UCLA Class of 2021 Admission Decisions

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Decision: ACCEPTED!!
College of Letters and Science- BIOLOGY

New School Class Rank: 17/400 (at time of application)
The school I attended for the past few years was much smaller. <100 in the graduating class
OOS: Ohio :slight_smile:
GPA (we do not weight): 3.95
SAT: 1310
ACT: 29 (Math 29; Reading 22; Science 31; English 35)
AP/IB: AP not offered at my original high school. I transferred schools senior year and am currently taking the only 2 APs available for seniors. Neither school offered an IB program.
College Credit Plus: I took two classes on campus at Youngstown State University last fall and have taken four classes for Ohio College Credit at my new high school.

Accepted: UCLA, University of San Diego, Santa Clara University
Waitlisted: Pomona College
Applied: Stanford, USC, UC-Berkeley

E.C: Speech and Debate (9-12 Historian 10&11); NHS (11-12); Health Professions Affinity Community (12); Drama Club (12); Yearbook (10-11); Newspaper (10-11); Student Government (11 Junior Class Treasurer 11); Tennis (9-11 Varsity 10&11); Marching and Concert Band (9-11 Historian 11); Choir (9-11); English Festival (9-11); Majorette (11); Cheerleading (9); Tri-M Music Honor Society (10-11 Historian 11)

Honors: Rotary Youth Leadership Award (11); Buckeye Girls State Delegate (11); Three Time Quarter-finalist at State Speech and Debate Tournament (9-11); Alternate to National Speech and Debate Tournament (10); Honors German III Standout Student (11); Academic Letter (9–); QuestBridge National College Match Finalist (12)

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For future applicants!
Decision: Accepted!

SAT I (breakdown): 1300 => 690 M, 710 E, 8 6 8 W
ACT (breakdown): 28 C (31 E 28 M 31 R 23 S)
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 / 4.39 weighted capped (UC GPA: 4.6)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 640
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4), AP English Lang (5), AP Calculus AB (3), AP US History (4), AP Spanish Lang(5), AP Biology (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit., AP Statistics, AP Calc BC, AP Comparative Gov., AP Enviornmental, Yearbook/ Journalism, Marching Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): other than school-based awards, not much.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band- 3 yrs (Vice president, section leader)
History Club- 2 yrs, Concert Band- 3 yrs (clarinet section leader), College Bound- 3 yrs, Yearbook- 2 yrs (Editor-in-chief, managing editor), Jaime Escalante Program- 2 yrs, etc.

Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering for marching band- Rosebowls, Fireworks stand, etc.
Summer Activities: Escalante Math Program

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

1: Wrote about my leadership at home. I thought it was cute. (9/10)

2: Wrote about my obsession with drawing on everything. (7.89/10)

3: My obsession with gpa and class rank and how I overcame it (7/10)

4: My love of math (5/10)

Overall, pretty decent for last-minute essays.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): NO RECS FOR UCLA

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Big, underfunded public school, 95% Hispanic.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100-110 K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 
latina?

NO SUPPLEMENT ESSAY REQUEST
:)>-

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Anyone received their official acceptance letter in the mail yet?

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I have not but I live in Kentucky so?? @klassickorean

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Daughter accepted!

Unweighted GPA: 3.85 with moderate APs and Honors classes. APUSH score: 5; APEnviro Science: 5; taking AP Calc AB and AP Psych. UC weighting process worked in her favor.
Top 10% of rigorous prep school with multiple subject ‘excellence’ awards given to top 1-4% of her grade each year.
ACT: 30 composite (but 34/32 english/math respectively)
SAT: 1290 (not good test taker)
Very, very strong extracurriculars (definitely must have cinched the deal):

Varsity athlete- Canoe Paddling–two years; Competitive Equestrian with National Awards and rankings; Year round part-time job (high end boutique) for 2.5 years plus two additional summer jobs; Student Tour Guide leader for School’s Prospective Families (started out as a 6th grade campus tour guide
ended up running student program in 11th and 12th grade); US Pony Club for 8 years (National Certification and State Youth delegate to National Conference plus volunteer instructor); Hawaiian Language (6 years) and Hawaiian Immersion Teacher Assistant for 3 years (part time).

Caucasian/Native Hawaiian

Schools applied to: Stanford (EA) no; URichmond (yes, President’s Merit Award); American U (yes, Global Scholar Awardee); USanDiego (yes, huge Merit package); Claremont McKenna (no–but wouldn’t have gone there anyway, LOL); Smith (yes); UC Boulder (yes, merit plus Honors Program).

Waiting on UCBerkeley and Dartmouth.

