R.) basically worked one on one with a different kid/adult every weekday during the summer of 9th and 10th grade. 360 total hours
[] Personal Statement: I really like them, but i don’t know how they compare to everyone else’s personal statements
[/ul]Other[ul]
[
] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Applied Mathematics
[
] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[
] School Type: Medium-Large Public School
[] Ethnicity: White
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >150,000
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores I guess, sports maybe
[
] Weaknesses: Bad GPA, lack of leadership roles, lack of variety in my ECs, the list goes on
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 2% acceptance rate last year for people with my gpa, i can’t say I’m surprised[/li][/ul]General Comments: ohh the agony haha. good luck to the others who got rejected, you’ll succeed somewhere

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (640 CR, 770 M, 680 W)
[
] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: 3.92
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t do ranks
[] ELC?: Yes
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism, Honors Pre-Calculus, Economics, American Government, Statistics, and English 12
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]**Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pilot’s license
[
] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local library, part of a program to teach elementary and middle school students about drug use, and food bank
[
] Personal Statement: I thought I did well. I talked about getting my pilot’s license and moving across the country during high school

[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science as 1st choice, Astrophysics as alternate[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[
] School Type: Public top 100
[] Ethnicity: White
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 280k
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores
[
] Weaknesses: Hardly any AP classes
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCI, UCSD
[
] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Disappointed but not surprised. I’m going to try and appeal because any chance is worth taking.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (640 CR, 770 M, 680 W)
[
] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: 3.92
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t do ranks
[] ELC?: Yes
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism, Honors Pre-Calculus, Economics, American Government, Statistics, and English 12
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pilot’s license
[
] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local library, part of a program to teach elementary and middle school students about drug use, and food bank
[
] Personal Statement: I thought I did well. I talked about getting my pilot’s license and moving across the country during high school

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science 1st choice, Astrophysics as alternate[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[
] School Type: Public top 100
[] Ethnicity: White
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 280k
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores
[
] Weaknesses: Hardly any AP classes
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? waitlisted UCI, waitlisted UCSD
[
] Schools you were rejected from? UCLA
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Disappointed but not surprised. I’m going to try and appeal though. Any chance is worth taking for this school!

Decision: Accepted (Henry Samueli School of Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (680 CR, 770 M, 770 W)
[
] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math Level II - 800, Biology - 800, Chemistry - 790
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.23
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: ?
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry - 5, Biology - 5, Art History - 5, English Language - 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP US Government, Spanish 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SADD (Founder / President), School Newspaper (Webmaster), National Honor Society
[
] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross (since 8th Grade)
[
] Personal Statement: Don’t remember specifics but I wrote about my obsession with numbers (stock games, sports statistics, etc) for one and other about Economics for Leaders (this Econ camp I attended last summer at UCLA).

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but not getting anything
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science, but likely changing[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[
] School Type: Public, Large (3500+ Students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Don’t want to be too specific, but upper middle class, too much for good FinAid.
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats. Even though I didn’t have anything CS related, I did well in all my math/science classes and tests. Also, I think my essays were really strong.
[
] Weaknesses: ECs.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCSD, UC Irvine (Campus Honors Program), Washington (Purple and Gold Scholarship) Waitlisted: Caltech
[
] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[li] Schools you are waiting for? The entire Ivy League plus Stanford[/li][/ul]General Comments: Pretty excited about this! Not sure how it’s going to play out with my other colleges, but I’ve been to UCLA so many times for camps and other activities and it’s honestly one of my favorite campuses. I know it’ll be an awesome experience. Good luck to those of you applying next year; just realize even if you don’t think your ECs are good, you can still get in with good stats. And for those of you guys on the waitlist, best of luck to you guys too!

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2220 Math:750 Writing:790 Reading: 680
ACT (breakdown): 32 can’t remember how i did, but it wasn’t good
SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 800
Unweighted GPA: 99.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/569
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography-4, Euro History -4, Physics B-5, Calculus AB-5, English Comp-5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL-6
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL (only course offered), IB Computer Science SL/AP Computer Science, IB Physics HL/AP Physics C, IB HOA HL, Ib English HL, AP Calculus AB, AP Economics

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Texas All-State Trombone for two years, ‘tenure’ in the American Southwest Honor Band, National Merit Commended, 2nd place in Southwest STEM Challenge, AP Scholar with distinction(is this really a major award???)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band/Symphony Orchestra, self teaching math, High-Q, UIL Math/Science, Physics Club, Student Lecture club, NHS, Robotics Club, Spanish Club
Job/Work Experience: Self Employed (lawn care, model engine cleaning services)
Volunteer/Community service: 6 years at a local food pantry, member of a local children’s museum board, CAS
Summer Activities: studying math, practicing trombone
Essays: decent, not the best, but not terrible
Teacher Recommendation: should have been pretty good
Counselor Rec: great from what i understand
Additional Rec: should also have been pretty good

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pure Mathematics (and maybe music)
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White/Korean
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~150000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): texas all-state trombonist??

