<p>@benny29 - Same here, man! 
Admitted! Guess the Chancellor’s Reception thing was legit :D</p>
<p>Capped UC: 4.14
Uncapped UC: 4.32
Unweighted UC: 3.70
SAT: 2290 (didn’t take the ACT at all)
4 APs last year (5, 5, 5, 4); 6 more this year
Pretty good ECs, what I believe were solid essays.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who got in, and good luck to those who didn’t!!! :)</p>
<p>@oldschoolboy rejected.</p>
<p>wait listed 
GPA:3.6
SAT:1940
ACT:29</p>
<p>Alot of nice ECs: 60 hours CIty of hope cancer research</p>
<p>intended major: pre bio-psychology </p>
<p>praying still :(</p>
<p>Accepted! Feels good, wait listed by UCSD yesterday.</p>
<p>Got the Chancellor invite for NYC a few weeks ago but took it with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Out-of-State</p>
<p>GPA: ~3.5
UC GPA: Lower if this means only sophomore and junior grades, had a terrible junior year.
SAT: 1980
ACT: 31</p>
<p>Lots of ECs
Hundreds of hours volunteering
Good Essay (great story but I’m not a good writer)</p>
<p>Why I think I got in: Good standardied test score, and great story to tell in my essay. Very unique rough background. Good ECs. Had a legit excuse for poor academics in Junior year. </p>
<p>Thank you for reading past the bad year UCSB!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT I (breakdown):560(CR) + 600(W) + 650 (M) = 1810
[ *]ACT: Not taken
[ *]SAT II: 660 (Math L2) 600 (Chem
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.896
[ *]UC GPA: No Idea (Weighted @ my school is 4.648)
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):8/721
[ *]ELC?:No
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Lang (2) AP Bio (2) AP U.S. History (2)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov, Physics H, Student Council, Orchestra (Top Level)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just a couple student of the months and orchestra member of the year
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS of orchestra: CCSD Honor Orchestra (1 year), Las Vegas Youth Orchestra (5 years, 1 year as section leader), Nevada School of the Arts Chamber Ensemble (3 years, section leader all years) Varsity Quiz, Science Bowl, Student Council, President of Orchestra Council
[ *]Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Math(since 2011)
[ *]Volunteer/Community service: Only about 10 hours
[ *]Personal Statement:7/10 - basically showed my childhood and how I was different to other students.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[ *]Intended Major: Physics (Got Denied from College of Engineering)
[ *]State (if domestic applicant):Nevada
[ *]Country (if international applicant):
[ *]School Type:Public
[ *]Ethnicity:Latino
[ *]Gender:Male
[ *]Income Bracket:~40,000, raised by single mom
[ *]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Not much going on here, just a guy who does well in school
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *]Strengths: ECs, GPA
[ *]Weaknesses: SAT Scores
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My SAT scores may be a little sub par but I guess they like minorities and OOS students
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Wow, I honestly didn’t think I’d get into a College of Science/Engineering with my average SAT scores. This just goes to show you don’t need a 2200+ on the SAT to get into a competitive college. Always try! This is the first college I’ve been accepted into, after being denied from MIT & CO School of Mines, so hang in there, have hope. I thought I’d be denied from everywhere.</p>
<p>Rejected </p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 30
SAT II: U.S. History (680) Spanish (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):~3.58
UC GPA: ~3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
ELC?: No
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang (3), AP U.S. History (5), AP Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP English Literature, environmental science, government/Econ, calculus, world religions/philosophy<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, CSF Lifetime Membership
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computer Coding Club (co-founder), Arts Council, Theatre Tech (lighting design), tutor, Golf Team (Co-Captain), Hospital Volunteer
Job/Work Experience: worked 1 summer
Volunteer/Community service: women’s shelter, hospital, esl
Personal Statement: Both great and reviewed by school counselors
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided-Humanities
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, all-girls, catholic
Ethnicity: Mexican/Spanish
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $170,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: ACT
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA
General Comments: going to appeal since UCSB is one of my top schools</p>
<p>Waitlisted </p>
<p>GPA 3.86
SAT 1840
Really good ECs</p>
<p>I was accepted, but I don’t think I’m going, so I hope one of you waitlistees get accepted after appealing! </p>
<p>How do we see our financial aid? I clicked on check my financial aid, but all that’s there is something saying they had recieved my fafsa…</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>SAT 2010
W 4.22 UW 3.89
