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

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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[size=+2]Decision: Accepted[size] to College of Letters and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (670 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry, 790 Korean with Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: Not sure… my school GPA is 4.67
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: what is ELC?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Calculus AB, 5 Calculus BC, 5 Statistics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, Multivariable Calculus, Honors Lit, Adv. Biology, Adv. Physics, Honors Marine Science, Art
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several MUN delegate awards, math & science awards, and volunteer service awards. Didn’t mention AP Scholar and National Merit Commended on the application. [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): surgical internship, bio summer research program, asian club, MUN, and so on…
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer and unpaid tutor
[] Personal Statement: talked about my childhood and dreams…

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, challenging courseload
[] Weaknesses: relatively low CR score compared to other sections in SAT.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted - Case Western Reserve, UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCB (already know bc regents’ scholar candidate), and Washington University in St. Louis
[] Schools you were rejected from? not yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Several other private schools including some ivy schools[/li][/ul]General Comments: So happy to get into UCLA and also, regents scholar!! :slight_smile: Good luck to everyone!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (700M,700W,610CR)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.41
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 3%
[] ELC?:Yes!
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not that many AP’s at my school. Took 8/12 AP/Honors classes
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics, AP English Literature, Economics, US Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major - 2 Leadership Awards from Local Nonprofit Organizations & 1 Certificate of Honor for improving city from Mayor/City Council

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Focused on improving my community and city - 7 leadership positions
[] Job/Work Experience: Senior Intern for politician
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours for school club and at hospital
[] Personal Statement: Very good - 1st one was about my dream to be a lawyer & 2nd one was about running a program that helped out senior citizens in my city

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: College Prep - School sends 4 to 5 people to UCLA every year
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $270,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation College

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely my EC’s(leadership in everything I do), GPA, and Personal Statements
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis
[] Schools you were rejected from? None
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC, UC Berkeley, NYU [/li][/ul]General Comments: For the juniors out there, focus on your EC’s and grades if you don’t have the test scores. Also, make sure you to write an excellent personal statement!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 ( M: 680, CR: 700, W: 740)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chinese: 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.30
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/718
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) Chinese (5) Language (4) APES (5) APUSH (5) calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Chamber Singers, AP Lit, AP Econ, AP calc BC, AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, CM Voice Level 10, Finalist in Siemens Challenge[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): vocal performer, Asian political association, choir, actress in musical
[] Job/Work Experience: swim instructor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Leo Club, summer internship, vocal performances
[] Personal Statement: wrote about APES class shaping my dreams and how singing/performing shaped my personality and work ethics. Pretty good essays.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Environmental Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): lots of hours in singing and passion for helping the environment. Not born in the US so first generation kinda? Mom went to college in US though.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores
[] Weaknesses: no leadership in extracurricular/ not a lot of volunteer clubs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted to all : Calpoly pomona, UCR, UCI w/ CHP, UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? none!
[li] Schools you are waiting for? none[/li][/ul]General Comments: just do what you’re passionate about and not freak out over every little thing! Work hard and don’t make excuses.

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**Decision: Accepted **

College of Letters and Sciences- PoliSci
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (740 CR, 800 M, 690 W lol)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (can’t remember if I submitted)
SAT II: 740 U.S. History, 670 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/550
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (4), World History (4), Chemistry (3), Spanish Lang (3), Psychology (4), U.S. History (5), English Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Calc AB, AP Enviro, AP Physics, AP English Lit, Dual credit Gov and Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHRP, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School and outside tennis, Academic Decathlon (captain), UIL Science, Number Sense, SocSci, Current Events (captain), Key Club (project coordinator), NHS
Job/Work Experience: tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: church, elementary school, library
Summer Activities: work, SAT camps, volunteering, tennis clinics and tournaments
Essays: 9/10. My common app was pretty basic, like an 8/10. This was definitely my favorite supplement that i wrote. I talked about my dad originally coming from Mexico, and how it still affects me today and how its changed my view on education. 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10. Only read one of the three, but it seemed pretty run of the mill.
Counselor Rec: did not read
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes pls
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, average
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: like $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: no major awards or much leadership
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: always need some more diversity lol
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Texas A&M, UT-Austin, Northeastern, Cornell

General Comments: Wow I’m really psyched about this. Until I saw their financial aid offer :///, I can’t afford $60k a year, so I sadly probably won’t be able to attend unless I can get California residency.

