Decision: Admitted
1500 SAT, 4.0 UW, 10 APs, 4 yr varsity athlete in 3 sports, have had a job for past 2 yrs working 10ish hrs/wk, at least 150 volunteer hrs to date
OOS, Female, White/Asian
Decision: Admitted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics
Academic stats:
GPA: I don’t understand the UC GPA system, so I’m just using my high school GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: 5.0 on a 6.0 scale
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year): Very rigorous in comparison to my high school class. 8 APs total and all honors except PE and language. This year I am taking two dual enrollment courses.
SAT: 1460 (720 RW, 740 M)
ACT: 33 (English: 36, Math: 33, Science: 33, Reading: 32)
AP exams: AP Human Geography (5), AP World History (5), AP Psychology (4), APUSH (5), AP Seminar (4)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w Distinction, Honor Roll, Principal’s Scholar, Illinois State Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Choir outside of school for 10 years, NHS (executive board), medical club (VP + co-founder), internship at a research lab, Student Council, various other clubs
Job/Work Experience: cashier at a grocery store, paid writer
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, NJHS, volunteer at a nursing home, volunteer at the library
Summer Activities: paid writing program, microbiology/genomics course at North Park University, molecular bio program at UIUC
Essays (topics, details):
Academic subject - How my love for science grew through first learning how to pipette in a summer course to now
Creativity - my time-space synesthesia and how I visualize time in my head + create mental maps of it
Leadership - leading by example in my choir
School/community - founding a medical club at my school and the impact it made on my peers
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
High school type: Public inner-city magnet (top 5 in the state)
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Bachelor’s and graduate
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: I’m not sure
Reflection
Strengths: Community/family oriented, dedicated to social justice
Weaknesses: Stats in comparison to everyone else
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Northeastern, University of Rochester, Michigan State, Drake, Mizzou, Miami of Ohio
Waitlisted: WashU
Rejected: Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Northwestern
Still waiting for about 7 more…
General Comments: I love UCLA and wish I could go here, but since I’m out of state and don’t qualify for much financial aid, I know I probably won’t 
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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Admitted[/color][/size]**
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Not involved in UCLA – Edison Scholarship 40k, Air Force Scholarship
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Mechanical Engineering (Samueli)
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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.4 (whatever is the max)
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.78
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available):16/519
Comments about course load (including senior year): All APs (5) and Calc AB
SAT (total and sections): 1430 (oof), 740 math, 690 reading
ACT (total and sections): 33.25 (i needed one more question lmao) 36 english, 35 math, 33 reading, 29 science (how did i get in)
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 760 math 2, 720 physics
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 4s on HUG, EURO, PHYS1, 5s on lang and apush
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Drum Major, Xc/ track team captain, engineering mentorship program and a ton more miscellaneous
Job/Work Experience: 3 years working construction part time
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours of church and food bank
Summer Activities: work and band and running
Essays (topics, details): Physics club, mom’s death, engineering mentorship, veteran fundraiser
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: Male, White
Applied for financial aid?: Ye
Highest level of parent education: Bachelors
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: 100,000 - 150
[ab]Reflection[a/b]
Strengths: ECs and gpa
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good ecs and engineering experience
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, CSULB, CSUF, SJSU
Waitlisted: cal poly slo (filled out app wrong)
Rejected: USC
waiting on Berkeley
[ab]General Comments: [a/b]
Waitlisted
OOS
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.77
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.07
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.07
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): Top 10%
Comments about course load (including senior year): All APs + Student leadership
SAT (total and sections): 1330
ACT (total and sections): 28
SAT Subject Tests (if any): N/A
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Human Geo: 3, AP Calc AB: 3 AP Gov: 3 APUSH: 3 AP Lang: 3 AP Physics 1: 1
IB exams (score in parentheses):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Leadership, NHS, SNHS, FNHS, NEHS, Tutoring
Job/Work Experience: part-time job
Volunteer/Community service: Student Leadership, Tutoring, Project CURE
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): my essays carried me I think, talked about student leadership, creative writing, poor math skills, and family relations
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: No
Reflections: Surprised I got waitlisted considering my low stats but good essays could help out a lot.
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.19
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.29
Eligibility in Local Context?: In state
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): n/a
Comments about course load (including senior year): Relatively hard course load senior year included: AP World, AP Psych, AP Lang, AP Spanish Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Stat, AP Spanish Lit, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Bio
SAT (total and sections): 1500 Composite, 710 CR, 790 Math
ACT (total and sections): 35 Composite, 35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 780 Math 2
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Chem (4), Lang (4), World (4), Calc BC (5), Spanish Lang (5), Psych (5)
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
- Taekwondo (Trained for 12 years, competed at world championships twice)
- Piano (Played for 12 years, completed Level 10)
- Hospital Volunteer (80 hours completed)
- Speech and Debate
Job/Work Experience: Tutor for elementary school kids, retail employee, daycare worker, Taekwondo instructor
Volunteer/Community service: 80
Summer Activities: Immunology program at UChicago
Essays (topics, details): 8/10, wrote about taekwondo, summer program, and my identity as an Asian with hispanic heritage. Had a counselor to help me refine my essays, but I liked the topics.
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
High school type: Public
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: No
Highest level of parent education: Graduate degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: Upper Middle Class 200k+
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, courseload
Weaknesses: Subject tests, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well balanced applicant. I also got the email about asking for more supplemental info in January so I really think that helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCSC, Cal Poly, Northeastern, University of Chicago
Waitlisted: none
Rejected: none
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): N/A
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Applied Mathematics (College of Letters and Science)
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.20
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.70
Eligibility in Local Context?: No
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 8/398
Comments about course load (including senior year): 9 APs, 9 HLs throughout high school; senior year courseload is AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, regular English, regular History, and Band (top ensemble out of four)
SAT (total and sections): 1570 total → 800 on Math, 770 on English
ACT (total and sections): 35 composite → 36 Math, 36 Writing, 36 Reading, 33 Science
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 800 on Math 2
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Comp Sci, Microeconomics, French, US History, English Language (5s on all)
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction (lmao if those count)
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Key Club president (also falls under service), Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, varsity tennis, marching band section leader, HOSA club-level founder, French Honor Society liaison, ACE mentor program
Job/Work Experience: N/A (don’t have Green Card so can’t legally work)
Volunteer/Community service: Seattle Music Partners, Senior Service Club Blood Drive Coordinator, University of Washington Medicine Philanthropy Group
Summer Activities: Washington Aerospace Scholars, Michigan Math and Science Scholars
Essays (topics, details): 6/10; wrote 3 out of 4 on the day the application was due so essays were quite rushed. Topics: growing up in French and Chinese education, mathematical background and experiences, my adaptability (through moving a lot), aptitude for community service
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: Male, Asian
Applied for financial aid?: Nope
Highest level of parent education: Master’s
Living with both, one, or no parents?: One
Income bracket: $120k-150k
Reflection
Strengths: GPA and test scores, community service
Weaknesses: essays, extracurriculars not related to major
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: decently well-balanced with strong stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSB, UCSD, UC Davis, Case Western, University of Washington, University of Toronto, UBC, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: None yet
Rejected: None yet
**General Comments: ** pleasantly surprised to have gotten in! worried about OOS tuition tho. To all those who got rejected or waitlisted, keep your chin up; you’ll end up somewhere that’ll suit you!
ACCEPTED
TFT- Film and Television (major)
SAT: (highest individual: 1410, math 700, read/write 710) (superscore 1440)
IB: (international student) 45/45 predicted
GPA: weighted- 4.08, unweighted- 3.9
Class Rank: 1/60 (small class)
Extracurriculars: MUN, Zambia Committee President (been to Zambia twice to work in schools), Yearbook Editor, School Newspaper Editor, Student Council Class Representative
Awards: school departmental awards in History, English Lit, and Art, international Young Writer’s Association “Welcome to Wonderland” Competition winner (one of several so not that impressive)
Demographics:
Female
Country: Italy
Applied for aid? No
White
Highest level of parent education: high school (First Generation College Student)
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one
Income bracket: Middle Class
Strengths: I interviewed for TFT and I think that’s what got me in mostly together with my portfolio
Weaknesses: SAT, UC short essay responses (California, in general, isn’t my first choice so I subconsciously decided not to work too hard on them I guess)
Reflection: I think that since I applied to the School of TFT they considered my creative work (which is the only thing I’m really proud of) very heavily
sorry for messing up the format… gotta go to school and I’m doing this in a rush. Even though I won’t attend I’m still very excited and kind of shocked hahah
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-political science
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA:
UC Capped Weighted GPA:
UC Fully Weighted GPA:
Eligibility in Local Context?:
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available):
Comments about course load (including senior year): very heavy; IB courses are known for its difficulty
SAT (total and sections):
ACT (total and sections): 34; English 32 Reading 32 Math 35 STEM 36
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Math II 800 Chinese 750
AP exams (scores in parentheses):
IB exams (score in parentheses): predicted 42/42
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic prize (given to top ten students in my grade) Headmaster’s commendation, UKMT Gold Certificate
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
Vice President of the Migrant Children’s Foundation
School Newsletter Translation team leader
School Communication & Language Prefect
Livestream Team Leader
School Media team member
Badminton club
Cooking club
Student Council Prom Performance team
Job/Work Experience:
Newspaper company internship
School uniform sale employee
Volunteer/Community service:
Disabled children’s home
College link program
South Africa trip (teaching kids there)
Book fair volunteer
Summer Activities:
South Africa trip and internship
Essays (topics, details):
Leadership experience - I wrote about the projects I initiated as the Communication & Language prefect
Significant educational opportunity - I talked about how I thought internships didn’t mean anything but I changed my thought after doing one
Academic subject that inspires me - I talked about migration issue and the club i’m the VP in (Migrant Children’s Foundation) and how that made me like IB Geography course more
make my community a better place - I talked about my experiences at disabled children’s home and how i am the figure representative of the outside world for the children there
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Live in China but from South Korea
High school type: Private
Gender: F
Applied for financial aid?: No
Highest level of parent education: Master
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: not sure
Reflection
Strengths: I think my academic grades were strong, and the essays were coherent with and the representative of the extracurriculars that I was motivated by
Weaknesses: I was really scared esp because I was an international student. Also I found my application and resume a bit risky because it was very focused on service activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they could see clearly what I’m interested in and the link between my application and my major was also very obvious
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Indiana Bloomington, Wisconsin Madison, George Washington
Deferred: Umich Ann Arbor
Rejected: UNC
**General Comments: **
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Biochemistry
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.24
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 32/598
Comments about course load (including senior year): rigorous: AP Stats, AP Physics 2, AP Econ Macro, AP US Gov, AP Psych, AP Eng Lit and Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Bio, AP Euro (11 AP’s over the years I believe?)
ACT (total and sections): 32 Composite, 36 English, 29 Math, 34 Reading, 30 Science
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Psych (4), English Lang (5), European History (3), AP Bio (3), Physics 1 (2)
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
- President of Key Club, College Club, Science Bowl, and Hiking Club
- Also stated that I was a caretaker for my siblings (family situation kind of imposed that on me lol)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring and House Cleaning
Volunteer/Community service: I founded a free tutoring program and did other miscellaneous work (worked at charity thrift store, volunteered at a law office, worked at senior home (all through the course of different grades; there was no overlap in these activities)
Summer Activities: I was in a coding program that was funded by scholarship (did this for 3 years)
Essays (topics, details): 8-9/10, I’ve always been weirdly good at english and took a lot of criticism when writing my essays. Talked about personal things like losing my father, how I helped my mother through it, one was focused on community service, one focused on the field I wanted to go into using an articulate story about my childhood. I tried to incorporate wit into my essays whenever I could because it felt natural, but I think it made my essays seem more lighthearted and fun (which contrasted the heavy family stuff)
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: High school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one
Income bracket: The lowest of the lower class
Reflection
Strengths: Class rigor, Test scores, Essays, Club Positions
Weaknesses: The clubs were very “generic”? I suppose. My ACT could’ve been higher and I was not a straight A student
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I reflected well on how I balanced my academic career with my crazy family situation. It was a lot of emotional hardship and my essays and class rigor demonstrates that I was dedicated to learning
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UCSC, UCI, CPP, SLO,
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: None
Waiting for USC
General Comments:
I was fixated on getting in at one point, but before I checked my portal I was at peace with getting rejected. All that matters is how you take advantage of your college experience and NOT the name attached to the school. I was not the perfect 4.0 student; I took so many AP classes because I really liked being stimulated and I had fun with the material. I literally failed an elective freshman year (bad mental health) and I’ve gotten 3 B’s throughout HS. So cheesy but I really want everyone to do the best they can wherever they end up and a rejection does not define your capability at all. You’ll get through this!!
Decision: Accepted
OOS
ACT 36
UC Unweighted: 3.97
UC Capped Weighted: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted: 4.61
Rank: DNR
Course Load: AP and DE classes (beginning sophomore year)
Total 10 AP’s and 18 DE’s classes (by end of senior year)
Senior Year: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov, Physics, 4 DE 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), Co-directing middle school jazz ensemble
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?:
Accepted: UIUC, Georgetown, Boston College, UMich/Ann Arbor, UNC/Chapel Hill, USC, Northwestern, UCD, UCSD, UCLA
Waitlisted/Rejected: N/A so far
General Comments:
Follow your academic interests and passions.
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not yet i think
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Art
Academic stats:
UC GPA: 3.4
Comments about course load (including senior year): nothing special, i took regular classes mostly
SAT: 1200 (highest eng: 590 highest math: 620)
ACT: 22
AP exams: AP Studio Art draw: 5 (junior year), taking AP Studio Art Photo in senior year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Two times bronze medalist in OC figure skating championship, 2nd place MTAC Piano concerto competition, 1st NASA Langley art competition.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience: nope
Volunteer/Community service: Art and theater instructor in Mowgli Youth Association of Taiwan over the summer
Summer Activities: UCLA Summer art session: Painting session B
Activities: art, photography, figure skating, ice dancing, orchestra: cello, piano solo
Experience: Performed in three concerts in Austria with Youth Symphony Orchestra as a cellist
Essays (topics, details):
Talent - art(drawing and painting)
Candidate - youth orchestra and piano experience
Creative Side - collection of short stories behind my artworks
Challenge - conquering shyness
Demographics
State: CA
Country: USA
High school type: Public
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: Yurp
Highest level of parent education: 4-year college
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
(No tutors or any sort of additional academic training/classes)
Reflection
Strengths: passionate in art, know what I want and I don’t take a ton of APs or Honors for the sake of grades, LOTZ of extra curricular activities.
Weaknesses: I’m dumb (I did do best though, but I still get average grades and low SAT scores.)
Why you think you were accepted: I would want to know as well! But for right now I think my creativity and talents, also my art portfolio are the things that got me in.
Where else were you rejected: In terms of UCs, I applied every school except Riverside and Merced, so far I got rejected by UCSD, UCSB, and UC Davis.
**General Comments: **
As you can see my grades were very average and my test scores are super low. The only thing I know I did good is my essays, which I wrote it really artistically, and my experience and passion in art and music.
This really shows grades doesn’t define anyone. I was an average student academically, I’ve always believe that it’s so dumb to take over 10 AP or IB classes just to fancy your transcript, I think people who do that don’t know what they’re doing!
For me, the only APs I’ve taken is AP Art (and I’m taking AP photo right now), the rest of my courses are regular classes and I never got straight As, they’re a mixture of As and Bs. I let my talents and passion define me, and I believe that’s what UCLA wants to see. They probably saw that in my essays because the majority of the four essays I talked about my journeys behind figure skating, photography, music, and art.
Long story short: you just need to stand out in your very own way, and hard work always pays off.
I’ve never thought I would be accepted to UCLA, even my parents and counselor told me that I would at the very least get into Davis or Santa Barbara. I was so shocked when I received the letter last night, I thought I was dreaming and had to check it again this morning! My mom started crying and I started crying too.
Congratz to all of you and good luck to upcoming seniors!
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Fast Track to Success
Major (and division if applicable) applied to:
EE &CE
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: - 3.9
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.35
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.65
Eligibility in Local Context?: Instate
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): School does not rank
Comments about course load (including senior year):
12 AP courses at school and 5 math courses at local CC
ACT (total and sections): 35 (took only once)
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Math 800 Physics 800
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 5 in everything
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AMIE,Summer research Internships at a well known private univ .
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Classical Music. 10 years.
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Couple of hours tutoring at his school each week for math and physics.
Summer Activities: Internships and CC courses.
Essays (topics, details):
Good .
Demographics
High school type: Very competitive public school in SFBay Area
Gender/Race :Asian Male
Applied for financial aid?:No
Highest level of parent education: Grad school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket:
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted : Academic strength. Rigor of courses and the stats .
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: SLO,UW,UCSD,UCD,UCSB,UIUC(CS in all of them)
**General Comments: **
Decision: ADMITTED
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): none
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: psychology
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.85
UC Capped Weighted GPA: ?
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.2
Eligibility in Local Context?:
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): top 17%
Comments about course load (including senior year): Physics, HP Gov/Econ, HP English, Art 1, AP Statistics
SAT (total and sections): 1180– 590 reading and writing, 590 math
ACT (total and sections): 24 composite
SAT Subject Tests (if any): n/a
AP exams (scores in parentheses): have not taken yet
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: Student Council Member, Senior Class Treasurer, golf, varsity lacrosse, orchestra, peer helper using art as a stress outlet for other students
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: worked for a mayoral candidate in my city (I and few other students from school were his only campaign managers)
Summer Activities: worked in #1 trauma center hospital in neuroscience department (mainly working with stroke patients), made shirts to raise money for kids to go to Ethiopia, attended film summer camp/workshop and made documentary about local artists
Essays (topics, details): wrote how I use my creative with art to help people express themselves better and relieve stress, write about experience in hospital, write about how I joined student government to help student who can’t afford to attend school activities because of how expensive everything is
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: female
Applied for financial aid?: yes
Highest level of parent education: bachelors (one parent)
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one
Income bracket: below $40,000
Reflection
Strengths: essays, extracurriculars, and my grades
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am probably a unique candidate based on my extracurricular back ground and my home life
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: SJSU, SDSU, SacState, SFSU, University of Oregon, Loyola Chicago
Waitlisted: none
Rejected: UCSB, Barnard College, UCSD
General Comments: very excited to attend UCLA!!
**Decision: Admitted/b
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not that I know of
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Design Media Arts (DMA)
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.67
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.67
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.67
Eligibility in Local Context?: IB?
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): not sure
Comments about course load (including senior year): Final year of IB, ok so far
SAT (total and sections): 1320
IB exams (score in parentheses): predicted 36/45
Subjective:
For the following, indicate the level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles: a few small design awards
Extracurriculars: ukulele busking, app developing team, hiking club, school science team, birdwatching,
Job/Work Experience: Instructor at an education center, local film director assistant
Volunteer/Community service: City green ambassador, Local art gallery, Humanitarian organization executive, Public art, Organize climate rallies
Summer Activities: SHAD
Essays (topics, details):
Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side:
I talked about the electronic music I make and how I love sampling sounds from random places. VERY weird essay but I guess it stands out.
Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time:
I described how I used my ukulele at SHAD and the importance of music.
Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
I talked about my opportunities in environmental programs and how my contributions grew bigger every year.
What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
I talked about my ‘public art pieces’, how they promote environmental sustainability, how they came to be, and how they have affected my community
Demographics
Country (if international applicant): Canada
High school type: Suburban, actually the best place on earth
Gender: F
Applied for financial aid?: my stupid ass forgot
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one
Reflection
Strengths: mY pOrTfoliO
Weaknesses: Academics (Last year for IB, I mindlessly signed up for 4 HL courses and SL classes that ended up doing the exact same things as HL students because of availability problems. I explained this in my application in the ‘other things you would like us to know’ section. Not sure if this helped me but it did sort of explain my deficiencies) I am also not a very good test taker.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I only look for institutions with decent media art design programs. My portfolio is probably the reason why I got in. I used a different medium/technique/concept for each of my pieces. I included a sculpture, a painting, a line of perfume, a piece of jewelry, an Arduino interactive piece, a charcoal drawing, an animation (for the colour project), a website design, a fractal video, a vr painting, a series of public art pieces presented through a poster design, an app UI, and I made a launchpad show for my self-portrait. In almost everything non-academically related, I showed a lot of personality and packaged myself as a person they would really want to meet (especially in the essays). I believe they look for potential more than anything else when it comes to open-ended art programs.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Waterloo, UCSD, RIT, U of T, SFU, and a whole bunch of art schools.
Waitlisted: still waiting
Rejected: still waiting
**General Comments: **
I hope all this info helped you if you are thinking of applying to this program. As of now, I think I will be accepting the offer as I am lucky enough to not have a serious financial barrier. To those who got in, IM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL CONGRATS!!! If not, I wish you guys the best of luck! You will end up somewhere that fits just for you eventually 
I will do this for my D’s stats, but not gonna put a lot of time in it (sorry)
Waitlisted, pre-Econ maybe (not sure - something business like)
UC Capped gpa: 4.2, 30/575, OOS, large urban high school
12 APs (AP Physics (3), AP WHIst (4), AP USH (4), AP Bio(3), AP Psych, AP Lang(4), AP Lit, AP Enviro, AP Stats, AP CalcAB(4), AP Art Hist, AP Chem (4)
ACT: 32, 33
SAT: n/a
over 700 volunteer hours, several awards for volunteering (one from Governor), all state tennis 3 years, recruited D3 athlete, captain 12, all the honors clubs, several leadership positions
State: Arkansas
Gender: Female
Didn’t apply for FA, income bracket too high, lives with both parents, both with masters/JD
test scores probably not high enough for acceptance
Accepted: Arkansas/honors, Ole Miss/honors, SMU/honors/direct admit Cox, UMiami/pres. scholar, UGA/honors, AZ St./honors, Rhodes/pres. scholar, UCSB (waiting on USC, Vanderbilt, Tulane)
Waitlisted: UCLA
Rejected: Stanford, UVa (was first choice )
Applied to a lot of schools hoping for many options. Not a great standardized test taker, class rank probably not high enough, didn’t win any national awards, etc. Current top choices are UGA/honors and UCSB.
Decision: Admitted
Major: Mathematics and Economics
UW GPA: 3.6
W GPA: 4.4
9 AP’s (Euro, APUSH, Psych, French, Physics 1, Lang and Composition, Gov’t, AB Calc, APES)
SAT: 1350
ACT: 30
Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis (3 yrs), Eagle Scout, French Club, Class Council, NHS, Illinois State Scholar
Job/Work experience: Mathematics Tutor for elementary students, internship at a lawyers office, summer camp counselor, Attendee of National Student Leadership Conference
Essays: One about attending Ukrainian school for 10 years, one about a camp experience in Ohio, one about learning to fly the trapeze, one about my love for mathematics
Demographics:
State: Illinois
Large public high school
Gender: Male
Mothers Education: BBA
Fathers Education: MD
Strengths: Extracurriculars and essays
Weaknesses: Grades
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Wisconsin-Madison, DePaul, Drexel
Denied: Northwestern, Northeastern
Deferred: Michigan
Decision: Admitted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: American Literature and Culture
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.95
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.32
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): Top 10%
Comments about course load (including senior year): Moderate course load senior year and APs throughout high school included: AP Euro, APUSH, AP Seminar, AP Research, AP US Gov, AP Literature, AP Language, regular Econ
SAT (total and sections): 1270 Composite, 660 CR, 610 Math
SAT Subject Tests (if any): None
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Euro (4), US History (5), Lang (5), Lit (5), Seminar (3)
Extracurriculars:
Dancer for a long time, moderate community service projects
Essays (topics, details): 10/10, my essays got me into UCLA! I was also asked to submit two additional essays a couple of months back along with my first semester senior year grades. Those essays probably got me in!
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
High school type: Public
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Some college
Living with both, one, or no parents?: none
Income bracket: Below 40k
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Leadership, Essays
Weaknesses: Test Scores, community service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Supplemental Questionnaire Essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UO, SDSU, Gonzaga
Waitlisted: UCSB
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO
General Comments:
Test scores do not determine where you will go to college. What you have to say and bring to the school determines if you will get into that college. I wish I could tell my past self this, so I am telling you! I don’t have the perfect grades or the perfect scores, but I was able to show the admissions office that I have something so much more valuable: the ability to persevere and the will to reach my dreams with or without UCLA. They want to know you will be successful and make them proud.
D Accepted!
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not sure yet
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Neuroscience
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.93
UC Weighted GPA: 4.5
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): top 10 %
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP macro, AP Calc BC, AP Eng, AP Gov, taking intro to physc at community college
SAT (total and sections): not taken
ACT (total and sections): 35
SAT Subject Tests (if any): M770 Bio800 Chem 770
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Bio, Lang, USH, Spanish- all 5, Chem -4, WH 3
IB exams (score in parentheses):
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit commendation, Congressional Gold Medal, Journalism awards
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Volunteer at local museum, NHS, CSF, Red cross, Research at UC lab for 3 years, Journalism
Job/Work Experience:
Summer Activities: COSMOS, City of Hope
Essays (topics, details):
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA resident
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: Female, Asian
Applied for financial aid?: No
Highest level of parent education: Graduate school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: > 100,000
Reflection
Strengths: Did a lot of research, great essays
Weaknesses: Should have been more involved in community and school volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good stats, essays and ecs…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:
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Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Neuroscience (admitted into major)
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.2
UC Fully Weighted GPA:
Eligibility in Local Context?:
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): I’m ranked 3rd in my school
Comments about course load (including senior year): all AP courses: Calculus, Stats, Literature, and Government, as well as a biology class at my local community college
SAT (total and sections): 1360, 730 reading 630 math
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Biology, took in the middle of my first biology class, 620
AP exams (scores in parentheses): APUSH (3), AP Literature (3)
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
Students Run LA
Mock Trial
President of Interact Club
Girls State Alternate
My schools Ambassadors
Track
Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program
Mayors Youth Leadership Summit
Vice President of National Honor Society
Work as a lifeguard
Band
Jazz ensemble
Wind ensemble
Essays (topics, details):
My interest in neuroscience: spoke about how I have loved neuroscience since I was young, have done multiple projects on it and have taken courses outside of my school to learn more about it
How to be prepared: I wrote about how I have ran 5 marathons, and how the training for them has taught me how to prepare for anything in my life
My mental health: spoke about how I was able to overcome mental health issues to connect with those around me and lessen my fear of public speaking
How I take my education into my own hands: wrote about how my school did not provide regular science classes and how I had to go to a local community college to pursue the courses I needed for my future
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international):
High school type: Charter school
Gender: F
Applied for financial aid?: No
Highest level of parent education: Graduate schools for both
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: do not know
Reflection
Strengths: my essays and extracurricular were quite strong, I was able to make each essay very meaningful and each one showcased how I am willing to work very hard
Weaknesses: I did not have a high gpa or sat score in UCLAs terms, as my school only told us students this year that almost all of the honors classes we took were not accredited by the UC system. GPA dropped from a 4.6 to 4.2, so I was quite nervous
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I feel like they could tell I had a passion for my major and that I was willing to work hard. I also notified them in my application that my high school had failed to tell us about the courses not being accredited.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSC, UCR, UCSD, UCD, and a few cal states
Deferred:
Rejected:
General Comments:
Decision: Admitted
Major applied to: Chemistry
Academic Stats
GPA: 4.0 UW
Comments about course load: 10 APs during high school, 5 CE classes, other classes were all honors or required courses
Senior year course load: AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP English Literature, AP US Government
ACT: 34 Composite; 35 Reading, 35 English, 35 Science, 31 Math
AP exams: 3 Human Geography, 4 World History, 4 English Language, 4 Statistics, 5 US History
Subjective
Extracurriculars: key club (10-12, president this year), national honor society (11-12), class officer (12), DECA (12), ACS chem club (12, first year for this club at my school)
Volunteer/Community service: weekly volunteering at the humane society since October 2016, tutoring at a local elementary during the 2017-2018 school year, volunteering in my school’s food pantry since sophomore year, volunteering monthly at the food bank, organizing community cleanups, food drives, and clothing drives, and 200+ other service hours which include tree plantings, working at the road home, helping out at a local senior center, helping make blankets for primary children’s, and countless of other projects (although I didn’t really mention this all on my application as there wasn’t really room for it)
Essays: leadership experience essay - my involvement with key club at my school and bringing it back this year after it nearly died out last year, significant challenge - family bankruptcy and moving out of the country and not going to school for a whole year, subject that inspires you - political science and chemistry and my involvement with those subjects outside of school through volunteering for political campaigns and doing research at a nanotechnology lab, make your community a better place - organizing community cleanups and volunteering at a local elementary
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): Utah
High school type: Public (only grades 10-12)
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: yes
Highest level of parent education: high school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: 65k/year
Reflection
Strengths: essays, grades, test scores
Weaknesses: there isn’t really anything special about me and I seem pretty boring on paper
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no clue, I really didn’t see myself getting in especially since out of state competition is really tough
General Comments: Although I am thrilled to have been accepted, I’m still not sure if I’ll attend since tuition is really expensive. I am also still waiting to hear from UC Berkeley so hopefully I hear good news from them since UCB is my top school.