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

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
81

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (750 CR,690 M, 670 W)
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 34 M, 33 R, 34 S)
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 790 Physics, 720 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] UC GPA: 4.25
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/329
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), English Language & Composition (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP Art History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim (all 4 years, lots of awards, Captain, placed in CIF etc.), Water Polo (Captain, Varsity 3 years, some other awards), Academic League Team (Varsity 2 years), Youth Group at my church and another at my school (VP at my church’s), Acolyte Service (6 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout, Junior Asst. Scoutmaster, Senior Patrol Leader, lots of service hours throughout)
[] Personal Statement: one was about swim, and the other was about my family coming to the United States.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Mechanical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $100,000-$120,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none, just a white kid from a semi-affluent area.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Not much obviously haha. I guess just that I am from California? Engineering was too competitive this year, I obviously didn’t fit the bill.
[] Weaknesses: My SAT and SAT II Math scores were very low compared to the other applicants, but I was hoping my decent ACT would help; obviously not. I think I also didn’t have enough extracurriculars related to my major/didn’t show enough passion.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UC Irvine (CHP), SDSU (Honors), and Macalester College
[] Schools you were rejected from? UC Davis, Harvey Mudd, Cal Poly SLO, & now UCLA
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley, Cornell, Penn, Yale, and University of Michigan[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m upset I didn’t get in as UCLA was the “easiest” school I had left to hear from, and I was already disappointed from not getting in to Cal Poly or Davis. I really don’t know how else I could have showed my passion, but I’m upset because UCLA was really a big dream of mine, and I really like the school a lot. Every time I imagined college, I imagined myself there. I also am upset because I now am not even that interested in Mechanical Engineering, I should have applied for Electrical Engineering if any engineering or some other physical science. Anyway, the decision is now made, so I’ll have to live with it, but it was certainly disappointing. All the advice I can give is to just show passion in what you do, and get involved in things that are related to what you wanted to do. It was just a tough year to apply with the other 92,000 applicants I guess now I just have to sell myself on UCSD.

82

ACCEPTED.
College of Letters and Sciences (English)

My stats disprove those who claim you have to be extraordinary so I’m happy to post them:

SAT I: 1950
SAT II: did not take
ACT: 27
GPA: 3.64 (school does not weight)
ECs: did internships in Southern Africa with UN
FA: Yes

Other acceptances: UCSD, UCSB, Georgetown, Mt Holyoke, Michigan, UVA

83

Decision: Accepted

Note: I’m an international student from Australia.

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (CR 800; M 800; W 720) - second sitting
[] SAT II: Math II 800; Literature 780; Chemistry 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not issue GPA
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Approximately 7/167 (Highly academically-selective school)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: English Advanced, English Extension I, Mathematics (2-unit), Chemistry, Latin Continuers, Modern History (ATAR: 99.05)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Young Australian Writer for the Year (2011)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (12+ years; awarded Associate Diploma in Music), Creative-writing (won Young Australian Writer of the Year; published in literature anthologies), School Band and Percussion Ensemble (3 years)
Note: my ECs may seem very weak, but keep in mind that in Australia we don’t have the same culture of extra-curricular participation and leadership in high school that the US has, so I didn’t have as many opportunities in terms of high school clubs, organisations, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid internship at a law firm for 1 week
[] Volunteer/Community service: Study skills leader at school (18 hours); library monitor at school library (100+ hours)
[] Personal Statement: First essay was strong; I spent a lot of time on it - I wrote about coming to terms with my identity as a Chinese-Australian. Second essay wasn’t strong because I didn’t have enough time :frowning: - I wrote about my long-standing and tumultuous relationship with the piano.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-political Science[/li][] Country (if international applicant): Australia
[] School Type: Academically-selective public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Standardised testing scores
[] Weaknesses: Grades, lack of leadership in ECs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCLA is the only decision I’ve received so far.
[] Schools you were rejected from? N/A
[li] Schools you are waiting for? All of them XD[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Sadly I won’t be enrolling at UCLA, as I’ve been accepted to the University of Oxford. But congratulations to everyone else who has been accepted! :slight_smile:

84

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 32 (35 E, 35 R, 28 S, 29 M)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.24
[] UC GPA: Considerably higher… my school doesn’t weight but I was in all honors/“AP”
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: idk what this means lmao
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: My school’s version of APUSH (we’re weird), Sculpture, French 6, my school’s version of AP Bio, English 3/4, Pre-Calculus [All Honors]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years on my school newspaper (Reporter, editor, managing editor), Diversity Club (Secretary, VP), Prom Committee, Black Students’ Association
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at the Chicago Teachers’ Union and WVON Radio Station
[] Summer Activities: University of Illinois AdCamp, Summer @ Brown Leadership Program, National High School Institute at Northwestern University for Film/Video
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours from my sophomore year but I don’t think I mentioned them
[li] Personal Statement: I poured a lot of time and love into it. I think it was really good but idk.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Undecided Humanities with the intention of transferring to TFT[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, nationally-ranked
[] Ethnicity: African-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $150-200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, ECs
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Fordham (Lincoln Center), UIUC, UT Austin (RTF/Moody)
[] Schools you were rejected from? UCLA
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Barnard College, UCB, Columbia University, University of Michigan (deferred EA), NYU Tisch (Film), Northwestern University, Scripps College, Stanford University, Syracuse University (Newhouse), Wesleyan University[/li][/ul]General Comments: Ngl, I was heartbroken last night. UCLA was the first school I fell in love with (2 years ago which is crazy to think about it) and one of my top choices. I’m pretty sure I went through the five stages of grief before eventually falling asleep. While it hurts right now, I know I’ll end up wherever I’m supposed to be. Congrats to everyone who was accepted- UCLA is an amazing school and if you can afford it, please consider attending. Best of luck to all future applicants.

85

Decision: Accepted (Design Media Arts)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] UC GPA: Didn’t calculate but my weighted is 4.66/5.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but probably top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French & Stats, Hiphop based English class, Law & Society, Leadership in a Diverse Society, Honors Design (double length class)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Done well on the national french contest 3 yrs in a row, national merit semifinalist or something[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Summer advertising program in NYC, Art classes at MassArt, Yearbook (editor), Guidance Aide (we help transition freshmen at school) 2 yrs
[] Job/Work Experience: Working as a teacher and cashier at a sewing studio/store since soph. year
[] Volunteer/Community service: like 12 hrs for Confirmation haha
[] Personal Statement: I don’t even remember what my essays were about tbh
[li] Portfolio/Supplement: This was most important, as the arts schools are mostly talent based. I submitted observation drawings and design work and my project on the color pink was really strong.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes but I won’t be getting much
[li]** Intended Major **: Design Media Arts[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] School Type: Competitive public school
[] Ethnicity: White (UC’s don’t consider race though?)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Parents are immigrants? They’re Canadian so it’s not terribly exciting[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Portfolio, relevant extracurriculars, good grades for an art student
[] Weaknesses: personal statements, lack of aps/sat2s
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? SVA, MassArt, Pratt
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet!
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC, RISD, Carnegie Mellon[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was really not expecting to get in as I’m oos and the dma program is really selective but I did! Can’t believe I almost didn’t even apply. It would be really nice to be in LA next year so I am seriously considering coming here next year! Go Bruins!

86

@nat97xo‌ I’ve been rooting for you over in the Michigan thread. Don’t let the wait get you down.

87

Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290- 800M 800W 690CR
[] ACT: 34 (did not send)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.50 UW with big upward trend (lowest on my school’s Naviance to be accepted)
[] UC GPA: Probably around 3.55
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Music Theory (5), AB Calc (5), AP Chinese (4), AP Psychology (4), AP NSL Gov (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Physics C E&M, AP Economics, AP World History, Multivariable Calculus, Honors Spanish 4, Honors English 12,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction (2014)[/li]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cutting edge biomedical research at the NIH, very involved in music, service club leader (rebuilt a school in El Salvador over spring break once) , founder of a bicycle club, soccer since I was 6.[/li]
[] Volunteer/Community service: 800 hours of community service
[] Personal Statement: Focused on my biomedical research and music experiences.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Neuroscience [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): MD (OOS)
[] School Type: Best Public school in the state
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: >500,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research at one of the world’s premier institutions. Music Arts supplement?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores, EC, Course rigor.
[] Weaknesses: GPA (don’t worry OOS applicants, it is still possible to get in with a 3.5 UW!)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? WashU, UCSD, Rochester, UMD (college park scholars)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Penn, UChicago, UVA, Middlebury
[li] Schools you are waiting for: too many[/li][/ul]General Comments: GPA is not everything. I thought UCLA was one of the only schools in which the GPA cutoff was true and because of this, thought I was a goner. I guess they too look at the largest applicant pool in the US holistically. Good luck to all!

