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

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (M:760 R: 720 W:700)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 670 Math II 590 Chemistry (LMAO)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: like 4.2 or something
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10% if not ~5%
[] ELC?: No
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) AP LIT (4) Euro Hist (4)

[li] Senior Year Course Load: Physics (H), AP Language, US Gov (H - first sem), Spanish 4, Econ (H - second sem), Art 1, community college Calc 3 course (fall sem)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF (VP for 2 years), School’s Community Service Club (President), Friends Across Borders (co-founder and treasurer of multicultural club for 2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp counselor for Japanese foreign exchange students & paid math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 250+ hrs in a lot of areas; focus on Interfaith and Red Cross blood drives
[] Personal Statement: lmao i kinda think theyre bad cos i hate writing about myself. idk 7/10 or 8/10 ish?
PS1: talked about filipino immigrant background and being inspired by my father (an electrical engineer) and my love for math and trying to challenge myself with college level calculus my junior year PS2: talked about starting Friends Across Borders (FAB) in a predominantly white middle class conservative school and the difficulties with leadership (elected president sucked; i basically did all the work and made it succeed)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[li]** Intended Major **: civil engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: charter , very limited in course selection and extracurricular options (except for sports which i did none)
[] Ethnicity: filipino
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 95k-105k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM maybe if you count filipino[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA? ECs? lol theres always someone better who didnt get in and vice versa so who knows
[] Weaknesses: SAT subject test scores esp for engineering
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: accepted: UCD, University of Wash, Cal Poly SLO, CO School of Mines (for civ eng) UCSD (for economics)
[] Schools you were rejected from? none, so far, probs Berkeley next week
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: So so thankful!! I was very scared since my SAT subject scores were abysmal (learned I needed two subject tests last sept, took them in dec with about 3 days of study).

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 32 (35E, 34M, 33R, 27S)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 700 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] UC GPA: OOS, so I’m not sure / Weighted: 4.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Statistics (5), APUSH (5), AP US Government (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Computer Science (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: E&M, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, Engineering Applications, Spanish II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Copper Medal in Science Olympiad Regionals[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholar’s Bowl Varsity (Vice President), Science Olympiad, Robotics, Key Club, National Honor Society
[] Volunteer/Community service: Special Olympics Escort, Charity walk (team leader), Salvation Army
[] Personal Statement: Solid 7/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (did not receive any though)
[]** Intended Major **: Electrical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[] School Type: Public, large, suburban
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Cambodian-Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college + high school, Cambodian (URM?)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: AP Scores, GPA, Class load, Personal statement maybe?
[] Weaknesses: Only really average applicant test scores (especially for EE), Weak and generic ECs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Auburn (EE honors), UW (EE direct admit), UW-B (EE), UCD (EE Regents), UCI (EE CHP), UCSD (appl. EE, but accepted undeclared)
[] Schools you were rejected from? None so far =D
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCB[/li][/ul]General Comments: I have absolutely NO idea how I was accepted–especially considering other applicants’ test scores and ECs compared to mine. I was wholly expecting a rejection. I think it must have been my personal statement? Nonetheless, I’m excited! Just Berkeley’s left, then I’ll be done! Congratulations to everyone who got accepted, and good luck to others!!!

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Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M:660 CR:540 WR: 620 (1820 and proud)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: M2: 720 Phys: 740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] UC GPA: 4.14 capped/ 4.5 uncapped
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Microecon: 5/ AP Macroecon: 5/ world history: 5/ Psych: 5/ seminar: 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Research, AP U.S Gov and Po/ English, chem, bio and 3D design regular.

[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Collegeboard AP award

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 4 years (captain 2 years), Volleyball 4 years, Student council 2 yrs (Vice President of Stucco, and Class president), Founder of a community service project, Created my school’s website,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Managed a hotel for 2 summers
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: started my own service project, 150 hours +
[ *] Personal Statement: Poured my heart out. It is what got me in.

[/ul]Other[/list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Pre Business Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Jordan
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Arab
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 300,000 +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada, but told my story

[/list]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Course load, Extracurricular activities and definitely essays.
[ *] Weaknesses: Everything else
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to: ACCEPTED: UCI, UCSD, UCRiverside, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC Davis, Northeastern University.
[ *] Schools you were rejected from: Georgia Tech
[ *] Schools you are waiting for: Stanford, Berkeley, Umich, University of Wisconsin, Purdue, and University of Miami.

