*******UCLA CLASS OF 2020 DECISIONS ONLY*******

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Have people heard yet?

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Major: Electrical Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2280 in one sitting (730 R, 790 M, 760 W)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 790 Bio E, 790 Chinese, 740 Physics, 790 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted GPA, but maybe around 3.7~3.8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(4), AP Macroeconomics self-studied(5) AP Physics 1(4), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Chinese(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Physics C Electromagnetism, AP Computer Science A, AP US Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Central Taiwan National Debate Championships 1st Place, WSC Taiwan Round debate champion, WSC Global Round debate champion

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate Club Captain- On the national WSDC debate team + Represented Taiwan at the NSDA National Round in Texas. Central Taiwan National Debate Championships- 1st Place, NIFTY Impromptu speaking-1st place, and some other debate awards not worth mentioning.
Swimming Team Captain- 200 meters Butterfly Hsinchu City-1st Place; Broke two Hsinchu County records for 50 meters and 100 meters Butterfly in November 2014, and a lot of other swimming awards not worth mentioning.
WSC Club Founder and President- WSC National Debate Champion; Global Round Final Debate (Represented Taiwan’s top debater at Dubai); Global Round (Dubai) Debate Champion…etc
Robotics Team Co-founder and Captain- International Student Software Competition (ISSC) 2015; TAIROS Industrial Robotics Convention… no major awards
World Cultures Club- Founder and President- Helped out at lantern festival, volunteering at migrant worker centers…etc
Every Child Counts Club- Vice President- Fundraisers, community service at orphanages…etc
Piano- Had a lot of regional awards, nothing major
MUN- Had around 6 best delegate awards and some chairing experience

Job/Work Experience: Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU in the summer of 2015 and wrote a research abstract on the matter.
Volunteer/Community service: Had around 70~100 total community service hours volunteering at the Hope Center for migrant workers, teaching children English/Chinese at the Honghua Orphanage…etc
Summer Activities:

  • Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU. (Created a prototype for a rehabilitative robotic exoskeleton- I worked on the electromyography of the exoskeleton)
  • Represented Taiwan’s national debate team at the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC)
  • Was the champion qualifier team in Taiwan so we attended the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Round in Dallas, Texas.
    Essays (rating 1-10, details):
    UC Essays-(8/10)
    Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
    Counselor- Doesn’t really know me (6/10)
    AP Physics teacher- (8/10)
    AP Lit teacher- (7/10)

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Taiwanese (Asian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nopeeee

Reflection
Strengths: ECs, SATs
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted- Georgia Tech, Purdue, UIUC, Northwestern, UCSD , UT Austin
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Happy that I got in!

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (710 M 720 R 780 W
[] ACT: never took
[] SAT II: US History (690) Math II (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] UC GPA: 4.23
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/240
[] ELC?: Statewide, but not for my school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) AP Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics AP Gov AP Lit Journo AP Spanish AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band, newspaper, political action and awareness club
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, drug and alcohol awareness organization
[] Personal Statement: I thought it was ok

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: History[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~50-60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing apparently

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores maybe, I don’t know anymore
[] Weaknesses: EC’s probably GPA
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, San Diego State
[] Schools you were rejected from? UCLA, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Tulane
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley (lol) UCSB, Tufts, Colgate, NYU, Occidental, American[/li][/ul]General Comments: Super supper disappointed, but it can’t be helped. Not sure where my weaknesses lied, but whatever. I’m like 95% sure I’m going to Davis at this point

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[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770-770-780
[] ACT: 34 composite
[] SAT II:
Math 2: 780
Bio: 730
USH: 670
Lit: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.25
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): definitely top 10%
[] ELC?: what’s an elc…
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), English Lang: (5), Calc AB(5), APUSH(5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP American Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats[/li]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]-interned at a morgue for three summers, became Senior Volunteer this year
-Math Club (President/Founder)
-Science Club (VP)
-Journalism (Editor)
-Book Club §
-GSA

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major [ /b]: Computer Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA

[] School Type: tiny public charter
[] Ethnicity: white+asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: very high

