***ucla class of 2023 decision thread (stats only)***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
21

Accepted
OOS
ACT 36
UC Unweighted: 3.97
UC Capped Weighted: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted: 4.61
Rank: DNR
Course Load: AP’s and DE’s
Total 10 AP’s and 18 DE’s (by end of senior year)
Senior Year: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov, Physics, 4 DE’s classes
AP Exams: Calc A/B (5), US History (5), Eng Lang (5), US Gov/Politics (5), Music Theory (5), Bio(4), (4 more to be taken end of senior year)
SAT II’s: US History 800, Math 770, Literature 760, Biology 730
Awards: State and National Awards in Commercial Music Composition/Production and Jazz Guitar

EC’s: mainly music related (mostly independent/outside of school)
School EC’s: tennis, track, jazz band, student government, NHS, etc

Volunteer: Special Olympics for tennis, Community Cancer Center, Girls World Expo, Community Events & Fundraisers (performing music with my rock/pop bands), School fundraiser (performing music with my rock/pop bands)

Work: teaching guitar in the summers

Summers: Summer courses, internships, gigging, working/volunteering, working on my music compositions and producing, practicing my guitar, reading for pleasure, tennis and fitness, enjoying time with friends and family

Essays: mostly about experiences that helped me grow and learn about myself, self-discovery

State: IL
High School: Public
Gender: Female
Applied for FA: No
Highest Level of parent education: Professional/Graduate degrees
Living with both parents: Yes
Income Level: Middle

Strengths: Courses taken supported intended major, EC’s show passion/dedication in area of interest

Weaknesses: Test Scores (SAT II’s)

Why accepted?: History of courses taken, aside from basic required courses, showed genuine interest in intended major and EC’s show passion and depth

Where else accepted?:

So far, UIUC, Georgetown, Boston College, UMich/Ann Arbor, UNC/Chapel Hill, USC, UCD, UCSD, UCLA

Waitlisted/Rejected: N/A so far

General Comments:
Follow your academic interests and passions.

22
  • Accepted
  • Out of state - rural Nebraska
  • Pre Business Economics
  • 35 ACT
  • 3.92UW 4.46 Weighted 4.04 capped and weighted
  • Owner of a company that generated 1M+ in revenue
  • White male
  • Student Council Treasurer and NHS officer
  • National title-winning competitive dancer
  • Lots of volunteering and home hardships

waiting to hear back from USC, Brown, NYU, and Stanford

23

Decision: Accepted
Physics major
International
SAT: 1550
SAT IIs(phy,chem,math2): 800s
APs: two 4s and four 5s
TOEFL:106
Duolingo:96
Pretty good ECs and essays
Accepted by: UMich, UW-Madison, Purdue
Waiting for: UCB, Columbia

As an international student, it’s already harder for us to get into top ranking colleges, but don’t give up. I actually graduated from high school last year but I got rejected by all US colleges I applied to. I decided to give it another try and turns out even though colleges don’t really like prospective students who have been out of school for a year but just keep on doing good strong EC activities and you will still get chances to pursue your dreams!

I got an email from UCLA a couple of weeks ago asking me to do another language test called Duolingo probably because I have a decent general TOEFL score but actually my speaking score doesn’t meet the requirements. Don’t worry about it if they ask you to do the test, don’t take unnecessary lessons, don’t over search online. It’s fairly simple compared to Toefl. Just do a couple practices on the website and you’ll be fine.

24

Waitlisted!
College of Letters and Science- Anthropology
Orange County
4.3 UC GPA, 4.0 unweighted
30 ACT with a 10 in writing
4 in APUSH, 5 in AP Euro, 5 in AP Lit
Decent ECS (Academic Decathlon, ASB, Art, 100 service hours, no work experience)
My essays were pretty well written (I think they might have been what kept me from being rejected)
First gen college student
I’ve been admitted to UCSB, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO, and the SDSU Honors college. I’m torn as to whether or not I should accept the waitlist spot or just enroll at another school.
So proud of everyone for getting this far! I hope everyone finds a great fit next year, and congratulations to everyone who has been accepted!

25

Decision: Admitted!!

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None (yet?)