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Decision: Accepted

Only doing this because I stalked this site for a lot of info so yeah. Also, I hope my stats prove that you don’t have to be perfect to get in:’).

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1850
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[] UC GPA: Idk, Weighted is 4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/400
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 APs: AP Biology (3), AP European History (3), AP Art History (5), AP US History (4), AP Language (4), AP Environmental Science (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP Literature, Political Science (College Course), JROTC 7,8
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nah, AP Scholar w/Distinction, Honor Roll, Principal Award, the common stuff.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JROTC (Battalion Staff S-1, Battalion Staff XO, Company Commander, Academic Bowl Captain), Academic League (Novice Captain, JV Captain, Varsity Captain, Club President), Journalism (Editor-In-Chief, News Editor)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Should be about 300 hours
[] Personal Statement: For prompt #1, I wrote about being a girl in a male-dominated environment and how I still managed to become a leader in most of those environments and how I want to work in outreach to provide STEM opportunities to minority females. For prompt #2, I wrote about competing and how it has helped me dealing with work-related environments.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Environmental Studies/Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese/Filipino
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60,000-70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hmm… Nope. First generation, I guess?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays definitely. I’m confident that I shined bright like a diamond in those personal statements. I spent a ton of time focusing the essay so that probably showed. Also, my ECs in general are what I see to be the strongest point.
[] Weaknesses: My GPA and test scores are mediocore and low tbh
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? SDSU, UCSD, UCI
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Brown, Wellesley (Possible for EE), UC Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m not the best applicant honestly. My test scores are weak in general but I truly did pour my heart onto those essays. Also, my ECs were consistent (all of the activities I listed I had been involved in for 4 years) so maybe that helped? I’m stoked to get accepted and CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO GOT ACCEPTED.

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Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2380: 800M 800W 780CR
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 740 Math Level 2, 800 Chemistry
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 unweighted
[ *] UC GPA: 4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[ *] ELC: N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry: 5 AP Calculus AB: 5 APUSH: 4 AP Biology: 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP and Honors classes, TA, Orchestra
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship, AP Scholar with Honors, a minor MUN award, National Science merit Award from USAA, participant in a “prestigious” honors orchestra

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: founder and captain of Cancer club at my school (done lots of walks, started a toy drive, etc), co-captain of Model UN, public relations officer of Health Awareness Club, NHS, CSF, Math and Science Tutors club, violin teacher, orchestra (concert mistress and section leader), camp counselor for a science camp for kids in my town
[ *] Job/Work Experience: interned at aquatic entomology lab at a UC
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Regular volunteer at my local soup kitchen, tutor, volunteered at miscellaneous events with National Honors Society
[ *] Summer Activities: I went to my home country, taught English to the high school kids in my village, and invited two physicians to give talks about certain health issues that I had observed, etc. The other summer I did that internship under job experience.
[ *] Personal Statement: For one of the UC essays, I wrote about how events in my childhood shaped my character/values, then for the second, I related my experience teaching English in my parents’ home country and the effect it had on me. Pretty strong essays, I think.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Biochemistry
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Competitive Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African-American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:<$100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): My “unique” background, although the UC system doesn’t use affirmative action.

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, essays, grades (to an extent)
[ *] Weaknesses: I don’t think there were any blatant weaknesses in my application, just that it may not have been compelling enough overall
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted: (the first four were through likely letters) Duke, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, UCD, and now UCLA!
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: UCBerkeley, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern, Stanford
So excited to have been admitted! To those who didn’t, I wish you all the best, and am confident you will find a school that makes you as happy as UCLA would have!

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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences, Pre Economics)

Sorry, messed up on formatting :frowning:

Objective:
ACT: 33 (32 M, 33 E, 31 R, 34 S)
SAT I: Didn’t submit
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.95 UW
UC GPA: 4.24
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10/350
AP: AP Calculus BC (3) AB subscore (3) AP Bio (3) AP English Language (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Government & Politics, AP English Lit, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CSF Lifetime member, Homecoming Court 2014 member, AP Scholar, County Department of Education Civic Involvement Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: 4 years ASB Leadership (ASB VP, class VP), School newspaper Editor-in-Chief, 4 years Varsity swimming, JV Field Hockey, Freshmen welcoming crew, CSF Honor Roll
Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at tax accounting firm
Volunteer/Community service: Congressional campaign, minority voter registration campaign, non-profit admin work, tutoring, Mexico house building trip
Essays: 9/10-- worked on them for a while… wrote about my love for the ocean and research at COSMOS (world I come from) and then more specific aspects of ASB Leadership.
*Attended COSMOS and UC San Diego Academic Connections summer programs which I think really helped.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper-Middle $150,000-$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Essays, leadership positions in extracurriculars, COSMOS, ACT, course rigor taken
Weaknesses: AP scores definitely, probably other things
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academics, scores, extracurriculars, and passion exhibited in essays.
Where else were you accepted: Accepted to: UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCR, Unversity of Arizona, University of Portland, University of San Diego, SDSU, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rejected: None
Waiting on: USC
Congrats everyone!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 Superscore, Highest one-sitting 2030.
[] ACT: 31 Composite
[] SAT II: Biology: 670 I think, Math I: 690, Math II: 620 (lol)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[] UC GPA: Not Sure.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/364 Most recent
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 4’s and 3’s.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP English IV, AP US Gov’t, AP Macroeconomics, Insurance, Anatomy and Physiology, Athletics.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ honor, NHS.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 6 Varsity Sports: Water Polo, Swimming, Baseball, Football, Golf & Bowling.
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at non-profit, 40 hrs/ wk
[] Volunteer/Community service: Several hundred hours at Food Bank
[] Personal Statement: Very well written and insightful

[/ul] b]Other**[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but OOS aid though
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Business/Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS
[] School Type: Urban Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle-Class
[li] Hooks: URM, Adversity [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, EC involvement, Prestigious Internship
[] Weaknesses: SAT II Tests for sure, possibly class rank
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? So Far: University of Arkansas (Full tuition), University of Alabama (Full ride), University of South Carolina (Full ride), University of Texas at Austin-McCombs (Little predicted aid but in-state), Tulane University (originally 20,000/yr, now 36,000/yr), and now UCLA.
[] Schools you were rejected from? Thankfully none, yet.
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Vanderbilt, Harvard, Duke, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UNC-Chapel Hill, UC-Berkeley, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania[/li][/ul]**General Comment: I started on all of my apps very early and have been very satisfied with that decision, in fact; I was annoyed that UC actually made me wait all the way till November to let me submit an app. I don;t know if I could realistically afford UCLA as an OOS, but its certainly an awe inspiring institution and everyone who got in should be proud. Hard work really does pay off, and despite the fact that I play all sorts of sports and have a reputation for partying extra hard at my school, I’m doing big things. That’s what its all about; breaking traditional molds and defying expectations.

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Decision: Accepted, College of Letters and Sciences

GPA: 3.44 UW, 4.01 W
SAT: N/A
ACT: 35
SAT II: N/A

Senior year courses:
-Theory of Knowledge
-AP Psychology
-AP English Lit
-AP Statistics
-Spanish V Honors
-AP World History

AP classes:
-Calc AB - Not reported
-Calc BC - Not reported
-English Lang - 5
-English Lit - Taking currently
-Environmental Sci - 4
-Government (Comparative) - 5
-Government (US) - 4
-Macroeconomics - 3
-Psychology - Taking currently
-Statistics - Taking currently
-World History - Taking currently

Extracurriculars:
-House Captain - 12
-Euro-Challenge Team 10
-International Thespians Society - 10-12
-Math Team - 9-12 (10th Treasurer, 12th VP)
-Model UN - 9-12 (Director of Training)
-School play and musicals - 10-12
-Spanish Academic Team - 11 & 12
-Varsity Cross Country Team - 9-12 (Captain)
-Varsity Soccer Team - 9-12
-Varsity Track & Field Team - 9-12 (Captain)
-Yearbook - 10 & 11 (Graphic Design Head junior year)

Awards:
-National Honor Society President
-Mu Alpha Theta Vice President
-Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society
-Scholar Athlete Society
-Best Delegate at Brown University (Model UN)
-Best Delegate at University of Florida (Model UN)
-Third Place at University of Central Florida (Model UN)
-Third Place at Georgetown University (Model UN)
-2012 District Thespian Festival - Superior (5/5) on pantomime
-2013 District Thespian Festival - Excellent (4/5) on ensemble acting scene
-2014 District Thespian Festival - Excellent (4/5) on pantomime
-Cross Country’11-'12 Most Improved Runner, '12-'13 Coach’s Award
-Track & Field '11-'12 Most Dedicated Runner
-University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award
-2014 World Series of Innovation Finalist - Third Place

