<p>Just so everyone knows, I called the UCSB office today to ask about appealing and they said they don’t want waitlisted students to submit an appeal, they would rather leave that for denied students. I was waitlisted as well and was planning to appeal but I’m not sure whether to do so anymore. I was waitlisted at SD too and there aren’t really any other schools I want to go to… So frustrating…</p>
<p>@TellMelmaPossum My daughter isn’t in the top 10 percent of her class. She’s not even in the top 25. Ranking is just a snippet of the big picture. It tells so little. For example, it doesn’t tell you she’s in a competitive program for which only 40 of the 120 that applied were accepted. It doesn’t tell you that being an 11th/12th grade program, all the kids transferred in from different schools with different weighting scales. D’s previous school didn’t weight period and so she came in without the weighted gpa all her other classmates had. It doesn’t tell you 14 was a hard age for her and that her lower GPA is due to one rough semester sandwiched between perfection. It doesn’t tell you that despite her rank, the staff see her as the most competitive student in the class and she’s had the highest GPA the last 3 semesters. This is my long way of saying YOU, like my daughter, are more than your rank. Don’t feel insecure about getting into UCSB with a lower rank than you are seeing here. You obviously showed them something they wanted and be proud of that.</p>
<p>@cdanny I can see you are really upset. It’s hard to watch your child deal with rejection but how we deal with it as parents colors how our children will handle it throughout their life. Your sons stats are average for Santa Barbara and average offers no promises. All the schools you mentioned were not safeties for him. Since California has MANY other schools that WOULD have been safeties, you can hardly lash out at a system that simply didn’t give him the few, more competitive schools he wanted. I do hope you encouraged him to apply where his stats would be higher than average. I know, you see some random post about some kid getting in with lower stats and think “what the heck” but in reality, you know nothing else about that kid. You weren’t sitting in that room comparing applications. You have no idea what uniqueness, passion and ability that kid has to offer. You don’t know his trajectory or the potential that his application displayed. Instead of comparing your kid to a person you know a whole 3 sentences about, maybe consider that your sons stats, his EC’s, his essay didn’t portray a “good fit” for the schools he applied to.</p>
<p>@lwyrwood nailed it. @bonehead3535 Congrats! You deserve it! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. :)</p>
<p>Damn, I love seeing these moms get heated. lol #goucsb</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School/major: Letters and Science (Physics)</p>
<p>[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2160, 730 CR, 740 W, 690 M
[</em>]ACT (breakdown):
[<em>]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 650 phys/chem, 690 us hist, 700 math ii
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 4.35 W
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): Euro hist (4), physics B (3), US Hist (4), Physics C Mech and E&M (4,4), Chinese (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (3), Art history (5)
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP US Government and Politics, AP World History, UCSD Multivariable Calculus, UCSD Linear Algebra
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): SAT Club (president/founder), Middle school helper/tutoring club (president), Book club (treasurer), Quizbowl/Academic League 4 years and captain, science olympiad (astronomy coach), link crew leader
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Biomedical Lab summer internship in China, Jamba Juice (lol), Palomar hospital internship
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: Key Club (100+ hours), tutoring club (50 hours), Hospital internship (120 hours), link crew (40 hours)
[</em>]Summer Activities: Hospital internship, bio internship
[<em>]Essays: i wrote about quizbowl and my parents’ divorce and foreclosure
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations:
[<em>]Counselor Rec:
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview: didn’t have one</p>[/li]
<p>[ b]Other**</p>
<p>[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: public, very competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: $30k
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah[/li][/list]</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<p>[<em>]Strengths: alot of AP courses, SAT I score, physics teacher rec
[</em>]Weaknesses: sat subject tests, ap scores, extracurriculars
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: the acceptance rate was okay and UCSB was my backup, i guess.
[</em>]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: BU and UCSB w/ honors, Rejected: Caltech, MIT, Rice, Waitlisted: UChicago, Harvey Mudd, UCLA 
, still waiting for: Carnegie mellon, columbia, cornell, uc berkeley (top choice), NYU, USC
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: expected to get in honestly, backup college etc</p>[/li]
<p>but anyways, to those who didn’t get in, don’t worry! there’s still lots of schools that have yet to come out, and I’m sure all of you will do great :)</p>
<p>Accepted to Letters and Science (Geology intended major)</p>
<p>4.07 UC GPA
31 ACT
Four years of work and sports + ~200 hours of community service</p>
<p>I second what @turtletime said.
I was accepted as a pre-Chemistry major to UCSB.
ACT composite 33 (I got 33 in all sections)
SATII: Math 2 (720), US History (700)
GPA; 3.31 (unweighted), 3.67 (weighted.
AP US History (5), AP Euro History (4)
Currently taking AP Calc AB, AP Comp Gov, AP English Lit, AP Chem
Award: National Merit Commended
4 years on school wrestling team.
Secy of one lame school club.
Minimum EC and volunteering.
Worked a little for two summers.