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Undeclared- Life Sciences

Academic stats:

High School GPA: 4.42
(sorry I never calculated my UC GPAs)

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): school doesn’t rank

Comments about course load (including senior year): AP European History, AP Spanish Language 7-8, AP English Language & Composition, Algebra 2 Honors, Math Analysis Honors, English 10 Honors, Physiology Honors, AP United States History, AP Environmental Science, AP Government/Politics, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Art History, Sports Medicine (zero period) junior year
-I worked the hardest for my grades and put my all into my schoolwork, took a heavy course load junior and senior year, but my school doesn’t let freshmen take AP/Honors Classes

SAT (total and sections): 1480 Composite (780 CR, 700 Math)

SAT Subject Tests (if any): English Literature-740, US History-720

AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP European History (5), AP Spanish Language 7-8 (5), AP English Language & Composition (5), AP United States History (5), AP Environmental Science (5)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really major but awards I listed on the application were-
AP Scholar with Distinction, AP w/ WE Service Recognition, Scholar Athlete Award

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Academy of Science & Medicine for 4 years, Glendale Adventist Internship, TASSEL, Mock trial, Cross Country/ Track and Field Varsity for 3 years

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service: CSF (8 semesters), Link Crew Mentor, Sports Medicine Volunteer (50 hours), and volunteered at many environmental cleanups during my junior year

Summer Activities: I took Biotechnology over the summer as one of the requirements for Academy of Science & Medicine at my school, but other than that I spent most of my time studying for SAT and doing college apps

Essays (topics, details): like a 7/10. I have to say I loved 2 of my essays and thought the other 2 were average. Wrote about learning leadership in Link Crew, what I learned about life/academics when my house almost burned down during the California fires, why I love art history (my favorite essay), and what makes me myself (my other favorite essay).

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
High school type: Public

Gender: Female

Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Graduate degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: Upper Middle Class (160k)

Reflection

Strengths: Athletics, GPA, Test Scores, Many ECs
Weaknesses: Leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Im so shocked and so thankful, but I think I was well balanced and my GPA really showed how hard I worked.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
(only applied to 5 schools)
Accepted: UCI with Honors & my local community college lol
Waitlisted: Occidental
Rejected: not sure yet, still waiting on Berkeley and USC

26

Decision: Admitted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (Pre)

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 E, 34 M, 36 R, 35 S, 10 W)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Chem
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.58
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7/498
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) Bio (5), Comp Sci (4), Calc AB (5), Eng Lang(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Physics 1, AP Gov, AP Macro Econ, Ceramics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, PTA reflection for literature, various school awards, Principal Honor Roll

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (VP), Tutorial Club (President 2 yrs), Dance Teacher, LA Biomed Research project, CSF, Interact
Job/Work Experience: Dance Academy Teacher/secretary/PR, LA Biomed summer fellow
Volunteer/Community service: Harbor UCLA community hospital volunteer (~200 hrs), Tutoring (~400 hours), Teaching Dance (~200 hrs), CSF, Interact
Summer Activities: LA Biomed summer fellow (2018), UCLA nanotech lab (2017)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10? not sure, it’s very subjective, wrote about leadership, my passion about dance,/art and my passion for making difference by participating in community work
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: No

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:

Reflection

Strengths: long term commitment to certain ECs and Volunteer work
Weaknesses: nothing extraordinary that stands out
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats, long term commitment to ECs and Essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at SLO, UCR (Regents), UC Davis (Regents), UCSD, UCLA, UCI (CHP), Harvey Mudd, USC / Waitlisted at Uchicago / Rejected at MIT, JHU, and Pitzer

27

Son was accepted to ME
4.0 UW GPA
Max UC GPA
35 ACT

Southern California
Public High School
Regents Scholarships: UCSB, Davis
Also Accepted: UCSD

28

Decision: Admitted

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): top 1% of graduating class
Comments about course load (including senior year): no AP classes as my school doesn’t offer too many
ACT: 36
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 800 Math II, 790 World History
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 5s in Calc AB, World Hist, Psychology, Macroecon

29

Decision: Admitted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Electrical Engineering

Academic stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.93
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.2

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 15%
Comments about course load (including senior year): 4 Honors, 10 APs, 4 College level classes
SAT (total and sections): 1550, 750 R/W, 800 Math
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 19 Essay
AP exams (scores in parentheses): World History (4), Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), Physics (5)
Comp Sci A (5), AP US History (5), Calc BC (TBD), Physics C (TBD), French (TBD), Comp Sci Principles (TBD)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Technology Student Association 7 State Level Awards & 4 National, National History Day 2 State, 2 National