[ /list][ b]General Comments: Please please just look at the SAT score. Numbers aren’t everything.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (800 Math, 650 Reading, 650 Writing)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 680 Math II, 690 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97/100
[] UC GPA: 3.9something
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of a a very small class
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none, I was in a international high school
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: regular, in my high school I can’t choose my courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I was in an international high school… So my awards aren’t famous[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano since I was a child, a Women in STEM program (president of my team), Robotics club and Olympiad, Math Olympiad, programming classes, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: I’ve constantly worked since like 8th grade
[] Volunteer/Community service: like two times
[] Personal Statement: I’m guessing pretty awesome!! I have a pretty unique story as a US citizen living abroad, and one of my statements was about me as a Latin girl in STEM

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science!!! (School of Engineering)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California (but international high school)
[] Country (if international applicant): don’t wanna say it here
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: very low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first generation, girl in engineering, US citizen living abroad? I

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT Math I score, gpa I guess, essays, lots of hooks
[] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, not AP stuff or any of that…
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, USCB, Georgia Tech
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cornell, Stanford, Berkeley, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m sooooo happy, I have no words. :slight_smile: I don’t care if I’m rejected from the rest, I’m very grateful with UCLA!!!

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220
[ *] ACT: no
[ *] SAT II: Biology 800 Maths 2: 800 Chem: 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): didn’t do this, but would be 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: not sure
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/166
[ *] ELC?: What’s this?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer (international)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): no such things
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: DSE Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Maths Elective, Chinese, English, Liberal Studies, RSE
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First Class Award in Biology Olympiad Regionals

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Secretary) Science Society, Badminton Team, Science elite , etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at CityU
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Reading Buddies, Bio helper, (Coordinator) Righteous Volunteer
[ *] Personal Statement: Both are well written 8/10 and 9/10

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: not intended to say, but not poor
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: good sat 2, essay
[ *] Weaknesses: no ap, asian
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted by UMich, UCSD, UCD, UCSC (Regents) waitlisted by Uchicago and WashU st. louis
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? UCB, Brown, Cornell, Duke, UPenn
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! I feel grateful!

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Waitlisted? So, how many people were wait listed at UCLA? Does anyone know?

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** Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2110, 780 W, 12 Essay, 680 CR, 650 M
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 something
[] UC GPA: 4.27
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4%
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): I don’t remember on the top of my head but I think they were all 4s and 1 3, I’ve taken AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP US Government, AP US History, AP English Language and Composition, AP Human Geography
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A lot of school-wide academic awards, 15 academic decathlon medals, MVP mock trial

[/ul]** Subjective: **[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Aspiring Politicians Program with my state senator, I am traveling to Sacramento w/the senator in Sacramento
Campaigning for Bernie Sanders, I serve as the (HS representative) for local campaigning
Water Polo
Swim
Academic Decathlon (Captain), 15 medals over 3 years, all 1st place/2nd place
Mock Trial (Captain), MVP awards
(Founder/President) of a club for my HS’ students for Bernie Sanders
[] Job/Work Experience: Nope lol
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Supervisor for environmental non-profit
Intern for my state district assembly member
Mentor at-risk youth
[] Personal Statement: I don’t want to go into details but I think it was really great based off all the A+ comments I received about it.

[/ul]** Other [ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[li] Intended Major : Pre-Political Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 120k for the household
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): RECEIVED ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP INVITE, URM, I do a lot of political activism but :/[/li]
[/ul] Reflection **[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, SAT is okay, AMAZING PERSONAL STATEMENTS
[] Weaknesses: GPA!!! The only ones from my school to get in were people with like no ECs and high GPAs. I mean, you can tell that there are obviously some people without perfect GPAs who get in, but the odds are just significantly lower for those people usually.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside (Highlander Scholar), Santa Clara University, Gonzaga University (18k scholarship), Fordham (15k scholarship), Seton Hall (27k scholarship), Saint Mary’s College (25k scholarship)
Waitlisted: UChicago, Pomona College, UCSD, UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet.
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Claremont McKenna College, Scripps College, Yale, Stanford, Brown, Cornell ILR, UC Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments: Received the alumni scholarship invite but I was waitlisted! The email said that I was a top applicant too…so confused. I thought it was the equivalent of a likely letter. GPA IS SO IMPORTANT. DON’T WORRY ABOUT ECs TOO MUCH GUYS.

