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

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[ b]Decision: Accepted**

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 750 Critical Reading, 720 Writing, 750 Math
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 780 US History, 730 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] UC GPA: 3.84 unweighted, 4.4 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 percent
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): four 5,s, two 4’s
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Environmental Science, AP Biology, Ap Gov, AP Literature, AP European History, Ap Economics, AP Comparative Politics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, ADL Youth Leadership Mission Delegate, world Affairs Council Delegate Twice, nothing major… [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Russian Newspaper wclub soccer, varsity soccer (starter since freshman year), Adl youth delegate, president of russian club, NHS, soccer refereeing and coaching, vP of geopolitics club
[] Job/Work Experience: League of Women Voters Internship, Daycare Assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: included that in Extracurriculars I have some more things but cant remember
[] Personal Statement: 8/10?

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Global Studies[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing at all

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: showed passion in what i wanted to do backed by solid enough stats and ECS
[] Weaknesses: unweighted GPA, don’t bring diversity
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCLA! UCSD UCD UCSB UCSC Waitlisted: Pomona College Deferred: Princeton
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? IVYS, Stanford, CMC, Vandy, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Only did this because these forums were so helpful to me when I was applying!

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Decision: Rejected (Computer Science)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (800 reading, 770 math, 660 writing, 8 essay)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 biology m, 800 chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] UC GPA: 4.42 (uncapped)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry[5], Biology[5], Calculus BC[5], Computer Science[5]
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Physics 1&2, AP Government, AP Macroecon, Programming, Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Programming Club(president), Mu Alpha Theta, Quizbowl team(treasurer, and won 1st place at regionals), Music(won a competition)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: almost none
[] Personal Statement: it was ok

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science (Henry Samueli School of Engineering)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 250k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT Subject Tests
[] Weaknesses: ECs, lack of volunteer work, essays were ok but could be better, terrible writing score on SAT
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted to UCSD, UCD, not in engineering though
[] Schools you were rejected from? LA is my first rejection
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I saw this coming, Engineering is incredibly competitive, especially Computer Science.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[* ]SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (720 CR, 750 M, 730 W) Single sitting and superscore
[* ]ACT (breakdown):
[* ]ACT superscore:
[* ]SAT II: Bio M (800), Math II (770), U.S. History (710)
[* ]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[* ]UC GPA: 4.41
[* ]Weighted GPA: 4.31
[* ]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[* ]AP: Calc AB (5), Biology (4)
[* ]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Physics honors, AP Gov, AP Macro, British Literature
[* ]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist and scholarship recipient, Questbridge NCM finalist, a couple local awards (pretty insignificant)

Subjective:

[* ]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): President of Muslim Student Association at school, secretary/treasurer of Race and Social Justice club, CSF, NHS, local religious sunday school and youth group, team leader of local tree-care non-profit, youth soccer referee, volunteer at public library, math and science tutor
[* ]Job/Work Experience: Worked for my dad’s business for last 2 years
[* ]Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a local library quite often among other random stuff
[* ]Personal Statement: Overall, 9/10. I wrote about overcoming adversity growing up to attain my educational goals and immigrating from a country in northern Africa.

Other

[* ]Applied for Financial Aid?: Couldn’t live without it!
[* ]State (if domestic applicant): California
[* ]Country (if international applicant):
[* ]Ethnicity: African American
[* ]School Type: Public
[* ]Gender: Male
[* ]Income Bracket: pretty low <20000
[* ]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, low income, first generation

Reflection:
[* ]Strengths: Life story, range of extracurriculars, essays, test scores
[* ]Weaknesses: lack of research and STEM oriented activities, weighted GPA
[* ]Why you think you were accepted:
[* ]Where else were you accepted: Accepted to MIT, Duke, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO and UC Davis. Waiting on Columbia, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Stanford, USC, and UCB
[* ]The most unique thing in your application: My life story
[* ]What would you have done differently?: Polished my essays a bit I guess, but I guess they liked them!
[* ]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to everyone who was accepted! If you didn’t, don’t worry, there are other schools that I am sure will make you just as happy as UCLA

