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

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
[ *] UC GPA: may have messed up calculations but like 4.12
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Literature, Anatomy and Physiology, AP French, AP Gov, AP Calc AB
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (president) Medical Club, NHS, French Honor Society (Vice President), Varsity Tennis (Captain)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tennis teacher, babysitter, tutor, summer camp counselor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: EMT for rescue squad, volunteer tutor, Cancer foundation volunteer, played sports with children with disabilities
[ *] Personal Statement: Strong about a suicide call from my rescue squad

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:150,000-250,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): EMT?

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: EC’s, essay,scores
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UMich w/money , Case Western w/money, Rutgers w/money
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Washington University in St.Louis, Vanderbilt
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? too many to name
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t report
[] ACT: 29 (second sitting)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (3), AP English Language (3), AP Psychology (5), AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Music Theory
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): My school doesn’t do this
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Music Theory, Anatomy H, Religion (it’s a requirement), American Gov H, Economics H, Computer Graphics (req), Writing I (req)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic award for Math Analysis Honors in sophomore year, first honors all 4 years of high school, idk what else you consider “major”

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Space Club (President and Founder), Chess Club (President), Florida Youth Orchestra (violin II and principal harp in principal orchestra), Violin, Harp, composing, transcribing, and arranging music, NHS, Mu alpha theta, rho kappa
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours of community service at various locations
[] Personal Statement: I thought my essay was between a 7 or 8

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Astrophysics [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private catholic
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $50,000-$74,999
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic woman in STEM, musician, immigrant with tragic backstory

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My music stuff, I doubt UCLA gives a * about it though. Maybe my essays.
[] Weaknesses: GPA, test scores, lacking APs, ECs, no major awards (as if I wasn’t dying enough of stress, I really don’t know how you people do it)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? University of Michigan and its music school
[] Schools you were rejected from? JHU, UCLA (lol)
[] Schools you are waiting for? Vanderbilt (!!), UC Berkeley, USC, Oberlin, UMiami, Rice
[/ul]General Comments: When I applied to Vandy, this school, and JHU, I knew that I was reaching myself really far but I took the risk anyway. At the end of a day, if at these schools all that matter are freaking numbers to get in, instead of actually who the person behind those numbers are, then this is not a school I would like to go to. If I’ve learned anything from this is that “prestigious” schools just care about numbers and not the people just to continue their false marketing tactics. I’ll just have to wait what happens, I’m happy I got Michigan, it’s a school I really wanted although Vandy is my first. I know I shouldn’t bet on getting in too much though.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (R 700, M680 , W 740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UC GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Psychology, AP US Gov, AP Cal AB, Forensic Science, Graphic Design

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): California Judicial Council(Advisory Board Member), Student Held Initiative Ensuring Legal Development Club (President), NJROTC (C/Lt Junior Grade), AFJROTC (C/Captain), Mock Trial Team (Lead Prosecutor), Youth Court (Jury Foreman), Law and Public Service (Ambassador), Debate Team (Moderator), Christian Club, Social Justice Club, Interact Club, School Paper (Business Manager, Writer)
Job/Work Experience: Legal Assistant, Civil Law Firm Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, Church, School, NJROTC, Salvation Army
Statement: Discussed the implications associated with being raised in a sober living surrounded by drug addicts and ex-cons. Talked about my employment and dealing with sexual assault cases, and my father (ex-convict).
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : pre-psychology
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: public
Ehnicity: Mexican/Jewish
Gender: male
Income Bracket: <50k
Hooks: (URM, first generation college, employment)
Reflection Strengths: SAT score, essays, employment, ec’s
Weaknesses: GPA, only one AP class
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? accepted to UCI (Honors), UCSD, Pepperdine
Rejected from? none so far
Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, USC, Stanford

Comments: I am super excited about my UCLA acceptance. Ironically, my heart is with USC (at the moment). I had a 2.8 my freshman year (Health Reasons); anything is possible with hardwork and determination!

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I’m shaking so excuse all mistakes !