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Cheerleading (Captain 11 & 12), First Robotics (Asst Team Lead, Team Lead, Driver), French Honor Society (Secretary), School Mentors Program (Planning Committee Lead), NHS, Tri-M, TSA, Cross Country, School Ambassador (tours of the school to potential students and community outreach), Band Section Leader
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Community Cheerleading coach (6 hours a week throughout the school year 10th, 11th and 12th grade)
Summer Activities: Fundraising for Community cheer organization, Summer Camp counselor @ STEM camp

Essays (topics, details): Creativity using Legos ad K’nex, Spending time with my Grandfather, Leadership with Cheerleading/Community cheer, Significant Challenge Overcome

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
High school type: Private

Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: White

Applied for need-based financial aid?: No
Pell grant eligible?: No

Highest level of parent education: PhD and Masters
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Relation to alumni of college: None

Reflection

Strengths: Excellent Math & Science related courses with all A’s. Interesting STEM related Electives
Weaknesses: A couple of questionable grades first semester of freshman year. All A’s with 2 B’s since.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my decent stats and excellent leadership experience.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgia Tech, Purdue, UIUC, CU Boulder, Colorado School of Mines, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSD. Deferred: Cornell. Still waiting for: Berkeley, Duke

30

Decision: Accepted!

Major: Spanish & Community & Culture

GPA: 3.97W
Comments about course load (including senior year): Many AP’s & Honors, 9 courses total for senior year, some regular college prep courses as well throughout the years.
SAT (total and sections): 1310 (660 English / 650 Math)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP European History (3), AP Environmental Science (4), AP Language & Composition (3), AP United States History (4)

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles: JV Winter Guard Captain (2018), Key Club Vice President (2018-2019), AP Scholar with Honor (2018)
Extracurriculars: Colorguard (JV/Varsity), Key Club, Link Crew
Job/Work Experience: Taco Bell (8 months), free tutoring for kids living in my community
Volunteer/Community service: 171 hours

Essays (topics, details): Colorguard, Domestic Abuse, growing up in a low income community, & working at taco bell

State (if domestic applicant): in state
High school type: public

Gender: female

Applied for financial aid?: yes
Highest level of parent education: elementary school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one parent

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: University of Portland ($92k scholarship), Cal Poly Pomona, & San Francisco State
Waitlisted: UCSC, UCSB
Rejected: CSULB, Cal Poly SLO

General Comments: Quite honestly I was in shock when I logged into my portal, I can’t believe I was accepted! I had honestly lost hope after being waitlisted to Santa Barbara & Santa Cruz, I thought nothing had paid off but it’s just a reminder to never lose hope!

31

Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Not sure yet

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Film and Television at TFT

Academic stats:

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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: uhh idk
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.72
Eligibility in Local Context?: out of state

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year): all advanced and/or interest driven courses, had to drop some second semester due to internship
SAT (total and sections): no
ACT (total and sections): 31
SAT Subject Tests (if any): no
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Seminar (3), NSL (5), Art History (4), Calc BC (4), Calc BC AB Subschore (5), world history (3),

IB exams (score in parentheses): none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): tenth in the nation national history day, first place group comeptition, outstanding affiliate national history day, honorable mention la grand concours, ap scholar with distinction, WEB DuBois achievement award

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: black student union (event coordinator), debate (squadron leader), theatre, national art honor society, advocacy group,
Job/Work Experience: work at country club restaurant, internship at hollywood inclusion organization
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at hospital for over a hundred hours, volunteer at summer church program
Summer Activities: uhh all that pretty much

Essays (topics, details):
talked about national history day competition, my interest in science, time volunteering at hospital, and my cultural heritage, for tft personal statement i talked about how film can be a vehicle for social change and how it can make people feel, for life challenge i talked about how my mom was hesitant about me trying to enter the film industry
, my writing sample was about bojack horseman, and my resume included everything in my uc application and everything else

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): east coast
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: public

Gender: girl

Applied for financial aid?: yes

Reflection

Strengths: i think my essays were well written and i made seemingly boring topics more interesting with my perspective, i think my internship helped and my interview with tft and having the same interest as one of the higher ups in the school, and my national history day awards
Weaknesses: my act score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i have no clue honest to god but the interview i think helped in terms of tft but otherwise my essays i guess??
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: loyola marymount film program, ucsd, state college
Waitlisted:
Rejected: pomona

**General Comments: ** its very expensive so im unsure if i can go yet, but im so so grateful to even be admitted, congrats to everybody!!