Reflection:

Strengths:
very passionate about math, have self taught material from a junior and senior level (university)
decent test scores, but definitely could have been better
shown dedication/work ethic in band/orch
decent grades

Weaknesses:

essay quality
 i can’t say for sure that they were bad, but i can’t exactly recall anything memorable from them either
my ethnicity probably isn’t helping me

Got rejected from Caltech EA, deferred and then rejected at MIT (that one sucked), and still waiting on Stanford, Berkeley, and Princeton

Got into the Polymathic Scholars at UT Austin, so that’s there.

Good luck to everyone else, and if you don’t end up getting in somewhere you had really wanted to go (trust me, it does suck), you can always make up for it at another institution with hard work and a positive outlook.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M: 720, R: 680, W: 780
[
] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chem: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[
] UC GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/351
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB: 5, Calc BC: 5, US History: 5, Physics: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[
] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs!
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholarship with Distinction, honorary degree in dancing[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of EC’s mainly related to math and science, leadership positions in most of them
[
] Job/Work Experience: tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
[
] Personal Statement: wrote about robotics in essay 1, dancing in essay 2, and women in STEM field in the additional statement

[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Mechanical Engineering, Undeclared[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[
] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[
] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $40,000-50,000
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
I would recommend applicants to apply to a college early action or decision. Regular Decision has completely ruined my senior year because of the stress and the pressure :confused: I would also insist on applying to few schools (7 or 8 schools).
[] Strengths: the essays, my rank, AP classes (took 14 APs in total during high school)
[
] Weaknesses: I applied to an extremely competitive major (mechanical engineering). The acceptance rate is lower than 14%, but for chemical engineering it is around 35%
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UT Austin, Northeastern honors college, Rutgers honors college, TCNJ honors college, UCD, UCSD
[
] Schools you were rejected from? MIT, Washington University in St. Louis, UCLA
[li] Schools you are waiting for? all the ivies, vanderbilt, rice, u michigan, UCB[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:[ /b] The rejection letter said that they accepted only 5700 applicants out of 92,000 applicants, which makes the acceptance rate less than 7%. Why on earth is UCLA’s acceptance rate so low this year!?

Decision: Accepted for Computer Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 M, 800 W, 730 CR)
[
] ACT: Not taken
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Phy, 800 Chem
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not Applicable (All A+ grades though)
[] UC GPA: N/A
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: What’s that?
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[
] Senior Year Course Load: n/a
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Few international awards. Not exactly major, but significant[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many to list. Lots of winning stuff from various fields. Leadership positions in school and Toastmasters club.
[
] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Too many to list
[
] Personal Statement: They are written well but I think I went off on a tangent in the ‘Describe your community’ essay

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: CSc[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[
] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[
] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High enough
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Tons of amazing ECs. Great Scores. Flawless report card.
[
] Weaknesses: Zero work experience. Also, essays I think. It was more about my parents than me :stuck_out_tongue:
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: GaTech, UMich, UIUC (James Scholar) , UCSD, University of Minnesota (scholarship+research grant+honors), Twin Cities, UW Seattle, Imperial College London
[
] Schools you were rejected from?: Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Princeton, Harvard, CMU, Cornell, UCB[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 M, 760 CR, 730 W
[
] ACT: 31 overall I think
[] SAT II: 670 French, 700 US History, 680 Math II
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: 4.18 capped, 4.4 uncapped
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/460
[] ELC?: Yes
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), Calc AB (4), Chem (3), USH (5), Eng Lang (5), French (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP French, AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, Engineering Development and Design, AP Econ
[
] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just some student of the year awards for subjects and some Key Club Awards.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Journalist, Photographer, some committees), NHS (Vice-President), CSF (President), Chemistry Club (President and Founder), Robotics Team (CAD Team Leader)
[
] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at a Fiber Optics Company.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ Hours from Key Club and NHS.
[
] Personal Statement: Wrote one about being inspired to help others because of people in my community and the fact that my parents did not have the opportunity to go to college, wrote the other about overcoming being monolingual even though I am half Hispanic.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major : Political Science[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public, medium (1900 people)
[
] Ethnicity: Half Hispanic/Half Non-hispanic white
[] Gender: Male
[
] Income Bracket: $160,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First Generation[/li]
[/ul][ b]Reflection
[ list]
[] Strengths: Took most rigorous course load in my school, good test scores.
[
] Weaknesses: Got several Bs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: So far, UCSD, UCR, UCSB, CSUSB
[
] Schools you are waiting for?: Cal, Cornell, Harvard, USC
[/list]General Comments:
Not sure what to say.

