<p>Any engineers waitlisted?</p>
<p>@bobbypage</p>
<p>Same problem here. Dang, I really need to know! :(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150; 760 CR, 700 M, 690 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math II - 800, US History - 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
UC GPA: 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18%
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5), Calculus AB (5), US History (4), World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP US Government, AP Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended</p>
<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School’s dance team, PALs, NHS, NFHS, DECA, piano, dance outside of school
Job/Work Experience: Worked weekends at my mom’s restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Yearly mission trips to China during the summer to volunteer at an orphanage, the usual fundraising projects from school, Forgotten Friends (a local pet shelter I sometimes work with on weekends)
Personal Statement: I guess they must have been pretty good!</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre-Business Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Gender and Ethnicity: Female, Asian
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Maybe my SAT CR score, my SAT Subject Tests, my AP Test scores, my essays, or my volunteer activity?
Weaknesses: Definitely my rank and my GPA!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea and I am so humbled by this acceptance, but I really feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing school!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1970 superscore (640 R, 720 M, 610 W)
ACT: 31
SAT II: Math 1 720, Math 2 670, Lit 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.845
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lit (4), US Gov. (3), Comparative Gov. (2)
Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP English Lang, Research, and dual enrollment: acting, biology & the environment, principles of business, individual in society, statistics, nutrition, and spanish 1 and 2.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Drama Club (President and inducted thespian), NHS, Yearbook (Editor in Chief), SAT Prep (Founder and President), Student Gov (senator), speech and debate (secretary/treasurer), orchestra (treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Fashion Board Internship at Nordstrom
Volunteer/Community service: Science Museum, walkathons, tutoring, beautification
Summer Activities:
Essays: I think my essays were good, but I can’t really tell.
Teacher Recommendation: All three teachers adore me and have nominated me for awards. They definitely wrote stellar recs.
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
School Type: full-time dual enrollment high school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: EC
Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to Fordham University, University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Miami, and University of Virginia.
Waitlisted for UNC Chapel Hill
Deferred from University of Pennsylvania and still awaiting to hear a reply.</p>
<p>Omg omg ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Got in for materials science!! I freaked out because I didn’t get an email lol.</p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-L710 using CC</p>
<p>Hmm. I didn’t have a problem. I clicked continue. Was redirected to a UCLA logon page. Signed in. And was automatically redirected to my scholarship/financial aid with academic year 2013-2014.</p>
<p>Found the financial aid… wish I hadn’t… ><</p>
<p>I didn’t get an email yet…</p>
<p>^there is no email. you have to go on the site to check yourself</p>
<p>Just realized that, accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2260 (800 CR, 780 W, 680 M)
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: 800 French, 760 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (5), US History (4), French (5), Enviro (4), AB Calculus (3), Lit (5), Euro (5), Spanish (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Studies (5), Enviro (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, IB Anthropology, IB History, IB English, IB Theory of Knowledge/Ceramics, IB Spanish 7, IB French 7
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial for 3 years (captain senior year), Lacrosse for 3 years, Basketball for 4 years (captain senior year), Young Democrats (president for 2 years), Spanish Honor Society, French Honor Society (vice president senior year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Refereeing and babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much
[<em>] Personal Statement: One about meeting a Republican while interning at my local Democratic central committee, pretty entertaining and the other about my great grandparents’ house and how I got my first taste of leadership there
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Pre-Political Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, bilingual IB diploma?, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know, I was really worried, but I’m super happy because it’s my first choice!!! Accepted to Tulane, McGill, Waitlisted at UNC, Rejected from Northwestern, Waiting for Columbia, Pomona, Georgetown and Michigan[/li][/ul]General Comments: So happy!!!Don’t despair, if I can do it, you can!!! Good Luck!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[]Objective:[][]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (630 M, 630 CR, 700 WR)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 640 Lit, 670 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.93 I think
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[<em>] ELC?: N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH & Lang: 3, Gov: 2
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Contemporary Issues H, APES, AP Lit, AP German, Pre-Calc, Art 2</p>
<p>[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis 9-12 (Varsity 11-12), Basketball 9-10, Spring Track 9-10, NHS, National German Honor Society (Historian), Red Cross Club (Secretary)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job with my uncle’s apartment business in LA
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours through NHS, dance center, and blood center
[li] Personal Statement: I’d say 8/10 for both</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared (Humanities)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays and well-rounded?
[li] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II, AP scores</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know; I’m still in shock. I was truly expecting a rejection. I’m especially surprised that I got accepted with my subpar GPA. Maybe being out-of-state helped a lot.</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]General Comments: UCLA is my top choice, but I still have to hear back from USC and a few other schools. I’m just worried about the expensive OOS tuition and my parents don’t really want me to go to the West Coast. We’ll see what happens, though! I’m still so excited and shocked!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050
ACT: 32
SAT II: Math 2 (800) Physics (670) Bio (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Language (5), Stats (4), Calc AB (4) Chemistry (4), Economics (5 in Macro, 4 in Micro), Psychology (5), Literature (4), Calc BC (5, and 5 on AB subscore)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Enviro, AP Physics B, dual credit Lit class, other random classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Key Club, Filipino Club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities:
Essays: I think this had a huge impact with my admission. One talked about my life in the Philippines for 15 years (have only been in the US for 4 years) and one talked about how taekwondo made me more confident to try new things
Teacher Recommendation: stellar recs but no recs for UCs so doesn’t matter
Counselor Rec: Don’t really know.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
School Type: full-time dual enrollment high school
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first-gen</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, test scores
Weaknesses: ECs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to University of Washington, still waiting on Berkeley and Stanford</p>
<p>Notes: Got the engineering likely letter, got in for my first choice (electrical engineeering)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800/800/780
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800’s on Bio M/Chem/Math 2/Latin/US
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: Not sure
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] ELC?: I don’t know what this is.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (5), Micro (5), Stats (5), Lang (5), US (5), Chem (5), Physics B - self study (5), Euro (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Gov (US/Comp), AP Latin, AP Psych, AP Studio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Latin Exam Gold Medal (4), National Latin Exam Book Award</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Co-President), Quiz Bowl (President - 2yrs), Interact Club (VP for Fundraising - 2yrs), Great Books Club (Reorganizer/President), Chinese School Teacher’s Assistant (3yrs), Piano (12yrs), New Student Mentor (Inaugural year member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club/Chinese School TA - >200hrs total
[</em>] Personal Statement: Pretty good, though they were just tweaked from Stanford supplement</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 2 summers in a biology lab working on neuroscience/breast cancer research</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT/Grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s probably not extraordinarily unique
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the overall package was good, and OOS probably was a factor too.[/li] [/ul]General Comments: Yay!! UCLA is my first kinda-safety that I would be completely happy attending 
I read that UCLA Regents Scholarships are only for in-state applicants, so that’s kind of sad; I think I would’ve been a candidate. Oh well. Fingers crossed for Berkeley! Still waiting on ivies, Berkeley, and JHU, and accepted to UCSD (Regents) and Smith (Zollman) already. Rejected Stanford EA and MIT RD.</p>
<p>Accepted to electrical engineering with likely letter !!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260: 720M, 740CR, 800W
[</em>] ACT: 35: 34E, 33M, 36R, 35S
[<em>] SAT II: Physics: 740, Math 2: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.24/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/320
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP World History (5), AP USH (5), 5 more senior year.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Gov’t and Politics.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Subjective: ** [ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editor in Chief of School Paper, President of Science Olympiads, Tutoring Business, Biomedical Research Internship, Intern at Financial Firm, few other random things.
[</em>] Personal Statement: One I thought was really great, and I really put a lot of effort into because it was on like 400 other supplements, while the second one I thought was substandard. I don’t know, but I didn’t like that one as much. One was on how my family always argued, and was always on edge because of my parents’ immigration from India, and the other was about my one and only experience in theater.</p>
<p>[/ul] ** Other ** [ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science, but I feel like I want to change this.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 250k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.</p>
<p>[/ul] ** Reflection ** [ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, my one personal essay, and I though my EC’s were decent.
[</em>] Weaknesses: The second personal essay, maybe my lack of leadership, and my lack of Math/Science related ECs/Awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t try to rationalize admissions officers’ decisions, and I won’t now.
[</em>] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Accepted), Georgia Tech (Accepted), WPI (Accepted), UChicago (waitlisted), MIT (waitlisted), Columbia (rejected), still waiting on Berkeley, Tufts, Cornell, Princeton and Carnegie Mellon. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I got the Engineering Likely Letter, so this wasn’t a surprise, but I’m happy nonetheless. My mom is a little reluctant in sending me across the country, but we’'ll see after I visit here and Berkeley. I’ll weigh my options after.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with UCLA Achievement scholarship! (10k/year)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (670 R, 630 M, 650 W) superscore: 2020 (670 R, 630 M, 720 W)
ACT: Didn’t submit it
SAT II: Didn’t take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), And i’m taking AP Lit, spanish, macroeconomics, and biology now.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP spanish, AP bio, AP macro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of Scholastic art awards for film</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Started a film club, NHS, beta club, national honor society, FBLA, spanish honor society, varsity tennis, non-high school basketball, and a bunch of film-related things
Job/Work Experience: Freelance film/photography/graphic design
Volunteer/Community service: Graphic design for march of dimes
Summer Activities: Uh…
Essays: Definitely solid.
Teacher Recommendation: Did we even need to get recommendations?
Counselor Rec: ?</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Magnet (arts academy)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA and essays i guess
Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UGA and FSU, still waiting from a bunch of others</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (CR:650/M:750/CR:650)
[</em>] SAT II: Math II-770, USH-740, SL-670
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.36 uncapped
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 43/661
[</em>] ELC?: yes
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), USH (5), Lang (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, Physics, ASB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Govt, DFYIT, UNICEF, NHS, CSF
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Blood Drive
[<em>] Personal Statement: Prompt 1 was great, Prompt 2 was good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undeclared Social Science (Pre-Communication Studies)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000-100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, hooks, SAT II’s, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was just so competitive this year to get in and UCLA is such an amazing university.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everybody else that was accepted! I’m heading off to UCI.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010; M (610), CR (670), W (730)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Lit (600), US (570), Math 2 (600)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.17
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/490
[<em>] ELC?: yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, European History, US, Calc AB, Lit, Gov
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP gov, stats, photography, journalism news, water polo
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (news editor, EIC), Girl Scouts (Ambassador Scout), Water Polo (V + JV; 2-time captain), Swim team (V+JV), Youth and Government, Green Club, NHS, CSF
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: part-time retail job
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout service projects (Bronze + Silver Awards), volunteered at an underprivileged kindergarten in Germany with sister cities exchange
[<em>] Personal Statement: good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: pre psychology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: underfunded public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extracurriculars/leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: AP scores, SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think UCLA really looks at the whole package. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ve been accepted to UCI (honors), UCSC (honors), UCSD, UCSB (honors). Rejected from Northwestern and UNC- Chapel Hill. Waiting for USC & UCB. UCLA is one of my top schools! I could not be more excited. Good luck to everyone!</p>