32

Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No?
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Civil Engineering (CEE)

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite // 33 E; 34 R; 34 M; 35 S; 9 W AND 33 Composite // 35 E; 36 R; 32 M; 29 S; 10 W
SAT II: 770 Math II, 760 Bio E
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.31
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.38
ELC eligibility (Top (9% HS): yes
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (ELC)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (5), Bio (5), USH (4), Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Macro, AP Eng Lit, AP Stat, International Relations, & 1 CC class fall, 2 CC class (one not transferable) spring

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: dragon boat (manager/leadership), crew for school musicals
Job/Work Experience: tutoring, 2 not relevant administrative summer internships, helping my immigrant father write invoices/estimates for his business
Volunteer/Community service: after school tutoring, AP bio tutoring
Summer Activities: internship summer after soph, junior years, summer college courses every year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10;

  1. leadership- confronting issue on sports team and programming a spreadsheet to resolve issue,
  2. creativity- experimenting in baking/testing limits,
  3. Educational experience- takeaways from helping my non-English speaking immigrant parents,
  4. barrier- recognizing excuses for what they were

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA (in state)
School Type: Public
Gender: F
Income Bracket: EFC ~4400 I qualify for Blue & Gold program.
First Generation: Yes

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, CC courses
Weaknesses: course selection (should’ve taken calc BC / AP chem), SAT Subject Tests
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck? lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCD&UIUC (civ eng), UCSC (tech. info management), Cal Poly Slo (arch. eng), UCSD (structural eng), UCI (honors, business info management)- all accepted.

General Comments:
College is what you make it! I know a lot of people who don’t get into their “dream school” but end up loving where they ultimately attend!

33

Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Electrical Engineering

Academic stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.13
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 5.0
Eligibility in Local Context?: No

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A (but probably valedictorian)
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Always rigorous because of classical education – 6-7 classes per year. No AP classes offered at school but took 5 APs nonetheless. Writing a senior thesis.
SAT (total and sections): 1590 (790 Reading, 800 Math)
ACT (total and sections): N/A
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 720 Physics, 750 Math 2
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Chem - 3, Bio - 4, English Lang - 5, Physics 1 - 4, Calc AB - 5
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: mentor and moderator at online school, piano and voice (Western and Carnatic), speech and debate (club captain, nationally ranked in top 10)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at low-income elementary school, worship team (lead pianist and vocalist)
Summer Activities: taught at speech camps

Essays (topics, details):
Essay 1 – describe an example of leadership experience: talked about mentoring and school and how I was able to help new students assimilate.
Essay 2 – greatest talent or skill: talked about piano and how it changed who I am as a person
Essay 3 – making community a better place: talked about tutoring and what potential I see in the kids
Essay 4 – what makes me stand out: talked about the importance of women in STEM and how I want to take steps to help women
Letters of recommendation: N/A

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): California
High school type: Private (online homeschool)

Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: Asian/Indian

Applied for need-based financial aid?: No
Pell grant eligible?: No
Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: No

Highest level of parent education: Bachelor’s degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Living with both
Relation to alumni of college: No

Reflection

Strengths: Really strong stats and grades, good essays
Weaknesses: No work experiences
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Honestly, I was shocked at my acceptance. XD I think it’s because of my really strong test scores and transcript, and I put a lot of effort into my essays as well.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Biola, LeTourneau, Santa Clara, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UCSD, University of the Pacific
Rejected: Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Cal Poly SLO

General Comments: Congratulations to all those who made it! And to those that didn’t – don’t worry. Where you go doesn’t matter… what you do does. All the best!

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Decision: Waitlisted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: CS, CoE

Academic stats:
SAT I (breakdown): Not taken
ACT (breakdown):34(E-35, M-34, R-34, S-33)
SAT II: Math Level 2-800, Chem-800, Physics-800
Predicted Percentage - 98.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not taken any
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: In a CBSE(National Government Board) school - course load almost equal to 4 AP courses(Phy, Chem, Math, CS)

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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.96
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.96
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 3.96
Eligibility in Local Context?:

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): None reported by school

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Finished within top 50 ranks in General AI Challenge, Solving the AI Race Round; Competed in News-Wiz Quiz till pre-televised rounds; Finished 4th in the western round of JAIBC India Competition; Participated in NASA’s Cassini Scientist for a Day Competition

[ab]Subjective:[a/b]

