<p>Decision: Rejected
GPA: UC 3.9, weighted 4.3
SAT: 2000, Math level II 700, US History 650
Top 9%
Valedictorian candidate
White male
California resident
Good essays and lots of EC including 3rd place at county engineering fair
Also rejected to UCD and Cal Poly. Wait listed to UCSD.
So I guess if you are a white male from California you can’t get into any schools? </p>
<p>My D got in ucsb top applicant- chemistry major, uci chem eng, UCD, UC Merced and UCSD. She comitted UCSB because she is a track recruit and she wants to compete in track in college. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Pre-Economics and Accounting</p>
<p>SAT I: 1960
ACT: 32 (32 in every section lol)
Unweighted GPA: 3.8ish
UC GPA: 4.14
Rank: top 10%
AP: AP World History (4), AP Statistics (5), AP United States History (5)
Extracurriculars: Two Sport Athlete (Basketball/Volleyball)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at movie theater for 1.5 years
Volunteer/Community service: Camp Counselor
Personal Statement: Pretty solid statement
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State: CA
Ethnicity: Irish/English
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 60k</p>
<p>General Comments: Now to decide between here and Cal Poly SLO for Business Administration
:)</p>
<p>Anyone else here in the 4% of admitted students that wasn’t in the top 10% rank in their high school?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>SAT I: 1980
ACT: n/a
SAT II: Math 2 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) around 3.8
Extracurricular
a research about autism
minister of student union
chief editor of school newspaper</p>
<p>Personal Statement: solid I assume
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Undecided CLS
Country (if international applicant): China (Mainland)
Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>General Comments: Good Luck to all!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted,CLAS - Undeclared/Biopsychology</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math-II - 780; Bio-E - 750; Japanese - 720; Chem - 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.5/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Stat, CalcAB, Japanese, Psych
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars: (place leadership in parenthesis): Vocal, Drama, Dance
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 hrs in local Sr. Home for Alzheimer’s patients, Pet Shelter and Tech Museum
Summer Activities: Exchange program with scholarship in Japan
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 (My take) cannot really rate my own essay. I thought they were pretty good.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Did not have access to my recommendation - possibly good given the offers so far
Teacher Rec #2: Did not have access to my recommendation - possibly good given the offers so far
Counselor Rec: No idea.
Additional Rec:
Interview:
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<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Very large nationally recognized public school.
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>Strengths: ACT score, Care giving in the Alzheimer’s patient center, Volunteering, consistency with my vocal and japanese programs.
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Passion for medicine/neuroscience reflected in my essay.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: 7 in total so far (2-LAC with large merit awards); rejected: UCSD/UCD; waiting for my dream LACs - only two more weeks and the wait will be over.
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<p>General Comments: UCSB was my first choice public college. I am still waiting for the decisions from my dream LACs. Really need a small school environment. So far I have done pretty well where-ever my application has been looked at as a holistic package and not just GPA based</p>
<p>@cdanny…I bet you applied to engineering…and that’s super competitive…has nothing to do with being white male from CA…you probably would have got in with another major. Hope you applied to a safety. Calpoly is not safety</p>
<p>Calmomofthree… Yeah except did you see the Asian immigrant male a few posts above mine who got into the same major my son was rejected to with a 3.2 and a 27 on the ACT. Really? I have been looking up court cases and schools have been ruled against for giving extra points based on minority status. Guess that’s my next step. Try to get this system corrected!</p>
<p>Soooo…financial aid?</p>
<p>@CDanny Being Asian is usually unhelpful in college admissions. They’re considered an overrepresented minority; only underrepresented ones get a boost. Just thought I’d point that out.</p>
<p>@CDanny…my daughter is also white and got into UCSB with almost identical scores as your son. I really believe it came down to her personal statement letter. Good luck to your son in his college process.</p>
<p>According to the most recent UCSB campus profile, 45% of undergrads are white and only 17% are Asian. So, I don’t think race was the deciding factor. More likely other factors like the personal statement, ECs, etc. Not to mention, they need a certain number of international and out of state students to pay higher tuition costs to balance things out. My daughter is bi-racial, identified as African-American and I would hate it if someone thought she got in just because of her race. She has worked very hard to get into UCSB (4% of pop.) and I am proud that she did!</p>
<p>waitlisted
uc gpa: 3.71
SAT I: 1770
SAT II: Chinese 800 Math II 720
AP Chinese (5)
Taking APES AP ECON AP CALC
Do I still have any chance?</p>
<p>That “poor me, I’m a white male” attitude probably came through in your personal statement. </p>
<p>@tellmeimapossum my daughter was accepted and not in the top 10%, more like in the top 20%. Her stats are posted previously. I think her EC’s and personal statements (which were her own and not edited by any professional) were significant factors. She’s white, middle income and not 1st gen college.</p>
<p>@cdanny both of my white sons got in, although their stats were higher. I sweated bullets over one of them, but not because he is white, he is just in a group of stats where they pick a bunch but deny a bunch more. The Asian above whose stats you cite also mentioned he had suffered hardships (unspecified) which presumably he discussed in his essay. THAT is likely why he got in, resilience to hardships is a selection factor. He well knew his stats on their own were low for UCSB, and he is right, but obviously something else about him convinced admissions that he could be successful there.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170
[</em>] SAT II: Math II - 740, Biology (M) - 720, Physics - 740,
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~50%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 APs, those I’ve taken so far are 4’s
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty heavy, 5 APs and a honors course
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (I found a vulnerability in google’s mail system but they didn’t award me anything)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A ton… my EC’s are pretty strong. Apple developer, iPhone app developer, Robotics and Programming club presidents, rowing, etc etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Both job and work experience with programming and computers
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours, presidential service award
[<em>] Personal Statement: Excellent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science/ Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, ECs, essay, upward trend
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades/GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Super strong ECs, and SATs are good (i think?)
[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone else!! My school is super competitive and I was pretty immature through sophomore/beginning of junior year so my grades are definitely a turn off.</p>
<p>@mimi2012
Congrats. My stats and reasons for being accepted are fairly similar to yours. Except I’m male and Asian lol</p>
<p>Unofficial financial aid awards are now available through the portal!</p>
<p>@lwyrwood Thanks for the notice! </p>