88

Decision: Accepted to pre econ/ accounting

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (730 writing, 680 math, 670 reading)
ACT: nah man
SAT II: 680 chem, 690 literature, 700 math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
UC GPA: forgot, school gpa is 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/ 550
ELC?: wut
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 euro, 5 ap language, 4 apush, 2 chem lol (this year ap calc bc, lit, micro, gov, spanish)
IB (place score in parenthesis): nah man
Senior Year Course Load: oh AP’s = calc bc, literature, micro econ, gov, spanish. regular= phyics, plus wind ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, national merit commended, nothing
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Congress club (founder/ vp)
quidditch club (founder/ vp)
music students service league (vp)
marching band (drum captain)
4 years in all school bands, 4 years all county honor bands, lots of involvement in community bands, southern cali honor bands, etc
Job/Work Experience: lol
Volunteer/Community service: 50-100, it wasnt much
Personal Statement: i’d give my essays 7/10, didnt work hard enough but everyone loved them. I’m definitely a good writer.
Other /b]
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: pre econ/ accounting
State (if domestic applicant): cali
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium public, 2000 kids
Ethnicity: white + latino
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 500k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): mexican heritage, lots of band accomplishments
b]Reflection
Strengths: extra curriculars and essays
Weaknesses: gpa and SAT could be better
Why you think you were rejected: stats too low I assume, I thought extracurriculars or something made up for it
Accepted to: university of redlands, cal poly Pomona, ucr, ucsd, UCSB (top applicant)
Rejected: just UCLA so far, there will be more
Waiting: berzerkeley, occidental, claremont McKenna, pitzer, usc. USC is my top choice and I’m not confident following this

89

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (610 CR, 700 M, 680 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: 760 Math II, 700 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/479
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5), Euro (3), English lang (5), Chem (3), Calc AB (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 1st semester: AP Lit, AP US Government, AP Art Hist, Advanced Journalism (Got all As)
2nd semester: AP Enviro, AP Psych, AP Human Geo, Advanced Journalism (All As 3rd quarter)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Our school newspaper won Best in Show at a pretty prestigious high school newspaper convention.[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]-Spanish section of the school newspaper (editor, translator) [11,12]
-Junior State of America club (President) [11,12]
-Beyond Diversity club at the community college [11,12]
-California Scholarship Federation club [9,10,11,12]
-JV Volleyball [9,10]
-Club volleyball [10]
[li] Job/Work Experience: [/li]-I work 25+ hours a week at a Brazilian steakhouse. I’m the lead hostess and the job requires me to speak in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. I am also an administrative assistant for the restaurant. I do filing projects, translate documents, and take care of some technological aspects. Absolutely in love with my job. Began over summer and will continue working there until I go off to college.
-Soccer referee [10,11,12]
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]-Homeless outreach team (translator, team leader) [9,10,11,12]
-Big Brothers Big Sisters 9 (mentor) [11,12]
-Unpaid Spanish and English tutor [9,10,11,12]
-Mexico missions trips (translator, team leader) [9,11,12]
[li] Personal Statement: Wrote one about my job and learning Portuguese, and the other about quitting competitive volleyball after my spinal surgery and how that shaped me into being a passionate fan of other sports and allowed me explore my more academic interests.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li] Intended Major **: Political Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public of 2000+ students
[] Ethnicity: French
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <25k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Focused ECs for the most part, language stuff, working a lot, rank and GPA
[] Weaknesses: SATs, AP scores, no hooks
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? LSU Honors, UC Berkeley (Regents candidate)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Vanderbilt (ED), Washington University in St. Louis
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UPenn, Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, USC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Michigan Ann Arbor[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really love UCLA. I’ve visited there a lot and I’m going next week to see some friends! Advice for future applicants: Take hardest classes available to you, show leadership.