Volunteer service:
-Summer camp counselor for 200+ hours each summer (4 years)
-Elementary school staff aide for 50ish hours (my school is private and starts later than the public schools here)
-Soup kitchen volunteer
-Organizing for America volunteer (Obama campaign in 2012)

Additional:
-Started a programming/coding company my sophomore year and did work for a multitude of clients, including the Florida Virtual School for one of their conventions until the end of the school year when most of our more experienced coders graduated and had no time to do work in college
-Playing piano for 12 years

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre-Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small Competitive Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $40,000-$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurriculars, Model UN awards, leadership roles, volunteer hours
Weaknesses: UGPA (B’s and a C in Calculus junior year…)
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? URochester, Northeastern, UF, UMiami, GW, Rollins College
Schools you were rejected from? WUSTL, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA
Schools you are waiting for? Columbia, Duke, UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Vandy, UCB, USC, Tufts, NYU, BU

General comments: This is one of my top choices, the top choice I have at the moment (and depending on financial aid, most likely the one I will attend), so I’m super excited and stoked! Don’t give up hope for other colleges if you didn’t get into UCLA! I’d given up almost all hope after being rejected from UNC EA. Some schools are definitely more holistic with their admissions process and are trying to “build the class;” you are going to be a perfect fit at the school you attend. Best of luck to everyone in their college decisions!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1930 (660 CR, 620 M, 650 W)
[] ACT: not taken
[] SAT II: English Literature: 720; Ecological Bio: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] UC GPA: 4.27
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/135
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), English 11 (5), APES (3), APUSH (3), World History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, other gross shenanigans
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uhhh is AP Scholar with Distinction one?

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I’ll just put what I had on my application; Marching, Concert and Jazz Band (Assistant Drum Major, Drum Major, Alto Sax section leader, Band Council President and VP of Logistics), Science Club (all four years, President this year), Varsity Tennis (all four years, Captain this year, President of Tennis Club for the past two), Community Service Club (President this year, VP last), G.H.O.S.T (a feminist club I started that I’m really proud of and actually wrote a lot about in my essay- Pres. and Founder of that)
[] Job/Work Experience: ain’t nobody got time fo that.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots- I’m too lazy to list it all, but basically a bunch of church stuff and tennis stuff and that kind of thing.
[] Personal Statement: yeee I liked it.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Political Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Rural Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): zippo[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: uhh GPA and rank, leadership stuff, essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, definitely.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to CSU Monterey Bay, Cal Poly SLO, and UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? none (yet)
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Georgetown[/li][/ul]General Comments: congrats, everyone! also good luck to all the 2020 applicants; I can’t tell you how many of these things I went through while waiting. Did they calm me down? No. Did I still read them? Yes.

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Decision: Accepted, Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (730R, 750M, 640W)
[] ACT: 34 (33R/34M/36E/34S)
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 790 Biology M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: > 4.3 (10 AP classes, 3 Honors classes, all A’s)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/560-something
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist (3), Environmental Science (Test Only-4), Biology (5), Lang (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calc BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Lit, AP CompSci, Robotics (new class), A+ C/D & My Calc BC teacher will be teaching me Calc 3/4 (doesn’t count for credit, pretty much a self-study+awesome teacher )[/li][other courses can be found here](Eighth GradeAlgebra I/Geometry Online/Summer School PEFreshman YearAlgeb - ■■■■■■■■■■■■)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD Finalist (6th place in category), some State SciOly medals, 2nd place State Science Bowl, Hawaii Journalism Award (Best Print Newspaper & Best Photography)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• FIRST Robotics (10-12) / Project Manager this year
• Science Club (10-12) /President this year
• Lunch Buddies (10-12) /President this year
• Mock Trial (9-11)
• NHS (10-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospice office assistant, elementary/middle school tutor, STEM camp instructor
[] Personal Statement: They were okaaaay. 7/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science & Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >120,000 (Hawaii is expensiveee)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m a girl in STEM?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, SAT II Scores, Robotics
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of Science fair, etc. etc. Hopping around ECs until I found my passion. I focused on robotics really hard this year.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UH, UPortland
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT (forgot interview, yeahhhh), WUSTL (waitlisted)
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, Stanford, CMU[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone!! This made me feel better after MIT and WUSTL :slight_smile: To those applying: don’t procrastinate on the app!