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I thought my morgue thing was pretty unique.
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t have anything in particular to PROVE that I was interested in CompSci, I guess, except for my personal statement where I mentioned that I visited a lot of hackathons and seminars and stuff. Nothing very concrete. What I really wanted to get at was the Bioinformatics minor, but eh.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: SJSU for BioEng, deferred by Stanford, UCSD for BioEng: Bioinfo,
[] Schools you were rejected from?: MIT, Cal-Poly SLO
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Stanford, UCB, Brown, Harvard, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! Realized I didn’t particularly want to go to UCLA at all about a week ago when I was listing pros/cons for each of my schools (again), so I won’t be going onto the waitlist. Might as well give the spot to some other poor sap who really wants to go.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): never took it
ACT: 36, 11W
SAT II: 800 math, 760 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue (school only does weighted which is meaningless for comparison)
UC GPA: no clue how this is calculated
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
ELC?: not sure what ELC means
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C (both) - 5, Calc AB - 5, Calc BC - 5, Chem - 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Lit, AP CS, AP Stats, Diffeq
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nah

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major]: EE
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: private
Gender: female
Income Bracket: did not apply for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): research but i did not know it’s considered a hook

Reflection:
Strengths: test scores, research experience, female applying to EE
Weaknesses: no major awards, no “hook”
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? yale, cornell, umich, couple other UCs
Schools you were rejected from? none so far (which will inevitably change)
Schools you are waiting for? stanford, harvard, berkeley EECS
General Comments: this process is a lottery… if you don’t win now, you’ll win later

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 33
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] UC GPA: 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/300
[] ELC?: Tf is this?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3) APGov (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors WW2, Journalism, Honors Anatomy, APLit, AP Stats, AP Calc, Honors Botany
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football 10-12, Varsity Track 11-12, School Newspaper (editor)
[] Job/Work Experience: nothing really
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some tutoring
[] Personal Statement:
Loved both of them, highlighted my extenuating circumstances of having dad in prison most of my life but UCLA didn’t give af. Both were 8-9/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:Hella yeah
[li]** Intended Major : Chemical Engineering [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] School Type: Terrible inner city public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket: >30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, URM, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs and possibly everything else
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to Ohio State, UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? Purdue(lol wut), Northwestern
[] Schools you are waiting for? Stanford, columbia, penn, Berkeley, UCSB, Duke, UNC CH
[/ul]
General Comments: F you Purdue, F*** you Northwestern, and F*** you Gary Clark Jr. I still have my dreams of getting into Stanford, some how, some way.

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math II - 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8148
[] UC GPA: 4.1852
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45 of 432
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 5 Honors, AP English Lit, APES, Gov/Econ, AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Baseball (playing and coaching), president of Engineering Club, Boys State
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: Food Bank volunteering, trash pickups
[] Personal Statement: 5/20

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Mechanical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: White, Asian, Italian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT
[] Weaknesses: essays, extracurriculars, job experience, GPA, basically everything except for test score
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCSD (called me at the beginning of the month because my application stood out), waitlisted to Davis, accepted to Irvine but not for my major
[] Schools you were rejected from? Cal Poly
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cal, UCSB, Stanford[/li][/ul]General Comments: life sux, should have tried harder prior to halfway thru junior year

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 690 Math 750 Reading 670 Writing
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: 750 Chemistry 740 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA: 3.90
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), English Comp. (4) Calc AB (4) APUSH (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Marching Band/Wind Ensemble, AP Physics, AP Econ, Jaazz Band, AP Calc BC, AP Lit

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band
[ *] Job/Work Experience: no
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: no
[ *] Personal Statement: idk usual bs i guess

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Chemical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k-140k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nothing really

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: idk
[ *] Weaknesses: excurriculars and community service
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCR UCI UCSD UCSC UCD Rose-Hulman Waitlisted: UChicago
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Pomona
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Holy shit i got in

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[] UC GPA: 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Got a 3 in AP World. Failed rest.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: ALL IB classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Math and Science 3rd and 1st place awards.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Officer of Young Black Achievers and IB Student Association
[] Job/Work Experience: Data Entry Internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+
[] Personal Statement: Supposedly 9/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yea
[li]** Intended Major **: Linguistics and Computer Science[/li] [] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Ethiopian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 40K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First-gen, life struggles…