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): (highest sitting score) 760CR 680M 750W 2190C
[] ACT: Did not submit
[] SAT II: 730Lit 670Math2 lol 700BioE 680Chem 630WorldHistory LOOOOL at the world one
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] UC GPA: I don’t know uncapped. My transcript lists 4.7 as 10-12 so around there?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/690
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4) Chem (3) World (4) Lang (5) Calc AB (5) APUSH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Environmental Science, Honors Microbiology, Honors Molecular Genetics, Journalism, Career Seminar
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, NHS, CSF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Humanitarian Network (Founder & President, 11, 12); Open Library (peer tutor for 10th grade, President for 11th, 12th); Lifestyle editor (10, 11, 12) and Editor-in-Chief (12) for school newspaper; NHS Board Member (12), Hope Initiative (treasurer 11, 12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor for four clients
[] Volunteer/Community service: Health volunteer at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (11, 12 - 150 hours); Open Library tutor (10, 11, 12 - 250 hours); Girl Scout Gold Award (9, 10 - 90 hours); Church volunteer (9, 10 - 50 hours); Elementary volunteer (9, 10, 11, 12 - 100 hours); Scattered service projects through my club & NHS (10, 11, 12 - 180 hours)
[] Personal Statement: For the first one, I reused my common app and talked about how my love for storytelling intertwines with medicine and an anecdote from my volunteering days at UCLA to support this; For the second one, I talked about how my experience in journalism contributed to my growth as a leader and as an individual.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah but I don’t think I’ll get any - holding out for the Alumni Association Scholarship
[li]** Intended Major **: Human Biology & Society [/li][] State (if domestic applicant): California, Los Angeles area actually
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public, regularly feeds 15-20 admits to UCLA per year
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 180k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Idk if this helped, but both my parents and I work/ed at the adjoining hospital (Ronald Reagan). Otherwise, nah

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, Essays, Rank
[] Weaknesses: SAT2 def
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Defer Penn ED, Accepted to Fordham w/ full tuition and honors college, U of Minn. Twin Cities w/ in-state tuition and honors college
[] Schools you were rejected from? Non, bless
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Cornell, Brown, USC, Cal, NYU, UPenn, Boston U (tomorrow!)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Absolutely in shock. Congrats to everyone who got in, good luck to those on the waitlist, and my sincerest hope that everything will fall into place for everyone

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Decision: Accepted with Regents

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (one sitting) CR 700 M 770 W 780
[ *] ACT: Didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: Bio E 800 Math ll 800 US History 740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.67
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/165
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Took 6, all 4’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, 1 Honors Science, 2 Non Honors courses
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a chapter of a student organization and grew it to one of the largest in the country, Award from my city for feeding the homeless, held a candidates forum for candidates running for a state office, interned in Congressman’s office, Captain of a sport.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: many hours tutoring kids
[ *] Personal Statement: they were good, I didn’t let anyone read them

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ ] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ ] Intended Major **:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ca
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: > $120,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, SAT Subject tests, grades, S school gets a lot of kids into UCLA.
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? BC, Northeastern, UCLA, UCSB…
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? 5 Ivy’s, Cal, Vandy,
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! Got accepted
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Wow, I finally get a chance to do one of these :smiley:

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I 620 (CR) 680 (M) 660 (W)(breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: World History: 700 Math 2: 710 Chemistry: 790 Biology E: 740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9787
[ *] UC GPA: 4.7586
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/588
[ *] ELC?: none
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
Calc BC (5)
Chemistry (4)
English Lang (4)
Physics C E/M (4)
Physics C Mechanics (5)
Spanish Lang (4)
US History (5)
APWH (5)

[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Environmental Science, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature, AP Psychology, Multivariable Calc at close by Community College, AP Statistics, American Sign Language 1
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National AP Scholar, Commended Student for PSAT/NMSQC, Research publication, small Science Olympiad medals, Varsity speech/debate

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad was the only big school related thing I did, occasional speech/debate in 9th and 10th grade, Shadowed a neurosurgeon, loved playing piano, and the school math team (very insignificant)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Ronald McDonald Charity House (helps families that have relatives in hospital) Break the Barriers (gym for people with disabilities), Research Volunteer (helping doctor with pulmonary research), Restore Habitat for Humanity (warehouse volunteer basically) and some small UNICEF soup kitchens
[ *] Personal Statement: Talked about how my family would move around a lot which didn’t fit with my personality since that made it very difficult to actually make friends. This led to me being a dismissive freshman in high school that didn’t buckle down and focus on many EC’s or team related activities since I felt insignificant. However, volunteering at Break the Barriers turned me around and taught me the value of commitment to an activity.

