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

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: Math 2: 740, Physics: 670
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/600
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 2 Honors, 1 Elective

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot of different clubs/organizations and a big variety of leadership positions
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of community service
[] Personal Statement:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Civil Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <100k

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Perfect 800 in math, straight A’s, lots of community service, involvement in arts and athletics
[] Weaknesses: Lower English SAT scores (660/670)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, Cal Poly SLO, UCI, Chapman
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, Ivies

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Decision: Accepted!! :smiley:

College/Major: College of Letters and Sciences, Pre-psychobiology

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050- 740 W 680 M 630 CR 11 Essay
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 730 Molecular Biology, 730 French
Unweighted GPA out of 4.0: 4.0
Weighted UC GPA: 4.48
Rank: top 5% ELC student
AP: English Lang 4, Biology 4, French 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, California Literature, Philharmonic Orchestra.
Major Awards: AP Scholar, Reflections Literature Contest Winner State, NSHSS

Subjective:
EC’s: CSF member/secretary, Science National Honors Society member/Jr. and Sr. representative, SSA member, French Club Advertising Director/Treasurer, TSM club swimming (junior olympic qualifier and finalist 12,13,14, pacific committee qualifier and finalist 12,13,14, Open Water Junior Olympic 3 Kilometer 1st place winner) also won most improved and coaches awards, Philharmonic Orchestra (principal violist all 4 years, CODA state symphony orchestra member, won outstanding musician award)

Job/Work Experience: City of Santa Monica Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (Red Cross Certified: CPR/AED, Water Safety Instructor), UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Assistant Researcher (Published a cost effectiveness paper on treating hepatitis C in the elderly)

Volunteer/Community Service: organize beach clean ups, help set up Santa Monica 5000,help hand out food at LA Marathon, participate in charity walks, organize campus beautification, organized college fair, back to school night, open house, team up with E-Waste club to collect old batteries, tutor middle school kids from JAMS in science, help with solo and small ensemble orchestra festival, help run novice swim meets, volunteer at St. Monica’s church, volunteer to help summer school at Roosevelt elementary school (I probably forgot some).

Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership forum at UCLA on Medicine, took US History, worked (see job and work experience), swimming.

Essays: A day in the life, talked about working at UCLA, also talked about being born with craniosynostosis (I’m fine now) so good I guess!

Other:
State: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white (European, Armenian)
Gender: Female
Income: Approximately 130k per year

Accepted: UCR, Chancellor’s Scholarship, UC Irvine CHP, UCSD, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Long Beach, University of San Diego, LMU, Pepperdine, and Boston University.
Rejected: n/a
Waiting: USC, Pitzer, and Dartmouth.

Strengths: two words. Work experience. (also passionate essays, high GPA, well rounded EC’s in general)
Weaknesses: SAT scores, not that many AP 10/11 grade.

General Comments: I feel so honored and blessed to be accepted by UCLA! This was definitely my number 1 choice so I don’t care if I get rejected by every other school lol. I did not have the highest stats but my passion for medicine was most likely the deciding factor. I was so nervous and I felt like I was gonna pass out the day decisions came out. When I found out I got in (I was in San Francisco for an orchestra trip) I felt so relieved and I got to celebrate at Ghiradelli square. Honestly the best moment of my life. Congratulations to everyone else who got accepted! You are all truly inspiring! I look forward to being a bruin with some of you!

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@catkachswimgeek you seem like such a cute and enthusiastic individual! i just had to point that out haha :slight_smile: thank you for sharing your stats, thoughts, and passion for life!