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2230 Math:750 Writing:750 Reading: 730
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math II 730 Literature 710 Physics 610
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Dual-enrolled Italian 101 (worth two years), English 105, Math 141, Math 150, CS 190 (Java), Multimedia 139 (Animation II), Bible and Theology, and Python (SDSU extension). Will take two AP exams.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, finalist Corporate NM Special Scholarship, Elks Foundation MVP regional winner (didn’t have that at time of application), Jack Cooke Kent Scholarship; some national and regional honors like Phi Theta Kappa, National finalist for orchestra, letter of commendation from state senator for community service; robotics awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons of cello including professional work, high level orchestra, soloist, etc.; robotics, STEM National Video Game Challenge, Bowling League four years
Job/Work Experience: Professional Cellist, cello teacher
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of cello performances at fundraisers, bread ministry, church worship, communion team and Sunday School assistant
Summer Activities: Work as a cellist for professional theater company, chamber music, math classes, bowling league, teach cello
Essays: Very good; talked about math disability, vision disability and diabetes in one essay; one was about homeschooling; one was about creativity
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 60-70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths: Music, Good SAT, personal story of overcoming

Weaknesses: Transcripts!! No APs, one semester of foreign language, math disability, no STEM related stuff except for robotics, weak courseload overall, weak science SAT II

Where accepted: Northeastern, UCSD, UCI, University of Rochester, Purdue (honors college), CSU Fullerton (interviewed for Presidential Scholars), SDSU, SJSU, CSULB, and some others. Waitlsted: WUSTL, Cal Poly SLO (mechanical engineering)

Comments: Totally amazed that my son wasn’t rejected!! He actually doesn’t want to to engineering because of his math disability; math is just too hard for him. So, I’m impressed that he got waitlisted!

Congratulations to all who were accepted! 7% admit rate is crazy!

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**Decision: Rejected :frowning: **

Objective:[ul] Biology
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR:660, M:650, W:640
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT II: Biology E: 740 ; Math II: 640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.556
[] UC GPA: 3.773
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/173
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Spanish (5). In progress: Physics I, Government, and Calculus AB
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, H World Literature, Intro. to Computers, AP Physics I, AP US Government and Politics, Academic Decathlon

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB Treasurer, National Honor Society President, Pre-Med Club Vice President, Newspaper Club Editor-in-Chief, Zoology Club President
[] Job/Work Experience: Hospital internship (2014)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Orthopaedic Institute for Children, California Hospital Medical Center, LA Regional Food Bank, Salvation Army, and more.
[] Personal Statement: First one about gaining interest in the medical field because of my sister’s cerebral palsy; second one about overcoming social anxiety

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[li]** Intended Major **: Biology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Working Class (<$35,000)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation student[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars and personal statement
[] Weaknesses: GPA and rank
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: CalPoly SLO, San Francisco State, UC Riverside, CSU Long Beach
[] Schools you were rejected from? UC San Diego, San Diego State, UCLA :C
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, Columbia, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to all those who were accepted! Have fun as bruins!

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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Science)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 ( 600 M, 800 CR, 720 W)

SAT II: Literature 730, US History 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
UC GPA: 4.2

AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) US History (5) AP Lang (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Lit, AP Art History, Mandarin 1, PreCalculus/Calculus, US Gov/Econ, Religion,

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam Gold and Silver (3 years in a row), Excellence in AP US History, Excellence in Biology (School)

Intended Major : Molecular Genetics, Immunology
State (if domestic applicant): the Golden State (CA)

School Type: Private, Catholic all-girls
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Schools were you accepted? UVM Honors college, Boston College
Schools you were rejected from? UVA
Schools you are waiting for? Penn, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Vandy, Duke, Northwestern, Cal

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Decision: Accepted to College of Letters and Sciences (Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics)