2nd essay was about my 1st experience tutoring and how I need to adapt my learning style into a brand new one for my student. Ended up with me increasing his grade and feeling pride that way.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: General Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White (I’m considered white by US Census standards but I’m really Central Asian from Uzbekistan)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150,000 ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
GPA HOLY SHIT. LIFE SAVER.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA GPA GPA. I had an absolute boatload of AP classes and succeeded in them very well. Volunteering is probably the best category I have, but it wasn’t super crazy, along with a bit of research over the summer before my 12th grade year. Also I didn’t apply for engineering and was within top 20 of my class.
[ *] Weaknesses: Pretty much everything else? Test scores were really average compared to some other guys that I know, extracurriculars were so generic, the only one I felt like I actually cared about was Science Olympiad. Putting down Piano seemed kinda desperate but admittedly I do really care about it. I had 2 good awards, the rest were kinda lame imo, but on paper I suppose it looks good.
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UCSD, UCD, U Michigan, Rutgers, Waitlisted: UChicago, Case Western
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? Johns Hopkins :frowning:
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, UPenn
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

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I applied to Atrophyics as well…Hope you a get in a better school with Astronomy!

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Wasn’t gonna post anything on here, but I can’t lie College Confidential did help me out some so ya

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (36S, 36E, 35M, 34R)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Math I, 730 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] ELC?: tf is this?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations (4 Hrs College Credit), Engineering Physics I w/lab (5 Hrs College Credit), Linear Algebra (3 Hrs College Credit), Sociology (3 Hrs College Credit), Engineering Physics II w/lab (5 Hrs College Credit), Psychology (3 Hrs College Credit), Organic Chemistry I w/lab (5 Hrs College Credit) – Calc Sequence done my Junior Year
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [/li]-Pilot’s License Acquirement and aviation related everything basically (Licensed Pilot by 17, additional Conventional Gear Endorsement and High Performance Rating), this is likely my favorite EC just cuz I put so many years (and $$) into it, since 13 yrs old I think

  • V Track and Field (4 yr)
  • V/JV Basketball (through a very very competitive program that competes at the 4A/5A level here, I know it’s weird that a “homeschooler” plays ball lol, but we go hard i.e. 5x/week 6am practices) (4 yr)
    -High Performance Training (Pilot’s License addition)
    -Kansas Society of Professional Engineers Bridge Building Contest
    -Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) Class Leader

[] Job/Work Experience:
Landscaping – Self Employed
Job Shadowing – Garmin Industries
POS at Farmstead
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead Farm Related Volunteering (50+ hrs)
[li] Personal Statement:[/li]PS1: (9) – Described my life as an “atypical” high school student, from paving my way to an adequate education without having an actual school, to pursuing a majority education at the community college (I ended up having almost 90 college credit hours, and maxed out the course opportunities at the local CC), pursuing a love of aviation, still competing at a high level in high school sports etc. etc.
PS2: (10) – Described what I felt when I first soloed an aircraft at 16
Add. Comments: (7) – It was pretty cut and dry, informative tho I guess

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Homeschooled/Self Study/Community College
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middleish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: College Course Experience, ACT, GPA, EC’s (i.e. Pilot’s License), COURSE RIGOR, Pilot’s License, Sports etc.
[] Weaknesses: No SAT, SAT II, Didn’t have class rank, being homeschooled helped me in most cases, but sometimes made it more difficult (i.e. standardized stuff, AP’s, no science competitions etc.)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? University of Texas at Austin (Petroleum Engineering), CO School of Mines (Petroleum Engineering), Kansas State (ChemE), UCLA (ChemE)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford (REA – ChemE)
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Princeton, Columbia[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hey SUPER CONGRATS to everyone who got through this alive, don’t care if accepted/deferred/rejected/…/… whatever whatever. You did the work and work is NEVER WASTED, remember that. Who knows what goes on in the maze that is college admissions, just be proud of the work that you did.