Good EC’s-youth advisory board for teen birth control free clinic, leadership camp, wrote/acted in theatre production targeting at risk youth at high schools/continuation schools at school sites, various writing awards and publications, travel softball and awards/poignant personal statements
AP Art History (5)
Not 1st gen
Not low income
Rank 60/375
ELC-no
Work-10hrs/wk 20hrs/wk in summer
State-CA
School-Public
Eth-white
Gender-F
Literature
Why accepted-probably the amount of sincere and meaningful volunteer work which was tied into the personal statements
Also a change of school (to independent study) and schedule (not taking a language and 2 AP classes as scheduled) was reported in Jan.</p>
<p>Someone else can take her spot off the waitlist though cuz she’s goin to Santa Cruz!</p>
<p>waitlisted 4.08 2090 kinda surprised. really dont want to go to irvine</p>
<p>Rejected for Economics</p>
<p>3.7 UC GPA
30 ACT
Good extracurriculars and decent essay </p>
<p>Was really hoping to either get into UCSB or Cal Poly SLO! Rejected from UCSB but accepted into cal poly so not majorly disappointed. Good luck to everybody else!!</p>
<p>This is for my friend who is super excited and sitting next to me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT: 1800
ACT: 28
SAT II: Math II (650) Physics (600)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
UC GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 57/539
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (2), World History (3), Physics B (4), Calculus AB (3), English Lang (4), Psych (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: English 12, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics (Micro+Macro), Regular Government, AP 2D Design
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, and some</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 500+ community service; Church Leader; Dedicated Key Club Member (Photo Historian)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours - Key Club & Food Bank Volunteering
Personal Statement: Trash</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre - Biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, In-state
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen.</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Community Service, EC’s, Luck
Weaknesses: GPA, Test Scores, only Silver in LoL, ESSAYS!!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EC’s
General Comments: I’m trash, but everyone else is trash for getting waitlisted (joking)</p>
<p>@coolitscollege: I’m guessing bc you have good stats, this is their way of weeding out people who are holding out for better schools…good luck!</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>Feels great because I was just waitlisted by UCSD last night…</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.8
W: 4.1</p>
<p>SAT: 1830</p>
<p>Lots of ECs and my essays were alright
Major: Polit. Science/ International Relations</p>
<p>Not exactly my first choice, but excited nonetheless!!</p>
<p>(praying for LA!!)</p>
<p>Rejected
UC gpa: 3.67
Unweighted gpa: 3.5ish
SAT: 1760
ACT: 26
EC: a bunch of ec, over 300 hours of community service, choir, karate, police explorers, and softball
Major: psychology
Essay: pretty good I thought
In state
White, female
I got accepted to Fresno state and San Diego state
I got rejected from cal poly
I’m still waiting for uci </p>
<p>Rejected
UCSB and UCSD</p>
<p>GPA: W 4.0 UW 3.75
ACT 27
Subject SATs: Physics and Math II (both 710)
APs: Physics B (5), APUSH (1),
Calc AB, Physics C, AP Gov’t </p>
<p>1st gen
Moved to CA from Russia during sophomore year, had to learn English.
Founder and president of Comic Book Club.</p>
<p>Idk what to say… </p>
<p>I got accepted and went to the Chancellor’s Reception as well. I applied for Biology.</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.35<br>
Unweighted: 3.30
SAT: 1820 (no ACT)
Subject Tests: None
APs: 4 (only took one)
Sports: Took Tennis for 2 years
No clubs/0 volunteer hours.
Pretty good essay as well.</p>
<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (670 W, 620 R, 780 M)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 730 Physics, 800 Chinese
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: No
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Calc AB (5), Physics B (4), Computer Science A (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Comp Gov, Reg English, Japanese 3
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ~250 hours volunteer (both in and out of country), few minor clubs at school, started fairly large online project, intern at Newegg
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Freelance coding, small network security firm
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club
[<em>] Personal Statement: First one was amazing according to all the people I asked and second one was…decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Fairly competitive California public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 90k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Uhh…EC?
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly don’t know.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Although I never planned on attending, it sucks to have been rejected since I was accepted to UCD and waitlisted at UCSD. Not even a waitlist :(</p>