@luvpups221 He did and as of yesterday there was no decision from them.
Congrats! Daughter accepted OOS!
IB School, 4.7 W, ACT 29, SAT 1280, lots of leadership, outrigger paddling, good essays, Accepted to UCLA, SDSU, UC Davis, Cal Poly and UCSC, Colorado Boulder, Colorado state, Montana, UVM. Awaiting UVM and USC.
Awaiting UVA and USCā¦
Awaiting UVA and USCā¦
Awaiting UVA and USCā¦
Son (in-state) rejected for Mechanical Engineering today.
SAT 1410, Weighted GPA around 4.25, unweighted around 3.85.
Fair amount of extracurricular,(orchestra/music and sports) and pretty good essays.
Admitted: UC-Santa Cruz (Robotics Engineering), UColorado-Boulder (ME), Colorado State (ME)
Rejections: Cal Poly-SLO, UC-Davis (all ME)
Congrats to all who got selected today!
ty!! @meb1meb1
Accepted Mechanical Engineering
In-state Asian Male
GPA: 4.6 W
SAT: 1500 (8/7/8 writing), 780 on both Math 2 and Physics
Varsity baseball, FIRST robotics, COSMOS, lots of leadership roles
Pretty good essays, very STEM oriented
Admitted: SLO (ME), UCSD (EE)
Waitlisted at UCLA (ME) :((
ACCEPTED!!!
CoE Mechanical Engineering
In-State
GPA: UW 3.83, W 4.14
SAT: 1410
SAT II: Math 2 - 740 Physics - 740
8 AP classes (Euro 3, Physics 4, APUSH 3, Compsci 3, Micro Gov CalcBC and APES TBD)
4 year varsity athlete, robotics two years, volunteer stuff, 1 year of work experience, lots of summer and other math and engineer programs
Moderate essays, 7/10
Rejected from basically every UC so pretty surprised i got in
Accepted: CU Boulder, SDSU Weber Honors, SJSU, Cal Poly Pomona, UofArizona, BU transfer program, deferred UMich, waitlisted Purdue
Denied: Too many to count. UCD, UCLA, UCSD, CPSLO, WUSTL, Northeastern, couple more
Accepted!
Sat: 1260
UW GPA: 3.82
10 AP, loads of honors
really strong essays, internships, Varsity letter in tennis and service. Guess that made up for test scores!!
Accepted
Physics w/ Honors
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.13 UC (4.5 Uncapped)
ACT: 33 (11 on writing)
SAT Math II: 800
Good ECās and essays
Accepted: SLO, UCSC
WL: UCD
Denied: UCLA, UCSD
Waiting on UCI and UCB
Really surprised to get an honors offer after being WLād at Davis and rejected from SD and LA. I just guess thatās the UC system for you.
Accepted with Honors and the Chancellorās Reception!
Global Studies major
In-state White Male
UC GPA: 4.32 weighted/3.95 unweighted
ACT: 34
SAT II: 760 Spanish, 750 US History
7 APs by graduation: Spanish Lang (3), US Gov (4), US History (5), Calc AB, English Lit, Spanish Lit, Macro/micro
Great ECs; Lots of involvement in Youth-in-Government programs, many school leadership roles, part-time job, 1 year volunteer experience with the Boys and Girls Club, studied abroad on a NSLI-Y scholarship.
Good Essays? Idk though.
Accepted: UMich, UC Davis w/ regents, UCSD, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly, Northeastern, McGill, University of Rochester, Fordham, Macalester, U of Alabama, U of Minnesota.
Rejected: UCLA
Waiting: USC, UC Berkeley, UCI, GW
So glad to be accepted! Probably going to Davis bc of Regents (unless Berkeley pulls through) but Iām still really happy to have UCSB as an option.
Seeing everyone do this, I think I might share my stats too.
Accepted for Pre-Psychological & Brain Sciences in College of Letters and Science!
SAT 1420
GPA: like a 4.3? higher if UCās weight concurrent enrollment classes.
SAT II: 780 Spanish, others not gonna say because they were to substitute for A-G lol but they were decent (above 630)
Total of 6 AP classes taken throughout the 2 years in US (AP Spanish Lang 5, AP Enviro Sci, AP Gov, AP Chem, AP Spanish Lit, AP English Lit) Took AP Chinese without taking the class (5)
2 year school tutor, 2 year Sci Oly, 1 year Speech & Debate, music (out-of-school activities), private tutor for elementary & middle school kids. Volunteering spread around with community organizations. Have foreign country experience. Busy summers too!
Essays were definitely unique, 10/10 content 7/10 style (now that I look back, I think I was a little too straightforward).
Accepted: All UCās besides UCLA right now.
Denied: 2 reach schools(privates). HAH.
Pending: The rest of the UCās and my other reach schools lmao.
I guess my SAT, exponential growth in GPA (converted from foreign grades vs. current HS GPA), and unique experience got me in.
ACCEPTED! College of Letters & Science!!!
has anyone received an email yet?
OOS Daughter ACCEPTED - Pre-Psychological & Brain Sciences
ACT:31
GPA: 4.45W, 3.90UW
Several College courses - taken at a local community college during HS
6 APās
Good ECās
Good Essays
UC Acceptances: SB, SD, Irivine(Honors), UCLA, SC, Davis
Still waiting to hear from Berkeley (I hear thatās coming on 3/29)
Non-UCās Acceptances: ASU, NAU, CU-Boulder, CSU, UNorthernColorado, Regis, Chapman, USan Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine
Still waiting to hear rfom USC (I hear they mail out on 3/22, and can check portal 3/25)
OOS daughter Accepted! Pre Psychology and Brain Sciences
US citizen but never lived in the US
SAT: 1420
School didnāt have APās
Killed the Essays
Lots of volunteering, especially working with refugees
Acceptances:
Tulane 33% scholarship
Penn State
Boulder
UMAss Amherst
Syracuse 20% scholarship
Loyola Chicago 50% scholarship
Fordham
Didnāt get into:
Northeastern
BU
Still waiting for a couple more
are you a music student? (I am) I also got into UCSB and USF but not UCLA
Accepted!!
OOS
Music major (I play viola)
SAT: 1340
GPA: Any other music or arts majors? Iām seeing mostly biology and engineering so Iām not sure if UCSB is a school with a very strong music program or arts community
Strong essays
Barely any ECās (performing arts extracurriculars, volunteered at visual art shows, and NHS)
Also accepted to: UConn, SFSU, University of San Francisco, University of Redlands (weird choice but it was a safety)
Rejected: UCLA, Cal State Long Beach
Waiting on: NYU, USC, Occidental College and UC Berkeley
I saw it in College Confidential portal: https://www.collegeconfidential.com/schools/school/university-of-california-santa-barbara