90

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1920, not going to break to down :stuck_out_tongue:
[] SAT II: high 600’s, US History and Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] UC GPA: 4.28
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (3) US History [self studied] 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit/comp, AP gov/pol, AP span, AP calc, Biotechnology, Leadership

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student government 4 years blah blah blah, Started the South Asian club, some other clubs and site council
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (lots of hours), Food Bank, Red Cross Blood Drives, a Muslim organization that advocates for peace that really just is my world
[] Personal Statement: About my growth as a leader, speaker, and servant of humanity through Islam; About student government and one of my turning points in life

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no tbh
[li]** Intended Major **: polisci[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, low-income, really crappy, offers like 7 APs
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: ~90k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal Statement and Extracurriculars. My GPA was pretty okay too in context. My SAT score was among the best in my school… that says a lot about my school.
[] Weaknesses: SAT 2’s without a doubt, SAT I
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UC Davis, UCLA, Mills college
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet, I’m scared!!
[li] Schools you are waiting for? 2 ivy leagues, Stanford, (hey go big or go home am I right), UC Berkeley, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Oh god, yes I cried. I was refreshing the portal all night. I sobbed like a baby before I told my parents. 4 years ago I would have never expected this – it’s so surreal, and I’m so blessed. Now anxiously awaiting the next few round of decisions, but here’s advice for anyone applying to colleges next year:

Obviously, rank doesn’t matter. My rank was 11 in my class when I first applied due to a B freshman and Junior year. My school sucks, lots of things suck actually. But I worked hard, and I guess the work ethic is what shined through the application. It doesn’t matter if you have the 4.0 or the 2400 (although that’s AMAZING and you are PHENOMENAL). What matters is that YOU shine through the application. Of course, they accept kids with certain stats so keep your grades high, take APs, study for the SAT, and work your tail off for all you want.

And always believe in yourself. I literally would not be here if I didn’t have faith in myself. It’s cliche, but it’s true.

91

D waitlisted. 30 ACT, 4.3 GPA, cellist at an art school, no SAT suject tests or AP scores, great EC’s and essays.
Psychology major. She was accepted at UCDavis and UCSD.

92

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 32 (E -34, M -31, R -31, S -32, W -7)
[] SAT II: Math II - 680, Lit -660, USH -650, Chem -620
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): lol
[] UC GPA: I don’t know.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none (Bio -4, forgot to send)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): It was really just Church, Art, Music, Writing. (lead worship at church - 3yrs, taught kids drawing - 16wks, piano 10+ yrs, guitar 5+ yrs self taught, etc.) Most of them were hobbies and personal projects. I did put a lot of time into each of them though.
[] Job/Work Experience: Absolutely none.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some of the stuff above. VBS (350 hours)
[] Personal Statement: 1. Wrote about how homeschooling made me want to become a documentary filmmaker. The title was “If My Life Were A Documentary…” I wrote it like it was the first act of a documentary about me. 2. “My First Trick” About how I wanted to be a professional dog trainer when I was younger and about how it led me to pursue many other interests. I didn’t think either of them were particularly good. Maybe the first one was kinda cool and different. I really don’t know.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[li]** Intended Major **: Undeclared…I think, I forget what I applied as. Could have been Computer Science actually.[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Homeschooled
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Korean
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Very Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen, Low Income, Homeschooled [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Probably none for UCLA.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars. Lack of APs. My essays could definitely have been weak. Everything? lol
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: CSUF, UCI, UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? UCLA! First rejection, how exciting…
[li] Schools you are waiting for? …you’ll see…[/li][/ul]General Comments: Not too disappointed cause I wasn’t hoping to go to college in state, I just hope this doesn’t mean I’m going to continue getting rejections…lol. Congrats to all who got in! And good luck future applicants!