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DECISION: ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT: 1410
ACT: 19
SAT II: U.S. History (450) Mathematics ll (470)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
UC GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% ; 1/81
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (1), English Language and Comp (2), English Literature (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Physiology, AP English Literature, AP Psyhology, Leadership, AP Spanish Language, Economics
Extracurriculars : Church Choir, Mentorship Program, LASA Program, BECA Program, TLC Committee, Leadership, Inner Beauty Club Treasurer, ASB Treasurer, APS Dance, Samaria USA Health Group, Garden Club, Youth Group, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, Advertising for Junk Cars
Volunteer/Community service: Los Angeles Food Bank, Relay for Life, Red Cross Blood Drive
Personal Statement: I worked really hard on my personal statements and I had many of my closet friends, counselors, mentors and family members read it.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small school; Pilot School
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 24k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen.
Reflection
Strengths: My Faith, Personal Statement, EC
Weaknesses: SAT
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? USCD, UCLA, UCSC, Mount Saint Mary’s Uni., Mills College, Whittier College, University of Tampa, CSUN, CSULA.
Schools you were rejected from? Not yet.
Schools you are waiting for? USC, UCSB, University of the Pacific, Warren Wilson College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Arcadia University, Hawaii Pacific University, CSUF, CSULB, Marymount University, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 790 reading, 760 math, 720 writing; 2270
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Molecular Biology, 770 Math II, 770 World History, 760 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: 4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[] ELC?: yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):5’s in World History, Biology, Language and Composition; currently enrolled in Microeconomics, Lit., Calc. AB, and Government; have/or will have taken all AP’s offered at my school.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc. AB, AP Lit., Band II, Physics, Honors Earth Sciences, AP Microeconomics, AP Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AMC School Winner, AP Scholar

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Club (president), Science Bowl (Team Captain), Math Club (vice president), CSF (tutor), Interact Club (vice president), Link Crew Leader, School Site Council (President), Band/Marching Band, played piano for 13 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Lots of babysitting!
[] Volunteer/Community service: School clubs (CSF, Interact) and also volunteer with women’s refuge
[] Personal Statement: I felt like they were good; they were definitely unique. I went a more creative route despite what I’ve heard about the UC’s wanting a more straightforward personal statement approach…

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li][ b] Intended Major **: Chemical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: public (in more rural area)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Decent scores and solid grades, maybe unique essays?
[] Weaknesses: Nothing extraordinary, no research
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UC Berkeley (Regent’s Candidate), UC Davis (Regent’s Scholar)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford, Caltech
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Rice[/li][/ul]General Comments: Although I really like UCLA, their program is great and the campus is gorgeous, I’m probably not going to go there because I didn’t get any financial aid, just loans… Super happy to have gotten in though!!! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: Did not submit, wasn’t great
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 34 CR, 34 M, 31 S, 33 W) (one sitting)
[] SAT II: Did not submit, also not great
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: Don’t have one since I’m not from CA
[] Rank: 1/310 uw
[] ELC?: No
[] AP: Calc AB (5), AP Lang (5)
[] IB: None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Comp Sci, AP Gov, AP Lit, choir, journalism & independent research
[li] Major Awards: National Merit Commended & placed 6th nationally in a history competition[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: XC and track (9-12, team captain senior year), choir (9-12), member of student newspaper (12), History club (10-12), National History Day competition (9-12) & NHS (10-12)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Rep on local youth board for seven years & some general community service through various organizations
[] Personal Statement: I was happy with how it turned out. For the “describe your world” prompt, I wrote about how my family fostered in me curiosity and a love of science. For the “quality or accomplishment” one, I wrote about running at State, and how I was proud of my hard work rather than my accomplishments.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major**: Chemical Engineering[/li][] State: WA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
[li] Hooks: None? I am a female pursuing an engineering degree, but that’s not a very unique hook. I am also conducting independent research this school year, but considering that we haven’t really accomplished anything (and I didn’t really feature it in my app) it’s not much of a hook, either.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, GPA/rank, ACT composite
[] Weaknesses: Honestly, I was surprised that I was accepted because I don’t seem like a very strong engineering-type student. I haven’t taken a very science-heavy course load (regular bio, regular chem, honors physics & AP comp sci), and none of my ECs are even remotely related to science or engineering. Also, my science ACT subscore was my lowest subscore by far, oops.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to Colorado School of Mines, Cal Poly, and a few state schools & waitlisted at UChicago
[] Schools you were rejected from? JHU, earlier today…
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Boston U, Berkeley, Cornell & Penn[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who got in! See you next year, maybe? And I’m really sorry to those who were not accepted… I know quite a few wonderful and brilliant people who didn’t get in, so just know it’s UCLA’s loss without you there. And good luck to those applying!! I hope my answers can be of help. I honestly struggled with the whole applying-to-college thing, so I don’t have much good advice. But remember that colleges don’t just want traditionally “qualified” students; they want students who are unique and passionate individuals, so try to let that shine through! Best of luck!!!