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Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT: 34
SAT II: Chem: 710 Lit: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
UC GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp and WH 5’s APUSH, Psych, Chem, Bio 4’s
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, French 3, AP Lit, APES, AP Calc BC, AP Econ
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mock Trial (10-12): Swept individual awards at county competition
Soccer (9-12): Nationally ranked travel team
Robotics (11-12): Community outreach coordinator, student leadership team, captain of strategy, top 20 in state
Science olympiad (9-10) : 3rd and 5th in state
Job/Work Experience:
Referee (9-12
Volunteer/Community service:
Key Club: 100 hours and service coordinator for ten schools during my senior year
Special Education Department: 75 hours
Children’s hospital: 150 hours

Personal Statement: First one 9/10 talked about how having my beliefs challenged and upended caused me to be intellectually ambitious
Second 8/10 story about kid I befriended at Children’s hospital who died from CF

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Poly Sci
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Pretty competitive public around 2000 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 40k
Strengths: Test scores, EC’s, Essays
Weaknesses: 5 B’s so mediocre UW GPA and my EC’s probably didn’t show true passion as I kinda did everything
Schools were you accepted to? Accepted: UCSD, UCI honors, UCSB, UC Davis, U Arizona honors
Waitlisted: Chicago and UCLA
Schools you were rejected from? Stanford, Pomona, Bowdoin
Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, Ivies, Duke, Georgetown, Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, Carleton, Rice, USC, technically Chicago and UCLA lol
Reflection: A little bit salty cause kids are getting into my major with weaker everything and I poured my heart and soul into those essays. Hopefully Berkeley or USC will take me :weary: I’m ready for this process to be over lol. Congrats to everyone who got in and make sure to bring lots of sun block to SoCal.

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@TheOtterOne Thank you! lol I appreciate the gratitude!

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@designgrl‌ I got accepted for the DMA program too! what did you do for the pink project? I’d love to know :slight_smile: do you have a link to your portfolio work?

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (680 R, 700 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II 700 Maybe shouldn’t have sent this in
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] UC GPA: Not sure?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov & Politics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IBDP Candidate - Eng HL, Math SL, Bio HL, Film HL, Geography SL, Spanish SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: Same as IB courses
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not any national ones

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Achieved a variety of leadership position within a year of changing states and schools
[] Job/Work Experience: tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: child care program
[] Personal Statement: pretty good?

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Math [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Single mother

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: perfect 800 on writing, background
[] Weaknesses: Lack of awards, not many AP classes b/c I moved to an IB school, my school doesn’t offer math HL
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UCSC, UW, Oxy
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Stanford, USC, CMC (lol), UCB[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really loved UCLA, but maybe it wasn’t meant to be :slight_smile: Not sure if I’ll accept wait list or not because I have strong money offers from other schools already.

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Decision: Accepted Arts and Sciences

SAT I: 2030 (750R, 650M, 630W) single sitting junior year

ACT: 34C (36E,34R,29M,36S) single sitting senior year

SAT II: N/A

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74/5.808 weighted

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (7/121)

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry (5), AP World History (5), AP European History (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP English Language and Composition (5), AP Literature and Composition (4), AP Human Geography (5), AP US History (4), AP Biology (5), AP Calculus AB (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics (N/A), AP U.S. Government and Politics (N/A), AP Microeconomics (N/A), AP Calculus BC (N/A), PE, Art, and JROTC (required for graduation)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Varsity Basketball co-captain (4 years), NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, 2 major research projects, major position in national debate club, volunteer at a zoo

Job/Work Experience: Paid intern at Marine Biology lab and intern at Biology lab (both at UMiami)

Volunteer/Community service: Charity which built schools in India (4 years), volunteered at a pet shelter (2 years)

Essays: 7-8/10, about passion for scientific research and my experience visiting one of the schools built in India with funds from my charity

Teacher Recommendations: signed the FERPA lol I can only speculate (6-7/10)

Counselor Rec: (5/10) ???

Additional Rec: N/A
Other
list]
State (if domestic applicant): Fl
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small, competitive
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 630 M 720 W 660 = 2010
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: BIO 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (inapplicable)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): HL Bio (6) HL Chemistry (6), HL ITGS (6), SL Math (7), SL English Lit (5), SL Spanish ab (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma Candidate[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): The Aqua Initiative (Head of Finance), Roof Over Heads Foundation (Head of Finance), and The EcoCommittee (Water Representative), School Soccer Team Captain (for 5 consecutive years) + Local academy player (semi-professional)
[] Job/Work Experience: Research Internship at Dubai Sports City Academies
[] Volunteer/Community service: Kenya Service Trip
[] Personal Statement: about being a twin, and about my trip to CERN

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major : Biochemistry[/li][] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Dubai, UAE
[] School Type: International IB World School
[] Ethnicity: Subcontinent
[] Gender: M
[li] Income Bracket: High[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal statement, IB score, soccer
[] Weaknesses: standardized test scores (relatively), ECs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UMich
[] Schools you were rejected from? Vanderbilt, Stanford (never had a chance lol)
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cal, Cornell, Northwestern, UNC, USC, Duke[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences)

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: 680 in Maths II, 650 in French
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] UC GPA: No idea
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 Arabic B HL, 7 Economics HL, 7 Psychology HL, 6 English Literature SL, 7 Physics, 7 Mathematics
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL: Arabic B, Psychology, and Economics. IB SL: English Literature, Mathematics, Physics. IB Theory of Knowledge. Islamic Studies.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholarship, Academic Honor Roll

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), MUN, Swimming & Diving, Cross Country Running, School musical
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Built huts for the widows of victims of the Cambodian Genocide in Vietnam, volunteering at an elephant sanctuary in Laos, participating in community development projects in Thailand, guarding a turtle sanctuary in Sri Lanka, conducting research on national services for the elderly
[ *] Personal Statement: Essay #1: Talked about how I was influenced by living in a multicultural community. Essay #2: Talked about a personal struggle through I’ve been going through for many years now.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Financial Actuarial Mathematics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates
[ *] School Type: IB Private Day school
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: My essays and school grades
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT grades
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: Northeastern and CU-Boulder
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Middlebury and Bowdoin
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Brown
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Be yourself. if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. Oh and focus more on maintaining an interesting personality more than interesting grades.

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Decision: Rejected
Engineering/CompSci

Objective

  • SAT I (breakdown): 800 M 800 R 800W (2400) (2nd sitting)
  • ACT: Didn’t take
  • SAT II: 790 Chem, 800 Math, 800 US Hist
  • Unweighted UC GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
  • Weighted: School doesn’t weight
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry-A (4), APUSH –A (5),European History-A (3)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Statistics, AP Gov/Macro Econ, AP Lit, Calc B/C
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Swim Scholastic All American, NMF, Presidential Scholar Candidate, AP Scholar, Cal-Nev Swim Sectional Finalist
    Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars: Mostly swim related. Recruited swimmer at D3 level, School Newspaper Editor, Boy Scouts Ti Kwon Do, Fencing, Varsity Swim 3 years
  • Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
  • Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer
  • Summer Activities: Summer Team swim coach
  • Essays: Competing with world class swimmers and learning how much harder he needs to work.
  • Teacher Recommendation:English teacher was very good, don’t know about the other
  • Counselor Rec: ??? (Public school so don’t what to expect)
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview: None
  • State (if domestic applicant): CA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: M
  • Income Bracket: 100k+
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Reflection

*Strengths: Perfect SAT’s, Perfect PSAT, High SAT II, Unweighted GPA, Swimming

  • Weaknesses: Leadership, Volunteering, AP EURO
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Swimming takes up much of his time, leaving little for anything else. In the end it appears as just another ROTM EC.
    *Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Mudd, UCSD (Regents) UCD (Regent), Rejected: MIT, Waiting on Rice, USC, UCB, Stanford.
    General Comments: There are some top notch candidates out there. Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted! Somewhat surprised by the UCLA rejection, but Mudd is by far his first choice.
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@sonder7 I don’t have my portfolio online, but it was a lot of charcoal and collages and the kids menus I did for a local restaurant chain. For my pink project I made up a magazine called Pink Magazine (lol) and I made the front/back cover and two pages :slight_smile: I put a lot of work into it haha. What did you do?

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1800 (CR 520 Math 640 Writing 640)
[] ACT: 29 (31 Wring/English. 32 Math, 28 Reading, 28 Science)
[] SAT II: Bio 660, Math II 640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.26
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30 out of 668
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) AP Bio (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Gov, Psychology/Sociology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1 Hyperion Award (4.0 Freshman year) 1 Gaia Award (4.0 Sophomore year)[/li]Outstanding Saber “JV” (Best performer using a sabre in Color Guard JV)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gives Me Hope (President), Psychology club (President), K-Pop Central (Treasurer), Eastlake Color Guard (1st 2 years of HS). I also help my mother with her small business.
[] Job/Work Experience: I’m a paid tutor through our school’s Principal’s Honor Roll program. I tutor 3 middle-schoolers.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church (2 years), Hospital (1 year), School’s Band and Color Guard (3 years)
[] Personal Statement: One about my experience at church serving children with disabilities, another was about feeding the homeless

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Pre-psychology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, year-round
[] Ethnicity: Filipina
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: about 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal Statements
[] Weaknesses: GPA wasn’t super high compared to others, test scores are really low! I’m not that great of a test taker… I didn’t have the time and money for SAT/ACT prep classes either.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I really stood out because of my personal statements.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to SDSU, Cal Poly SLO, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments: Honestly blown away by my acceptance… My stats are so low. I didn’t take any weighted classes my 1st 2 years because of color guard… I spend about 30-36 hours a week focusing on that activity but during my junior year I did something different to make a difference in my community hence why I serve my church and feed the homeless. It really is holistic. I only know 3 other people from my school that were accepted to UCLA. A lot of the smarter people from my school were wait-listed/rejected.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (770 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: don’t know what this is
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none, top 10%
[] ELC?: ?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Statistics, Spanish, English Lang and Comp, APUSH (all 5’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Chem, Economics, Linear Algebra Honors, Calculus III (college course)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, President’s Education Award (some school awards but nothing major really)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (captain, lots of district recognition), Clarinet (All-state Band, local orchestra, school ensembles), Vocal Music (Chorale, section leader 12, honors choir group, honors a cappella group), Student Council (President, Treasurer), Scholastic Scrimmage (captain, won some regional competitions), Women’s Awareness (vice-president), freshmen mentor and student ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: summer SAT tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: blogger for online feminist website, volunteer tennis coach, summer volunteer at boys and girls club, worked in school’s communications office
[] Personal Statement: One was about my love for Harry Potter and how the series has shaped me. The other was about my stubborn personality, and how I use it to channel my determination.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Mathematics, Actuarial Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, independent
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): My dad went there and my sister currently goes there, but there wasn’t a place for this on the application, so I’m not sure if it helped

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades, SAT I, involvement in school and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: not a very unique applicant, no major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: Dartmouth (likely), Wash U; Waitlisted: UChicago (deferred from EA), Northwestern
[] Schools you were rejected from? Nowhere yet, but I haven’t gotten most of my decisions
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Brown, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Stevens Tech[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone with the rest of their decisions!

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Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 one time (700CR/710M/760W)
[ *] ACT: not sent
[ *] SAT II: 730 Chem, 760 Math 2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: not sure, 6 UC-weighted honors classes in soph-junior year and all A’s
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/300 approx., not sent
[ *] ELC?: no
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World His (3), US His (4), Chem (3),
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP’s: Calc BC, English Lit, Bio, Latin, Psych
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Cum Laude Society, CSF, national Latin awards

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV track and field 3 years, Editor of school yearbook, student council: student life/dances coordinator, president of one club and secretary of another
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200 merit hours at UCLA med center, 3-week intensive service project, lots of other little stuff
[ *] Personal Statement: very good

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (didn’t get any)
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Undeclared Life Sciences (will declare biochemistry/pre-med)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Private, competitive, Catholic, all-male
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 150-250k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: grades, essays, SAT(?), EC’s (?)
[ *] Weaknesses: ap scores
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UCI, UCSB, Santa Clara, LMU
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? USC
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Congrats to all and good luck to all those on the waitlist. I will be attending and am looking forward to meeting those of you who are attending!

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@designgrl‌ yay, congratulations! I was also accepted to DMA! Also OOS and was quite literally awaiting a rejection.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270- CR 690 Math 800 Writing 780
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II:Chinese 780 Math II 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 (weighted: 4.1)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Psych (5) APUSH (4) Euro History (4) Human Geo (4) AB Calc (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Latin, AP Environmental Science, AP Gov, AP Macro, English, AP BC Calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Corporate Scholarship Winner, HOBY Youth Leadership school representative, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, US National Chinese Dance Competition-1st, IDC Dance Competition NY Regionals-1st, Korean Culture National Video Dance Competition- 4th place[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Council (president 9-12), Chinese Dance Team (Captain 12) Variety Show (director 12), Chinese School (Valedictorian 9), JCL (secretary 11), Art (Teachers Assistant 11-12), Alto Saxophone for Pit Orchestra (Section leader 10,11), Relay for Life (Team Captain9-10)
[] Job/Work Experience:Elementary School Tutor (10-12), Art Teacher (10-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service:Senior Citizen Home, Dance troupe organizations- Cancer charity concerts, senior home performances etc.
[] Personal Statement: Pretty powerful and personal!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Business Econ[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Strong variety of leadership; lots of volunteer work merged with activities I loved
[] Weaknesses: On the lower side for gpa, not enough sports
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Washington University (waitlisted)
[] Schools you were rejected from?Northwestern
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Columbia, Cornell, UC Berkeley (Lol), UMD, NYU, Duke, USC

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ACCEPTED: Undeclared Letters and Sciences
** Have hope!! I didn’t think I’d get into UCLA at all, especially with my Stats as you will see below. Apply anyway

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1840 ( Math: 670, Writing 590, Reading 580)
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: Bio (540), Lit (540), Math 2 (620), US History (510)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.54
[ *] UC GPA: 3.67
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 98/571
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics (2), AP Lang (4), AP US History (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Macro, AP Gov, Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Band Awards, Sports Awards, GPA Awards

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Years Band (Drum Major), 4 Years Ecology (President), Principal’s Communication Committee, CSF, Red Cross
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer job as cashier
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: tons from clubs
[ *] Personal Statement: 1) Talked about mother’s gambling problem 2) Talked about haircut

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public HS
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Under 30 K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: I got a supplement from UCLA, UCI, and UCB. I’m super proud of my supplements and personal statements. Also, my extracurriculars saved me.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, AP Tests, SAT Subject Test
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? I was accepted to UCSB, UCSC, UCR, CSULB, CSUF, SDSU, SFSU
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? UCSD, UCI
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? UCB

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Decision: Accepted (Civil Engineering - Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1930 - 550 CR, 760 M, 620 W
[] SAT II: 800 M2, 790 Physics, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] IB predicted: Further Mathematics HL (6), Mathematics HL (7), Physics HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Business and Management HL (6), Hindi HL (7), English Literature and Performance SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: ^^see above (IB)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several MUNs, Tennis (4yrs), Photography Club (2yrs)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Round Square Service Project (~40 hrs), ** SERVE /b
[] Personal Statement: Personal Statement 1: How my interest developed in sciences due to influences from other people.
Personal Statement 2: About my interest and motivation in doing “Further Mathematics HL”, which is one of the toughest subjects in IB curriculum.
Additional Essay: about my future aspirations in the field of civil engg.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Civil Engg[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): n.a.
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Personal Statement, SAT subjects tests, Grades, Senior Year Course load
[] Weaknesses: SAT I scores, ECs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Rose-Hulman (waitlisted), Purdue (waitlisted), University College London, McGill University, HKUST, University of Manchester, University of Glasgow
[] Schools you were rejected from? Oxford, Imperial College London, Georgia Tech