93

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2150 (640 CR 800M 710 W Essay 9)
[] ACT: 32C(35 E, 35M, 29R, 30S 8W)
[] SAT II: MATH 2 790, PHY 740, CHEM 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): International,but should be pretty high
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2 Silver medals and 1 bronze medal in Track, Honorable Mention in MUN, Prefect in Grade 11 and Subject Topper for Computer Science in Grade 11[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track (2 years), MUN(4 years), Tennis (4 years), Student body
[] Job/Work Experience:-
[] Volunteer/Community service: Ball Boy for Dubai Tennis Championships for two years
[] Personal Statement: Pretty Decent I’m assuming

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity:Indian
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000$ -120,000 $
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Nothing as such

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:Lolo, not sure what but I guess awards.
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, ec’s, maybe essays
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted : UW Seattle Waitlisted : Georgia Tech, UIUC, UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far but that should change once Ivies come out :neutral_face:
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, Cornell, CMU, Stanford, Harvard, UW-Madison[/li]
General Comments : I guess I kind of expected this after being placed on the waitlist at 2 other Uni’s and CS being very competitive. Hopefully some good luck on the waitlist. Good luck to those accepted.

94

ACCEPTED - OOS (College of Letters and Sciences; Physics Major)

GPA: Unweighted - 4.0; Weighted - 4.62
ACT: Composite - 32; English - 36; Math - 28; Reading - 34; Science - 31
Class Rank: 2/305 (top 1%)
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Lots of Extracurriculars (athletics, clubs, volunteering, leadership postitions, etc.)

No hooks (i.e. first generation, minority, etc.)

95

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (CR: 710, M: 770, WR: 740)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II: 770, Physics: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] UC GPA: 4.2 (capped) 4.5 (uncapped)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~40/740
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
5’s: Calc BC, Human Geo
4’s: Bio, Macroecon
3’s: Physics B, Physics C E&M, Physics C Mechanics, Microecon
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Econ SL: 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit commended, AP scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano, Choir, NHS, some volunteer work, group research project, piano winnings from competitions
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at music festival
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, a few others
[] Personal Statement: Put a lot of passion and work into it. Thought it was pretty good!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Undeclared - Life Sciences (School of Letters and Sciences)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large very competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, SAT, essays, course rigor, showed passion through EC’s
[] Weaknesses: NO CLUB LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCSD, UCI (CHP), UCR (regents).
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, Rice, Stanford[/li][/ul]General Comments: Super excited and happy! I feel like all my hard work has payed off. I think this also proves that you don’t need leadership positions in school clubs to prove that you have the characteristics of a leader!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 Composite, single-sitting
[] ACT: 35 (36 M, 36 W, 36 CR, 33 S, 12 Essay)
[] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 770 Lit, 720 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[] UC GPA: lol no clue
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no clue but top 20
[] ELC?: idk what this is so probably not
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC(5), AB(5), WHAP(4), Micro(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP CompSci, AP English, Journalism, Photography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar Award Invitee, Received TOC bids in debate, (nothing too out of the ordinary)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]ASB - Class Treasurer in 9th grade, and Student Leadership Team/School Site Council Representative in 10th grade. Can safely say two biggest wasted years of my life.

Journalism - Sports Page Editor in 11th grade (only junior to be an editor), News Editor in 12th Grade

Debate - Did all 4 years, secretary in 11th grade, president and debate captain in 12th grade. I won several awards at several national tournaments, and have been ranked nationally.

Tennis - 9th and 10th grade, played doubles 2 in 9th grade and doubles 1/singles 4 in 10th grade. Didn’t continue after that.

Middle School Debate Team Head Coach and Founder - Founded a middle school debate chapter at the local middle school and have had several students compete at national tournaments.

Online Publication - Started a online publication with a group of friends that has been featured in several newspapers, including the Pittsburgh Tribune.

(several other debate/journalism related side-projects)
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at a local software engineering company after 11th grade. Got a great letter of rec from my mentor, contributed code to the company product, and was offered a spot as an intern the following summer.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Around 200 hours, but didnt write it in the application.
[li] Personal Statement: Pretty baller.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: ye but didnt get any
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: no clue, parents think it’s sacrilegious for me to know this
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): lol nothing

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats and EC’s?
[] Weaknesses: AP scores and no major national awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Uchicago, Georgia tech, UC san diego, UIUC, UT Austin, Case Western, University of Washington, WL- Cal Poly SLO (LOOL), UC Davis (2x the LOOOOL)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Harvey Mudd
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Ivies, Umich, UC Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments: Idk man it’s all random. Good luck tho.

