Denied for CS
OOS
3.5 uw / 4.4 w
2150 SAT
Accepted! 
Computer Science
UC GPA: 4.46
ACT 31
Accepted!
Economics
UW GPA: 3.93
ACT 30
Loads of ECs, awards and community service!
Congratulations to all who got in. And to those who didn’t, just know that it wasn’t meant to be 
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted with Honors L&S
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (best sitting out of 2. Math and Writing in 700s, CR in 600s)
[ *] ACT: 32 (34 Wring/English. 34 Math, 30 Reading, 29 Science) (I think lol)
[ *] SAT II: 780 Bio, 680 Math 11
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] UC GPA: no idea lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (school doesnt rank)
[ *] ELC?: nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), Biology (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Physics 1, AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc AB, Drama, English,
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): bunch of participation/volunteering stuff. not too many. not more than 10 for sure.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lights Camera Action (President), Cricket Club, Chess Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Out-of-school Jazz band which played around the community, Hospital, School Teachers assistant (1 summer), Teacher’s assistant at Saturday School
[ *] Personal Statement: One about volunteering and parents, the other about MUSIC (jazz, specifically)
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Pre-biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Alright, not awesome, but still somewhat competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 160K ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: lack of research, good test scores, leadership/exs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got invited to the reception, so knew I got it. But was happy to see I got honors. My record is not bad, but not exceptional. So future applicants, its really not that hard
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!
Decision: Accepted (CCS Math)
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 - M/CR/WR 770/780/690
[] SAT II: Math 2 800 | Physics 800 | Chemistry 780
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unknown
[] UC GPA: Unknown
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science 5 | Chemistry 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: [list]
[] Math [list]
[li] Homotopy Type Theory[/li] [] Algebraic Topology
[] Category Theory [/ul]
[li] Computer Science [ul][/li] [li] UPenn CIS 500: Software Foundations[/li] [] Programming Language Design (credit for internship)
[] MIT 6.892 2011: Interactive Theorem Proving [/ul]
[li] Honors English 4[/li] [] Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
[] Photo 2
[] AP Macroeconomics
[/list][/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): [list]
[li] Bouldering[/li] [] Policy debate [/ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship with Wolfram Research, 15-20 hrs/week
[] Personal Statement: Weak, wrote it at the last minute and didn’t get a chance to do a good edit until writing the common app
[] CCS letter of intent: Strong but probably could have used some more polish
[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Mathematics
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Private, small (< 30 students)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lower middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Famous recommender
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: [list]
[] Extremely rigorous math courseload
[] Good test scores
[] Good recommendations (CCS asks for letters)
[] Very clearly self-driven [/ul]
[] Weaknesses: [ul]
[li] Non-traditional, application makes me look rebellious if read wrong[/li][] Skirting minimum requirements in some areas (science, language, history, anything-that’s-not-math)
[li] School is nontraditional and unknown to admissions people [/ul][/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think CCS largely looks for people who are interested in some specific field and are ready to start doing research, that describes me pretty effectively.[/li]
[/list]Other universities:
Accepted at UC Santa Cruz
Waitlisted at UC Davis, UC San Diego
Denied at Caltech, MIT.
Accepted ! & attended Chancellor’s Reception yesterday 
Pre Economics & Accounting
Unweighted GPA: 3.2
ACT 27 / SAT 1830
6 APs
Good thing I had so many ECs and community service xD
Accepted to Computing!
Does anyone know when we hear back about CCS?
How are you guys accessing the admissions server? I keep getting an error.
@Brehski my portal shows an error after I click on something too! It’ll take a while, everyone’s trying to access it right now!
Accepted for Chemical Engineering!!
SAT: 2160, ACT: 34
UC Capped GPA: 4.21
Instate with ELC
Congrats to everyone who got in!
Accepted for Pre-Chemistry
My first-choice was Chemical Engineering, but sadly I didn’t make it. Still, I was accepted!
Yeah, the server is extremely slow right now.
Decision: Accepted for Computer Science!
SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math, 580 Critical Reading, 610 Writing
ACT: 29 Composite (33 Math, 32 Reading)
SAT II: Math 2 630 / Physics 520
Unweighted GPA: 3.85/4.00
UC GPA: No clue
Rank: 11 out of a class of maybe 570 kids
ELC: Yes
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Government/Modern Economics, Automotive Technology, AP Biology, AP Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None - Unless if the Elks Lodge National Foundation Scholarship is considered “Major”
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf 4 years (Captain), California Scholarship Federation 4 years (Publicist/President), Model United Nations 2 years (Cofounder/Vice President), Varsity Basketball 1 year
Job/Work Experience: Interned for one summer for Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Waiter at Sushi Restaurant for one summer, self-employed tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Worked at a Buddhist Relief Foundation since I was in 7th grade.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
In-state: Yes
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: - $25,000
Hooks: First Generation College
Strengths: Extra Curricular, AP Courseload, Work Experience (maybe?)
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: May have been my extra curriculars and personal statement?
Decision: Accepted to pre econ/ accounting
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (730 writing, 680 math, 670 reading)
[] ACT: nah man
[] SAT II: 680 chem, 690 literature, 700 math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[] UC GPA: forgot, school gpa is 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34/ 550
[] ELC?: wut
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 euro, 5 ap language, 4 apush, 2 chem lol (this year ap calc bc, lit, micro, gov, spanish)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): nah man
[] Senior Year Course Load: oh AP’s = calc bc, literature, micro econ, gov, spanish. regular= phyics, plus wind ensemble
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, national merit commended, nothing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Congress club (founder/ vp)
quidditch club (founder/ vp)
music students service league (vp)
marching band (drum captain)
4 years in all school bands, 4 years all county honor bands, lots of involvement in community bands, southern cali honor bands, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: lol
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50-100, it wasnt much
[] Personal Statement: i’d give my essays 7/10, didnt work hard enough but everyone loved them
[/ul]Other /b][ul]
[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: no[/li][] Intended Major: pre econ/ accounting
[] State (if domestic applicant): cali
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: medium public, 2000 kids
[] Ethnicity: white + latino
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: 500k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): mexican heritage
[/ul] b]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extra curriculars and essays
[] Weaknesses: gpa and SAT, not so low for sb but for my goals eeesh
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: uniqueness, not many mexican american percussionist accountants
[/ul]General Comments: went to the chancellor deal yesterday and loved it, i was really impressed with all the faculty and the function. feeling very lucky to have been a top applicant. if usc rejects me i’ll be a gaucho
Just keep reloading, it is slow, but it finally let us in. Son accepted to UCSB. Undeclared 4.4 and a SAT 2320. Does anyone have info on the Regents for this school? He got it for UCI and UCD but not UCSD. That acceptances really are random. Best of luck to all of you!
@notaname How do you know you got into CCS math? I applied to the CCS program and thought they sent the decisions by mail sometime in late march after UCSB admissions came out.
@sgtweed It said on the portal that I had been accepted to CCS math, and I’ve gotten emails from CCS that essentially said I was in. There’s a small chance I misinterpreted, but at this point I’d be extremely surprised if I hadn’t gotten in.
also congrats to all who got in, at the chancellor reception it was revealed that sb received over 70,000 applicants, a new record. if they accepted around the same amount as last year (roughly 24,000) then we have a record low acceptance rate on our hands
@notaname So instead of saying accepted into mathematics college of arts and sciences, it says CCS? Damn, I guess I didn’t get into CCS then.
waitlisted for chemE. but got into UCSD and got UCLA likely letter? super confused? but I already have ucsd so i guess its okay?