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

[Zburg45]

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730W/730R/690M)
[ *] ACT: didn’t put
[ *] SAT II: 600 biology, 640 literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[ *] UC GPA: not sure, weighted cumul. is 4.73
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of over 500
[ *] ELC?: idk
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist-4, Lang. and Comp.- 4, US Hist-3, Bio-4, Calc. AB-4, Enviro. Sci.-4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov/Micro, AP Studio Art, Spanish 4 Honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar, sports stuff, 4-H stuff

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): football (team captain, all league and other honors), wrestling (team captain, all league and other honors), track (team captian) 4-h club of over 100 ppl (president and other leadership), key club, dive team, marine beach research team, help found art club, other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked in dental office and for a landscaping company
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a lot through 4-h, head of rodeo grounds clean up crew, after school tutor, coached youth wrestling club, helped assistant coach freshman football team, old age home
[ *] Personal Statement: talked about starting tutoring club/helping one friend who has parent in prison and mom was meth addict, talked about Jewish family immigrating from Europe to escape the Holocaust

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Pre Business Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: large, Title 1, 2000+ kids, over 80% Hispanic
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 180,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): though I’m white with good income, spent high school years in inner city type of school (good friend was murdered and has his arms chopped off in gang war);

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: extra curriculars, lots of AP classes, decent SAT
[ *] Weaknesses:Math SAT score, white with decent money
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? waitlisted at UChicago, accepted at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? none yet lol
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, USC, NYU, Berkeley… don’t plan on getting into but maybe 1
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! also nine kids from my school got in who don’t nearly have the score some of you who got rejected don’t have the accolades some of you do (a girl got in with a 1750 SAT)
it’s honestly all just a huge lottery. One person who got in is not better than the one who didn’t; it’s all just a big game they like to play with our lives lol

[joeytman]

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (critical reading+mathematics): 1530 (730 + 800)
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] CSU GPA: 4.16 capped, 4.2 uncapped
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci (5), EngLa (5) [Following this is senior year AP] Micro Econ, Macro Econ, Physics 1, English Literature, Calc AB, Calc BC
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] College courses? If so, list them.: Poly Sci 120, Chemistry 120
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Micro Econ, Macro Econ, Physics 1, English Literature, Calc AB, Calc BC, Poly Sci 120, Chemistry 120
[ *] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 4/10
[ *] Supplemental?: nope

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Comp Sci
[ *] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[ *] EOP?: no
[ *] NCAA?: no
[ *] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes, SD County
[ *] If International, from what country?:
[ *] School Type: Public Charter
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] LGBTQ?: Nope
[ *] Citizen?: Yes
[ *] Served in military? No
[ *] Married?: No
[ *] Orphan?: No
[ *] Income Bracket: $100k-ish
[ *] # of Family Members: 2
[ *] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Father has associates degree, mother has some college
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Not really anything
[ *] Living on-campus? Yes
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, Extracurriculars, Essays
[ *] Are you going to UCLA?: No choice now.
[ *] If not, where are you going?: Berkeley, if they accept me, if not, idk.

[ /list][ b]General Comments/Additional Information:[ /b][ list]

My extracurriculars:

President and founder of coding club
Intern at a computer software company
Tutor kids in AP Comp Sci
Tutor elementary school kids at the library
Leadership camp with police dept
Kind of founded an ultimate frisbee team which I play on
Part of a sailing team
Shelved books at the library for a while

Honestly really devastated at my rejection. I thought I had a shot here, guess not.

[potatoheadhala]

Decision: Accepted
Computer Science and Engineering!

SAT I (breakdown): 2220 superscored (770 CR, 800 M, 650 W), 2160 single sitting (770 CR, 740 M, 650 W)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chem

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4 (all As in everything)
Weighted GPA: - (different kind of grading here)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (not official, but top 3 out of 250 generally, very competitive school)

AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Physics C: E&M, 5 Calc BC, 5 Chem

Senior Year Course Load: Math, Physics, Chem, Computer Science, English, Sanskrit

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ranked 1 all-India in a science test, Regional Mathematical Olympiad highest scorer in country, Junior Science Olympiad highest scorer in state, KVPY, NTSE (all national science scholarships), lots of local math competitions and quizzes.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Programming, Robotics, Science Club, Quizzing, Soccer Team, Instrumental Music (piano)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: None
Summer Activities: Programming competitions, working with my Raspberry Pi and preparing for a science competition.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Ratings are very ambiguous, but I’ve received positive feedback from the many people who reviewed them.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science

General Comments:

Really nice to have, with the scholarship too. Helped deal with the other rejections too. Thank you, UCLA!