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nopeee
SAT II: naw
ACT: 33 C ACT 33E, 33M, 32R, 32S, 9 essay
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.12 (at time of application it was 4.09)
UC GPA: ermmm I think it was 3.9ish??
Rank/percentile: school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (4), Lit (4), Psych (4), World (4), US History (3), Calc BC, Lang, Gov, Studio Art, Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, AP Physics 1, AFJROTC
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Daughters of the American Revolution Medal, National Honors Society, National Sojourners Award, Order of Daedalians Medal
Subjective: lol what this
Volunteer/Community Service (place leadership in parenthesis): AFJROTC Tutoring (Founder/Head Tutor), Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (Gallery Facilitator), Palomar Health (Clinical Intern), Relay for Life (Event Lead and Coordinator)
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Cancer Awareness Club (Co-Founder/President), JV Shot Put, AFJROTC Group Staff (Mission Support Officer), Business Club (Vice President)
Essays: First one was about how my dad’s death to cancer inspired my goals to pursue a career in the health field. Second was about my rise into leadership in my school’s AFJROTC unit.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup yup yup
Intended Major: Human Biology and Society
State: CA
School Type: super average public school
Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Hooks: Father’s death, had huge impact on my future goals.
Strengths: Extracurriculars/Volunteer activities were pretty oriented towards my desired major. A
Weaknesses: GPA for sure. I got a C first semester of junior year in Calc AB, but I thankfully was able to explain how having pneumonia for 3 weeks really held me back from school during the time.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UCSD, UC Davis, UCI, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU
Waiting - NYU, Boston University, UC Berkeley (loLOLOLOL)
Reflection - Gotta fill out that wait list form right now lol

Decision: Accepted

Hopefully this helps someone! I copied and pasted this from my previous results posts, so I apologize for any formatting differences!

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 2390 (790 CR, 800 WR, 800 M)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: 750 Math II, 760 Chemistry, 760 US History, 770 Chinese w/Listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry: 5, AP US History: 5, AP English Language and Comp: 5, AP Psychology: 5, AP Human Geography: 5, AP Chinese: 5, AP Comparative Government: 4, AP Statistics: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Japanese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, published a paper on Japanese Tokugawa foreign relations during the 17th-19th centuries (I sent in the first page of the journal article as a supplement) in a Stanford Institute of International Studies journal, Chinese-American Semiconductor Professionals Association Scholarship (not that major), various awards from the World Affairs Council for my passion for international relations, a bunch of awards from flute competitions

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Director of Foreign Relations for the UN International Youth Council (currently in the midst of creating a youth-run policy journal), Youth Ambassador to Finland (1 of 12 students to receive a scholarship from the Finnish govt), Stanford Reischauer Japanese and Sejong Korean Scholar (competitive program, only 25 students nationally selected), Board Member of the Silicon Valley United Nations Association (10-12), Student Ambassador for local World Affairs Council (10-12), Principal Flutist of a state-level youth symphony and school Wind Ensemble (sent in a flute supplement) (9-12), Undersecretary general for Model UN (9-12), Director of finances for National Honor Society (10-12), Founded my own financial literacy initiative after interning at a microfinance NGO in China (10-12), Business editor for award-winning school newsmagazine (10-12)

Job/Work Experience: Interning at a microfinance NGO? That was only for a summer though.

