<p>Son Accepted! (Older brother in his 2nd year)</p>
<p>Honors Program, Chancellor’s invite.</p>
<p>Undeclared Social Sciences
3.85 uw
4.25 UC GPA
4.45 fully weighted
10 APs
Leadership
Varsity swim</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1990 - 670 CR, 680 M, 640 W
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 730 US History, 700 Literature, 650 Math
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.81
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 97/730
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Euro/AP Lit/AP Calc BC (planned)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Honors Chemistry, AP Calc BC, Honors Economics, Honors Art History, Journalism, AP Euro
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club - 1 year
Class Council - 2 years
Robotics - 3 years (Secretary, 2 years)
Junior Statesmen of America - 2 years (Vice President, 1 year)
Journalism - 4 years (Sports Editor (10th grade), News Editor (11th grade), Editor-in-Chief (12th grade)), attended state workshop for journalism
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: Pretty good, if you ask me. Did a good job of outlining who I am.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup!
[<em>] Intended Major: Pre-Communications
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Large public, somewhat competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese/Vietnamese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $30k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, essays, community service
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They accept quite a few magnet students from my school, and I’d like to say I wrote some rad essays.
[/ul]General Comments: Happy to be in! Although it’s not my first choice, I’d love to go here. 
So far, rejected at UC Davis, waitlisted at Pepperdine and UCSD, accepted to CSUN, SDSU, and Cal Poly SLO. Still waiting on UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, and Occidental!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):n/a
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.92 W (don’t know if it’s UC GPA)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), US (4), Calc AB (3), Psych (3), Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Stats, Gov, Econ, ASB, AP Lit</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (10th grade- Commissioner of Clubs, 11th- ASB Secretary, 12th- ASB President)
Job/Work Experience: math tutor
Volunteer/Community service: San Dieguito Alliance for a Drug Free Youth Study Buddy (3 years), hundreds of hours at other various events
Personal Statement: I think it was pretty good. I wrote about growing up in a community that fosters success as well as my student ambassador trip to Europe.</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Pre-Communication
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars, leadership
Weaknesses: gpa</p>
<p>Excited for UCSB!</p>
<p>Rejected: Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: Pepperdine</p>
<p>Accepted to UCSB! I got denied UCSD, waiting on USC.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (720 CR 800 M 780 W)
SAT II: Math 2 (780), Bio E (650)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.25
UC GPA: 3.69
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20-30%
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro(3), AP Lang(5), AP Stat (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, H Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons
Job/Work Experience: Cashier
Volunteer/Community service: like 100 hours of BS
Personal Statement: Pretty bad LOL
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics & Accounting (Might do Financial math or actuarial)
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Above Avg 800+ API
Ethnicity: Afghan
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <30K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen, low income
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, Ec’s
Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably 2300 and good activities</p>
<p>Rejected.
SAT 1760.</p>
<p>This is so stupid. I got into Davis but not SB. ■■■.</p>
<p>Accepted into honors for pre-biology
SAT 2000
Math II 740 USH 700
UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 4.5
also got into cal poly slo, UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UW seattle</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, pre-communication</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2060
ACT: n/a
SAT II: weren’t great, didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
UC GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro(4), APES(4), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Comp Gov, AP English, AP Spanish, Biotechnology, journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cheerleading (4 years, captain sophomore year), journalism (3 years, arts editor junior year and managing editor senior year), global health focus club (president, founder)
Job/Work Experience: nanny, local newspaper coordinator
Volunteer/Community service: global health focus is service-based
Personal Statement: pretty good (?)</p>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: pre-communication
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: very good
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ECs, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, ECs?
Congrats to all!</p>
<p>General Comments: Good Luck! </p>
<p>@WorkWithMeHere - SAME situation, bro! (or, well, “sis”). Got into UCD/UCSC, waitlisted from UCSD, dearly hoping for UC Berkeley… ^:)^ </p>
<p>S - Accepted into Honors Program
Physics Major
2180 SAT (710CR, 800M, 670W)
4.2W GPA
Subject tests: Math(800), Physics(800)
Eagle Scout</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Computer Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 1760 (440R,760M,570W)
ACT: 27
SAT II: MathII 780, Physics 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
UC GPA: 3.4~3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
ELC?: no
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP world history(3), AP Physics B (4), AP Chinese (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Cal BC, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): n/a
Job/Work Experience: a lot
Volunteer/Community service: a lot
Personal Statement: pretty good</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: very good
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: very low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen college, immigrant, low income, hardships</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: ECs, volunteering
Weaknesses: SAT , GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, should be coz I have no idea how i got in. Anyways I’m very satisfied.
Congrats to all!
<em>BTW rejected by all other UCs</em></p>
<p>accepted to pre-biology! invited to chancellor’s reception as well
gpa 3.9w, sat 1980 (cr590 w680 m710), sat chem 760, act 31
part time job, internship at st joseph hospital
not much volunteering or ec…
happy to get accepted to my first choice!! </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1830(M 680, CR 530, W 620)
ACT: NO
SAT II: NO
TOEFL:97
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: economics
Country (if international applicant): China</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1980
ACT: 31
SAT II: 780 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
UC GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Math HL, IB History SL, IB Lang & Lit. SL, IB Spanish SL. Predicted 40
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL 2, IB Chemistry HL 2, IB Math HL 2, IB History SL 2, IB Lang & Lit. SL 2, IB Spanish SL 2, TOK 2
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 500 hours of volunteer work
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre Biology
Country (if international applicant): Zimbabwe
School Type: International
Ethnicity:
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 80k
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: Congrats to all. Waiting on UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Northwestern & Johns Hopkins! </p>
<p>Accepted!
Out of state
3.85 UC GPA
2130 SAT
Pre-Psychology major
Really surprised I was accepted, still hoping for UCLA, but it’s definitely a long shot. Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>International student wait listed…
- 3.89 GPA
- 1890 SAT
- good personal statement
- good extracurriculars
- doing 6 APs in May</p>
<p>Accepted pre biology :))) I was suprised because I had such an extremely low uc gpa and average sat. Really proves that ucsb takes a more holistic approach XD
-uc gpa 3.55
-sat 2010
-didn’t take act or sat 2
-asian (korean) ethnicity
-female
-income: under 25 k
-took a total of 9 aps and 3 honors throughout my highschool career
-extracurriculars: speech and debate varisty member and officer, president of a volunteer club, look international treasurer, publicist of cvtv, jv track, csf member, key club member, worked two jobs, volunteer tutor at a church
-essays about 1) how I overcame my anxiety issues after joining speech and debate 2) how I work every weekend at my moms small souvenir store and how she and my brother both want a better life for me beyond our little family run store
anyways look forward to attending and cant wait to see some of you peeps there :))</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED
MAJOR: Pre-Biopsychology (College of Letters and Science)</p>
<p>Objective Stats:
SAT: 1910
ACT: 29
UC GPA: 3.60
Weighted GPA: 4.17
Unweighted GPA: 3.58
Senior Courses: Full IB Diploma Candidate (IB English HL, IB History HL, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB Math SL, IB French SL)
** enrolled in honors courses throughout high school **</p>
<p>Subjective Stats: ** parentheses refer to grade level **
Clubs/Leadership: National Honor Society Chapter President (12), Student Representative to the School District Board of Members (12), Mock Trial Lead Prosecuting Attorney (12), National Honor Society Chapter Vice President (11), Junior Class President (11), Member of Student Govt., CSF, and Mock Trial for 4 years, NHS for 3 years
Community Service: Founded an after school mentoring program for at-risk elementary students, volunteer weekly at my church (choir, Feeding the Homeless), hospital volunteer (nurse’s aide), various community service events throughout my community
Personal Statements: Essay #1 - I talked about my struggle to remember my childhood and my move to the U.S. from India after my father’s death. I related this struggle to my interest in my chosen major and my desire to learn more about the brain and memory formation.
Essay #2 - I explained my work with the after-school program I founded for at-risk elementary students and how it has influenced me and taught me to give back to my community in whichever way possible.
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>For those of you who were accepted, congratulations! & good luck to everyone waiting for admission notifications in these next few weeks! (= </p>
<p>Waitlisted 
UC GPA 4.09
1760 SAT
200+ volunteer hours
Decent ECs
Good Essays</p>
<p>Accepted! 3.83 UC GPA, 1830 SAT. Also accepted into UCD and UCSC. :)</p>
<p>Edit: Major Undecided in college of letters & science</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
ACT: 29
SAT II: 690 LIT
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 ?? hahaa not too sure…
UC GPA: 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
ELC?: No
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4) APUSH (3) AP Physics (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP GOV, Adv Photo, Journalism, Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Key Club International award, Local school district recognition for Distinguished service
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CNH KIWIN’S of Key Club International District Board Position, Varsity swim 4 years captain 2 years, Varsity Water polo 4 years captain 1 year, Junior Olympics participant, Sports Editor for newspaper, Anthropology club President, Local Photo Guild co-founder
Job/Work Experience: YMCA Lifeguard, USAWP referee
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club 500+ hours, Malibu Science Camp Cabin Leader 120 hrs
Personal Statement: 7/10 both
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Film & Media
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Japanese/Korean
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $60,000 ish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): …
Strengths: Solid ECs
Weaknesses: GPA, ACT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, test scores, I just wasn’t what they were looking for.
General Comments: Accepted wait list offer + sending in appeal. Also wait listed to UCSD and I havent heard back from UCI . IT WAS ONE OF MY TOP SCHOOL CHOICES AF AF AF AF AF</p>