Other Results:

Accepted: UIUC, Case Western (with 31K scholarship/year), UC San Diego
Waitlisted: Caltech, Georgia Tech, Rose-Hulman, UC Davis
Rejected: Stanford, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Harvey Mudd
Not Heard From: Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara

[asavenko]

@pterosprite I do go to St. Catherine’s!!! small world I don’t think i’ve ever been to Hermitage but I know where it is in Henrico, I’ve been by there a few times!

[GoombaJMR]

Decision: Accepted

Grades and App
ACT: 33
UC GPA: 4.35
IB: P-38
Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
How were your personal statements? 9 ~ 9.5

Intended Major : CompSci

What country?: Taiwan (from US though)
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Male
Living on-campus? Yes!

Strengths: ACT, GPA, ECs, Personal Statement
Weaknesses: GPA in G10…

General Comments: Satisfied. Waiting for Berkeley now…

[collegebound200]

Decision: Accepted
pre-political science

SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (620 CR, 630 M, 670 W) so low aka the reason i was 100% sure i would get rejected!
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didnt send

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA: - 4.23 but UC GPA is around 4.08
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20 students out of 505

Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (EIC), Debate (President), other little clubs
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Lots. over 100 hours
Summer Activities: volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wouldn’t this be a bit biased? I have read them so many times i don’t even know if they are good anymore. Lots of people said they were both really good though.
Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

General comments: DONT EVER THINK THAT YOU WONT GET IN! It really is a holistic process. I was 100% certain I would be rejected because of my low test scores… but hey! I got in. This process is as unpredictable as anything could ever be. EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL TOLD ME I WOULD GET REJECTED. hehe !!! don’t listen to the people on here, they don’t know everything.

[collegebound200]

ooooooppsss SAT score was 1910 lol copy and pasted someone elses thread and forgot to delete. i did change the scores in parentheses though.

[AstraeaX]

Decision: Waitlisted

Major: Biomedical engineering

Grades and Test Scores:
SAT I: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math II 800, Bio 680
ACT: 32

UC GPA: 4.35 (?), Weighted: 4.67, UW: 3.87
Rank: 35/628 (Top 5-6%)

AP Tests: AP US Government (3), AP World History (3), AP US History (4), AP Chemistry (4), AP Psychology (4), AP Calculus AB, AP English Language (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature, Physics Honors (self studying AP Physics I; no AP Physics offered), Orchestra

Essays:
One was really good 9/10, the other was a 7/10; both reviewed by several people with positive feedback

EC’s, community service, awards, etc:
Extracurriculars: Intern at Paws2Read (nonprofit charity for literacy development in children),
Science National Honor Society (2 yrs member, VP - 1 yr), Orchestra Council (VP - 1 yr, Historian - 1 yr), Chemistry Club (VP - 1 yr), Teen Advisory Board (3 yrs member, Treasurer - 1 yr), STEM Club (2 yrs member, Treasurer - 1 ye), Science Olympiad (2 yrs member), played cello for 10 yrs, some other non-noteworthy clubs that I had small involvement in (Tri-M, NHS, Link Crew)

Job/Work Experience: Paid tutor, worked with parents freshman and sophomore year to help with finances

Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours developing church programs in freshman and sophomore year (developed youth group and youth band; also was youth group leader as well as youth band leader), 100+ hours through NHS, SciNHS, STEM club, etc. 10+ hours as a volunteer for a Psychology/Neuroscience study involving dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Awards/Honors: AP Scholar with Distinction, Volunteer of Year award from my church, Volunteer Appreciation Award from church, 1st place in state in Protein Modeling (Science Olympiad), top 10 in state for 2 years in Forensics (Science Olympiad), GPA Gold award from my school, part of school district’s Honor Orchestra

Returning?: Freshman
State: Arizona
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~10k/year

of Family Members: 3

Hooks: Low income minority (even though I’m an ORM), extracurriculars, leadership
Living on-campus? Yes

Reflection
Strengths: SAT Math II score, one really good essay, extracurriculars, background, difficulty of junior and senior courseload
Weaknesses: ACT score, GPA (pretty low for engineering)

General Comments
I’m pretty disappointed with the waitlist decision, but I’m just glad it’s not a rejection. I know so many qualified and hardworking people that were rejected or waitlisted, so I’m pretty confused at how random and arbitrary some of these decisions are.