Objective
SAT 1: 2370 (Superscore: M 800, CR 780, W 790), 2350 (Single: M 800, CR 760, W 790), took it twice (junior 2210 and senior 2350)
SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry 740, Math II 800, Biology M 800
ACT: Did not take
GPA: 3.86/4 UW, 4.02/4 W (all six of my Bs were from freshman year, straight As afterwards including senior year)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP: Spanish Lang (5), Biology (5)
IB: School doesn’t offer
Senior Course Load: AP Economics, AP English Lit, AP BC Calculus, AP Spanish Lit, Advanced Journalism, AP Physics C
Major Awards: National Spanish Exam Gold Medal Levels 3 and 4, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, World Language Department Award, NSPA Pacemaker Award (awarded to newspaper, not individual)

Subjective
**Extracurriculars: **Young Scholars Program at UC Davis (selective research summer program), LGBT teen-counseling group, Co-President of Spanish Club, VP of healthcare-related club, 300 hours of community service at blood center and hospital, Board Member of community service club, Photo Editor in school newspaper, Piano
Job: Was a dental intern at a dentistry
**Essays: **Talked about being gay on first essay, then about working on school newspaper
Teacher Recs: Submitted three, not allowed to read them, but my teachers all love me.
**Counselor Rec: **Large school with overworked counseling, so don’t really know
Hooks: Being gay may have helped with diversity…
Interview: N/A

Other
State: CA
School Type: Large Public School (a little less than 2000 kids)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes

General Comments/Reflections/etc.: My heart was racing when I opened the email. Love UCLA and am now content with whatever there is to come. I’d choose UCLA over Cal. Now I just have to decide if I should pick the other UCs with Regents scholarships, or UCLA without any scholarship. Unless I get into the Ivies.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 SS, 2050 Single Sitting
[] ACT: pls
[] SAT II: Not reported
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[] UC GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2 in UC
[] ELC?: yuss
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Straight 4s. Describes me pretty well.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Senioritis mode
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): …I was in a few plays :smiley:
(Yearbook Editor) (Founded a vidya game tournament) (I’m gold 2 in league of legends)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Personal Statement: My sister hated 'em. I liked 'em. One was about how I believe the most efficient engine in existence is cooperation. The other is about how I wore a lab coat every other day to school.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Oh, hell yeah. Estimated to pay 8k per year, 5k of which will be in loans unless daddy decides to cough up the dough.
[li]** Intended Major **: Chemical Engineer[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Ghetto
[] Ethnicity: Hola, me llamo Juan
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:0-20K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Salvadoran. Both parents are immigrants due to the civil war. das it.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Screw you Nancy, my essays were great. Why else would they accept me? Strong GPA, average UCLA test score
[] Weaknesses: I DID NOTHING SPECIAL IN HIGH SCHOOL
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
Accepted to: UCSD UCD UCM GaTech
[] Schools you were rejected from?
Rejected from: Cal Poly SLO
[li] Schools you are waiting for?[/li]That which must not be named and Rice University
[/ul]General Comments: Not much I can contribute. Guess I got lucky with my application reviewers.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1850 (600 CR, 630 M, 620 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 1900 (600 CR, 630 M, 670 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 31 (28 M, 35 R, 34 E, 27 S, 31 W)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 32 (30 M, 35 R, 34 E, 27 S, 31 W)
[] SAT II: 610 Math II, 650 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/182
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang (3), APUSH (Dual Credit), AP Calculus AB (Upcoming), AP Lit (Upcoming), AP Spanish (Upcoming), AP Gov (Upcoming)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Economics Honors, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish, AP Literature, Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing extraordinary. Honors societies: NHS, CSF, NSHSS, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Equestrian (Varsity Rider and Captain; Internationally Awarded), JustWorld International (Ambassador)
[] Job/Work Experience: Horse Show Manager @ Local Competitions
[] Volunteer/Community service: Horsemanship Camp (Counselor), Samaritan’s Purse (Volunteer with Operation Christmas Child), Soroptimist (Volunteer)
[] Personal Statement: It was well done. :slight_smile:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre Business Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Mid-High Six Figures
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Catholic, Equestrian Accomplishments
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, ACT, Equestrian Accomplishments
[] Weaknesses: SAT (Let’s pretend I didn’t take it - ever.), AP Testing History (Lack thereof)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? - Accepted: UCSD, UC Irvine (Honors), Pepperdine, Santa Clara; Waitlisted: UChicago
[] Schools you were rejected from?: Stanford
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: UC Berkeley, USC, Harvard, UPenn, Brown[/li][/ul]**General Comments: I went to campus last week for a tour, and over the passing days I have certainly felt as though I left a piece of my heart there. I am glad to see that UCLA felt that, too. Definitely one of my top choices, and I will more than likely become a Bruin this fall! Cheers to the UCLA Centennial Class of 2019! **

