Son Accepted!
Electrical Engineering
In-State
GPA: 4.0 UW
SAT I: 1590 (800M)(790E)
SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 BiologyE, 800 Chemistry, 780 Physics
Admitted: UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara (Chancellor’s Invite), UC Irvine (Regents), Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona (Honors), San Diego State, San Jose State, Colorado School of Mines
Waitlisted: UC Davis
Rejected: none so far
Awaiting: UC Berkeley
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not sure yet
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Neuroscience
Academic stats:
Cal Grant GPA: 3.96
UC Weighted GPA: 4.74
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars:
Piano since age 6
Carnatic music since age 7
Western singing since age 7 (w/o instruction)
Founder and president of school club Colors for Charity
Treasurer of CSF
Curriculum director of national tutoring non-profit
Varsity member in speech and debate team, etc.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:
Lotsss of tutoring
DOXA Mexico housebuilding
Managing Creative Minds Art Contest and an art supply drive, etc.
Summer Activities: ATDP at UC Berkeley (advanced biotech), summer neuroscience course Brown online, research at the University of Iowa
Essays (topics, details):
Passion for music, experiences with research and its difficulties, growing through Speech and Debate as a shy introvert, Shooting Stars and my witnessing its growth and effect on low-income college students
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: Female
Race/ethnicity: Asian
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Graduate school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: >100,000
Reflection
Strengths: High SAT/GPA, difficult course load, clear commitment in ECs, pretty ok essays in terms of writing style/grammar
Weaknesses: maybe uniqueness when it comes to ECs, didn’t have many big awards or accomplishments, lack of neuroscience related ECs, very competitive school where it was difficult to stand out, I feel like some of my essays were a bit nonunique and I def could have written something deeper
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my grades probably helped the most, since UCs really care about them. My essays were ok to read, but I believe some lacked depth. Though I suppose since you’re selling yourself to colleges your essays just need to show your bright sides.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UPitt accepted, UCSD accepted, UC Davis accepted, UChicago and WashU waitlisted, Northwestern rejected, MIT rejected, Emory rejected/waitlisted at Oxford
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Applied to Mechanical Engineering, accepted in Undeclared Engineering
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.96
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.35
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.55
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 1/524
Comments about course load (including senior year): 12 AP classes, honors classes, mentoring and teacher’s assistant for 6 semesters. Senior year: 4 AP classes + mentoring
SAT (total and sections): 1540 (790 math, 750 english)
ACT (total and sections): n/a
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 800 on Math 2
AP exams (scores in parentheses): all 5s and 4s
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commended
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Youth & Government (leadership: ran two youth gov campaigns), mock trial, cross country
Job/Work Experience: math tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: math mentoring
Summer Activities: math tutoring job
Essays (topics, details): math mentoring as community service, photography as creative expression, youth gov. campaign leadership experience
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public high school
Gender: Male
Applied for financial aid?: Yes, but won’t get any
Highest level of parent education: bachelors degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: upper middle class
Reflection
Strengths: GPA and test scores
Weaknesses: no awards, ECs only okay
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores and GPA, class rank
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSD engineering, UCSB Honors (undeclared L & S), UC Davis Regents & Honors (mech. eng.), UC Santa Cruz Regents & Honors (econ), Hofstra w/Presidential Scholarship (econ)
Waitlisted: none
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO (made mistake with middle school grades on application)
Still waiting: UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, Brown
**General Comments: **Will probably enroll at UCLA regardless of other acceptances.
@peartreefamily Congrats on your admitted to UCLA Mechanical Engr! Do you mind to share your stats of what kind of APs (i.e. Calculus, Physics, Chemistry,…etc) have you taken and its scores ? Thank you!
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None yet for UCLA
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Financial Actuarial Math
Academic stats:
Calculate your GPAs with https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA:
UC Fully Weighted GPA:
Eligibility in Local Context?: No
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): Top 1%, 8/800+
Comments about course load (including senior year): 7 Honors, 2 DE, 11 APs thru junior year, 5 more senior year: Macroeconomics, Computer Science, English Lit Comp, Physics C, US Govt/Politics
SAT (total and sections): 1550, 790M/750R
ACT (total and sections):
SAT Subject Tests (if any):
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Calculus BC(5), Statistics(5), Psychology (5), US History (5),
Comp Govt/Politics (5), Microeconomics (5), Human Geography (5), English Composition (5), Biology (4), World History (4), Chemistry (3)
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: Tutoring Coordinator, Science NHS Treasurer, National AP Scholar,
Extracurriculars: Two sports, NHS, DECA, Mu Theta Alpha, Science Olympiad
Job/Work Experience: multiple menial jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
Summer Activities: STEM camp counselor, lifeguard, volunteer
Essays (topics, details): leadership, perseverance, interest in genomics
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: Male
Applied for financial aid?: Y
Highest level of parent education: BS
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: Middle
Reflection
Strengths: grades
Weaknesses: essays, writing skills, lack of more leadership roles
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well rounded, very active, juggling rigorous academics with work, sports and other ECs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UNC, UVA, UF, FSU, Miami, UCF,
Waitlisted: TBD
Rejected: TBD
Decisions TBD next week: NYU, Yale, Penn, Harvard, Stanford, UCB
Accepted
SAT 1410
Math 750
Reading/writing 660
Essay 5 5 5
SAT II Chem 750
SAT II French 740
AP N/A
Honors N/A
IB predicted 45, took french a year early
Accepted! 
Pre- Human Bio and Society
SAT 1600, Essay 7 6 7
SAT II: Math 800, Spanish 790, Chemistry 780
UW GPA 4.0, W 4.81, idk UC GPA sorry!
APs: 6 exams taken, 5’s on all
ACCEPTED!
Subjective:
Other
Decisions for other schools
[color=#008000]Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None I don’t think
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Undeclared: Social Sciences (want to do Communications though)
Academic stats:
I can’t properly figure out UC GPA lol so I’m just gonna put mine from my school
Eligibility in Local Context?: 4.0 UW/4.69 W
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): N/A
Comments about course load (including senior year): Took all honors classes and 6 AP classes (AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Psych, AP Spanish Lang, AP Lit, AP Comp Gov). Senior year wasn’t as challenging as junior but still rigorous.
SAT (total and sections): 1380 (670 RW/ 710 Math) this was my lowest score out of two sittings but the only test I took with the writing section.
ACT (total and sections): 31 Composite
SAT Subject Tests (if any): None
AP exams (scores in parentheses): All 5s, taking Comp Gov and Lit this year
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won three awards on the county/state level from two black fraternities for excellence in academics and athletics, MVP on both of my sports teams.
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Field hockey all four years (2 JV 2 Varsity, captain sophomore and senior year), 4 years varsity track (captain senior year), Student Government member and treasurer, NHS member 2 years, Minority Scholars Program member 2 years.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing special besides NHS hours
Summer Activities: None
Essays (topics, details): I thought my essays really showed who I am as a person, made up for my lower than average test scores. 9/10
Talked about my side hobby of video editing and directing videos that I make for school/leisure, my love for cooking and baking, how my parents’ divorce helped shaped me into an independent person, and I talked about the Every 15 Minutes presentation I helped put on for my school (we lost two students in 2015 to drunk driving).
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
High school type: Public
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Bachelor’s
Living with both, one, or no parents?: One
Income bracket: Middle Class
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, leadership, GPA, essays
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-rounded, focused on leadership in a few ECs and really made sure to show my personality in the personal insight questions
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Hampton, Howard, Spelman, UMD, Syracuse, USC
Waitlisted: N/A
Rejected: N/A
**General Comments: **
Super excited to have gotten in!! Wasn’t expecting it to be honest but so happy. To all those who didn’t- there is a school waiting for you that is sooo lucky to have you!! Everything happens for a reason I’m telling you 
@WilliamCollege congrats !!! I’m wondering did you apply to schools from questbridge??? I’m also finalist but so far got rejected from all schools through questbridge and accepted to all non questbridge ( Exluding JH) including UCLA
[asize=4]Decision:Waitlisted[/size]
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): -
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Actuarial Science
Academic stats:
UC GPA: Can’t really count using it, but probably around UW 3.8-ish on a 4 point scale
IBDP Predicted grade: 40
Eligibility in Local Context?:
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): -
Comments about course load (including senior year): Full IB Diploma with academically challenging course choices
SAT (total and sections): Superscore 1460 (RW 680, Math 780)
ACT (total and sections): -
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Math 2 (770)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): -
IB exams (score in parentheses): Will be taking this May, in parentheses are my predicted grades
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars (only listing super important ones):
Essays (topics, details):
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Indonesia
High school type: International/ Private/ IB
Gender: Female
Applied for financial aid?: not eligible because I’m an international applicant, no green card, not US citizen
Highest level of parent education: Master
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: $120k - $140k a year
Reflection
Strengths: Not really sure…
Weaknesses: Not really focused, one of my essays was very weak, probably stereotypically Asian
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I seemed generic and uninteresting, my weak essay might make me seem try-hard
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted:
**General Comments: **
Please don’t rush your applications. If you ever get a person to help you write your essay, please stay true to yourself instead of abiding to their every word.
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): ? waiting for alumni scholarship
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Philosophy
Academic stats:
GPA (Not UC): 3.78 UW, 4.68 W
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): top 10%
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP Calculus BC, AP Physics 2, IB-HL Computer Science, AP Psychology, Ap Macro/US Gov., AP Spanish Language, AP Literature
SAT (total and sections): n/a
ACT (total and sections): 35
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Math 2- 800, Chemistry- 800, Biology-M- 780, US History 740 (rip)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Biology (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP English Language (4), AP Computer Science A (5), AP Computer Science Principles (5), AP Euro (4), AP US History (4), AP Env Sci (5), rest taking this May
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Semifinalist '17, '18; Cal-HOSA 1st in Medical Reading; Nothing else haha I’m honestly pretty boring
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: 4 years of Varsity Swim
Job/Work Experience: Lockheed Martin
Volunteer/Community service: Discovery Cube OC
Summer Activities: Summer internship, Summer@Brown
(as you can probably tell, I’m very VERY boring and also because I’m a bit too lazy to type it all out. Respect for all those who took the time to do this yeesh)
Essays (topics, details): wrote about my first generation immigrant experience
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
High school type: Large, magnet public school
Gender: Asian Female
Applied for financial aid?: YUP
Highest level of parent education: Both Bachelor’s in Taiwan
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: lower middle class
Reflection
Strengths: essays? unique major for an asian?
Weaknesses: test grades/school grades (especially compared to my peers in school yikes), the fact that I don’t have any actual EC to back up my interest in philosophy other than my essays, probably letters of rec to because I didn’t exactly have a “close” relationship with my teachers…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because I want to major in Philosophy. Not exactly a popular major, especially for an asian lmao
Accepted: Colorado School of Mines, UNC Chapel Hill, Boston College, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Waitlisted: UChicago, Notre Dame
Rejected: WashU, JHU, Northwestern, Emory
Waiting on: UCB, Duke, NYU, Vanderbilt, Stanford (bahaha what a joke), 5 Ivies (I’m going to have a hell of a day this Thursday)
**General Comments: **
I get a lot of comments asking why on Earth I would want to major in Philosophy, especially since my ECs and best grades are in the sciences/math subjects. But honestly the reason why I had all of the science/math stuff was because of my environment- I go to a school renowned for STEM and I had asian parents. During english class of junior year, I realized that I really enjoyed discussing, reading, and learning more about philosophy. Thus, I wanted to pursue philosophy to spread my wings and explore a side of my mind I haven’t uncovered yet. I see college as a way to expand my mind and make the most of my academic opportunities. My career path is up in arms right now, but I’m confident I will get it worked out in time. Somehow.
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): ???
Major: Pre-Math Econ
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA:3.81
UC Capped Weighted GPA:4.11
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.11
Total School GPA: 4.26
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank: 11/369
Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP World, AP Hum Geo, *AP Calc BC, *AP Physics 1, *AP Gov
SAT (total and sections): 650 Math, 670 English. 1320 Total. 1340 Super scored
ACT (total and sections): 25
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 580 Math II, 540 Physics
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Hum Geo (5), World History (3), Calc AB (3), Spanish Lang (4), APES didn’t take class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National School Orchestra Award
[ab]Subjective:[a/b]
Jazz Ensemble
Marching Band
Wind Ensemble
Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs. Knott’s Berry Farm, carpenter, and movie theaters
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at summer camp, coaching middle school marching band, math tutoring
Essays (topics, details):
-Getting a job to pay for my ECs because my fam is poor
-Joining a college symphonic band to enrich my music skills
-How I plan to use my academics to help my father in his small carpentry business
-Starting a math club. Ended up making an art exhibit by making fractal art
Pretty strong essays. Been worked on and revised for months
Demographics
In state
High school type: Large urban high school
Latino Male
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Did not complete middle school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: $30,000-40,000
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, EC, and awards
Weaknesses: Low ACT and relatively low SAT
Why you think you were accepted: I was a really strong candidate in the context of my situation/region. I had to work 3 jobs to pay bills AND my EC activities but still maintained good grades. My school is poor and doesn’t offer many AP classes so it does give an excuse to the minimal number of AP classes. I also had some bomb essays
Accepted: UCSB, UCR, Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, CSULB, CSUF
No rejections/waitlist
decision: admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: international development studies
SAT : english : 690 math: 680 essay: 21
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.5 i think
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.628
ELC eligibility (Top (9% HS): yes
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (3), apush (4), Calc AB (2), apwh (5), physics 1(1), aphg (4),
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Psych, avid peer tutor
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: varsity cheerleading, youth activist groups, planned marches and walkouts, school scholars program, mental health organization leader
Job/Work Experience: nada
Volunteer/Community service: after school tutoring, mental health conventions, church feeding program
Summer Activities: summer college courses, planning marches, cheer, doing side jobs for money
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10;
leadership- planning walkouts and overcoming extreme pushback from adults and admin, was still successful
educational opportunity- scholars program at my school n how i’ve wanted to be in it since 5th grade it was cute
significant challenge- overcoming sexual harassment and stalking from a classmate and fighting admin to change policies in place (admin didn’t listen was very emotional because it still makes me angry)
bettering community- work with love 4 life that one mental health organization i work with. wrote about what we do and a certain instance where a little girl came up to me seeking help. ties into my own experiences with mental illness
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA (in state)
School Type: Public
Gender: F
Income Bracket: EFC ~3498 I qualify for Blue & Gold program.
First Generation: no
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, extra curriculars, personal struggles
Weaknesses: SAT, AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck? lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SDSU, UCR, UCSB, CSF- all accepted for political science
general comments:
i wish i spent more time on my essays the whole process for me was very last minute but it worked i guess!
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Not that I know of.
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Psychology
Academic stats:
Calculate your GPAs with https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
I don’t know the whole UC GPA thing so I’ll just list what my school does.
Unweighted: High 3.9/4.0
Weighted: 4.5/5.0 (has since gone up to 4.6)
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yep
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 16/~600 at time of application, am currently 11
Comments about course load (including senior year): 7 (technically 9) APs in senior year: US/Comparative Govt, Bio, Lit, Spanish 4, Stats, Calc BC, Macro/Micro.
Amounts to about 15-17 total APs taken throughout high school since I took Human Geo in 9, Chem/World in 10, and Lang/Psych/APUSH/Calc AB/Physics 1 in 11.
SAT (total and sections): 1540 (740 CR, 800 M, writing 21/24, did not submit)
ACT (total and sections): 36 (English and Reading 36, Math and Science 35, Writing 11/12)
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 800 Math 2, 690 for both World History and Literature (did not submit obviously)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 5 (Human Geo, World, Psych, Lang) ; 4 (Calc AB and APUSH)
IB exams (score in parentheses): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not really lol. National Merit Commended? (not even finalist). AP Scholar with Distinction? Principal’s Honor Roll?
Subjective:
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Swimming, Varsity on school, some years club and others independent. Set many team records, regional/sections/state qualifier. Started a mental health advocate club that was very small member count.
Job/Work Experience: 2 years assistant coach for summer team
Volunteer/Community service: About 180 total hours in high school. One year Key Club, two years NHS (as committee member on NHS to find community service events.)
Summer Activities: Swimming and coaching. Netflix. Hanging out with friends.
Essays (topics, details): One about coaching, another about starting the mental health club after a classmate’s suicide, another was about California fires, yet another was about passion for writing.
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): In-State
Country (if international applicant): US
High school type: Public, ~2800 students
Gender: Male, Asian
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Highest level of parent education: Master’s
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: ~90-100k
Reflection
Strengths: Test score, AP coursework load
Weaknesses: Literally no groundbreaking research or super impressive ECs/awards as other kids have
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably mostly based on academic merit and essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Stanford REA and Pomona RD; accepted into UCI for CHP, Carleton College, and USC
**General Comments: Congrats everyone! **
UC Capped GPA: 0.55
ECs: absolutely nothing
SAT: 506/1600
Daddy: money
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, CSULA, CPP
Moderators Note
Gag posts like these are not allowed. Please respect all applicants (admitted, rejected, and waitlisted). Thanks for understanding
-10s4life
Decision: Rejected
Major: Civil Engineering
Academic Stats:
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.1
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.2
ELC eligibility: No, however, I am eligible for the Statewide Path.
Rank: Top 30%
SAT I: 1370 (650 English, 720 Math)
ACT: 30 (Reading: 32, English: 30, Math: 34, Science: 24)
SAT II: Math 2: 690 Chemistry: 630
AP: Statistics: 4 I am currently taking Calc AB
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: 3 years in an Environmental Club (Treasurer Senior Year), 1 year in a Math Club, 1 year in a Cultural Club, 1 year in a Political Club, 1 year in a Debate Club
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at my school garden and going to beach cleanups
Summer Activities: volunteering at my school garden
Essays: 9/10 I wrote about my experience in my environmental club, my love for mathematics, my ADHD, and moving to a new home freshman year. My cousin, who is a lawyer, helped me write and correct my essays.
Demographics:
State: California
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Pell Grant: Eligible for around $4000 a year
Maximum Pell Grant: No
Highest level of parent education: They both dropped out of community college.
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both Parents
Reflection:
Strengths: Statewide Path, First Generation, my grades had an upward trend, heavy involvement in my ECs, good essays
Weaknesses: bad grades freshman year, no honors courses until my junior year, only two AP courses, I applied to an extremely competitive major, low standardized tests scores, not in a sport, no work experience, I was not at the top of my class
Why I think I was Rejected: I did not have the academic stats and work ethic required to be admitted to UCLA, especially to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
Acceptances: Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, CSULB, LSU, SDSU, SJSU, University of Arizona, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside
Waitlists: UC Davis, UCSD
Rejections: Colorado School of Mines, Purdue, USC
General Comments: I was never expecting to be admitted to UCLA, it’s a prestigious school that accepts the cream of the crop. With a competitive major like engineering, my chances were slim to none. But still, I applied to UCLA as a far reach school. When I was rejected I was not bothered at all, as I already knew what my chances were. I am happy to say that I will be attending Cal Poly SLO this fall for civil engineering.
Congrats to everyone who got into UCLA, it is an amazing school with so much to offer!!! To those who were waitlisted or rejected just remember that the school you go to does not define you.
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: College of Letters and Science for Biology
Academic stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.16
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.61
Eligibility in Local Context?: SoCal
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): School doesn’t give out ranking but counselor said last summer I was in the top 5%.
Comments about course load (including senior year): Rigorous - all four years focussed on working hard and not taking filler classes.
ACT WITH WRITING
COMPOSITE 31, 30
ENGLISH 35, 35
MATH 29, 27
READING 36, 32
SCIENCE 25, 27
COMBINED ENGLISH 34, 30
WRITING 8, 10
SAT Subject Tests (if any): none
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Psych 5, AP Bio 4, AP Eng Lit 5, AP World 4
IB exams (score in parentheses): WIll take this year for IB SL Spanish, IB HL Bio, IB HL English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Congressional Award, California Scholarship Foundation, National Honor Society, POINTS OF LIGHT AWARD, Athletic Scholar
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Track for first two years of school
Job/Work Experience: Worked at yogurt shop for two years
Volunteer/Community service: Started my own nonprofit and volunteered internationally. Over 700 hours.
Summer Activities:
Demographics - caucasion female
State (if domestic applicant): CA
High school type: Private
Gender: female
Applied for financial aid?: no
Highest level of parent education: Bachelor degrees
Living with both, one, or no parents?: mother and stepfather
Income bracket: high
Strengths: Super focussed on school first which gave me time to have fun later. Went to a great school where everyone is focussed on education so we study together all the time.
Weaknesses: Chose not to do full IB because I felt it would take away the quality of life I need to stay sane.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure because there are so many people that applied that didn’t get in that are just as good as I am.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCSB, UCSD, St. Olaf, University of Washington Seattle, U of Denver, U of Colorado Boulder, Loyola Chicago, U of San Francisco,
Waitlisted: Deferred by Michigan
Rejected: Boston University, Johns Hopkins
Still waiting to hear: Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, William and Mary, Cornell
Decision: Admitted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Business economics
Academic stats
UC Unweighted GPA:3.84
UC Capped Weighted GPA:4.1
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.43
Eligibility in Local Context?: Top 9% SoCal
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 35/451
Comments about course load (including senior year): Full IB Diploma Program
SAT (total and sections): 1390 (690 English, 700 Math) 6 5 6 on essay
AP exams (scores in parentheses): (3) AP Human Geography, (4) AP World History, (2) AP Gov
IB exams (score in parentheses): (3) IB Physics SL
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: Varsity tennis for 4 years, economics club historian, CSF treasurer, NHS, Ping Pong Club, International Alliance Club, Hispanic Interactive Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
Summer Activities: Volunteered at local library and took classes at local community college
Essays (topics, details): Hardship, talent, favorite subject, leadership experience
Demographics: Half Chinese/half white
Gender: Male
Applied for financial aid?: yes
Highest level of parent education: high school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: both
Income bracket: middle
Reflection
Strengths: Took the most rigorous course load possible each year of high school, 9/10 essays
Weaknesses: SAT score and gpa compared to most UCLA admits
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Was given the supplemental application and wrote some really good essays and put my grades on there for senior year first semester which was 5 A’s and 1 B and my UC application essays were really good. I also took summer classes each summer after each grade. First generation college student as-well.
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCSC, UCR, UCM, Cal Poly Slo, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU, CSUN, SJSU, Cal state long beach
Rejected: not anywhere yet
Waiting on UC Berkeley and UC Irvine still
Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Probably none, but waiting to hear from Alumni Scholarship
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Academic stats:
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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.36
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.73
Eligibility in Local Context?: Yes
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 1 out of 453
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Junior Year: AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP English Lang, AP Japansese, Precalculus H, Cross Country/Track
Senior Year: AP Environ Science, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Gvnmt/Econ, PLTW Principles of Engineering, Ceramics
SAT (total and sections): 1430 Composite, 680 CR, 750 Math
ACT (total and sections): n/a
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 720 Math 2, 690 Chemistry
AP exams (scores in parentheses): World History (4), US History (5), Chemistry (4), English Lang (4), Japanese (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: Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, many leadership roles and service projects, week-long 40+ mile hikes in places like Hawaii, Utah, High Sierras including Mount Whitney, etc.), church leadership/service, high school cross country & track teams, high school service club, self-study piano performance, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Unpaid summer internship at a local marsh preserve (related to major)
Volunteer/Community service: Many Boy Scout, church, and school-related service projects
Summer Activities: Scouts, church, internship, etc.
Essays (topics, details):
Leadership experience: Boy Scout leadership roles
Creative side: Piano improvisation in styles that include ragtime, boogie-woogie, etc.
Academic subjects that inspire: Environmental science (focus on reason for major)
Make community a better place: Eagle Project to benefit the church and its community outreach
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: Masters degree
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
Income bracket: under $80,000
Reflection
Strengths: GPA and rigor
Weaknesses: Most extracurriculars were outside of high school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall well-rounded between stats & ECs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCR, Cal Poly SLO, SDSU
Waitlisted: n/a
Rejected: USC
**General Comments: ** Excited to see if UCLA will be a good fit. Good luck to everyone reading this!