Anyway, I wish the best of luck to those of us that have been rejected/waitlisted, and a big congratulations to everyone that got in!

[BruinTrue]

Decision: Accepted
Major: Environmental Science

Objective:
SAT I: didn’t take
ACT: 23 ( yes…that’s 23 not 32 lol)
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA: 4.4 (capped) 4.7 (uncapped)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~top 1%
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3); World History (3); Env. Science (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro Econ/Gov; AP Eng. Comp; AP Biology; ASB Leadership; Chorus; Cheer Team
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Legion CA Girls State Delegate
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB Senior Class President; ASB Academic Commissioner; ASB Sophomore Class President; ASB Freshman Class Treasurer; National Honor Society - Board Member (12th); 4-year Cheerleader (3-year Varsity)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Library Teen Volunteer; Special Olympics Track Meet Volunteer
Personal Statement: Very good. Tied together my ASB Leadership and Girls State into wanting to provide environmental justice to under-represented communities like Flint, MI.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Cali
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: does this matter!
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: GPA & EC’s. Personal statements were showed personality and passion!
Weaknesses: ACT standardized test score sux! lol
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State U.
Schools you were rejected from? I’ll never tell…
Schools you are waiting for? none

General Comments:
For those looking at this for next year…

GPA is #1 and the most important factor for predicting admittance…those with 4.0 unweighted GPA had a ~70% chance of being accepted as shown in previous years. See: https://www.admission.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof.htm

Also…it pays to do your homework… See the “UCLA Freshman Selection Overview” document that came out in Oct 2015 before applications due date. This document is essential to understanding to process and what holistic reviewers are looking for: http://www.admission.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/frsel.pdf

[fflzataraa]

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 700, 710, 690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: Not sure, fairly high from weighted classes
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/530
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in Art History, World History, US History, Psych, Human Geo, Language; 4 in Biology and Literature
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 in Social Anthropology
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Schedule. HL: Bio, Anthro, English SL: Econ, Calc, Spanish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Pathfinder scholarship, National Merit Commended, National AP Scholar, etc.

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Rho Kappa, AIPAC lobbying conferences, liason of eagles for israel, captain of two varsity sports, congressional youth cabinet
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Receptionist at an art museum, campaign intern
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Sailing humanitarian trip
[ *] Personal Statement: Really strong essays

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large public school
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ACT, GPA, Extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: no major awards, OOS, no hooks
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted to: Berkeley, UCLA, Boston College, UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Florida. Deferred from Georgetown
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? None
[ *] Schools you are waiting for? Vandy, Gtown, Harvard, Stanford, Emory
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

[klingon97]

Decision: Accepted
Major: Russian

Grades and App
Residency: OOS
ACT: 28
UC GPA: 3.6
SAT: 1950
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs
How were your personal statements? 9 ~ 9.5

[QxzxzxQ]

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 36 Composite, 35 English 36 Math 35 Writing 36 Science
[] SAT II: 750 Biology M, 780 Physics, 710 Spanish, 790 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[] UC GPA: 4.08
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?: ?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History-5, Biology-5, Chemistry-4, Physics B-5, Physics C Mech-5, US History-4, US Government-5, Calc BC-5, English Language-5, English Lit-5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): History HL-6, Physics HL-6, Math HL- 6, English HL-6, Spanish SL-7, Biology SL-7
[] Senior Year Course Load: College English, College History, IB Further Math, AP Computer Science, PE, metal shop, internship
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major awards, just national AP scholar and deca icdc finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Politics club- founder, president
• Nonprofit jewelry business-founder, president
• DECA icdc finalist
• Political campaign volunteering
• Economics research with local university professors
• City Hall internship
• Piano
[] Job/Work Experience:
Ski instructing
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Nonprofit business, campaigns
[] Personal Statement:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[li]** Intended Major **: Economics[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None probably (LGBT? University research?)