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[size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences, Neuroscience) [ /b][ /color][ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 R: 530. M: 720 W: 660
[] ACT: 32 (R: 27. S:35, M: 36, W:31) my babe <3
[li] SAT II: US His: 660, Spanish: 570 Chemistry: 570[/li][ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
[ *] UC GPA:???
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/339 valedictorian (
[ *] ELC?: ???
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), US His (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): ???
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP US/AZ GOVERNMENT & POLITICS, AP MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS, ACADEMY AP SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, AP BIOLOGY, AP ENGLISH: LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION, AP CALCULUS BC, PHYSICS 1-2
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (sec, President), NHS, NSHS, Drama (Never played sports)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hrs in four years
[ *] Personal Statement: 1. About my neighborhood in Vietnam in comparison to in the U.S. 2 ,Random stuff about me being prideful

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: 55k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation American, Immigrant to U.S.A. who left country of origin under adverse circumstances. Only lived 6 years in America. No English before that.

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Math, Science
[ *] Weaknesses: English!!
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? WashU, UChicago, U of AZ, ASU, UCSD
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? I don’t remember, I just know if they send me emails then I check
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! Really, my SAT sucks and I got in!

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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1970 [750M, 630CR, 590W]
[li] ACT: N/A[/li][] SAT II: I forget, not too great
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: OOS
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), Micro (4), Eng Lang (5), APUSH (4), Stats (5), Physics C (N/A), Calc Ab (N/a), Macro (N/a), English Lit (N/a)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Ap physics C, Macroeconomics at a college near me, Ap English Lit, Ap Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Don’t want to list all but good EC’s
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Personal Statement:

[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Stats/Econ[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Drug addiction in family- touched on in essays

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: idk you decide i guess?
[] Weaknesses: SAT score
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? American University and George Washington (close to full rides to both)
[] Schools you were rejected from? University of Virginia
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:** Good Luck!!

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Decision: Waitlisted (Chemical Engineering)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (770M, 720CR, 670W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 750 Math II and Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] UC GPA: 4.21 (capped), 4.29 (fully-weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/122 or something
[] ELC?: Yup
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang(5), English Lit(IP), Calc AB(4), Calc BC(IP), Chem(4), Physics C Mech(IP, but taking Physics 1 class and self-studying C), CS(IP), US Gov(IP)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP CompSci, AP US Gov, Econ, Spanish 3 H
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM commended? AP Scholar?? Idk lol[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (STEM Club Co-Founder/Co-President), Varsity Swim, Interact Club, JSA
[] Job/Work Experience: Receptionist/Graphic Design for Medical Office
[] Volunteer/Community service: I do a lot of tutoring, Special Olympics, Food Pantry stuff
[] Personal Statement: Ok-ish

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nah
[li]** Intended Major **: Chemical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Cali :^)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: no financial aid for me boyz
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nada

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: nothing really
[] Weaknesses: Math 2 and SAT/ACT probably, also GPA is sorta low for ChemE
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UMich, UIUC, UT Austin, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD, UMN, U of Arizona, WVU Tech (idk why I applied there lol), SJSU, CalPoly SLO, CSU East Bay (lol) with my first choice major. UCLA ruined my record, haha.
[] Schools you were rejected from? nada
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, Rice, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wasn’t really expecting an acceptance, so no hard feelings, though it sort of sucks bc my parents are both hardcore Bruins (both went for undergrad and med school). ALSO SO MANY SPACES TO GET RID OF ON THIS TEMPLATE LOOOOL SUCH A STRUGGLE GOTTA USE THE SEARCH FEATURE. Congrats to everyone who got in!! :slight_smile:

PS: I do not take responsibility for the harm this post may cause to a certain lurker who may see this and text me angrily later about how I “brag about my stats on CC.” smh

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Accepted to UCLA!! #futurebruin