I think my heart will crumble if I don’t get UC Berkeley, but now it is looking inevitable.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 740M/740CR/650W (one sitting)
[] ACT: 34C 36CR 35E 34S 32M (one sitting)
[] SAT II: Math II 700 Physics 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/660
[] ELC?: Y
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Psychology (5), Physics B (4), Biology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nah fam
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment Spanish, Dual Enrollment English, Architectural Design
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Taekwondo for 10 years, instructor for 2.5, JV Tennis 9,10,11 (Captain 10, 11), Varsity Tennis 12, Road cycling 2 yrs, NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at wealth management firm summer before senior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs at cat shelter and for my second grade teacher
[] Personal Statement: Garbage. I wrote both of them on the due date and one of them was literally about choking on a brownie

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[li]** Intended Major **: Biz Econ[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large underachieving public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first gen[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Everything but essays
[] Weaknesses: essays
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted UCSB w/ Regents, IU Bloomington, Vanderbilt, Cornell
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? H, Y, Brown, Georgetown, Duke, UCB, UVA[/li][/ul]General Comments: Don’t procrastinate and congrats to all who got in! Judging by how bad my personal statements were, my advice would be to focus on the numbers the most, but writing a couple of great PS’s couldn’t hurt

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I GOT ACCEPTED WITH AN 1840 SAT SCORE AND A 3.9 GPA. I DIDN’T TAKE MATH MY SENIOR YEAR BUT I HAVE 3 AP CLASSES THIS SEMESTER. Honestly I was NOT expecting to get in AT ALL, but I believe what helped me by far was my essays! I discussed how basically my whole life I grew up travelling the world and living abroad. I talked about how living in many countries/continents shaped the person I have become today and that I am open minded because of my experiences with different cultures and traditions. In my second essay I talked about my trip to Tanzania and the community service work I did at a school and an orphanage and I think that is what really got me into UCLA!
The schools I am waiting to hear back from are UCSB, NYU, and University of Washington. NYU is my top choice.

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 800 (Math 2) 750 (Physics)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: 4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), European History (5), Statistics (5), AB Calc (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Macro and Microeconomics, Humanities, Government (1st Sem), Astronomy (2nd sem), Physiology

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track/XC (Captain past 2 years), won my section (I’m in California) two times for XC, Rocket Team, Environmental Action Club, Link Crew
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: None reported
[ *] Personal Statement: Both were good, unique

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Math-Econ joint major
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Love of outdoors, running

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Good grades, solid ACT
[ *] Weaknesses: Lack of variety of ECs, though I showed how much of my life is centered around training for running
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, UC San Diego
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet!
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Even if I get in to Princeton or Stanford, I’ll still probably choose UCLA

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[ b]Decision: Accepted**

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2080 (650 CR, 740 Math, 690 Writing)
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT II:N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[ *] UC GPA:4.18 Capped, 4.36 Uncapped
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):27/355
[ *] ELC?:Probably
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB:5, US History:3, Euro:3, AP English Lang:4, AP Chem:1
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP English Literature, Physics, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Calc BC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar?

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class officer.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Interned at a law firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:100 hours at a thrift store.
[ *] Personal Statement:Pretty good. 6.5/10

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Yes. Instate.
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:White
[ *] Income Bracket:$250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):I talked about overcoming ADHD if that’s a hook.

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:GPA, Test Scores, Essays.
[ *] Weaknesses:EC’s
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, ASU
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern University
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Cal, USC, UCSB, NYU, Tulane, UMich
[/list]General Comments: I’m very grateful to be admitted to UCLA. Unless I get into Cal I will be going here. Congrats to my fellow Bruins. And for those who didn’t get in I wish you the best of luck wherever you end up going!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 650 Math, 660 Writing
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: 590 Math II, 670 Chinese w/ Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.35
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[] ELC?: Top 9%? idk lmao
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP (3), APUSH (4), English Lang (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Government, Macroecon, Calc AB, English Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): naw

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Volunteer/Community service: roughly 200-300 hours
[] Personal Statement: must be great if UCLA accepted me LOL. personally I rate it 6/10

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Sociology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese/Vietnamese
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA
[] Weaknesses: Test scores
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCSD, UCI, UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from?: None so far
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: UCB, Stanford, Harvard, USC, NYU[/li][/ul]General Comments: #UCLAbound

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Please add your major when giving your stats.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (730 M 740 CR 730 W) 7 essay 2250 superscore w/ 780 M if it matters at all
ACT: 32 (34E, 35M, 30R, 30S)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue
UC GPA: no clue… 4.44 I think
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no clue
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take any… IB school here
IB: predicted- Higher level (Math Physics Comp Sci) = 667
Standard level (English A Spanish B chemistry) = 677
total = 39/42
year 1: 36/42
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma with aforementioned subjects
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nadaa
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): designed java simulation, some MUN, choir, badminton captain, Machine learning etc (prolly more can’t recall atm)
Volunteer/Community service: painted government school walls, taught math using Khan academy
Personal Statement: 8/10 ? idk cant judge