Volunteer/Community service: Many hours through the UN Association

Summer Activities: 2013 summer was spent touring Central Europe with my youth symphony for 2-3 weeks, Interned at a Microfinance NGO in Central China, 2014 summer: Received a scholarship from the Finnish government to study abroad 7-8 weeks

Essays: Pretty terrible tbh very last minute, my Common App was definitely better than my UC apps lol

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Sociology/Linguistics/East Asian Studies- I haven’t decided yet
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Chinese-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$400,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

Reflection

Strengths: SAT I score, unique passions and extracurriculars, not a cookie-cutter Asian, international perspective, UCLA loves my school
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II scores, bad at math
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: It’s a crapshoot! I got lucky :slight_smile:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UPenn College of Arts and Sciences (likely), Wellesley (likely), Washington University in St. Louis, UC Davis (w/ honors and regents), UCSD, UC Irvine Honors Program w/Regents, and now UCLA! I most likely won’t be attending, but I am very relieved to have been accepted!
Deferred: Princeton SCEA but I’m so over it, still waiting on a couple more Ivies and privates (though not expecting much)

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2200 (730 R, 670 M, 800 W)
[
] ACT:34 (34 E, 34 M, 34 R, 35 S, 11 Essay)
[] SAT II:800 Math II, 710 Bio-E, 760 US
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] UC GPA: Unsure
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] ELC?:
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP U.S. History (5), AP Human Geography (5), AP English Language (5), AP Macroeconomics (4, Self Study), AP Microeconomics (4, Self Study), AP Environmental Science (4, Self Study)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[
] Senior Year Course Load:AP Gov, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, Ceramics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Questbridge College Prep. Scholar, Questbridge National College Match Finalist, National Merit Commended, National AP Scholar, Gates Millenium Scholarship Finalist[/li]
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Speech & Debate (10-12), Key Club (11-12), Quiz Bowl (11-12), Science Olympiad (11-12), Liberty in North Korea Club (11-12, President), Columnist for a Science website (11-12)
[
] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:Volunteered at local library and Key Club events (80 hours)
Summer Activities: Boy’s State California 2014, Publishing articles about science for a website
[
] Personal Statement: Prompt 1: Talked about Science Olympiad 5/10, Prompt 2: Talked about family values/issues 10/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: ChemE[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[
] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[
] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: $30,000
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Personal life circumstances/unexpected events?

[/ul]Reflection[ list]
[] Strengths: Scores
[
] Weaknesses: Essay 1, No 4 year extracurricular commitment?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCI (Regent’s) UCSD (Regent’s)
[
] Schools you were rejected from?: MIT, Harvey Mudd
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: A bunch[/li][/list]General Comments: Hopefully this helps other people out!

For my offspring, keeping details private

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I 2380
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
UC GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs by end of junior year, all 4’s and 5’s
Senior Year Course Load: Lots of AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity sport, Editor in chief of school paper, VP of science related club
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring, journalist
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring in STEM fields

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major [ /b]: STEM
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <85,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
Pre-Business Economics
I also got a supplement which may have aided my application

SAT: 2020
SAT II: 700 Math 2, 640 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
UC GPA: 4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/980
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 5 Exams with 4s on all of them.
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 Language
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list] This is definitely where I shined
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Youth Commission, Leo Club member, Speech and Debate Member, etc
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at MixrMedia, published a book, created several online businesses
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of little stuff
[ *] Personal Statement: 1) Talked about creating my business, 2) Talked about dealing with my brother’s autism

[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Extra Curriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores definitely
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCSD, Davis, UCSB, Irvine, and now LA!
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? None
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

Decision: Accepted!

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2090
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: N/A
ELC? Yes
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/183
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Micro (4) Macro (5) Lang (5) Euro (4) US History (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Music Theory, AP Lit, Sociology, Orchestra, Japanese
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a bajillion cultural clubs, speaking partner for international students, music (won awards for piano and viola), founded a club to raise money for students affected by cancer at my school, CSF, NHS, JNHS
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked as a counselor for a summer esl program for international students for 4 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 989 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteered at an orphanage in mexico twice,
[ *] Essays: my second essay was better than my first. I wrote about working at the ESL Program and how it made me curious and want to broaden my horizons, and the first essay was about how I had experienced poverty in third world countries which was what made me want to study International Development

[ b]Other**
Financial aid? Yes
Intended Major: International Development
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 80,000-90,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[ /list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[ *] Strengths: EC’s were all pretty focused on what I wanted to major in
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea actually. Maybe because my major? I’m pretty passionate about it and I don’t think it’s that impacted
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted (UCSD, UCSB, Clark, Bard College Berlin, Colby College) Waitlisted (Uchicago), Rejected (Wustl)
[ /list]