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores/course rigor, unusual ECs
[] Weaknesses: No national awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Washington
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT, Columbia, UChicago
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Harvard, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, UPenn, UC Berkeley, Duke[/li][/ul]General Comments: Best of luck!

[tropicaltaurus]

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1640 (480 M/ 610 R/ 550 W)
[ *] ACT: 22
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
[ *] UC GPA: 4.25
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/ 514
[ *] 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!!

[yurilord]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (690 Reading, 690 Writing, 800 Math) and 2160 (720 Reading, 730 Writing, 710 Math)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Biology M, 800 Math L2, 700 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1 (my school is out of 4.33 unweighted, so in between A/A+ average)
[] UC GPA: idk
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Lang (4), World History (5), Calc AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Art Portfolio, AP Calc BC, AP French, Band, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, GSA, swim team?; outside of school I played piano/viola
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club (board member)
[] Personal Statement: Wrote about being gay for one of them and the other one I wrote about my passion for art and how my parents tried to discourage me from pursuing it. Neither of them were that well written since I just copied and edited both of them from different essays for other prompts

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Art[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Rhode Island
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): im gay

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: transcript
[] Weaknesses: writing, extracurriculars
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: RISD, Uconn, UMass-Amherst, Clarkson University; Waitlisted: UChicago; Deferred: Yale EA
[] Schools you were rejected from?
[li] Schools you are waiting for? UC Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Amherst College[/li][/ul]General Comments: idk how i got in i think its mostly cuz i applied to the art program and I’m better at art comparatively to others than I am at academics

[Fenbru]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (CR 690, Math 770, Writing 720, Essay 10) only sitting
ACT: 35 (Eng. 34, Math 35, Reading 36, Science 35) only sitting
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Physics, 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
UC GPA:4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Macro Econ, Community College Discrete Math and Linear, AP Physics, Computer Science 3-4 (post AP), and Photography for my VAPA.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Ice Hockey, Debate Team President, Model UN
Job/Work Experience: Website summer internship programmer and two summers working at a deli
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
Personal Statement: Expanded on ECs, love of learning and tutoring, leadership.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada

Reflection
Strengths: Grades, scores & rigor of courses
Weaknesses: Community Service; white male
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Cal Poly SLO with nice merit scholarship; UCSB + Regents, UCSD + Regents, Colorado School of Mines, BU
Schools you were rejected from?: MIT, Mudd, Cal Tech
Schools you are waiting for? many
General Comments: Got a Regents Scholarship!

[epicninja49]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math 800 Reading 670 Writing 650
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Math II 800 Chemistry 770 US History 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] UC GPA: ?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/534
[] ELC?: ?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human (5), WHAP (4), Chinese (5), Music Theory (5), Chemistry (4), APUSH (5), English Lit (4), Calc BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Average
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Asian Culture Club (President), FFA (Vice President), Global Affairs Forum (Advisor), HOSA (Treasurer), TSA, NHS, Science Olympiad
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at BMW Mechanics for a summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: about 250 hours
[] Personal Statement: decent

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Chemistry[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public High School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: organization, leadership, problem-solving, involved, dedicated
[] Weaknesses: shy, procrastinate
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Accepted: UT Austin, UT Dallas, Texas A&M, Baylor, UCLA, UCD, UCSD, Waitlisted: UCB
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Rice, Stanford, Cornell

[stress2016]

[size=14][color=green]Decision: Accepted

Objective:[list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1940 (700 M 640 R 600 W) <- I didn’t report on my application but sent in official score report
[] ACT: 32 (don’t remember breakdown)
[] SAT II: Math II (720) Molecular Biology (720) US History (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (before senior year, the one I sent to the UCs)
[] UC GPA: 4.34
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/425
[] ELC?: Yea
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3) Lang (5) Calc AB (4) Bio (4) US History (4) Comp Sci (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Calc BC, AP Government/ Regular Econ, AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Stats
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Does AP Scholar with Distinction count? LOL[/li]

[list]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Mock Trial, GEMS, HOSA (Treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor for 5th, 6th, and 10th grader
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interact, Key Club
[] Personal Statement: I thought it was bad but after rereading, I think both are like 7.5-8/10