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major : Electrical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): US citizen lived in India all my life
School Type: IB
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$120K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): nada maybe female applying to ee?
Strengths: ? nothing was too bad I guess
Weaknesses: nothing was too great either… shitey ec’s no leadership and awards
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Purdue, UIUC, UC Davis Irvine SD, gatech (wait list >:( ) Rennselar, RIT, Case (likely) + some more i dun recall atm

Schools you were rejected from? UT Austin x""""D
Schools you are waiting for? UCB, CMU (I’m prolly not getting in, and I’ll go to LA. I like LA tho )
General Comments: Really glad I got LA… about 70% chance I’ll go here. FYI my counselor told me I’d never get in… apparently sd itself was a bit of a reach. Can’t wait to see the look on his face :smiley:
Also congrats to everyone else!!! To all future applicants , this may be cheesy but remember that every moment counts!

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2120 (760 CR, 680 M, 680 W)
[ *] ACT: NONE
[ *] SAT II: 780 Biology, 760 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] UC GPA: 4.27? 4.2 something
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/803
[ *] ELC?: Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (5), AP Euro (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang/Comp (5), AP Stats (5), AP Art History (5), AP Biology (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP US Gov/Politics (Took AP Macro last semester, both are semester long courses), AP Calc BC, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Music Theory
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing “major” - just varsity soccer MVP

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President/captain of Science Club (competitive club, like an academic decathlon), Lead clarinetist at an academy for performing arts, vice-president Innovation Club, Captain of varsity soccer (varsity player for 3 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Medical Research intern at a hospital (data analysis and stuff, hospital is also affiliated with a UC campus), also shadowed a physician for 6 months ish
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:A bunchhhhh of hours at a hospital working in a level 2 trauma center, went to another country (in Africa) to improve sanitary conditions (still volunteer), started a free soccer clinic in my community
[ *] Personal Statement:8-10/10 for both (I think they were pretty good). Talked about leadership in service mission to Africa and med research

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Tons of research, lots of interest in biology, etc

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:GPA, SAT IIs, AP Tests, Class Rank, Course Difficulty (I think that helps)
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT’s maybe? idk, my superscore is a 2230 so I was scared
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSB (chancellors), UCSD (regents), UCLA (yay), UCI (CHP), WashU
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Pomona College
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? A ton of Ivys, Georgetown, UCB,
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Passion is important, I think my EC’s were really good. Good luck to everyone! I was so scared

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (R 800, M , W 720)
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Bio M 780, Math 2 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: idk, sorry /o
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] ELC?: what is this
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5), Euro (5), US History (5), Lang (5), Macro (4), Micro (4), Calc AB (5), Environmental Science (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL Bio (also AP), math (also calc bc), english (also AP lit), SL history, spanish (AP), chem (AP)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): local nonprofit (executive director), multicultural club (vp), math honor society (secretary), figure skating, piano since 4
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: aforementioned nonprofit, vocalist/coleader for church’s praise team
[] Personal Statement: talked about the nonprofit and my summer study abroad experience

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: n/a
[li]** Intended Major **: pre-asian studies, which i intend to change [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public IB magnet school
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 100k-150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: ACT score, UW GPA, my second essay, nonprofit
[] Weaknesses: not super awesome ECs? no hooks, no awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted to UF, waitlisted to JHU, deferred from Brown ED
[] Schools you were rejected from? none so far
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, USC, Barnard, Wellesley, UMich, Brown, Emory

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Decision: Accepted

**Objective:[ /b][ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (one sitting) Math: 570 Reading: 700 Writing:650
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] UC GPA: 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 17 semesters, no tests
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Chemistry, Honors British Lit, Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Does NHS count? [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club tennis team, professional actress, member of Screen Actors Guild Leadership Council
[] Job/Work Experience: Just acting and print jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years of volunteering as a teacher’s aid in an elementary school classroom, 1 year at a bunny shelter, 4 years organizing charity events with Screen Actors Guild
[] Personal Statement: I wrote about my desire to travel (7.5/10) and how being an actor has changed who I am as a person (9.5/10)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not from the school but I really regret it now
[li]** Intended Major **: Undeclared humanities [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Online homeschool
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < 40,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I think acting made me stand out in a lot of different areas (volunteer, work, etc.)