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s and Personal Statement
[] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT/AP scores
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UC Davis, UCSC, UCR, UCM, CalPoly Pomona, SDSU, CBU
[] Schools you were rejected from? UCLA (RIP), Cal Poly SLO, SJSU
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley (plz lol), UCSB[/li] [/ul]General Comments: Its ok. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be. GPA was really low along with an average SAT score. Congrats to everyone else.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: Composite=32 Writing=36
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] WGPA: 4.24
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/171
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), European History (3), (Environmental Science (4), US History (4), Literature (4),
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Music Theory, Band, Journalism, AP US Government, British Literature
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Played in World Association of Bands and Ensembles International Youth Wind Orchestra (collegiate ensemble), Boys State nominee (Rotary), AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): oboe (principal player), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Chaplain Aide, Den Chief, Bugler, Assistant Patrol Leader), Founder and President of Queer Straight Alliance, Journalism (Director of Social Media)
[] Job/Work Experience: Pianist/accompanist at a church, teach piano lessons, paid oboist in professional orchestras, paid intern at Meridian Pacific, Inc, a nationwide firm specializing in strategic political consulting and public affairs for one summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, California Scholarship Federation
[] Personal Statement: 6-7/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Political Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Gay[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC
[] Weaknesses: Class Rank and Essays
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Sacramento State, George Washington University
[] Schools you were rejected from? Pomona College
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale, American University, UC Berkeley, Claremont Mckenna College, Occidental College[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations everyone, I just live with the hope that what is supposed to happen, is going to happen…

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 C (single sitting)- 720 M, 660 CR, 740 W, 11 E
[] ACT: 33 C (35 M, 35 R, 35 E, 28 S)
[] SAT II: 690 World History, 780 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.974
[] UC GPA: 4.33 (i think)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 out of 560 for unweighted, 16 for weighted
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), World History (5), English Language and Comp (4), Chemistry (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature and Comp, AP Economics, AP Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Service Award in Gold, AP Scholar with Honor, City Awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boys’ Basketball (Head Manager), CSF (Tutoring Committee), Taekwondo (3rd Degree Black Belt and Student Instructor), Hollywood Christmas Parade (Flag Section Leader for my group), Journalism, Volunteer at studio sponsored taekwondo tournament
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Math Tutor, Unpaid Intern for City Council Campaign
[] Volunteer/Community service: 250 Hours with PAVA, 84 with a Korean NPO nature conservationist group
[] Personal Statement: I would give both a 9… I was quite honest and forthcoming with both my essays. I put a lot of work into it and tried to bring out myself and I think I did.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Pre-Business Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large, Competitive Public School that is quite well off
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Essays
[] Weaknesses: EC’s could have been stronger
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCR (Regents), CSULB, Cal Poly SLO, UCI (Regents), UCSB (Regents, UCSD, UPenn Wharton deferred
[] Schools you were rejected from? Not yet, but probably most of the schools below lol
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC, UC Berkeley, NYU Stern, Harvard, UPenn Wharton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Brown[/li][/ul]General Comments: There is no formula for college admissions, just do your best to excel and get good grades, test scores, and EC’s. Most importantly, be HONEST. Be honest about what you want to do outside of high school and what classes you like. Passion beats quantity. Extremely happy as this is one of my top 5 schools. Good luck to future classes!!

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2210
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:800 math 740 language
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[ *] UC GPA:idk
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): one 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:3APs 1 honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS commended

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement: 8/10

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket:middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):none

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses: AP courses n ECs
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to UCI w/ CHP, UCD, UCSD; WL: WashUStL, BC
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? JHU, Pomona
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? bunch
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (750 CR, 770 M, 790W, 11E)
[] ACT: 35 (36E, 34M, 34R, 36S, 11E)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio M, 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.29 Capped (4.8 Weighted at my school)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/570, Top 1%
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), European History (5), Environmental Science (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), English Language and Composition (5), Psychology (self-study, 5), APUSH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Economics, AP US Government, AP Calculus, AP Physics C, Wind Ensemble
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, other smaller awards and recognition