[list]Other[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[li]** Intended Major **: Biochemistry (for now going premed)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese/Vietnamese)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Lower Middle Class?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

[list]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: GPA, Rank, Personal Statement (Depends on reader I guess, I felt like I really honed in being that UC type of student though LOL which you’ll see from the schools I’m accepted into)
[] Weaknesses: ACT Score (Compared to others I’ve seen on this site and heard about at school), Stellar Extracurriculars, No Real Awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCR, UCD, UCSC, UChicago (waitlisted), UCLA, and just today UCBerk
[] Schools you were rejected from? Stanford lol
[li] Schools you are waiting for? USC (but idc because GO BRUINS!!!)[/li][list]General Comments: Woot, this process was long and hard, and I’m glad it’s over! My brother was a bruin and works at UCLA Anderson and after exploring the school and going to work with him, UCLA was my top choice I’m just conflicted rn because Berk offers be a bit better financial aid Well hopefully things will work out!

[rdivate]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310( 800M, 800W, 710CR)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 790 M2, 760 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] UC GPA: 4.42
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/250
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts Eagle Scout, Quiz Bowl National Competition, UCSB Research Mentorship Program (research in machine learning), iOS Club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Personal Statement: 9/10 good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[li]** Intended Major **: Computer Science and Engineering[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: sat, extracurriculars are solid
[] Weaknesses: gpa
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UC Berkeley EECS, UCSD, rest of the UCs, UIUC Electrical Engineering
[] Schools you were rejected from? UT Austin, Stanford lol
[li] Schools you are waiting for? CMU, USC, Cornell[/li][/ul]General Comments: UCLA was a reach school for me because I thought my GPA was low for engineering. But, if everything else on the application is good, you are in great shape! Good Luck!!

[Jaga98]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2040 (740M, 650R, 650W)
[] ACT: 33(35M, 35E, 31S, 31R)
[] UC GPA: 4.55
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5), Stats(5), APUSH(5), Bio(4), EngLang(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] College courses? If so, list them.: Human Anatomy, CompSci, Intro Programming, Java 1A, Intro Psych
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, AP Econ, AP Gov, Spanish III, Physics, Art
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: 9
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: N/A
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Chemistry (L&S)
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: Yes
[] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: California
[] If International, from what country?:
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] LGBTQ?: No
[] Citizen?: Yes
[] Served in military?: No
[] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket: Low: ($0 to $15,000)
[] # of Family Members: 2
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Did Not Complete High School
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Low Income, Summer Program, Independent Projects, Family Issues
[li] Living on-campus?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, GPA
[] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT Scores,
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Maybe
[] If not, where are you going?: Still Deciding

[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
If your GPA and Test Scores are in the general ballpark, it’ll ultimately be your essays and activities that make or break you. Do something unique and extraordinary. You don’t necessarily have to win a national prize, but if you do things in high school that demonstrate your passions, and write about those in your essays, you’ll be fine.
Combining the grants and scholarships I received from the school, ended up getting a full ride. The only drawbacks are the distance from my home and the intense competition if you’re a premed! Still deciding for now, but it’d be nice to go here.

[purp27]

REJECTED

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 ( 720 MA, 690 WR, 590 CR)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 710 Math2, 690 USH, 660 LIT, 660 BIOE
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
[ *] UC GPA:4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10%
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): apush (4) aplang (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Stats, Journalism
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nothing big

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): co founded own club, VP for 2 other clubs, basketball, copy editor for newspaper.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: student leader for student run fles market
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 350 total (hospital, tutoring program, park, etc)
[ *] Personal Statement: first was decent, kinda generic but well written (7/10) the second was really unique and like 2 actual admissions officers said it was “perfect” lol (10/10)

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yeah
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Bengali
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:100+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Good EC/Personal Statement/Lot of subject tests
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA a bit low
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? All UC’s except Berkeley and LA
[ *] Schools you were rejected from? berk, La, JHU,
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?stanford, usc, cornell
[ /list][ b]General Comments: honestly (not saying this cause im salty) but i think college decisions are really random in that there is so many factors involved that so much is out of your control, but at the same time be the best you can anyways but dont stress too much and have fun in high school.