[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: I think I had an advantage being that I had a strong theme/ point of view (acting). I think my essays were above average and my extracurriculars were very good. I’m just glad that my scores and grades were decent enough!
[] Weaknesses: Senior course load, UC GPA and SAT weren’t stellar.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from? None
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCI, NYU, USC, UCSB[/li] [/list][ b]General Comments:** I guess I would say that UCLA really does take a “holistic” approach, considering clearly people with better stats than me have been rejected. Keep the faith! I got an F in Stats senior year AND didn’t have all my requirements and still got accepted. Congrats if you got in! And if you didn’t, I hope you end up at a school where you are happy. I hope this is helpful to future applicants! God knows I read a ton of these, haha.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT: 680 Math, 700 Reading, 740 Writing (2100 overall)
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 740 Writing, 620 Math 2 (though I didn’t send my score for Math 2 lol)
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.00
[] UC GPA: 4.33
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1% of my school
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), English Language (5), Chem (3), APUSH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: CP Gov/Econ, AP English Literature, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, Food & Nutrition, AP Psychologu
[li] Major Awards: Nope[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, Varsity Tennis All 4 years (Voted Most Inspirational), President/Creator of "Bucket List Club, Secretary of Fashion Club, Self-Proclaimed Artist lol
[] Job/Work Experience: Just an art commission
[] Volunteer/Community service: 20 Hours for my church, 20 hours as a tutor for GED
[] Personal Statement: They didn’t reflect my major or anything, but I’d say I reflected myself pretty well. One was about my art, the other about my progress in overcoming shyness. Maybe they didn’t like that though

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: For FAFSA, didn’t receive anything, also was invited and applied for Alumni Scholarship but haven’t hear back yet
[li]** Intended Major**: Undeclared Letters and Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public School, decent reputation
[] Ethnicity: Latina
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks: URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA
[] Weaknesses: maybe my personal statements? or test scores?
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to: Accepted to UC Davis and UCSD
[] Schools you were rejected from: Just LA
[li] Schools you are waiting for: Stanford, USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Looks like I’m heading for UC San Diego, as they called me early! I will still opt-in for the waitlist, though, as UCLA has always been one of my top choices. I’m still happy with UC San Diego, however.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (CR: 660, Math: 670, Writing: 720) not too proud of this
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: US History: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 9% of 455
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), APUSH (5), English Lang (4), Spanish Lang and Culture (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Lit, AP American Gov, AP Macroecon, AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, others from school like National Spanish Honors, National English Honors, CSF, Student of the Month[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Irish-American Club (Founder and President), Swim (club since 6th grade and high school team), Yearbook (Senior editor), Literary Publications, Student tutor, Peer Mentor (basically tutoring, but no pay…kind of like a life coach for high school kids), Mock Trial
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard during summers since after sophomore year
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ from hospital volunteering, 200+ from clubs/ other school programs like Peer Mentor
[] Personal Statement: I mean I thought they were great…super personal and very me

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: English [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research project on how poverty affects the radicalization of Muslim youth which was really cool

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars and GPA, most of my extracurriculars correlated with my intended major
[] Weaknesses: SAT score :frowning:
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Boston College, Santa Clara
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to everyone else waitlisted! Quite the bummer, but looking at the massive number of applicants my admission status could have been worse.

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1790 highest, honestly not that great
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72- didn’t do as well freshman year had a upwards trend throughout HS
[ *] UC GPA: 4.38
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):11/237
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 5, AP Bio: 4, AP Lang and Calc AB: 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered at school
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Am. Democracy and Economics, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Honors Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with an honor, Leadership Award @ school

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB president, Class President, Drama Club, Manager for Sports Department at School, Social Media Manager, Wrote Blog posts for NPO
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Personal Assistant, Chipotle (ayyy)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Researcher for SubART, which worked to get artwork installed in SF transit stations, and a volunteer for Uhuru Foods, a non profit that is working towards African economic independence
[ *] Personal Statement
wrote about life with OCD for the World Prompt
wrote about inclusive leadership in ASB for the experience one.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: microbiology, immunology and geneology.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Chinese
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: 70-80k??
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
interesting personal statements i guess?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: personal statements, that 5 on APUSH
[ *] Weaknesses: SATs/ACTs
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UC Davis, SD, Irvine, Santa Cruz. Cal Poly SLO
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? none so far…
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Stanford and UC Berkeley- long shots but still hopeful!!

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE OUT THERE! You can do this!