I don’t have the greatest applications, I only got in UCSB, UCSC and UCR (Chancellor Scholarship) and a couple of lesser schools. I had really hoped to get into UC Davis, but I think I can call myself lucky to get into UCSB. I am grateful and humbled by this experience. </p>
<p>I know I am late but I am going to post anyways.
Accepted! Film and Media Studies.
4.04 WGPA 3.8 UW (at time of application)
1480 SAT Score (out of 2400)</p>
<p>Also got accepted to UC Davis, UCSD, UCSC SDSU, CSULB, CSUMB, & CSU Fullerton.
Yep, I had low SAT scores, but obviously they liked something about me. (Passion maybe? )
Congrats to all who were accepted!</p>
<p>im black and got rejected with a 3.3 gpa and 1790 sat
weird because i had the worst hardships anyone can have
im still appealing though</p>
<p>I just got this startling email from an email called <a href="mailto:santabarbaraboy@gmail.com">santabarbaraboy@gmail.com</a>. </p>
<pre><code>May 06, 2014
</code></pre>
<p>Dear Johnson:
After careful revaluation of your transcript, we regret to inform you that we are revoking your admission to UCSB. </p>
<p>If attending UCSB remains your ambition, you should know that there is another opportunity for admission later in your academic career: applying as a junior-level transfer student. You can learn more about the transfer option at <a href=“http://www.admission.ucsb.edu/transfer”>www.admission.ucsb.edu/transfer</a>.</p>
<p>I understand this is disappointing news. While no language in a decision letter can lessen that disappointment, please know that we understand the emotional investment you have made in this process and take this responsibility very seriously. We wish you all the best in your collegiate experience.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Office of the Registrar
Undergraduate Admission</p>
<p>Is this actually legit?</p>
<p>jkamboy96
Someone is pulling your leg. No official UC contact is going to come from “santabarbaraboy”!
It would be an .edu ending at least</p>
<p>this^^</p>
@Stat2014 yeah, it’s really wack. Accepted to UC Davis and UCSD, but denied from UCSB. Definitely seems like luck of the draw.
@stat22 just realized this is 2014. My bad!
Decision: Accepted
(APPLIED AS TRANSFER STUDENT FROM CCC)
OBJECTIVE:
- SAT I (breakdown): 1600 (not heavily considered for Transfer applicants)
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.34
*AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit (3)
EXTRACURRICULAR:
-Associated Student Government (2 years in college, 3 years in high school)
-Cultural College Prep program (2 years in highschool, 2 years in college)
JOB/WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Peer Advisement Program (18 months in college)
-Program Assistant of Education Cultural Learning Department (non profit) 9 months
*Volunteer/Community service: Organization involved with for 5 years
*Personal Statement: STRONG, wrote about experiences attending college as a California Indian student.
- Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
- Intended Major: Economics Accounting
*State (if domestic applicant): California - School Type: Community College
- Ethnicity: Hispanic/Native American
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: Middle Class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student, actively involved in Native community and College Community, experience in providing academic/peer advisement for college students and prospective college students.
*Strengths: Strong Personal Statement, Second time applying (first time: as a high school senior, second time: now as a community college transfer student)
- Weaknesses: Had a C in Calculus 1 and Statistics, GPA not very high,
WHY YOU THINK YOU WERE ACCEPTED/WAITLISTED/REJECTED:
All IGETC requirements completed, Major prep also completed, Consistent grades, TAGed to UCSB, consistent involvement in College Community.
I do not believe that I was admitted for my ethnic background. I applied as a Communications Major to UCSB as a high school senior with a 4.0 and strong extracurricular activities. My Personal Statement was about my involvement in my culture. I was denied as a senior.
The second time around, I applied as a Economics Accounting major to UCSB. I utilized our transfer center on campus, completed all courses required and went through the TAG program. My college GPA was a 3.34, and I worked very hard on my personal statements.
Decision: Accepted for Environmental Studies!
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2200 (800 CR, 720 M, 680 W)
[] ACT: Didn’t send them my scores
[] SAT II: Didn’t do these
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, I think about 3.5
[] UC GPA: 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): around 45/400
[] ELC?: I don’t know what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental science (4), English lang (5), calc AB (1), world history (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, journalism, 3d art, AP stats, physics, AP gov
[] Major Awards: National merit commended scholar, AP scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Venture crew 4 years (vice president), Track and field 4 years (captain), California Scholarship federation 4 years (executive board), creative writing club 3 years (president), quidditch club (founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: One year teaching environmental science, geology, astronomy, and space exploration at boy scout summer camp
[] Volunteer/Community service: After school tutoring for inner city San Jose kids
[] Personal Statement: I think both were pretty good, one was about my love of the outdoors and the other about my love of reading and learning new things (and my bizarre trivia knowledge).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah but didn’t get any
[] Intended Major: Environmental studies BS
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public high school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Not sure. Pretty high, I live in the silicon valley.
[] Hooks: I’m assuming lots of outdoor experience and environmental science teaching and classes must’ve helped. I’m also gay, don’t know if they consider that. For the additional comments, I wrote about a chronic illness I have and how that’s pulled down my grades.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NO IDEA!
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who got in!