***UCSB Class of 2018 Official Decisions Thread***

<p>Rejected OOS from PA. 4.1 weighted GPA, 2130 SAT, 6 Ap’s, Sports/clubs/work. Oh well their loss maybe I’ll go to Cal Poly :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 570 Reading: 690 Writing: 770 (2030 total)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] UC GPA: don’t know
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (4) and Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty light: Pre-Calc, Contemporary/Shakespeare Lit, Gov/Econ, Honor Choir, Theatre, French 4
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club, Honor Choir (VP), Theatre
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at a bed/breakfast freshman year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at local kid’s museum in the summer
[<em>] Personal Statement: I thought they were pretty good. I don’t know. One was about how my family has influenced me and the other was about theatre and what I’ve gained from it.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OOS (Oregon)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >150K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I can’t really think of any like this!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, essays, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA could’ve been better, only took two APs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pretty good GPA/SAT, I guess. [/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m pretty excited, definitely considering UCSB. I still need to visit so we’ll see.</p>

<p>@muffinFTW Hi sir how did you get in with those stats? I’m sorry but I do not seem to understand. did you have some incredible ECs or something that made you stand out? </p>

<p>S got accepted for Econ… Uc GPA 3.8 SAT 2190… Yeah!!!</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>3.6 GPA
2340 SAT
770 Math II
AP Calc (5), AP Micro (5)</p>

<p>Great ECs, decent essays</p>

<p>No idea why I was rejected. Maybe because I applied computer science?</p>

<p>Really happy! (:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (M 700, CR 640, W 630)
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Maths2: 670, Physics 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): 41 predicted (776 Maths, Physics, Chemistry HL and 776 Economics, Spanish B, and English Lang/Lit SL)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[*] Country (if international applicant): Germany</p>

<p>Accepted-32 ACT, no SAT II’s, around a 3.6 UW GPA, 4.0 W. yee</p>

<p>Accepted into electrical engineering! Was NOT expecting to get into their engineering program considering I was waitlisted at UC Davis haha</p>

<p>Academics:
UC GPA: 4.1
SAT: 2030
SAT Subject Tests:
Math Level 2: 800
Physics: 680 :/</p>

<p>AP Test Scores:
Calculus A/B: 5
Physics C Mechanics: 4
U.S. History: 4
Environmental Studies: 4</p>

<p>EC/Awards/Other Stuff:
Marching Band All 4 Years
Band Leadership Program (few select out of around 200 band students)
Saxophone Section Leader
Wind Ensemble (top band class out of three)
Music Appreciation Club
Soccer (2 years)
Track and Field (4 years).</p>

<p>Personal Essay was about my struggle with Tourette’s Syndrome and ADHD for the majority of my life.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Also accepted to: Cal Poly SLO, LMU, UCSC, SDSU
Still waiting to hear from UCI and UCLA</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown):1980 CR(680) W(700) M(600)
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: Lit (620) US (600)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.47
[ *] UC GPA: 4.01
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 80/562
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Envir. Sci (4) U.S. (4) Lang (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Gov, Chemistry
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4yr Varsity Show Choir (Secretary), 2yr Acapella group, peer tutoring
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 1 yr facilitated Social Skills groups for Autistic children, 2 summers Summer Show Choir Camp Counselor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: LA PPOA, Peer Tutoring, Nat’l Anthem at various sporting events
[ *] Personal Statement: Very good
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Undeclared
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 150,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 1st gen college, Dual citizenship (France/U.S.), overcoming family health issues
[ *] Strengths: Essays, SAT’s, work experience
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
I think I’m rather well-rounded, even though my GPA isn’t stellar I made up for it in other aspects :slight_smile:
Good luck to everyone!!</p>

<p>Accepted. WOOT!</p>

<p>D was accepted!
3.76 UC GPA
2180 SAT I
700 Lit
650 Bio
Accepted at UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, USD, Waitlisted at UCSD </p>

<p>rejected wooo! it was a big reach anyways</p>

<p>Rejected. 4.26 W 4.4 UC GPA 4.0 UW 28 ACT. Congrats @l2equiem!</p>

<p>@BigBoi1223 I honestly have no clue how I got accepted as well haha. I was even invited to the Chancellor’s Reception, which beyond surprises me. I don’t have any EC pretty much. I did tennis for 2 years only (Sophomore and Junior year), was in 0 clubs, 0 community service/volunteer hours, didn’t have a job (spent my time at home playing games), and even my senior courseload has 0 APs. I suppose that I must have written an amazing personal statement? </p>

<p>Finally an UC which gave some credential to SAT score… Yeahhh ucsb</p>

<p>woohoo accepted to mechanical engineering!!</p>

<p>GPA 4.5 W 3.97 UW
SATI 2110 740 math 720 reading 650 writing
ACT 32 32 math 32 reading 30 writing 35 science
SATII math2 690 chem 550
APs world (3) English (4) apush (4) calc (5) psych (5)
Senior course load APs English, physics, calc bc, gov, econ , total APs: 10
Five honors classes total</p>

<p>ECs volunteer at local church, track and field, cross country 3 years each, VP of hiking club, boy scouts for a couple of years, and speedcubing haha, tutoring</p>

<p>Awards: AP scholar w/ distinction, boys state delegate</p>

<p>Essay 1: transition from homeschooling to highschool
Essay 2: boys state experience</p>

<p>SLO reject, UC Davis and UCSD admit</p>

<p>@Zanelol Thanks! You will get accepted into better schools anyway!</p>

<p>D Accepted</p>

<p>Major: Math (CCS)
4.0 UW
4.33 UC Capped
4.65 W
33 ACT (35 M & S)
SAT II: 660 Bio 690 Math II
500+ hrs community service</p>

<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Didn’t get into chemical engineering, but I didn’t want the major anyways. Got into the Honors Program at Letters&Science! :)</p>

<p>2060 SAT
4.54 UC GPA
In-state w/ELC</p>

<p>@l2equiem The other schools I applied to were UCB and UCLA so I’m not so sure. However I already got into UCI so that seems like my only choice (oh well, close to the beach/close to home. Not complaining).</p>