<p>@Serentic yeah, I got denied at ucsd too. I sort of knew it was a reach for me.Did you get any of the UC Berkeley supplements?</p>
<p>Serentic, can you educate me as to what exactly NYU-Poly is?</p>
<p>Admitted!!</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>MrCornell - No, I didn’t, which could either be very good or very bad. :c</p>
<p>Also, decisions are out! I’m accepted. c:</p>
<p>Mauswa - I’m not too familiar, but NYU Poly is a part of NYU that focuses on engineering, if I’m correct.</p>
<p>My S is still pending.</p>
<p>Accepted!!! Yay!</p>
<p>Does anyone know what’s going on with aid?</p>
<p>Accepted!!!
Gpa 3.7
Sat 2010 ( 750 m, 720 w, 540 r)
Major: pre bio</p>
<p>So happy after rejection from Davis and San Diego!!</p>
<p>Son accepted. Pre-bio.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Honestly, shocked I got accepted. 3.4uw GPA and 27 ACT!</p>
<p>@jackmaurice - I thought I was the only one.</p>
<p>accepted! pre-communication & honors :)</p>
<p>Daughter accepted to Pre-Psychology. 4.3 gpa, 2110 SAT. She is leaning toward UCSD or Cal Poly, though.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (710M, 700W, 610CR)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take.
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t submit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.361 (Struggled through adversity and depression but that’s not much of an excuse. I should have tried harder and applied myself more often.)
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.65
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 20-30%… T_<strong><em>T
[li] ELC?: Definitely not… ></em></strong>>[/li][<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (3), AP U.S. History (4), AP Calculus AB (4), AP Chemistry (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Government, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, two elective classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, a few honor rolls and certificates of distinction here and there.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Engineering club (founder and president for three years), Google Science Fair (team project leader), YouTube Space Lab (team project leader), District Science Fair (team project leader), Real World Design Challenge (team project leader), Computer programming.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Science camp counselor (100 hours), various other science related stuff (25 hours)
[</em>] Personal Statement: Probably the best couple pieces I have ever written in my entire life. I feel that my personal statements really showed my ability to overcome adversity and how that adversity has generated my passion for science and technology and evolved me into a better, brighter person. Friends and teachers all said they were excellent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Not applicable.
[<em>] School Type: Very large public high school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$30,000-40,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation to college.
Reflection
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, extracurriculars, extracurriculars, essays, SAT
Weaknesses: GPA ( T____T ), … perhaps major of choice?
[<em>] Weaknesses: I think the obvious scientific focus that I placed in my extracurricular activities and essays (and the whole overcoming adversity part of my essays), as well as my relatively decent SAT score were the only reasons I even had a chance at Irvine. Just goes to show that GPA isn’t everything.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: For everyone still worried and waiting for their decisions right now and in the future, I think that the best thing that you can really do is to remain optimistic and good things will happen. For future applicants, again, GPA isn’t everything as my case shows, so if you’re in a similar boat, I think it’d be helpful to bolster your extracurriculars, standardized testing scores, and essays as much as possible. I was rejected from UC Davis and UC San Diego, and I thought that UC Santa Cruz or even just flat out community college might be the end of the line for me, but I have recently been admitted to both UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. I’m still waiting on UC Berkeley and UCLA but I’m really not expecting much from them (though that would be really awesome!). These entire past few weeks have been very stressful, yet incredibly humbling. That first rejection from Davis definitely hurt and kind of threw me into a funk and depression for a couple of days, but I managed to stay optimistic and ended up getting into Santa Barbara and Irvine. Don’t give up hope! Good luck guys and girls!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Decision Date: 3/19/13
Application Plan: RD </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (760 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: 800 Chem, 760 Math 1, 740 US History, 700 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Psych (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Comp Gov (4), Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, English 12A, Government/Economics, Digital Imaging 1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended[/list]Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism
Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as a busboy
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteering, Library Volunteering
Summer Activities: International Hospital Volunteering
Essays: Good, reviewed by lawyer cousin and developed over a few weeks
Teacher Recommendation: Not known, but I think great!
Counselor Rec: Not known, but I think good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State: CA
School Type: Top 50 Public In USA
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, Volunteering
Weaknesses: GPA, EC</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely SAT
General Comments: Good Luck to others!</p>
<p>Waitlisted.
3.42 UC GPA
2100 SAT</p>
<p>Son accepted to honors program at UCSB with
SAT 2260
UC GPA 4.05, UW GPA 3.7, W GPA 4.08 (if I remember correctly)</p>
<p>So far:
Accepted EA to UChicago; Deferred from Georgetown; Accepted to UCSC, UCSB, Waitlisted at UCSD;
Waiting for: Georgetown, Stanford, Brown, UCB, UCLA.
Withdrew all other apps after hearing from UChicago.</p>
<p>Accepted to pre-comm & honors program woohoo! (already knew from chancellor’s reception but still…)
SAT 2180
ACT 35
UC GPA 4.04</p>