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Not yet (Hawaii)

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White Female, attending large inner city public school in Tennessee

GPA: 3.6 unweighted 4.4 weighted (I know its pretty low, but I have taken the most rigorous classes offered, so maybe that will help?)
ACT: 33C (35 E, 36 R, 28M, 33 S
Rank: top 10%
AP’s: Freshman year: Human Geo (3) Sophomore year: World History (2) and English Language and composition (3)

IB: Spanish 5 SL, Mathematics SL, Psychology HL, Biology SL, TOK, History of the Americas HL, English Language and Literature HL

EC’s:
Model UN (10, 11, 12)
Youth Ledge (10, 11, 12)
Varsity Swim team (10)
Theatre play (11)
Founded Free english lessons for spanish speaking immigrant women (11, 12)

Recs:
Two teachers: both 10/10

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@JuicyMango Just wanted to tell you that my kid didn’t really get flat out denied by UCLA. Apparently, the letter offered him an option of going on the waitlist if he wanted. He rightfully declined to open up a spot for someone who really wanted to attend UCLA. Therefore, he was waitlisted instead of denied.

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@websensation Oh ok, thanks for the info. Waitlist and rejection letters look scarily similar, so it’s understandable that one could miss the difference the first time around.

Good for your son that he is giving others (who really want to go to UCLA) a chance. I know a lot of people who accepted their waitlist spot even though they wouldn’t actually go. I’ve come to terms with my rejection because I realized I never had an actual desire to go to the school. Some way or another admissions officers knew, and I was rightfully denied. Or maybe it was just cause I’m a weaker applicant. Who knows.

Anyway, thanks again for letting me know.

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@klassickorean I haven’t received a letter either. I live in Ohio.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (M - 790, R/W - 720, Essay - 21)
[] ACT: 34 (R - 31, M - 36, E - 35, S - 35, W - 19 (oh no
))
[] SAT II: Math II - 790, Physics - 800, Biology M - 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] UC GPA: 4.35 (Capped and Uncapped)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/300 at time of application, 5/300 now
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Biology (5), English Language (5), Calculus AB (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Literature, Gov/Econ, Statistics, Biotech, Photography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Tech Challenge (Founder, President, Lead Programmer of school team), Relay For Life (Captain), Science Bowl (Captain), Interact (Secretary, VP), Key Club (Treasurer), Leos, Cross Country, Basketball, Summer Engineering Seminar at Santa Clara University
[] Job/Work Experience: Bayer LifeScience iHUB (innovation team in Silicon Valley) Summer Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hrs at the service clubs listed above
[] Personal Statement: 5/10, I thought they were bland but I got in
 ¯(ツ)/¯

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[li]** Intended Major **: CS[/li][] Asked for rec letters?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Poor Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <$20,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Nothing in particular
 Pretty solid all around.
[] Weaknesses: ACT Essay score, Asian Male in CS
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB (regents), Cal Poly SLO, SJSU, Santa Clara
[] Schools you were rejected from? Cornell (ED), USC, Yale
[li] Schools you are waiting for? [/li][/ul]General Comments: Long time lurker here. Thank you to this wonderful community that has helped me along this journey. Good luck to future classes!

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Daughter got into UCLA for Computer Engineering, as well as UC Berkeley, UCSB, UCSD, USC, UCI, UCD and Cal Poly SLO. So she has to choose between these schools. How does UCLA’s Computer Engineering Department compare to the other schools? She’s not excited about Berkeley, UCI and UCD, so she’s mainly choosing between UCLA, UCSB, UCSD and Cal Poly.

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Anyone here taking the IB Diploma?

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@gavarno88 I take the IB diploma

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Accepted into UCLA College of Letters and Science

3.4 UC GPA
33 ACT
No subject tests, 2 AP’s to report (4 and a 5) from 2016, 3 AP’s being taken this year.
No awards, lot of volunteering at local church, ex-athlete.
Was really proud of my essays and poured my heart into them. You hear it millions of times, but being your authentic self is the best quality of any application. Even though I had a bad GPA and no real awards/achievements to offer, I was still able to show why I was a good candidate for UCLA through my essays. If your voice is powerful enough, it will get heard.

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@windypoplars Of those schools you listed, Cal Poly has the best computers program and great job opportunities at google as soon as she graduates.

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Pl help


UMICH LSA HONORS CS or UCLA ENGG CS

PL advise

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You’ll get a good education and a job when you graduate with either school, as long as you apply yourself.

Are you a CA resident? If yes, then UCLA. Are you a MI resident? If yes, then UMich. $100K in your pocket (or less debt) when you graduate could be useful.

If you’re out of state for both: Do you like snow? If no, then UCLA. If yes, then UMich.

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@rocket88 my question is Computer science with engineering degree or Computer SCience with LSA honors degree. I hav got into UMICH LSA HONORS and UCLA ENGG.

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@windypoplars If she got Regents at one of her top choices, it could make a big difference. Just saw you started a thread in the Parents Forum.