UCLA HSSRP

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>@cheesegenius when did you get your email? </p>

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<p>5:30ish, i think</p>

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<p>oops, actually, 4:30</p>

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<p>Awwww…looks like they’ve sent them all out for today. Congrats to you!
Mind posting your stats?</p>

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<p>Did any of you who got in participated in MESA?</p>

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<p>Thanks:) I’m actually really surprised I got in with this…
SAT: 1990
PSAT: 192
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.8 (unweighted), 4.6 (weighted)
Classes: Mostly AP
EC: CSF tutoring, chess tourneys, and
tons of tennis (3 years Var.)</p>

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<p>What was your personal statement about? And did you have programming experience?</p>

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<p>i think i wrote something about what i wanted to achieve with engineering, like sustainability and stuff. For experience, I actually went to three other summer camps my sophomore year; ucla sciart nanolab, uiuc wyse, and sciarc did. the first two are science related but sciarc was about architecture.</p>

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<p>Ummm…@cheesegenius and @PCBaumboy when did you guys submit your applications? I submitted mine the day of. Wondering if the date submitted makes any difference. </p>

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<p>like 3 hours before it was due. really in a rush cuz i heard about it like the week before</p>

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<p>btw, wats ur stats</p>

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<p>Only PSAT: 172 I think. Not so hot
All A’s throughout high school and mostly Honors and AP’s (So 4.8 is what it came out to be I think)
AP’s Taking now: Apush, Ap Physics, Ap Calc AB, Ap Lang
AP’s Taken: Ap World (got a 4)</p>

<p>EC’s

  • Varsity Policy Debate: Club Treasurer 2 years, VP this year, Captain for Policy Team
  • Solar Boat (We build a solar powered boat for a competition)
  • Math Club: Prep for AMC test and other competitions
  • A lot of years of programming in different languages. Multiple projects like text based adventure games and calculators
  • Started an FTC Robotics Team this year. Won 2 awards, made it to regional championships, nominated for other awards. Wasn’t school related so literally started from the bottom lol </p>

<p>Other

  • Attended UCSD COSMOS Last summer. Did research project in ball-physics/kinematics. </p>

<p>Essay
Talked about my interest in Astronomy and wanting to get a better understanding of research.
Talked a lot about my research experience at COSMOS and went in depth about what I really worked on
Similarly with robotics, went in depth of a main one or two projects I worked on (fundraising and programming)
Ended with my love of astronomy, talked about some prior research I had done in black holes, and how all the stuff i’ve done has made me want to pursue engineering and research</p>

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<p>@albert29 did you get in?</p>

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<p>Do any of you guys know the chances of getting selected by a faculty advisor after initial selections?</p>

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<p>no idea, but it says its likely to be chosen so probably pretty good</p>

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<p>@crowdedkitchen nope :frowning: you?</p>

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<p>Congrats to those who got in ^__^</p>

<p>Anyone applying as a sophomore? I applied for both HSSRP and Tech Camp… then instantly regretted it. The FAQ states that both applications would be reviewed separately, but I’m a little doubtful as to whether they’re really going to do so, especially considering that it’s the end of March and Tech Camp hasn’t been completely filled up yet. </p>

<p>…The wait is unreal. :c</p>

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<p>Another sophomore here. Did the same, and regretted as well. Do not plan to attend Tech Camp even if get in.</p>

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<p>@albert29 nope. where else did you apply to?</p>

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<p>I’m a sophomore and I got in (or at least I received my initial acceptance letter).</p>