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[ b][ size=4][ color=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/size]**[/color]

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR: 760, M: 770, W: 800)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Bio M, 790 WH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, Stats, World History, US History (5), Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Micro/Macroecon, STEM Research, AP Comp Sci, Lit on Trial (English), Ceramics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME Qualification, National Merit Scholar, Cum Laude, AP Scholar, Scholars & Scholars

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded website to promote healthcare efficiency, research paper published on Big Pharma, won two competitions in varsity crew, went to national in FIRST Robotics, president and founder of programming club, House Prefect, research on circadian regulation of antioxidant defense mechanism at UMass
Job/Work Experience: intern at Newracom (tech company), medical intern at Washington DC VA
Volunteer/Community service: Immaculate Conception, Boys & Girls
Summer Activities: psychology course at UCI, Fundamentals of Medicine at Georgetown
Essays: CommonApp was about skating and breaking out of an eggshell (9/10), Supplement = stated three reasons (business+medicine, bio research, information communication)
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but probably good (8/10)
Counselor Rec: didn’t see them, so I don’t know
Additional Rec: recommendation from Newracom (10/10)
Interview: normal
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, boarding
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ahahahahahaha

Reflection

Strengths: test scores, GPA, relevant and focused extracurriculars, strong recommendation letters
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: more towards Public Health than STEM-driven
Weaknesses: Asian. APs. Definitely should have taken more AP tests
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected by Stanford and Northwestern, waitlisted by WashU

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (770M 720CR 670W)
[ *] ACT: 34 (35E 36M 32R 32S)
[ *] SAT II: 780 Math II, 700 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[ *] UC GPA: 4.33?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] ELC?: ?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5) Physics B (5) US History (5) Chemistry (4) Calculus AB (5) Spanish Language (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP US Government
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nah

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Water Polo/Swimming, Academic Decathlon, FTC Robotics, Upward Bound
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Leo Club Activities
[ *] Personal Statement: Good Enough :slight_smile:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: ~55K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First Generation

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, ACT, Essays?
[ *] Weaknesses: Clubs, Awards, Volunteer Hours
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCSD Regents, UCSB Regents, Cal Poly SLO
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?: UC Berkeley
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Really Happy!!! Financial Aid Estimates that I will only have to pay 1.7K per year

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 - 680 M, 700 CR, 740 W, 10 E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
UC GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15 out of 500
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature and Comp, AP Psychology, AP Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, State of California Assembly Scholastic Achievement Award, CSF, NHS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): California Judicial Council (Advisory Board Member), California Youth Court Association (Jury Foreman), Mock Trial Team (Lead Prosecutor), Law and Public Service Debate Team (Moderator), Student Held Initiative Ensuring Legal Development Club (President), Law and Public Service Pathway (Top of Class/Ambassador), NJROTC (Administration Officer/C/Lt Jr Grade), AFJROTC (C/Captain), Interact Club, Christian Club, School Newspaper (Business Manager/Writer), Social Justice Club, Royal Rangers (Senior Patrol Leader)

