UCSB Class of 2015 Decisions Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>good luck to everyone</p>

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Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]College and program:[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs/IBs:
[ *] GPA (UW, W):
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/work experience/volunteering:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or country:
[ *] School type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: [ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program: Letters & Science</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1860
SAT IIs: US History: 660; Lit: 640
ACT: 27
APs/IBs: US History 3, Art History 3, Chemistry 5, Psychology 4
GPA (UW, W): UW 3.61, W 3.75</p>

<p>Location/person:
State or country: CA
School type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

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<p>^ how did you get in already…</p>

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<p>probably through the Chancellor’s Reception, where they told everyone there that they would be admitted to the school. I already had ELC, so I was already accepted. Good luck to you later today!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by Reception</p>

<p>College and program: College of Engineering - Honors. Computer Science.</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 600s
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t memorize scores but they were 500s.
[<em>] APs/IBs: None, but I go to a school where I take college classes instead of AP
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.09
[li] Rank: Top, like top 15% of class</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Tons…I did swim, karate, water polo, dance, ice skating and more for many years
[</em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: Volunteer at CSUN’s Physical Therapy department, volunteer for the restoration of the Ballona Wetlands, volunteer for taking care of horses, volunteer at the Special Olympics
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my grandfather and my relationship to him and what a great man he is. My second essay was about how I organized an Anti-Prop 8 campaign with some LGBT students at surrounding high schools.
[</em>] Hook: I think the hook is that I have been taking so many college classes. I have all my General Eds out of the way as well as some of the lower division courses such as Calculus and Linear Algebra. </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[<em>] State or country: CA
[</em>] School type: Public, but you need to apply and go through interviews and stuff to get in
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Fem
[/ul]</p>

<p>**General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: ** UCSD and UCLA rejected me but I was invited as top percentage for the Chancellor’s reception? Weird. But either way, congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and to those who weren’t…well, good luck! I know you will be accepted somewhere.</p>

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<p>hairless lemon, you are giving someone else a heart attack …</p>

<p>dude, I heard there are 8 residence halls, are they all about the same ???</p>

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<p>lol, its what i intended leaky leakers. xD</p>

<p>about residence halls. . . .they are somewhat. similar. </p>

<p>Short version:</p>

<p>San Nic & San Miguel are somewhat similar. </p>

<p>Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz & Anacapa are more or less the same, just carbon copies placed in slightly different locations. </p>

<p>Manzanita is a class of its own. </p>

<p>Santa Catalina is a class of its own. </p>

<p>San Rafael is a class of its own. . .and its usually (or is) for second-years and above. </p>

<p>Did I miss any dorms?</p>

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<p>so the freaking dorms are all just the same, wonderful, one less decision to make</p>

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<p>There are scholars halls or whatever they call them in all of the dorms?</p>

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<p>Anyone know if financial aid will be posted today as well? I went to chancellors reception so I know I got accepted but there they said that they will send unofficial letter of aid today. But didn’t say if it was mail or email or portal?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program: Letters and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760M, 750CR, 640R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Chem, 770 Math II
[<em>] ACT: na
[</em>] APs/IBs: 5 Chem, 5 Bio, 4 Spanish
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.95, 4.15
[</em>] Rank: 2 or 3
[<em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Working in family restaurant…uhhhhh…CA Scholarship Federation (but I never went to meetings)…not much really
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: Give Every Child a Chance Tutoring (3, 4 years)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Brief Auto-bio (a somewhat rough draft), Shoplifting (also, not fully perfected)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Poor as dirt, does that count? Also, 1st Gen. college student and I work a lot at restaurant.
[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[</em>] State or country: CA
[<em>] School type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: I DIDN’T get ELC which was weird since everyone around my did, and I was questioning my admittance since my essays kinda sucked in retrospect, but, hey 2 for 2 in UCs so…maybe I got a bit lucky, I’ll see with UCD and UCB this week. Good luck to all of you!</p>

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<p>^regarding financial aid. . .its portal, unless somebody says otherwise.</p>

<p>still waiting for mine for second year.</p>

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<p>I did not see anywhere that indicates if you are in the honors program or not …</p>

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<p>I think they’d tell you if you were in honors…
also when do the projections for financial aid come out?</p>

<p>accepted Physics at letters and sciences
2070 SAT 1
760 and 620 SAT 2
4.0 ish GPA
9 aps over 3 years</p>

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<p>yes there are scholar floors in almost every dorm. </p>

<p>and no leakers. . .they’re not all the same. ill make a thread about dorm differences later this week. </p>

<p>and. . .you should find out soon leakers.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program: Letters and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 1960
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770, 660
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs/IBs: 4 (total in HS)
[<em>] GPA (UW, W):3.5 UW, 3.7 UC
[</em>] Rank: 26%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club, CSF, Bio Tutor
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering:
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Bomb?
[<em>] Hook (if any): 1st gen, low income
[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[</em>] State or country: CA
[<em>] School type: Pretty Competitive >800 API
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: M [/li][/ul]General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: I thought I wasn’t even gonna get in due to my GPA. To everyone else who got admitted, congratulations! I hope everyone who’s on the waitlist gets in, and for those rejected, I feel you, Santa Barbara isn’t an easy school to get into.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program:
letters and sciences
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 620 CR/ 630 M/ 620 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: really bad but i didnt study for them(like 550’s)
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs/IBs: Full IB(about 13 or so), 1 Ap(gov.)
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.4/ 3.9
[</em>] Rank:none
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Football- 4 years, bball, thats it i decided groups and all that dont get you into college
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: 2 summers for Street soccer usa( homless people)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):good about diversity and international background
[<em>] Hook (if any):none
[/ul][ b]Location/person:**[ul]
[</em>] State or country: Maryland-DC area
[<em>] School type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White- I didnt specify on app
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: ** im surprised how many schools want me ive only be turned down by UCLA and i applied to like 12 schools</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program: College of Letters and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2150 Composite. M: 690, W: 720, CR: 740
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 MathII, US History in the mid 600’s
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs/IBs: AP macro, AP human geo, AP US gov, AP environmental science, AP euro
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): ~3.6 UW, ~3.8 W
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: varsity wrestling, FBLA, science club
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: tutored kids in 11th grade for 100 hours or so
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): average essays
[<em>] Hook (if any): not sure if this is considered a hook, my family is high income and i am an out of state student
[/ul][ b]Location/person:**[ul]
[</em>] State or country: OOS student
[<em>] School type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]**General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: ** pretty happy that i was accepted</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and program:Undeclared Letters & Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:26
[</em>] APs/IBs: Took AP Calc AB not the exam though…
[<em>] GPA (UW, W):UW 3.87 W 3.9? (Only 1 AP class and im OOS)
[</em>] Rank: 10/328
[<em>] Other stats: SAT 2 570 on Math 2 (lol…) and 650 on chem
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Athletic Training, thats it…
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering: University Housing at UNL (Food Service) Junior year + summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Don’t know how good they are, 1st one about a weightlifting improvement and how it affected me, and one on how my teacher inspires me
[<em>] Hook (if any): None, I took a gap year though
[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[</em>] State or country: Nebraska
[<em>] School type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: OOS cost will most likely prevent me from going</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>**College and program:**Letters and Sciences: Economics</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):710 CR 700 W 680 M (2090 composite)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Bio 630 Math II
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs/IBs:5 AP tests in HS (including this year)
[<em>] GPA (UW, W):3.36 UW, 3.65 UC (I know, they suck)
[</em>] Rank:N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Music, officer of club, member of clubs (nothing significant)
[<em>] Job/work experience/volunteering:Some volunteering
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):Wrote about music on first essay and about my dad and how he’s impacted me for my second essay
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation
[/ul]Location/person:[ul]
[</em>] State or country:CA
[<em>] School type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]**General comments/congratulations/venting,etc: **I’m speechless. After seeing so many people with high stats getting rejected from LA and SD, I was expecting to get rejected everywhere. Congrats to all those who are accepted, and good luck to all those who were rejected and are still waiting for other colleges!</p>