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Decision: Accepted College of Letters and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (750CR 740M 800W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Biology E: 770, Chemistry: 800, Math Level 2: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93UW
[] UC GPA: 4.46W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; top 9%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (4), Statistics (5), Psychology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Government/Economics, AP English, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, Digital Imaging, Finite/Discrete Mathematics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, State Finalist Medical Club [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Officer Biology Club, Tutor, Medical Club,
[] Job/Work Experience: Taught Piano (10+ hrs/week) for 2 years, learned for 10; interned in foreign country hospital and set up emergency room over summer (100+ hrs/week)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life / Local library (~80 hours total)
[] Personal Statement: Talked about passion for medicine. I thought it conveyed my personality well.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Highly Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None at all. Seriously.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong academic record + SAT, general hard work
[] Weaknesses: One impressive EC; didn’t really do what I was capable of
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCR, UCM, UCSB, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, Wash U in St. Louis (waitlisted)
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far.
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, Columbia, Brown, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Rice[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m probably going to UCLA next fall. For future applicants, I implore you to explore your passions. If they make you both overjoyed and extremely frustrated, I think that’s a passion right there :slight_smile: Don’t clutter your profile with excessive EC’s. Mine were minimalistic. I did the ones that count and I fully believe UCLA saw that in me. I hope they see it in you too. GO BRUINS!!

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Decision: Waitlisted

SAT: 1840 (CR:640 W:640 M:560–I suck at math lol)

SAT 2: 700 (molecular bio)

UC GPA: 4.21

Unweighted GPA: 3.83

AP Exams: Psych-5, Euro History-4, English Lang-4, U.S. History-4, Calc AB-3, Chemistry-2

Class Rank: 18/725 (top 3%)

Senior Schedule: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment English, Academic Tutor, Tennis PE

Intended Major: Biology

Honors and Awards: AP Scholar with distinction, Presidential Service Award, Junior Honor Guard, Scholar Athlete, 2nd team all league (tennis), reached finals of CIF, medals in Science Olympiad Regionals: Material Science (1st), Cell Biology (2nd), Elastic Launch Glider (2nd)

Extracurriculars: (best five)
-Varsity Tennis (10th-12th; team captain 12th)
-Science Olympiad (10th-12th; VP 11th, President 12th)
-Link Crew (kinda like ASB, 11th-12th, Secretary 12th)
-Solar Army (11th-12th, VP 12th)
-Fitness and Nutrition Club (11th-12th, Treasurer 12th)

Volunteer Work: (best five)
-NHS tutoring
-Volunteer at a hospital
-Tennis instructor
-Interact Club (VP 12th)
-Summer Reading Program for kids.

Other things:
-Income: over 100k, so can’t apply for many scholarships
-Am a certified AVID tutor
-Did an internship at an automation company
-Am Asian Indian
-Dad went to UCSD, mom went to some college in India
-Really interesting personal statements that were edited by professionals (one is about trying my first cigarette, my middle school experience as a whole, and how that changed me; other is about my first day of volunteering at a hospital, where a lady gave birth to a child in a car, how I helped out with that, and how that influenced my career path)

So far I’ve been accepted to UCM, UCSC, UCR, UCI, UCD, UCSB, and Cal Poly Pomona. And I’ve been waitlisted at UCSD. Honestly, I thought I would be flat out rejected since UCLA is one of the premier universities in America. Do you guys think they will accept any off the waitlist this year? Because they accepted just over 5,700 students out of 92,000 applicants, which is an acceptance rate of about 7%, which is low compared to last years (18%)

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Decision: Accepted!