Job/Work Experience: Legal Assistant - Civil Law Firm
Volunteer/Community service: 250 Hours + Interact, S.H.I.E.L.D. Club, Salvation Army, Church, School
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. I discussed being raised in a sober living and the struggles associated with the fact that my father is an ex-convict.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre-Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Large, Public School
Ethnicity: Mexican/Jewish
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, employment, etc.): URM, First Generation, Employment

Reflection
Strengths: Test Scores (Maybe), Essays, EC’s
Weaknesses: GPA, only took one AP course my junior year.
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCI (Honors), UCSD, Pepperdine
Schools you were rejected from? N/A
Schools you are waiting for? USC, UC Berkeley, Stanford

General Comments:
I feel overwhelmingly honored to be invited to the UCLA class of 2020. Through hard work, dedication and motivation anything is possible. My freshman year gpa was a 2.8 (Health reasons), although UCLA doesn’t factor in 9th grade GPA, I hope to be proof that intelligence and competence is measured not by stats and numbers, but by willingness and ability to follow one’s passions and one’s academic pursuits. Congrats to all accepted and blessings to those still searching for their home.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (CR: 620 M: 740 W: 730)

[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 660 Math II, 640 Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: Official transcript- 4.36?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/78
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang and Comp 3, World History 3, Psychology 4, Human Geography 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy & Physiology (Dual), AP Biology, AP Music Theory, Econ (Dual), AP Environmental Science, AP English Lit, AP Studio: Drawing
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st Place Rice Stock Analyst, AP Scholar, QuestBridge College Scholar, National Merit Commended [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): University Interscholastic League, Hip-Hop Dance Choreo Club, National Honor Society, HOSA (Vice President), Music Honor Society (President)[/li]
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier, Piano teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: Libraries, Hospitals, and Food Bank (250+ hrs)
[li] Personal Statement: I think I did really well, would rate 11/10 cause I’m biased. DUH. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Pre-Business Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Charter
[] Ethnicity: Asian/ Vietnamese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: DEFINITELY ESSAYS, good grades
[] Weaknesses: Everything else LOLOL Especially test scores.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Waitlisted at Pomona, Accepted at UCSD, UCD, UT Austin
[] Schools you were rejected from? Deferred from Rice
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Some Ivies, Stanford, Berkeley[/li][/ul]General Comments: I usually don’t do this kind of stuff, but I will this time because I feel the need to assure the next generation. I thought I wasn’t going to get in because of my test scores, like honestly they’re a joke. I failed some AP tests, never gotten a 5, my SAT I is subpar, and what even are my SAT IIs? I’m also ASIAN, which I know the admissions people are going to be like oh we don’t take that into consideration, but on the real though…cough. Anyways, I just want to say that these things don’t matter as much as you think they do. If you put your all into your essays and really try to showcase yourself in the best way possible, you will be recognized for your effort. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted, and may everyone else be successful in their future endeavors!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 3 sittings, Highest sitting = 2130 (700CR,770M,660W), Superscore = 2200 (700CR,770M,730W)
[] ACT: 3 sittings, Highest sitting = 34 (33E,33M,33R,36S), Superscore = 34 (33E,36M,33R,36S)
[] SAT II: Math II (taken twice) = 800, Physics (taken twice) = 670, US History = 760, Literature = 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] UC GPA: 4.28
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/444 at time of application, 3/433 currently
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP: Calculus AB Subscore (5), Calculus BC (5), English Language and Composition (4), Environmental Science (4), European History (4), Psychology (5), US History (4)
[] IB: Not offered at my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Human Geography, Engineering Teacher Intern, Intro to Macroeconomics (Taken at local community college), Intro to Microeconomics (Taken at local community college), PLTW Engineering Design & Development, AP Literature and Composition, AP US Government, Beginning Dance
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award, AP Scholar with Distinction [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Football: Played Freshmen through Junior Year until injury disabled me to play Senior Year. MLB.
Martial Arts: Started practicing at local studio Freshmen Year, became Assistant Instructor for group classes sophomore year, Private Instructor during Junior Year until football injury
Engineering Society: Member all 4 years, organized trips for PLTW Engineering program and facilitated projects out of core curriculum. (President Junior Year) stepped down to (Vice-President Senior Year)
Key Club: Active all four years, volunteer community events especially for kids
AP Tutor: Tutored on classes I passed AP tests on after Sophomore Year
NHS: Worked on Habitat for Humanity Committee to organize community events

[li] Job/Work Experience: [/li]Working since spring semester of Junior Year, Cashier/Barista at small coffee shop/dessert shop, 20 hrs/week @ minimum wage

[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]Many hours through martial arts, NHS, and Key Club. Additionally many tutoring and mentorship roles without pay.