[ b]General Comments: **

**Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Science) **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 ( 740 M, 720 CR, 690 W)
[
] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: Bio M 770, Math II 690
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.35 (not exactly sure though)
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: Yes
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[
] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Dual Enrollment (DE) General Physics II, DE Fundamentals of Speech, Economics, US Government, AP English and Comp, DE Philosophy, Chorus
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
 das it.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Outreach Director), Key Club, Musical Theatre Group, Troupe (co founder), Dance Team (captain)
[
] Job/Work Experience: Research Internship at UCLA
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer for 1.5 years
[
] Personal Statement: I wrote about losing grandmother to poor healthcare in third world country and how I aimed to help the situation by hoping to dedicate myself to research throughout my career. My second prompt was about finding myself through theatre and improving my public speaking skills, culminating at my research presentation for UCLA grad students and professors

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[li]** Intended Major **: Biochemistry[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): the Golden State (CA)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[
] School Type: competitive science/engineering focused, small (~600 students), public
[] Ethnicity: Soy un dorito (hispanic)
[
] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: straight up middle class, ~200,000 gross income
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): did research at UCLA’s Bionengineering Dept, born in a third world country, immigrant

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was definitely proud of my personal statements. I think doing research at UCLA and demonstrating that interest was something that made me stand out. My SAT scores weren’t extremely high but definitely in the upper average range. My ECs showed variety and commitment.
[
] Weaknesses: amount of ECs was lacking, no major awards to speak of
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Northeastern, U of Miami, LMU, U of Arizona, Wash U in SL, UCI, UCD, UCSD
[
] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard, Columbia, JHU, Northwestern, Cal[/li][/ul]General Comments: Things worked out for the best! So grateful, really wasn’t expecting this :blush: This was a definite confidence boost :smile: Congrats to all those accepted!

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260–>760 Math 770 Reading 730 Writing
[
] ACT (breakdown): 35–>English (35), Math (36), Reading (34), Science (35)
[] SAT II: Lit (750), Math II (770), U.S. History (760)
[
] SAT III: 55,600
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[
] UC GPA: No idea. Wild guess
-7.6554?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[
] AP: US History (5), Physics (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (4), Language (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Sociology, AP Psych/Stats/Chem/Themes
[
] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Pulitzer (not really)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: President of our school’s political/law club, I sing at local restaurants/have mini concerts every once in a while, I consume boxes of Goldfish incredibly fast, and I’m also on the volleyball team
[
] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor for a few summers, worked at a cafe for one
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a local PADS shelter quite often
[
] Personal Statement: World I came from focused specifically on one hiking trip w/my dad, Personal talent/accomplishment/etc. focused on my love of singing
I liked them both!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Poli sci, with some type of business major
[
] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] White/Female
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Waitlisted at UChicago/WashU, accepted to Michigan
[
] Schools you are waiting for?: UPenn, Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford, UCB, NYU, Columbia, College of Rapidly Increasing Heart Rates, etc.
[/ul]General Comments: You’re all awesome. Seriously.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (760R, 700M, 720W)
[
] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 690 Chemistry, 700 Literature, 730 Mathematics II
[
] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Language and Comp. (4), AP Chem (3), AP Calc BC (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish V, AP Statistics, CHS Physics, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Micro
[
] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Merit Commended, 3rd at Regional NHD, 4th States Mock Trial, AP Scholar with Distinction

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Forensics (Officer), Organization of Chinese American Youth (President), Organization of Chinese American Dance, Pittsburgh Cares Youth Advisory Council, Cross-Country, Track & Field, Swimming & Diving, Mock Trial, National Honors Society
[
] Job/Work Experience: Server at Edo’s, Food Avenue at Target, Hostess at Great China Buffet
[] Volunteer/Community service: UPMC Presbyterian, Allegheny General Hospital
[
] Personal Statement: Boring and bland

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Undecided - Life Sciences[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] School Type: Public
[
] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[
] Income Bracket: N/A
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Test scores? Extracurriculars
[
] Weaknesses: Personal Statement
[] Schools were you accepted: OSU, Pitt, UCLA
[
] Schools you were rejected from?: None as of yet.
[*] Schools you are waiting for?: Duke, Berkeley, Yale