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wind Ensemble (9-12, First Chair Saxophone, Librarian), Marching Band (9-12, Flute Section Leader 10-12), All-State Honor Band (9, 11-12), All-County Honor Band (9-12, First Chair), National Honor Society (12, Project Leader), National English Honor Society (11-12, Vice President), Special Olympics Club (11-12), School Writing Tutor (11-12), School Math Tutor (11-12), HOBY Local Leadership Seminar (10), HOBY World Leadership Congress (10), Gay-Straight Alliance (12), Lab Internship at UCLA (12), Hospital Volunteer (11-12, Student Coordinator/Shift Supervisor), Spring and Summer Music Camp Volunteer (10-12), Vacation Bible School Volunteer (9, 11)
[] Job/Work Experience: Surgical Assistant at an Oral Surgery Office (Summer between Junior and Senior year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Hospital, Music Camp, Vacation Bible School; 500+ hours, Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award
[] Personal Statement: I thought they were decent when I wrote them, but I guess not :confused:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Bioengineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <$50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m part of a lab at UCLA[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Stats and scores
[] Weaknesses: Everything else maybe?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCLA waitlist
[] Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, USC, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Duke[/li][/ul]General Comments: Honestly I’m a little bit in shock. I guess the part that stings the most is that I literally go to campus multiple times a week to do research and I’m still not good enough. I overestimated what my potential as an applicant was and now I’m paying for it…

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Decision: Accepted
Applied to which School of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 33 C (English 32 / Math 35 / Reading 33 / Science 32) + 29 W
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (760 M / 730 E / 630 W)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 (780), Biology (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
UC Uncapped Weighted GPA: 4.6 / Capped 4.43
Rank/Percentile: 3/455
AP (place score in parentheses): BC Calculus (5), Biology (5), Eng Lang (4), APUSH (4), AP Euro (4)
AP + IB Courseload: 9 by the end of this year
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Government / AP Microeconomics (1 semester each), AP Physics, AP Eng Literature
All AP or honors coursework throughout HS career. Electives included computer science, Cisco networking

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Awarded US design patent for work during summer tech internship with engineering firm, departmental awards for Biology, Computer Science (2)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tutoring, Varsity Badminton, volunteer work
Job/Work Experience/Summer: Summer jobs and internships past 3 summers including with Silicon Valley tech company (unpaid then paid with same company), summer job as local rec center/pool
Volunteer/Community Service: ongoing volunteer work for local ballet company, and for non profit for underserved youth
Essays: Ok and reflected interest and aptitude in engineering disciplines and problem solving
Teacher Recommendations: Excellent recommendations from Comp Sci/Economics teachers
Counselor Rec: strong
Additional Rec: very strong from my amazing math teacher who strives for all her class to get a “5” on the AP BC calculus exam and gets pretty close to succeeding !
Interview: None

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Projected Concentration: Electrical Engineering
State/Country: USA
School Type: Large Public (California)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Sold coursework, scores and background in the field for my engineering major. High GPA with high rigor coursework. Essay that really articulated my strengths, focus and interests in becoming an engineer.
Weaknesses: Activities, SAT score, ACT score could be improved, essays could have been better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA/rank, high rigor classes relevant to major
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: (all for Electrical Engineering): Northwestern, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz with Regents, UC Irvine, Cal Poly SLO, U of Washington
Waitlisted: Purdue (sent app in very late)
Rejected: Georgia Tech
Waiting: Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Congratulations to all who got in!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT: 28
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I honestly have no idea for UC, but my school one is 3.85
UC GPA: Again, not sure but an online calculator said it was like, 4.2?? I got to submit midyear grades though so it might’ve gone up.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/382
ELC?: No idea what that is
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Human Geography (3), US History (4), Art History (3), Biology (3), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Literature, AP French Language, AP Environmental, AP Statistics, honors modernity and global culture, 20th century history.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Girl Scout Gold Award, Girls State (Senate Minority Leader), Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School for Humanities (took classes in digital ethnography and gender and sexuality studies), AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (events coordinator since 10th grade), LGBTQ Alliance (president and founder), Girl Scouts (Gold Award, eleven years), Piano (seven years), Technical theater for school musicals
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: through Key Club, Girl Scouts, volunteering as a campaign worker with democratic HQ during gubernatorial and presidential elections, etc.
Personal Statement: wrote one about governor’s school, the other about how growing up gay in the south pushed me to become an advocate, change my school district’s bullying policies, form LGBTQ Alliance, etc.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes but I’m out of state so
Intended Major: undeclared humanities (with intent to apply to communications, stated in supplement)
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m gay and have a pretty serious chronic health issue—I received a request for supplemental info which definitely helped because I made straight A’s, took five AP classes, and was able to talk more about my disability influencing my girl scout gold project and passion for media advocacy.