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Decision: Accepted w/ Regents

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 800 M, 770 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 790 Math II, 760 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/700, top 1%
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 total: Euro (5), Bio (4), Calc BC (5,5), Enviro (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Spanish Lang, Ceramics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholars Program Candidate, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended, CSF Sealbearer[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of leadership positions, President/founder of two humanitarian-activism-oriented clubs, member of a few others, etc…
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, library volunteer, animal shelter volunteer, etc…
[] Personal Statement: Very personal, thought it was pretty good.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Biochemistry[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White (Middle-Eastern)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: top bracket
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, GPA, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Not many major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted: USC (merit scholarship), LMU (full-ride), UC Irvine (Regents)
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Yale, Penn, Cornell, Claremont McKenna[/li][/ul]General Comments: So excited to have been accepted to UCLA!!! I wish everyone all the best during this hectic admissions season and into the future!! :smiley:

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@jakla17‌ I went to UCSD COSMOS and Academic Connections as well! :smiley: Do we know eachother lolol

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Decision: Rejected (Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (790M 760W 700CR)
[] ACT: 34 composite
[] SAT II: 790 Math 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] UC GPA: Didn’t calculate
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not given
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics AB (5) Calculus AB (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, senior research project (school requirement), Spanish III, AP Bio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: student council president, MUN president, varsity track, martial arts
[] Job/Work Experience: Research at UCLA, job fixing computers
[] Volunteer/Community service: not much
[] Personal Statement: Got me into other schools so must have been decent

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[li]** Intended Major **: Mechanical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): School outside the US but I’m a US citizen
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$200k (no financial aid for me)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Two month research program at UCLA, really obscure country[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT and subject test scores. STEM focus.
[] Weaknesses: Course load, my gpa is a little on the low side. Not much community service.
[] Accepted: University of Virginia, Georgia Tech, UCSD, University of Washington
[] Rejected: Olin College, Harvey Mudd, UCLA,
[] Waitlisted: Caltech, UC Santa Barbara
[] Waiting for: Berkeley
[/ul]General Comments:: Oh well. Not too upset about this, I got into some other really good schools.

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Accepted with a 34 on ACT

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Decision: Accepted
SAT I (breakdown): -
ACT: 35
SAT II: -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (but my school is very competitive)

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SAT II: Math II 800 and German 790

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Decision: Accepted to HSSEAS with Likely

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 700 M, 690 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 760 math II, 740 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.67
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but I’m pretty sure im in the top 5 out of 600 seniors
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Physics B (5), Environmental Science (5), US History (5), English Lang (4), World History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP English Lit, Drawing and Painting, Calculus 2 (taken at a community college 1st semester)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCWIT Aspirations National Runner-Up and San Diego winner, Gordon Scholars Award (given to top final project in each cluster at UCSD COSMOS)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics (co-founder and co-president), Academic Team (varsity starter), NHS (secretary), Piano lessons, JV Lacrosse
[] Job/Work Experience: math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: meals on wheels (only 21 hours)
[] Personal Statement: really good. First one was about conflicting national identity, second one was about starting my school’s FIRST robotics team.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science and Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: too much to qualify for aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): being female I guess

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, AP scores, extracurriculars, essays, attending COSMOS and Academic Connections at UCSD
[] Weaknesses: SAT
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO (waitlisted), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, Stanford, Stevens Institute of Technology[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m very happy right now! UCLA is my second choice school (Berkeley being #1) so it’s great to know that I’m good either way. SATs aren’t everything! My score is like 200 points below the average for CSE. Extracurriculars and essays are much more important than a 2400 SAT in my opinion.

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Accepted College of Letters and Sciences (Biology)

SAT: 1970
ACT: 32
UC GPA: 4.25 (I think)
Rank: 1st decile
Extracurriculars: cheerleading, tutoring and other community service, nothing special and no leadership positions
Essays: not very good
100% Japanese and from Hawaii
I have no idea how I got in and other more qualified students did not… I’m so fortunate and thankful!

Also accepted to: Santa Clara, Chapman, UC Davis
Waiting for Berkeley, but not expecting to get in at all lol

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Waitlisted

SAT 1970
ACT Didn’t take.

International