[li] Personal Statement:[/li]Good, about me stepping up into role of leader in my family to become man of house .

[li]Recommendations: [/li]Engineering Teacher and Psychology Teacher loved me. Had them do my recommendations. Very close with counselor and she wrote an amazing rec for me.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Electrical Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Medium Public (~2000 students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American (Vietnamese, Chinese, Cambodian)
[] Gender: Male (Yes, I know. I have the Asian male disadvantage)
[] Income Bracket: $17,500-25,000
[li] Hooks: Nothing[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I invested into being different than the stereotypical Asian male. I became a more well balanced individual with sports allowing me to step into leadership roles. My test scores are also highest in context of my school
[] Weaknesses: I literally started and finished all my application essays within 24 hours of each deadline.
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? SDSU, SJSU, CSULB, Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UCSB, UCB, USC, Harvard, University of Penn, Cornell, Columbia, Stanford[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Don’t let anything you find on this site from discouraging you from trying.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 1890 (R:700/M:580/WR:610)
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] UC GPA: N/A
[] Rank: Top 20th percentile of rural Tennessee High School (2012)
[] ELC?: N/A
[] AP (4,4,4): 4 US HIS, 4 ENG COMP, 4 ENG LIT
[] IB: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All Advanced Honors, AP
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Marched in the Nijmegen in the NE in 2015 with the US Army, have been to the Syrian border in Turkey and received a medal for achievement there, and have earned several leadership awards in the past few years.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars : President of a few clubs my senior year (2012), have been involved in a lot of extra honor duties while on Active Duty, and organize community events.
[] Job/Work Experience: Four years overseas in the Army
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot
[] Personal Statement: My application was proof that the decisions process is, in fact, holistic as I’m obviously in the lowest percentile of those admitted.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I have a full ride with my GI Bill
[li]** Intended Major **: Actuarial Science[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[] Country (if international applicant): Living in Europe
[] School Type: LES
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $20,000-$30,000
[] Hooks: Had an abusive family in HS and was forced into conversion therapy for being gay. Escaped to the Army and have succeeded wildly here.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Great leadership experience and life opportunities. Proven drive and amazing volunteer opportunities (have been to Turkey to assist Syrian refugees).
[] Weaknesses: Scores mostly
[] Schools were you accepted to? UCSD, U of MO, U of IL (UIUC)
[] Schools you were rejected from? None, yet…
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: As many here have already stated and will state, scores are not the end all be all of admissions. Life experiences do count for quite a bit and leadership experience from the real world is sought after by higher echelon schools. If you failed here, don’t be afraid to go out into the world in your own way and make your own memories.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (single sitting)- 800 M, 750 CR, 800 W, 11 E
SAT II: 770 Bio M, 770 Math 2C
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
UC GPA: not sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (4), psych (5), calc BC (5), Physics B1 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 42
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL (bio, chem, math, econ) SL (english, spanish)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, DELE B1 certificate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): forensics tournament (captain, bronze medal), medical club (president), service clubs (leader, founder of a special interest group), NHS, volunteer club (president), swimming
Job/Work Experience: 2 month internship at hospital
Volunteer/Community service: 3 major volunteer clubs in which i am leader in
Personal Statement: was honestly really good, i talked about unique subjects that i think only applied to me and i would give it a solid 10 and assume that that was a major factor in my accpetance
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ b] Intended Major [ /b]: biochemistry
Country: us
School Type: relatively big public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Essays
Weaknesses: more work experience
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? only one so far
Schools you were rejected from? nothing yet

