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Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Economics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.96
UC Capped Weighted GPA:
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.86
ELC (top 9%): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP’s: Spanish; US History: Calc BC; Environmental Science, Computer Science, English, Physics. Honors most others.
SAT Subject Tests (if any): 1490
AP exams (scores in parentheses): 5 in Cal BC and US History, 4 in others
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
SUBJECTIVE: Good student, UCLA #1 choice.
For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:
Extracurriculars: Varsity and Club Soccer; Student Court; 2nd degree TKD Black Belt
Job/Work Experience: Math tutor at Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Soccer coach past 4 years; Councilor at camp for special needs kids; organized aid drive for oppressed minorities in rural Vietnam.
Summer Activities: Worked at Kumon; soccer coach
Personal Insight essays (details):
Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State (if domestic applicant): In State
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: Public
Gender: M
Applied for need-based financial aid?: N
Pell grant eligible?: N
Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: N
Highest level of parent education: Grad School
Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both
REFLECTION::
Strengths: Strong academics; Good Volunteer and sports activities
Weaknesses: No real internships
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academics, mostly
Where else were you accepted: UCSD, UCI, UCSB, Ohio State, U Washington, U Colorado, Syracuse
Rejected: Texas
Waiting: UC Berkeley; Tufts, Michigan, Dartmouth, Northwestern, USC, Cornell
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Decision: Admitted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-economics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.67
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.75
Comments about course load (including senior year):
APs: Chemistry, Physics (Senior), European History, US History, English Lang, English Lit (Senior), Macro (Senior), Gov (Senior), Comp Sci Principles, Spanish Lang
Honors: Chemistry, Precal
Dual Enrollment: Business/Marketing, Math 150/151 (Senior)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Chemistry 5, US History 5, European History 5, English Lang 4, Spanish 4, Comp Sci 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing that great
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Baseball/Football, One really good internship at UCSD, but nothing of too much significance other than that
Volunteer/Community service: About 70 hours total, most at Salvation Army
Personal Insight essays (details): Weren’t my best essays but were solid
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State (if domestic applicant): CA
High school type: Public
Gender: Male
REFLECTION::
Strengths: Stats
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars/Awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA likely carried me, but I did have a few extracurriculars that looked good and gave my essays substance.
Accepted: Wisconsin, Cal Poly, UCSB, UVA, Michigan, BC,
Rejected: Berkeley, Georgetown, Northwestern, UNC
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: UCLA Class of 2025 Discussion
2 posts were merged into an existing topic: UCLA Class of 2025 Discussion
He will be attending CMU(super happy and grateful). The bonus is, since Carnegie Mellon is a Div 3 for sports. I believe he will be on their cross country and track team. Their is nothing like a ten mile six minute tempo run to; drop stress, reset the brain, promote health and make friends. I believe the college “Sorting Hat” worked out AKA trust the process. Thanks
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Wonderful !