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: Didn’t send
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 Weight GPA: 4.85
[ *] UC GPA: Dunno
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/477
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), World History (4), US history (4), Psychology (5), Language (4), Calculus AB (3),
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Music Theory, AP French Language, AP Statistics, AP European History, Dual Credit English, 2 choirs (one of which can be argued to be best high school choir in state), Adv. Physics

[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major ones, but minor ones such as multiple Outstanding Leadership Awards from choir and 2nd place talent award at state beta club convention, etc.

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council, Beta Club, French Club (Historian), French Book Club (President), School musicals as cast member and in pit orchestra, Madrigals (competition choir at school), Varsity Archery Team, Lexington Singers Children’s Choir, etc
Auditioned and got into Southern Division Honor Choir freshman year and chosen to be in Kentucky Ambassadors of Music for leadership summer before senior year.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Assistant Teacher at Lexington Korean School since I was in 6th grade
VBS assistant teacher almost every summer since 6th grade
[ *] Personal Statement: Not that amazing but not too bad either

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public Magnet School (Within School for the Creative and Performing Arts program and Pre-engineering program)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:<$100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):none that I can think of

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs, GPA,
[ *] Weaknesses: Better ACT score would have been nice
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? University of Kentucky, UIUC
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? WUSTL, Yale
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Duke, Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, Cornell, UNC Chapel-Hill, George Washington University,

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

[ b] Objective: [ /b][ list]
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.833
[ *] UC GPA: unsure. I think 4.4?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/390
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human (4), AP World (4), APUSH (4), AP Psych (4), AP Bio (3) (special circumstance), AICE Thinking 1

[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Lit, AP Calc, APES, AP Euro, Theatre 4 Honors, AP Gov, AP Micro, AP Art History, Dual Enrollment Health Dual Enrollment PE, Dual Enrollment French, Duel Enrollment Anatomy

[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
1st in Academic Team Current Events for Florida, 7th in the Nation.
Member of Mensa.
Bunches of Theatre awards for FL Thespians.
Don’t really know if these count as major.

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Pretty good. All very focused on stem field.
Robotics Team Captain
Academic Team Captain
Helped out at a research center in Rio de Janeiro for Psychotherapy. (I think this is a big one)
Member of Mensa
Other science things, I’m on my phone right now so I don’t have the exact list I used for the UCs
[ *] Job/Work Experience:

I work A LOT.
I founded my own company for videography at the age of thirteen and builded it up to be very successful.
Worked almost non stop since then. Very into self success and independence.

[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
210 hours of volunteer work.
100 with St Jude’s, group leader for my section.
110 mentoring children in physical fitness and life lessons at a Karate studio- I’m a second degree black belt.

[ *] Personal Statement:

One was freaking awesome. I really pride myself on my writing and the way it was written was so unique, funny, and meaningful if you ask me. Loved it.
10/10

The other was pretty good. I liked it but I could have done better.
9/10

[ /list][ b] Other [ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Pre-Psychobiology

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: >100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
Did really cool research in Rio de Janeiro with Favela Project.

[ /list][ b] Reflection [ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ACT, ECs, Essays.
[ *] Weaknesses: Rec letter were only okay, I feel like my GPA is pretty bad
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Only UCLA so far!
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
Stanford
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
UC Berkeley, USC, Vandy, Tulane, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Columbia, NYU.

[ /list][ b] General Comments: [ /b] Good Luck!!! I’m so glad these decisions came out right before spring break. Such a relief!!

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[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 27 composite ( I know it’s not good at all)
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): None, but already took many college level course at FHSU involving Chemistry, Calculus, Physics, political science classes
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All college courses: Principles of Biology (with laboratory), Physics for Scientists and Engineers I & II (with laboratory), statistics, Oral Communication, MIS, plus two college research
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Kansas Science and Engineering Fair Silver Medal,

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photography Club (Founder and President), SPURS Honor Society (Public Relations), Trash to Treasure Community service (group leader), Student Ambassafor for Kansas Academy of Math and Science
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Math and Science tutor on campus
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Peer-reading program for a year, Food and Hunger Initiatives for a year, University Activities Board volunteer, Science Olympia volunteer, 4-H Competition volunteer, plus many other community service
[ *] Personal Statement: First one talks about how I love the combination of math and science and how they creatively integrate into photography. The second one talks about how I get along with my research experience. They are both positive essays I think.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Pre-mathematics-Actuarial Financial
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): China but studying in Kansas
[ *] School Type: early entrance to college program
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:100k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Geosciences research, Rocketry research, LED light Design programming research and water drop photography research

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Course load, essays,
[ *] Weaknesses: Leaderships, ACT scores obviously
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Penn State U Park, Twin cities, Purdue
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? UCD, Georgia Tech, UCLA
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? U of Rochester, UMich, NYU, U of Washington-Seattle, UWM, UC Berkeley (might also denied)
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck for everyone! Hope for the best for all of you!

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GAHH my heart is broken. Sobbing right now:"( I really really like this school, not for its ranking or that its prestigious, but merely cuz i just love the school, and love la. I’m so sad

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Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): (M 650 CR 620 W 660)
ACT: nope
SAT II: US History (680)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
UC GPA: 4.42
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 27/778 top 4%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 4 Spanish 4 US History 4
English 2 Statistics 2
Senior Year Course Load: English IV AP, Biology AP, Govt. AP, Eco AP, Calc AP, Photo AP,Tennis

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years of Varsity Tennis, 4 Years of Key Club (Senior Rep), Spanish NHS (VP, then Pres), NHS (Treasurer), Photo Club (VP, then Pres),LIFE Club (LGBT club)
Job/Work Experience: Panera Bread associate
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours in various clubs
Personal Statement: Really showed my passion for tennis and how much I want to return to CA since I was born there

Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major [ /b]: Pre Business Economics
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Huge and competitive
Ethnicity: White and Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nah

Strengths: GPA, amount of APs I took (12), personal statements
Weaknesses: definitely SAT
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UT Austin, UCSD, UCLA
Schools you were rejected from? none yet but that’ll change soon lol
Schools you are waiting for? UCB, NYU, USC
General Comments: Blessed to have been admitted. This was my first choice! I know my stats weren’t that impressive but I really poured my soul into the essays. I was really discouraged based on people on CC saying stats similar to mine weren’t good enough to get in, but my case just goes to show that schools truly don’t only look at your numbers, they want to see passion! Good Luck!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
[ *] ACT: 33 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 27 S); 34 superscore
[ *] SAT II: Math II- 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.951
[ *] UC GPA: 4.45
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/250
[ *] ELC?: yes
[ ] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (3), us history (3), Lang (4)
[ ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP gov, AP environmental, wind ensemble, advanced comp.
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar
 i also took took college classes: child development and physics (got an A in both)
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): women empowerment club (VP), CSF, tri-m, band for 8 years (top level band for 5 years), basketball for 4 years (captain for 2), varsity swim for 4 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: UCLA paid research, externship in surgery center, externship in clinical trials center
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at church, helped form a high school committee at my church, tons of volunteering with school clubs
[ *] Personal Statement: they were OKAY. i would probably give them a 7/10

Other:
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: psychobiology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small magnet & public (starts from 4th grade)
[ *] Ethnicity: egyptian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: >100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research, URM i guess

Reflection:
[ *] Strengths: ACT score, passion for medical field, GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: AP scores LOL, not enough leadership positions
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted to peperdine and csun
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? none
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? USC

General Comments: i’m not sure how i got in compared to all these insanely qualified people but good luck to those who plan on applying next year!!

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Decision: Accepted; College of Letters & Science (Pre Psychology)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220; CR: 670, M: 760, W:790
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Lit: 680, Math II: 760 (only sent Math)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92/100?
[] UC GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: ? don’t even know what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Eng Lang: 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Eng Literature, Advanced Arabic, A-Level Business Studies
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Peer-tutoring over 3 years, Vocal Training and diplomas from the London College of Music
[] Job/Work Experience: Administrative Assistant at a Diabetes clinic over the last 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering over 4 years at a school in Sudan where I acted as a teaching assistant to English teachers
[] Personal Statement: I am the most proud of my UC Essays. In my first essay I talked about what it was like to be a feminist in modern Arab society and in the second one I discussed how being multicultural (I am Polish, Indian, and Sudanese) gives me a different view on various issues.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Psychology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): UAE (American citizen)
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Mixed
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >350000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Trilingual? Multicultural?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT Scores, essays
[] Weaknesses: Not many clubs or ECs.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far, thankfully.
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cal, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, BU, NYU[/li][/ul]**General Comments: ** Best of luck to everyone who applied! For future applicants, I realise that applying to a UC, especially UCLA, as an OOS or INTL student can seem to be quite daunting, but just go for it! I would’ve never imagined getting into UCLA and am now so thankful I applied.

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My brother was accepted. Here are his stats:

Decision: Accepted (Henry Samueli School of Engineering)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 36 (Breakdown 35/36/36/36/8)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 790 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eight 5’s: Chem, Computer Science, Euro, Bio, USH, Macro, Micro, Calc BC
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Phys C (Mech + E&M), AP Stats (and 2 other honors classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist, Siemens Semifinalist, JSHS National 1st Place Engineering, USABO Semifinalist

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research, PF Debate Captain, Electrical Engineering
Job/Work Experience: Research at Stanford
Volunteer/Community service: None
Summer Activities: Chemistry, Biology, Research at Stanford
Essays: Personal statement was top-notch, supplements were pretty op too
Teacher Recommendation: Guessing they were high quality
Counselor Rec: lol
Additional Rec: Research mentor, amazing.
Supplements: Research paper was high quality, there might’ve been some other supplements
Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small private
Ethnicity: Didn’t submit, but Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high, no financial aid for sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah

Reflection

Strengths: intel and siemens
Weaknesses: no traditional ECs, no real volunteer stuff
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: achievements carried, essays were really solid too
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: UC Berkeley (Regents candidate), U Mich, Caltech
Waitlisted: WUSTL, MIT
Deferred: Yale SCEA

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 33 (34E 34M 31R 34S, 10 essay)
[] SAT II: 680 Bio M, 710 Math II, 770 Chinese (lol)
[] GPA: 3.96 UW/4.22 W (UC capped)
[] Rank: 4/615
[] ELC?: yep!
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro, Calc AB, and Bio (3), APUSH (4), AP Eng. Lang (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Eng lit, Calc BC, Psych, Macroecon, and US gov.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar w/ distinction, school honor roll (lol)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech team co captain (4 years) Diversity Council president (3 years) City Youth advisory board event coordinator (1 year) Girls State, Interact Club (2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteering (every summer, 4 years), peer tutoring (2 years) city events volunteer (2 years)
[] Personal Statement: Wrote them a couple days before deadline… #1 was about how my love of grey’s anatomy, speech and debate, and theater formed my world. #2 was generic, mostly on how much I love contributing to my city.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Human Biology and Society[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large, mediocre, public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: uhhh middle class…?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No hook??? Came to the US at 10, mentioned it in my additional comments but wasn’t a huge focus in my application[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, school rank, essay idea, commitment in EC’s
[] Weaknesses: AP scores, not enough EC’s, and my essay wasn’t as great as it could be… please don’t procrastinate, kids.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCSB, UCSD, UCR, Temple, ASU Waitlisted: Case Western
[] Schools you were rejected from? Notre Dame, wustl
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, and a couple other private schools[/li][/ul]General Comments: This is a very pleasant surprise. Honestly I can get rejected to everywhere else and still be happy now!!! CC helped me a lot and now I’m excited to be able to contribute back. For future applicants, 1. Don’t procrastinate 2. Write about what you love. (I mean, I’m NOT a model example, but I wrote about Grey’s Anatomy and turned out fine so don’t be afraid to take a risk!!)
Good luck to everyone else! :slight_smile: