Although my SAT was a 1620 lol
Denied via web site 3/20/15 8pm PT or so
Major: Computer Science
Objective:
SAT I: 2270
ACT: NA
SAT II: Math 2 800, Spanish 790, Bio 790, Physics 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
UC Weighted GPA: 4.13
Uncapped Weighted GPA: 4.26
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10 pct
AP scores: Calc AB 5, Spanish 5, Comp Sci 5, Psych 5, Physics B 4, Bio 4, APUSH 4 - five APs in progress
IB scores: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Japanese, AP English Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov/Econ, Theater Tech
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Badminton (Male singles top player)
Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee
Volunteer/Community service: AYSO referee
Essays: Very good - wrote about things I’m excited about.
Teacher Recommendations: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Cacasian
Gender: Male
Accepted: UCSD CS, UCD CS, UCI CS, GA Tech CS
Reflection: I was surprised by the deny as I was on a roll with all UC’s and my desired major to this point. But I’m not too disappointed as I’ve been leaning UCSD anyhow as I prefer a quieter (other students call it “socially dead” 
) environment. I also like the six college system at UCSD and the program through Revelle looks like a good match. It seemed like the UCLA Comp Sci program was also more pre-determined with less space for say language courses. Revelle expects all its students to be taking a language so that’s a good match too. I’ll either enhance my current spoken languages or try out a new one. It would have been preferable to be able to have another look at UCLA as another possibility. But all good.
After seeing the stats of the people who got in, I understand why I was denied! Congrats to you guys, you deserve this!
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M: 750, R: 670, W: 750
SAT II: no
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
UC GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/79
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History: (3) Govt (3) Geog. (5) Language (4) Macro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholarship with Honor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 varsity sports, NHS, SADD
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: 70+ hours
Personal Statement: I don’t recall but it was probably about running and leaving Ohio?
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ b] Intended Major [ /b]: biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 175+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
]Reflection
Research lots of schools!
Weaknesses: umm just overall wasn’t good enough
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: BostonU, Pitt // Waitlisted: Uchicago, WUSTL
Schools you were rejected from? so far only UCLA
Schools you are waiting for? vanderbilt, gwu, Stanford, Tulane, UCB, USC, UNC
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] The rejection letter said that they accepted only 5700 applicants out of 92,000 applicants, which makes the acceptance rate less than 7%. Why on earth is UCLA’s acceptance rate so low this year!?
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): dirt 1670 (560 CR | 510 M | 600 W)
[] ACT: dirt
[] SAT II: Math II 530 US History 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.0
[] UC GPA: 3.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~160/299
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) I did so by not taking the class and reading review books.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Econ, AP Gov, H Trig, Physiology w/ 3 college courses (English, Bio and History)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bronze in Academic Decathlon Speech[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Vice President) + Academic Decathlon. Also, I tutored at a local airport and via a fraternal organization. I was also a student pilot at the airport. I have much much more, but my laziness is kicking in.
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for my father, worked at cell phone shop for a while, poll working two times.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club + various tutoring gigs
[] Personal Statement: Amazing. I wrote about my first flight as a pilot!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Applied Math [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, 1600 students.
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~25K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): poor + pilot + Academic Decathlon + will to succeed.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs were really well rounded and unique.
[] Weaknesses: Scores and GPA haha
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Chico State and UCLA (obviously).
[] Schools you were rejected from? CPSLO, CSULB,
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cal, Riverside, Merced, CPP, El Camino Community College (just kidding). I do not care about the other schools seeing that got in to my dream school! [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! Thank God, I can not wait until Bruin Day! Make sure to register, everyone.
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800M, 720R, 780W)
[ *] ACT: 35 (36E&M, 35R, 34S)
[ *] SAT II: M2, Physics, Biology: 800, Chemistry: 790, USH: 750, Literature: 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[ *] UC GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.59 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] ELC?: N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calculus (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), Eng. Lang/Comp (5), Chinese LC (5), Biology (4), USH (4), WH (4), NSL (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Enviro Sci, AP MacroEcon, AP Literature/Comp, Molecular Biology, MV Calculus, AP Physics C
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chess Awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess, Math, Ninja Warrior, Piano, etc…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: NIH
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Chess Coaching
[ *] Personal Statement: Everyone has all the potential within themselves to satisfy and exceed all their internal desires and live a meaningful, purposeful life.
From the world I come from, the spiritual and physical realm agree, and meld beautifully with one another.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Engineering Undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, Top 100
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 250K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): haha
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT/ACT/personal statements
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, Bad ECs (I didn’t list them properly)
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UChicago, GTECH, UMDCP, UMBC, Emory
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? None Yet
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Princeton, Rice, Vanderbilt, Cornell, UC Berkeley
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!
Yay
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070; 660 CR, 700 M, 710 W
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.4 I think
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Env Science (2), AP US History (2), AP English Comp (4), AP European History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calc, AP English Lit, Geology, Statistics, Veterinary Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National President’s Service Award [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]Student Government (9th grade Secretary, 10th and 11th grade Vice President, 12th grade President)
The National FFA (Chapter President in 12th grade, part of three animal cooperations, compete in various speaking and judging competitions, raise a market lamb to show at county fair)
Water Polo - Varsity Letter, Varsity Athletic Scholar
Cross Country - Two year league, sub-section, and section champions
School District Board of Education - I was the student member on my high school’s board of education
[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
Childcare Provider - Has responsibility of taking care of children when the parents are gone, keeping them entertained and other duties as required… 9th 10th 11th 12th grades
Cater Waiter - Set tables and clear them, washed dishes and silverware, food service during catered events, maintained clean working environment 10th 11th grades
Self-Employed Peer Tutor - I tutored a 10th grader in Algebra 1 so she could raise two test grades. She successfully raised the grades to an A and a B (from a D and an F), respectively… 12th grade
Bakery Shop Clerk - Assist customers with purchases, restock product cases, maintain clean working environment 11th grade
Tasting Room Assistant - Sanitized tasting room counters and glasses, restocked merchandise, cared for house plants, assisted superiors when requested. 10th grade
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]
Build Our American Community - Committee within FFA chapter. Volunteer in various parts of the community; plant flowers at the fairground and serve dinner at Cancer Society softball game, etc 10th 11th 12th grades
Bret Harte FFA Boosters - Collected over $2000 in donations for Oysters and Oinkers FFA Boosters fundraising event, set-up, worked, and cleaned up the event. 11th 12th grades
Sonora Regional Medical Center
Assisted staff in daily duties. Stationed in Surgery Wing. Most Dedicated Volunteer; Newsletter Editor; Board Secretary 10th grade and President 11th grade. 10th 11th grades
Spanish Honor Society
Taught Spanish language to the local elementary school’s Spanish Club during my sixth period class, worked concessions during volleyball and basketball games. 10th 11th grades
Mark Twain Elementary School - I tutored a few of the local elementary school students during advisory period twice a week for one of my peer’s senior projects. 10th grade
[li] Personal Statement: My first one was about my family and how I have pushed myself to succeed.[/li]The second one was about how the FFA helped me to grow as a person.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Psychology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Tiny public school in a rural city. We only have about 750 kids.
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic, first generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think that being so involved in FFA, combined with my SAT score and grades, is a really unique thing. Also, I’m hispanic! Haha.
[] Weaknesses: SAT score and no SAT II’s definitely
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? CSULB, CSUCI, Saint Mary’s (I applied to way too many backup schools omg)
[] Schools you were rejected from? None
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I hope this helps some people for next year. Honestly, I thought I wasn’t going to get in. But just believe in yourself.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 34 C (highest), 35 E, 36 R, 34 M, 34 S
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2C; 780 Korean w/ Listening; 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] UC GPA: 4.72
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5); Music Theory (5); Calculus BC w/ AB subscore (5, 5); US History (5); Language and Composition (5); Psychology (4); Computer Science A (3); Chemistry (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Literature and Composition, AP Government, AP Biology, Principles of Microeconomics (Community College), Intro to Sociology (Community College)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Forensics League All American Academic Award, MTAC Level 10, Various state/regional debate awards, AP Scholar w/ Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nonprofit (Founder, CEO); Amnesty International (Founder & President); Habitat for Humanity (Founder & President); Speech and Debate program at local junior high school (Head Coach); Piano; Swimming (Varsity)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Intern; Head Coach at local junior high school debate program; clubs; nonprofit
[] Personal Statement: 1. Describe the world you come from - Talked about how being called the B word as a compliment to my achievements and leadership incited me to become a feminist and activist and inspired me to create my nonprofit; 2. Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you - Talked about how I realized that debate and all that I do isn’t about winning, but in taking pride of what I do after I lost really badly in a debate tournament
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Critical Gender Studies[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <40k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Nonprofit, Speech & Debate, feminist/activist platform, other EC’s
[] Weaknesses: Grades (they weren’t straight A’s like a lot of applicants), test scores, awards weren’t particularly amazing
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted: Yale (SCEA), University of Pennsylvania (Likely Letter), Duke (Likely Letter), Wellesley (EE), UC Berkeley (Regents), UCI (Regents), UCSD; Waitlisted: none so far
[] Schools you were rejected from?: None so far
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, JHU, Brown[/li][/ul]General Comments: I hope this helps future applicants! You honestly never know what’s going to happen, so don’t give up Good luck!!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (didn’t send)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Math 800, Physics 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[] UC GPA: ~4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranking but app said top 9% of my school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), World History (5), Physics b (4), Enviro (5), Music Theory (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: (AP->) Gov, English, Chem, Comp sci, Stat
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC 12 Certificate of Distinction, AP Scholar with Distinction, CM lvl 10, CM panel, Honor roll, Presidential Scholar Candidate, National Merit Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (band staff), Math olympiad (board member), band(principal saxophonist), jazz band
[] Job/Work Experience:N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Math Tutoring, YAT
[] Personal Statement: (1) jazz (2) afterschool care
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Comp Sci and Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: > 100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None :([/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats, awards, some ECs
[] Weaknesses: few ECs, ECs mostly music
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to: Accept: UCSD, UCI, SLO || Waitlist: Davis… wtf?
[] Schools you were rejected from: HMC, CalTech
[li] Schools you are waiting for: Berkeley[/li][/ul]**General Comments:**omg this is so much trouble lol
First time doing this! 
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 760 Bio, 800 Lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] UC GPA: Slightly higher?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] ELC?: Nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Environmental Science (4), AP U.S. History (5), AP English Language (5), AP Psychology (5), AP World History (4), AP Spanish (4), AP Chemistry (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Physics, Physiology, Economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Minor awards for debate and chess, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess club, piano, varsity parliamentary debate, Spanish club (secretary), swimming
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours or so in various events
[ *] Personal Statement: 1. About some personal family issues and how I challenged myself in academics in spite of it 2. About my concentration and patient thinking
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Undeclared
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Fairly low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays maybe?
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA (I’ve had Bs and Cs before), not so much leadership or community service
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted to Syracuse, Waitlisted at UChicago
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: UVA, UC Davis
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: UC Berkeley, Northwestern
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] I screamed and jumped up and down when I saw the word “congrats,” still super tired/dazed, and if I keep up my grades, there’s a strong chance I’ll be a Bruin this fall! Note to future applicants: grades really aren’t everything – don’t just judge yourself based on GPA or these decisions threads, because everyone has a different story, and maybe you have something special that sticks out to adcoms in spite of…you never know unless you try! Good luck!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2130 (CR 720, Math 720, Writing 690)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: Math 2- 650, Biology M- 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] UC GPA: 4.3? maybe
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 435
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calc (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): will take IB Biology HL, History of the Americas HL, and English HL
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics SL, AP Calculus BC, IB Biology HL2, AVID Tutor, IB English HL2, IB HA2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years basketball and officer in: Bulldog Project, Interact Club, California Scholarship Federation, Ultimate Frisbee Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Basketball Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: done for EC’s above
[] Personal Statement: Pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Electrical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < 80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation College Student[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, GPA, ACT, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, EC’s
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to: UC Riverside, Irvine, Davis, San Diego
[] Schools you were rejected from? none so far
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC, Harvard, Princeton[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am so happy I got into my dream school! This is most likely the school I will be attending unless something drastic happens.Everyone keep your heads up out there! Everyone will get into the school that is perfect for them. Good luck to all!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750: Reading, 800: Writing, 740: Math
ACT: Did not take
SAT II: 750: Chinese with Listening, 720: Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Average for all of high school: 94.6% (our school uses percentage)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 40%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: Language, Chinese 4: World History
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP US, AP EnviSci, AP Lit, Asian Studies, Teacher Assistant Work Study, Honor Choir, Government and Politics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Chinese Speech Contest Award, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN Based Newspaper (Copy Editor), China Care Club (Level Representative), TriM Music Honor Society, Varsity Tennis, Collaborative International School Magazine
Job/Work Experience: English/Chinese Teacher for Kindergarten
Volunteer/Community service: LiJiang Charity Trip (Co-organizer)
Personal Statement: Dealing with father’s death
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major [ /b]: Asian Humanities
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: International
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy?
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, teacher recommendations, fluency in chinese/english/korean
Weaknesses: school ranking and GPA
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: so far accepted to UCSD, waitlisted to Washington University in St. Louis
Schools you were rejected from?: Northwestern
Schools you are waiting for?: Cornell, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, NYU, USC, carnegie mellon, notre dame
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] ACT: 32 i forgot the breakdown sorry
[] SAT II: English Lit - 640, Math II - 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I have no idea my school doesn’t do unweighted and I know for UCs it’s especially difficult
[] UC GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: idk what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang (4), AP US History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP English Lit, Drama, AP Calc AB, Advanced Chorus, Spanish 4, Senior Honors Independent Study
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver Telly, scholarship from my school my junior year, and several small academic awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Reporter for multiple international publications for more than four years), (founder and executive director of school’s TV Station), (station manager of school’s radio station), (part of editing board of newspaper), drama-kid
[] Job/Work Experience: Mentored a kid who wanted to become a kid reporter… She now is a reporter for Sports Illustrated for Kids!
[] Volunteer/Community service: Founded a nonprofit club at my school to spread awareness on dog slaughtering in the Philippines and raise funds, very involved in school’s campus ministry, part of society where we meet with nuns on campus
[] Personal Statement:
1 - great. Talked about how being raised by a single mom as an only child allowed me to become independent
2 - copy and pasted from my common app… about working with my mentee
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[li]** Intended Major **: undeclared[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Catholic private
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: idk?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): immigrated from Philippines when I was 3 months, raised by single mom[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs for sure! I got a supplement and I think that helped a bunch, too. I also think they saw that I was a great fit for this school.
[] Weaknesses: I’m not the best math student, but I was so glad that they looked past this and saw me as a whole student, my test scores are above average
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to Santa Clara, waitlisted UChicago
[] Schools you are waiting for? Northwestern, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, USC, NYU, Barnard, Berkeley, Fordham, UMich
[/ul]General Comments: I AM SO HAPPY!!! UCLA IS ONE OF MY TOP CHOICES AND I’M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. Can’t wait to see everyone at Bruin Day! Feel free to message me if you have any questions!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 M 750 CR 630 W 770 ( I can’t critically read…)
ACT: 33 (36 M, 31 W, 28 CR, 32 S, 8 Essay)
SAT II: 750 Math Level 2, 570 Lit, 650 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
UC GPA: 4.07
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
ELC: I don’t know what this is
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(4); Chem(3); Chinese(5); Lit(2); Psych(3); US History(3); World History(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Physicsi, AP Lang, Advanced Orchestra, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Volunteer Award, Hugh O Brian 2013 Seminar Ambassador
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Piano
Varsity tennis (Singles/doubles; co-captain)
District symphonic orchestra (Concertmistress)
District summer musical pit orchestra
American Red Cross Club (Co-president)
Project Outreach (Co-founder/Co-president)
Hospital volunteer
Animal rescue foster parent
Job/Work Experience: Privately tutored individuals in my community for math and piano
Volunteer/Community service: ~1,100 hours
Personal Statement: The idea sounded better in my head haha
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <20k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college student
Reflection
Strengths: I have no idea honestly.
Weaknesses: Test scores. But I guess it was okay
Decision: Accepted
**Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 710, M: 650, W: 590 =1950
ACT: 30
SAT II: 660, 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
UC GPA: 4.35 capped, 4.44 uncapped
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 8%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish(4), APUSH(4), AP Lang(3)
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 college course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
**Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (president), Photography club (president), School Newspaper (secretary), JSA, Mock Trial
Job/Work Experience: Intern at Film company, Teaching Assistant at tech camp at Stanford
Volunteer/Community service: Service trip to Costa Rica where I spoke mostly only Spanish, tutoring
Personal Statement: My decision to switch schools and how I made the best out of that, tutoring a student and our connection and how I am proud of our relationship, taking AP Spanish and how that was extremely difficult but it made me realize my passion for Spanish
**Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but did not get any
[ b]Intended Major[ /b]: International Development Studies
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 400k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Not sure…
**Reflection:
Strengths: leadership, passion for global studies and language, GPA, personal statements
Weaknesses: Test scores
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted into Northeastern, Santa Clara, Cal Poly and others
Schools you were rejected from? none…so far
Schools you are waiting for? USC, UC Berkeley
**General Comments:
I honestly thought I was going to be rejected because of my SAT and ACT scores, but I believe that my personal statements made my application very strong. There was clear correlation throughout my application between my passion for language and culture, which made me a strong candidate for my major, International Development Studies. Show that you are passionate about something and hopefully the admission people will feel your passion!
Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences, English)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Nope
ACT: 34 (32 M, 35 E, 35 R, 34 S)
SAT II: Literature (730), US History (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.783% UW, 96.739% W… pretty sure my school only sends weighted though
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Economics (Macro & Micro), AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Language, AP Physics C, Peer Leadership, Photography 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, Saint Michael’s Book Award for Scholarship and Service, RIT Innovation and Creativity Award, NHS/Foreign Language NHS, High Honor Roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Leo Club (President), NHS (Treasurer), Photo Club (Secretary), Spanish Club (Communications Officer), Pep Band, Varsity Tennis
Volunteer/Community service: LPIF, Leos Club, Midnight Run with NHS, Volunteered at NYC charity theater, taught at a guitar camp.
Personal Statement: First one about living in the suburbs compared to living in the city. Second one about my passion for music and how it has led me to connect with people wherever I go.
Other:
Intended Major: English
State: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing really
Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, Scores, ECs
Weaknesses: Only 2 APs before senior year, but that’s sorta just how my school system works.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good academics and lots of ECs, also very few people from my school applied so maybe that helped.
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to: Accepted to IU (Honors College), Colorado-Boulder (Honors College), Northeastern (Honors College), and Syracuse (Newhouse). Waitlisted at Pomona.
Schools you were rejected from: Stanford (obviously lol)
Schools you are waiting for: NYU, USC, UCB, Northwestern, Duke, and a few long-shot Ivies… not that any of the rest of them are sure things haha.
General Comments: First real top choice I’ve gotten good news from, so this is exciting! Good luck everyone!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 31 (34 M, 33 E, 31 R, 24 S)
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: Not sure…
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): rank N/A, top 10%
[] ELC?: Don’t know what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (5), US History (2), English Lang (3), World History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, Ceramics, Forensics, French V Honors, Psych/Sociology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t really have any; AP Scholars Award, Art entered into local Teen Arts Festival, 3rd Place in Colgate Palmolive Science Fair[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Club (11-12, Secretary), NHS (11-12), Art Club (9-10), National French Honor Society (11-12), Engineering Club (9-11), Student Mentoring Club (10), Drexel’s Environmental Science Leadership Academy (1 week, summer before 12th), Montreal French Immersion Program (1 week, summer before 12th)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club (9-12), Reading Buddies (9-12), Junior Achievement (11-12), Rutgers Happy Campers (Summer, 76 hours)
[] Personal Statement: Prompt 1: Food 10/10; Prompt 2: Volunteering 10/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Civil Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, volunteering, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Average stats, OOS
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: Rutgers, UMD, Northeastern, Drexel, Penn State, UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? None
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC, UMich, NYU, UPenn (all of my reach schools lol)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Would be a dream to go here, but got no money OOS. Good luck!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): ok so ucla doesnt super score but most schools do, i put CR 720 W 750 M 680 down as my highest total score but in the additional information section I also brought up 720 reading, 770 math, and 650 writing bc its a higher math score even tho the total score is lower
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: math 2 800, physics 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] UC GPA: 4.536
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% at the time, but i didnt write that
[] ELC?: idk what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), Physics B(4), US govt(5), Comparative govt(4), English lang(3), Calc AB(5), Physics C (5,5),World History (4) haha uc’s are some of the only schools that ask for ap scores
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Micro/Macro, Introd to Engineering, Health, AP Bio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Cheerleading, Science Olympiad (small leadership role), Psych Club (president), Recycling club (vp)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship at FDA, also worked at science summer camps
[] Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Personal Statement: one was pretty good, one was eh
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Physics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): not really, maybe female physics major
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Course rigor
[] Weaknesses: not that much leadership, without superscore my sat isnt the highest
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UMD College Park, UIUC, Wash U (waitlisted)
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley[/li][/ul]**General Comments:**G UCLA admissions seem less holistic than most just because of the amount of people who apply, I think I got in just because my stats fit the averages. Congrats to everyone!
Decision: Accepted. School of Theater Film and Television
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220. 800 writing, 790 cr. reading, 640 maths (to the best of my memory-- honestly can’t remember. only took it once.)
[] SAT II: Did not take any.
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.46
[] UC GPA: don’t know. My official GPA is low because of freshman year-- UC GPA is likely 3.7 or thereabouts.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank or provide percentiles.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP 2D Art. Don’t plan on sending a portfolio.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Half year courses: Architecture I and II, Digital Photo I, Drawing and Painting. Full-year courses: Words and Images (film-based English class), Public Policy Living in America (soc. studies), AP 2D Art
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: I will be interning at Warner Bros this spring.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I have been a Girl Scout since I was four. I frequently volunteer in my community and have set up a program to care for the feral cats in my neighbodhood, as well as spread the word about low cost spay and neuter programs (i live in a relatively poor area of Manhattan). I am currently working on my Girl Scout Gold Award (comparable to Eagle Scout award) which involves making pillowcases for the pediatric hospital patients of Loma Linda University Hospital. So far we’ve made and delivered more than 300. I’m due to recieve my award this spring.
[] Personal Statement: Talked about my mother’s strength after my father died when I was 13, and how her strength inspired me. Second essay was a narrative about how I fell in love with a girl on the subway and had to leave at my stop and she rode on. My additional comments section was a narrative about moving from Roswell NM back to New York City when I was 5, and a reflection on one of my first memories.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep. Got none 
[li]** Intended Major **: Film and Television[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[] School Type: Public HS in the suburbs of NY. Very well known and respected. In a very affluent community. I attend because my mother teaches in-district.
[] Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 50k-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Third-gen. UC student, with relatives on both sides having attended UCLA. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: DEFINITELY my writing supplement and essays. My interview at TFT went really well and I brought them samples from my art portfolio, more writing, and a copy of a children’s book I wrote. I also demonstrated a lot of interest-- visited twice, attended on campus interview, despite how far away I live. My SAT scores are nothing to shake a stick at, either.
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my grades! Ha.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University and UVM.
[] Schools you were rejected from?: CalArts. They don’t know what they’re missing out on!
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: USC and Yale. Neither of which come anywhere near to how much I love UCLA. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck all! I decided to fill this out because I couldn’t find anything online about the TFT program’s acceptances when I was applying. Here is, verbatim, what the interviewers told me: Out of 1500 applicants to TV/FFilm production, they interviewed 44. Out of those interviewed, they select their freshman class. As this is their second freshman class ever (previously junior transfer only), it’s hard to say how big their class is gonna be. I was told it doesn’t vary much from their usual number of 15. Unfortunately, if you aren’t called for an interview you aren’t going to be accepted. I got called to set up my interview on abt. Feb 1st, and actually interviewed on Feb. 14th.
Again-- good luck everyone! If any aspiring film kids for next year’s app cycle want to contact me feel free to! And if you’ve been accepted to TFT let’s talk! And sorry for any typos-- I’m on my phone 
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Submit
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/501
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 APUSH, 3 AP Language Comp, 3 AP English Lit, 4 AP US Government
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 IB Business and Management SL (Junior Year)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - IB Math Studies, IB English, IB French AB Initio, IB Biology, IB History of Americas, IB Theory of Knowledge (first semester), 2 Free period second semester.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB Biology Award of Excellence, Science National Honor Award, French National Honor Award, Presidential Superlative Award, AP Scholar Award, English National Honor Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club (Vice President - 2 Years), French National Honors Society (Projects Committee Head), IB Student Union (Historian), Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Society (Director & President - 6 Years), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Choir (Secretary & Event Coordinator), C12A Distributions LLC. local start up company (Vice President),
Job/Work Experience:
Babysitter (2011 June, July, August)
Volunteer/Community service:
Patrick Murphy Campaign (Non-Paid Intern), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Assistant Treasurer), Habitat For Humanity (Volunteer)
Summer Activities:
Internship at Patrick Murphy (June, July, August, September, November)
Essays: Essay was 7/10. I definitely did not put as much effort into it as I did my commonapp essay.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation American
Reflection
I definitely did not know whether I was going to get accepted or rejected from this school. It was not considered a safe school, but one of the medium/harder schools to get into from my list (Although it is difficult to get into, period). I’m happy that I applied nonetheless. Since I got into Cornell, I wouldn’t have gone to UCLA whether I got in or not. If not for thatl, I would have been crushed to not get into here. I’m probably going to Cornell though Congratz to everyone who have gotten in, it’s an amazing school!
Strengths:
Essays, Extracurriculars (but not amazing!), GPA, hooks.
Weaknesses: ACT scores, didn’t take or submit any SATs or SAT II.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected probably because of my ACT scores and the okay essays didn’t help.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Florida, University of California- San Diego, Emory University, Cornell University
Waiting on Acceptance notification: University of California - Berkeley, Stanford, UNC, Notre Dame, Northwestern, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Rice University, USC.
Rejected: University of Texas - Austin
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Not really sure. Maybe the essay!