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Decision: Accepted into College of Letters and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (670 CR, 750 M, 750 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 780 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] UC GPA: 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang, Calc AB, Bio, Chem (3), Self studied: EnvSci (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Nordstrom Scholarship Semifinalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing extraordinary; ASB with leadership role, Varsity Cheerleading, Engineering Academy with leadership role, clubs with leadership roles across
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Science School Cabin Leader, Altar Serving, Community Service club with leadership role
[] Personal Statement: Good, I guess? I wrote it two days before apps were due, but nearly everyone who read it said it was extremely well-written and compelling.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES, bless
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre-Psychobiology[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college, low-income, college courses

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score is higher than the average, SAT II
[] Weaknesses: GPA was average, AP scores, Senior Year Courseload
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: UCI w/ CHP, UCD, UCSD w/ Chancellor’s Scholarship, UCSB w/ Chancellor’s Reception invite, UCR w/ Regent’s Scholarship, Northeastern U, U of Richmond w/ Presidential Scholarship, SDSU w/ Honors, Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Long Beach
[] Schools you were rejected from? Cal Poly SLO
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley, Cornell, Skidmore[/li][/ul]General Comments: UCLA has been my ultimate dream school for as long as I remember, so I will most likely be attending in the fall. For future applicants, I received the Alumni Scholarship invite. Congratulations to all the other future Bruins!

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Decision: Accepted!!!

International Student from Switzerland

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT: 29 (32E, 27M, 28R, 27S)
SAT II: 780 Spanish with listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school does not calculate GPA but I basically had mostly 5s (Bs) freshman year, then sophomore year I got like 5s and 6s (Bs and As) and then Junior and Senior year I got all 6s and 7s (As and A+s) so a strong upward trend in my transcript.
UC GPA: -
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank lol
ELC?: -
AP (place score in parenthesis): no APs offered at my school
IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB Diploma = English HL (6), Econ HL (6), Geography HL (7), Math SL (6/7) Bio SL (6/7), French A SL (6), TOK (A/B)
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Communications Officer for the Student Council, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Skiing, Varsity Volleyball, MUN, I went to UCLA during the summer and got two As on UCLA college classes.
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Financial Advisor for the Microfinance Team, Tanzania Service Trip/Fundraising
Personal Statement: Pretty good I guess (8/10 I would say)

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Geography/Environmental Studies
State (if domestic applicant): -
Country (if international applicant): Switzerland
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White and Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): idk if I’m really a URM being hispanic from Spain but maaaybe who knows?

Reflection:
Strengths: Essays, strong upward trend in my transcript + I also actually attended UCLA during the summer and got As in official UCLA classes so I think that was the factor that helped me get in.
Weaknesses: ACT, the fact that my application is just very average I guess?
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Admitted: University of Toronto + a few UK schools, no waitlists.
Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern, Cornell (ED) and WashU + a couple of UK schools
Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley, UPenn, USC, NYU, Duke and Stanford (lol never gonna get in)

General Comments:
For years I would read College Confidential Threads and just feel despair about my future because I would see people with perfect ACT/SAT scores and perfect grades get rejected from my favorite schools and here I am with a 29 ACT score and shitty grades freshman and sophomore year with NO chance of getting in. I honestly never expected this and I’m overwhelmed. My biggest tip is to apply to as many schools as possible! Even if you feel like you’re below the average in terms of stats just apply! If you don’t apply you’re not getting in for sure so you might as well try and see what happens. Honestly, just apply to as many as possible, because there are so many factors that affect an admissions decision. When I opened my UCLA letter I had just received my Northwestern and WashU rejections and there was no doubt in my mind that UCLA would also reject me, but they didn’t! Look at my stats, they’re so below average. I’m not an athlete, I didn’t start a charity, I didn’t invent 8 apps, I’m not a musician, I don’t have perfect scores or grades, I JUST APPLIED! I studied for the ACT and the best I could do was a 29. I worked hard in school to get that upward trend with my grades, I did activities I was passionate about but that’s it. I’m not a superhuman, I just sent out a bunch of applications hoping at least 1 would be successful. Do the same! Just Apply. Congrats to everyone else who also got in!