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
I have published a Research Paper on Acta Astonautica Journal of Elsevier on GAGAN and future airports
2 projects on Data Science to be used in my school from the next academic year(LORs mention the same)
Zonal Level Table Tennis Player
Certified Scuba Diver
Working on creating an 8-bit computer using breadboards
Designed a Journal to enhance productivity for high-school students - working on releasing and selling copies on Amazon
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Helped initiate Storytelling sessions for underprivileged students to teach elementary English with AASHA Foundation
Summer Activities: Completed various online courses on Data Science and Mathematics - Part of an online Data Science invite-only community

Essays (topics, details): I actually don’t remember the essays off the top of my head - I guess I wrote about my depression, passion for learning, and Table Tennis.
Letters of recommendation: None

[ab]Demographics[a/b]

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
High school type: Private

Gender: Male

Applied for financial aid?: No
Highest level of parent education: Masters degree
Living with both, one, or no parents?:both
Income bracket: 200000+

[ab]Reflection[a/b]

Strengths: scores and essays
Weaknesses: extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high demonstrated interest in my major and good scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC Davis, UCSD
Waitlisted: UW-Seattle, UCLA
Rejected: Cornell, Purdue

**General Comments: ** I really wanted to go to UCLA. Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: Rejected

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics

Academic stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.89
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.35

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 19/700
Comments about course load (including senior year): took almost every AP class available - 5 12th, 5 11th, 4 10th, 1 9th
SAT (total and sections): 1560 Composite, 770 CR, 790 Math
ACT (total and sections): 36 Composite, 36 English, 35 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Calc BC (5 with AB subscore 5), Stats (4), Lang (5), APUSH (5), Human Geography (4), Chem (4), Physics (4), World History (4)
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; awarded Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:

  1. Choir (3 years All State Choir, 1st Chair Tenor at All State senior year)
  2. Model UN
  3. NHS (Treasurer)
  4. Spanish Club (Treasurer)
  5. Spanish National Honor Society
  6. Quiz Bowl

Volunteer/Community service:

  1. Started a mentor program for small Southern town Jewish teens to teach younger Jewish students; weekly volunteer Hebrew School teacher for 5 years
  2. Teen Council Leader at Museum of American Art

Summer Activities:

  1. Summer Institute for the Gifted summer programs at UC Berkeley (9th) and Yale (10th), taking classes in Astrophysics, Creative Writing, Biopsychology
  2. Arkansas Governor’s School (11th)

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): OOS (AR)

High school type: Public

Gender: Male

Highest level of parent education: Graduate degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: Upper Middle Class 200k+

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Decision: Admitted!!! Accepted!!!

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): invited to apply for alumni scholarship

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Mechanical Engineering

Academic stats:

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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Weighted GPA: 4.31 (it is all three years 9th to 11th)

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year): IB courses and AP Physics
SAT (total and sections): 1440, Math 790, English 650 (lol)
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 770 Math 2, 670 Physics
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Physics 1 (5)
IB exams (score in parentheses): IB Math HL (5), futures tests will be taken
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Collge Prep Scholar, Questbridge National Collge Match Finalist

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:

  1. Presidents of two clubs
  2. Board member of one club
  3. some other activities like writing groups
    Job/Work Experience: Peer tutor
    Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutor, leos volunteering
    Summer Activities: Mostly studying and courses

Essays (topics, details): 8/10

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
High school type: Public

Gender: Male

Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: They are doctors in another country
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both (but father works in another country)
Income bracket: Low income

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, Leadership, near perfect SAT math score, perfect AP Physics score
Weaknesses: not much athletics (only one year of sports), weak SAT english score
Why you think you were accepted: Luck lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UC D and SD, rejected from some reach privates

General Comments:
I am really happy that I got in. Congrats to everyone else who got in

37

{B]Decision: Admitted**

Merit scholarships awarded (if any):

Major (and division if applicable) applied to:physiology

[ab]Academic stats:[a/b] top 25%

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UC Unweighted GPA:idk
UC Capped Weighted GPA:idk
UC Fully Weighted GPA:idk
Eligibility in Local Context?: HS GPA-3.66 unweighted-4.166

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available):
Comments about course load (including senior year): top 25%
SAT (total and sections):1360
ACT (total and sections):
SAT Subject Tests (if any):
AP exams (scores in parentheses):like ten AP school
IB exams (score in parentheses):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Worked as a CNA, also internship with psychiatry work, Chaffey College
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:

Essays (topics, details): homelessness, being poor and minority in prominently rich school, how i got my associate’s degree, dealing with death

Demographics asian and peruvian, born in peruvian

State (if domestic applicant):CA
Country (if international applicant):US
High school type:Los Osos High School

