Just Admitted
UC GPA:3.57
SAT: 1150/1600
EC: Tons
Essays: Good
First Generation African-American, first to go to college
Strong grades Junior/Senior year
Major: Anthropology
Just Admitted
Major: Biochem
UC GPA: 4.0 UW GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1170/1600
ECs: 120+ hrs community service, participated in a few clubs
Essays: Average
Asian American In-state
Accepted as of this morning; invited for Honors
Computer Engineering
GPA around a 4.0
Only 2 APs (Calc AB and English Lang.) and 5 Honors classes (my school has a GATE program which is essentially Honors for Freshman and Sophmores but no GPA boost)
28 ACT (28 Math, 28 English, 30 Reading, 27 Science
Bad ACT essay, probably bad personal statements
Was in school choirs and two school operas
Played ice hockey for 11 years
Only one job - junior year
Accepted yesterday around 11:30 am
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): 1160/1600
ACT: 24
SAT II: Chemistry, Math 2, Biology (all scores were around mid-600’s lol yeah it’s bad I know)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure, but finished last semester with a 4.0
UC GPA: 3.21
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology, AP World History, AP US History, AP Environmental Science, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Stats, AP Environmental Science, Web Design, Honors English 12, Honors Gov, Anatomy & Physiology, Career Exploration
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Kiwin’s club for 2 years, before I moved schools in another city
Job/Work Experience: Worked as a server for about 3 and 1/2 years now
Volunteer/Community service: Church volunteer every week for 2 years
Personal Statement: Pretty strong
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science (will change to a major in CNAS)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type: public online high school, went to 3 diff high schools in total
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college, low income
Reflection
Strengths: Personal statement, extremely unique personal hardships, summer school classes, upward trend during 2nd semester of junior year, possibly my SAT subject tests even though there’s no correlation between them and the major I applied to, attending 3 different schools,
Weaknesses: lmao
Rejected: SDSU, CSULB,
Waitlisted: UCSC
Accepted: UCR, SJSU
Waiting: CSUF, CPP, CSUN
Cross-post from the other thread. S17 waitlisted for CS. UC GPA 3.56, SAT 1370, ACT 30, great essays, good ECs. In state. Waiting for CPP. Accepted to CSULB but to pre-major–not truly an acceptance, so would prefer CC with transfer to UC later. Fingers crossed. Best of luck to all. This has been a brutal UC admission cycle.
help! UCR liberal arts or Cal Poly Pomona’s Early childhood studies??