Reflection
Strengths: good essays, supplemental info, long term dedication to a few activities, out of state
Weaknesses: GPA and test scores, no UC approved honors courses- YOU ARE MORE THAN YOUR TEST SCORES AND GPA THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? James Madison University, George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University (scholarship), Pace University in Manhattan (scholarship)
Schools you were rejected from? None so far.
Schools you are waiting for? USC!
General Comments: I probably wouldn’t have applied if I’d known the UC system was completely cutting out of state aid this year, but it feels amazing to know I was wanted! Desperately hoping that I’m accepted and can afford USC. For all the juniors who are going to be obsessing over this like I was, just try to be yourself on the application. You’ve worked so hard in school, and even if UCLA doesn’t work out, you’ve got incredibly promising futures! Good luck everyone!

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Decision: Accepted

[/list]Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (720 CR, 780 M, 790 W)
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: 800 M2, 770 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.36
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/700
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), Bio (4), Eng Lang (4), Chem (5), Calc BC(5), US History(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP comp sci, AP lit, ap us gov, ap physics c, service work
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commended, ap scholar with distinction[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): girl scouts, red cross club (pres) rocketry club(vp), peer tutoring
[] Job/Work Experience: paid peer tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer work thru red cross, volunteer at school library
[] Personal Statement: one was 9/10, other 7/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep, got Regents! :slight_smile:
[li]** Intended Major**: ChemEng[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: ~20K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: gpa, sat
[] Weaknesses: kinda low EC involvement
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCSB, UCSD, CSULB, Northwestern, Stanford deferral
[] Schools you were rejected from?: Caltech
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Berkeley, Princeton, Stanford final decision[/li]
General Comments: Good Luck all! It’s not the end of the world if you don’t get in, you’ll find your fit. I don’t plan on attending since it’s a bit too close to home; hopefully my spot will go to a waitlisted applicant who really wants it :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 700, M: 800, W: 740)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II: 800, Physics: 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] UC GPA: 4.18
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 22
[] ELC?: Idk
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (5), Calculus AB (5), U.S. History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calculus BC AP, French AP, Economics AP, World Literature, Statistics AP, Physics C AP, Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tri-M President, HS Orchestra Concertmaster and Treasurer, Math Club Secretary, Math Club Competition Committee Head, Mu Alpha Theta Secretary
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a Rubik’s Cube company in the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Bunch of stuff from NHS and CSF
[] Personal Statement: Very happy with the essays. I had a lot of help from a Berkeley application reader and a lot of comments from friends.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Applied Mathematics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $30k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I was extremely proud of my essays. I think they were the strongest part of my application.
[] Weaknesses: My grades were a little weak. I had 3 AP’s in 11th grade and 3 B’s total from 10th to 11th grade.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCI, UCSD, UCD
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT, CalTech
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB[/li][/ul]General Comments:

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@BoogJr for the essay, I meant 5/10, not 5/20

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1760
[] ACT: did not take
[] SAT II: did not take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] UC GPA: 3.77 (There was a major improvement in my GPA from 3.4 to 4.2, perhaps they took this improvement into consideration.)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 85/536
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Chinese, World Literature, Drawing/Painting, Psychology, Economics, Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: Restaurant receptionist
[] Volunteer/Community service: school volunteer ~100 hours
[] Personal Statement: I guess they’re pretty good? I didn’t really have anyone proofread them, completely wrote them and revised them by myself.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Design | Media Arts[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public school, 2400+ students
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Portfolio, essay, first generation.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Mainly portfolio
[] Weaknesses: little to no involvement in extracurricular activities (I did not list my involvement in my school’s art club and environmental club because I did not hold any leadership positions, which I regret!)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? CSULB, CSUF, CSULA, UCLA, UC Davis
[] Schools you were rejected from? UCSD
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCI[/li][/ul]General Comments: I applied to an art-related major so my portfolio was a major factor when it comes to my admission to the school, I imagine if I applied to a different major I would have gotten rejected! I’m glad that I know what I want to do in the future and what my goals are, that really helped to decide my college major and therefore I came across the DMA program at UCLA. I’m excited to be a Bruin!