Gender:female

Applied for financial aid?:yes
Highest level of parent education: some college credits
Living with both, one, or no parents?:one parent
Income bracket:less than 30,000

[ab]Reflection[a/b]

Strengths: I was very passionate in my essays I spoke about my experience in homelessness, and being an immigrants
Weaknesses:stats
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:defiantly my essays I showed that I was passionate in health care and my experience of being a nurse aide and dealing with the death of patients, as well as my epxirence in peru with their healthcare v
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted:IDK not too many
Waitlisted:a lot
Rejected:a lot of good ones

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Son Admitted
Major:Materials Engineering
SAT 1480
GPA Unweighted 4.0
GPA UC capped 4.33
UC Fully weighted 4.58
Class Rank 4/728
11 AP classes including senior year. All 4 or 5’s for tests taken
Internships, work experience, sports all 4 years including team captain in 11th and 12th, tons of community service and active in youth group and church service
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCLA, Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, CSULB, SDSU Honors, University of Arizona (full scholarship)
In State
Will likely go to Cal Poly SLO (his first choice and better fit personally-learn by doing approach)

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Reposting D’s stats to include supplemental information. @Gumbymom maybe you can either delete the post #17 or delete this one but add the supplemental information to post 17. Whatever works.

D Accepted In State
Political Science
4.298 GPA
7 AP’s
Lots of EC & community service

*for those who really want to know about supplemental questions D was asked to submit them, she opted to answer both questions and submitted her senior fall grades with spring in progress grades"
Maybe the questions definitely pushed her over the edge.

Also accepted to: UCLA, UCSC, UCD, SDSU, Chapman, LMU, Westmont, Cal Poly Pomona

Waiting on: UCI, UCB, US

Waitlisted: UCSB she did send a heartfelt letter here the day after decisions came out

Rejected: SLO(we weren’t really interested in SLO due major choice) and UCSD (she is happy her B starts grad school here & she wants her own school)

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Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None (so far although I applied for Alumni Scholarship)

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Public Affairs

Academic stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.16
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.39
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes

Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 1/180
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Spanish, AP Environmental Sci, Economics, Leadership, English at Community College
SAT (total and sections): 1480 (R: 34; W: 34; M: 800; Essay: 7/5/7)
ACT (total and sections): N/A
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Math II: 780; US History: 720
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Calc AB (3), Eng Lang (4), Euro Hist (4), Physics 1 (3), US History (4)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
-Model UN (Co-Founder/Vice President/President; won multiple awards at conferences)
-ASB/Leadership (ASB Treasurer, Commissioner of Outreach, Commissioner of Clubs)
-Academic Team (Co-Captain)
-General Plan Advisory Committee (Appointed Youth Representative; group responsible for updating city master plan)
-Principal Advisory Committee (Vice Chair)
-Other activities: (Link Crew, Peer Tutoring)

Job/Work Experience: Busser/Senior Host at local restaurant; 14-20 hours/week year round

Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer with local senior group with quarterly fundraiser and community building events

Summer Activities:
11th-12th Grade: Two summer courses at UCLA (in subjects that I planned to pursue in college)
10th-11th Grade: Model UN Summer Institute at UCLA

Essays (topics, details):
-UC Prompt #1: Leadership in Model UN (how I built the club over two years, learning from my years training other students)
-UC Prompt #2: Creativity by exploring personal passion of urban planning (describing that I spend my free time drawing cities)
-UC Prompt #6: Exploring subject areas of economics and urban planning through UCLA summer courses (what I learned/got out of my research/learning)
-UC Prompt #7: School/Community Improvement as Commissioner of Clubs and growing club involvement to 25+ clubs and 30% participation increase.

Demographics

In-State
High school type: Public

Gender: Male

Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Masters
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: $90,000-$125,000

Reflection

Strengths: Course load/grades, Activities/Leadership, Essays (explained passions and central theme of putting others before self), Summer Activities
Weaknesses: Awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated leadership, initiative, and passion, the three things UCLA looks for in their applications while also proving that I can excel in college level coursework.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UC Davis (w/ Honors), UCSB, UW, Cal Poly SLO, SJSU
Waitlisted: N/A
Rejected: Stanford

**General Comments: **
I learned that to make this process as enjoyable as possible it is important to find activities and topics that you genuinely find interesting. This will help you naturally develop your interest that will come forward in your essays/application. I am beyond ecstatic that I was admitted and plan to enroll soon :smiley: