got into both UCSD & UCSB. now waiting for UCI,UCLA&UCB… i just want this waiting game to be over ;c
Decision: Accepted with Invitation to Chancellor’s Reception (Major: Psychology)
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[ *] UC GPA: 3.55
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Writing and Composition (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Statistics, British Writers, Movies & Meanings, Capstone Communications, Psychology (these were in high school). At my local community college: English 202, Psychology 101, Intro to Philosophy, World History 2.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3 Scholastic Gold Keys, 4 Silver Keys, 3 Honorable Mentions. Several 1sts, 2nds, and 3rds for Speech/Debate Tournaments. 1st place Latin writing award.
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Treasurer), Student Council (Treasurer), Speech Team (Member and Mentor), Improv Club (Traveling team member), Muse Literary Magazine (Writer and Editor).
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting. Cashier at family business.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Trick or Treat for Unicef. Cleaning up Appalachian Trail.
[ *] Personal Statement: I think I did very well on this. I showed that I am not afraid to stand up for what I believe in, and how I have grown.
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, FAFSA.
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[ *] School Type: Public High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks:First generation college student
[ *] Strengths: Personal Statements, taking college level classes my senior year, active involvement in extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: I have decent scores and my personality stands out in my essays.
Also accepted to: UC Riverside
Rejected from: UC San Diego
Still waiting to hear a decision on both Irvine and Berkeley.
@sgtweed don’t feel too bad about it - CCS is extremely selective for things most colleges aren’t, and you can always transfer into it once you’re there
Accepted! 
Sat: 1940
Gpa Uw: 3.70
Gpa W: 4.05
Major: pre financial mathematics and statistics
In state
Waitlisted! Trying to look at it as NOT getting a no. Does anyone know roughly how many students gets admitted from the waitlist? I know it varies, but im very curious
Major: Undeclared L&S
UW: 3.65 W: 4.1
ACT: 27
Tons of ECs, sports, volunteer hours, good essays
Waitlisted- mechanical engineering
OOS New Jersey
SAT: 1940
ACT:30
8 APs
Also got waitlisted at UCD and UCSD but I got accepted to Cal Poly SLO
Wait listed.
Waitlisted- PoliSci
In State (SoCal)
UC GPA: 3.79
SAT: 2090
AP Lang (3), APUSH (4), AP Euro (4)
Senior Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Bio, Chamber Singers etc.
Also got waitlisted at UCSD
Accepted to SDSU and UCSC
Should I appeal or just stay on the waitlist?
Anyone also know if we should apply for housing?
accepted pre-econ + college of letters and science honors
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Decision: Accepted (College of Letters and Science)
Objective:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
UC GPA: Unknown
ACT: 27
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang 3
Senior Year Course Load:
Advanced Photo
Advanced Movie Making
AP Lit
AP Enviro Science
AP Gov
Spanish 4
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GSA (pres), high school video program (station manager), NHS, New Detroit Youth Group
Job/Work Experience: Photographer and editor at local studio
Personal Statement: Very strong
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Film and Media Studies
State (if domestic applicant): MI
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): meh, kinda
Reflection
Strengths:
Winner of multiple student Emmy awards
Good recommendations
Weaknesses:
EVERYTHING ELSE. HOW WAS I ADMITTED?
Other universities:
Accepted: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ithaca College, Beloit College, Kalamzoo College
Waitlisted: Northeastern, Tulane, Colby
@Collegeappkid21 Hi, I also applied to UCLA. I’m guessing you applied for Engineering? Since you got a likely letter, may I know your test scores? I’m really worried, because I haven’t heard from UCLA at all 
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not send - bad
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 I think
[] UC GPA: 4.05
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/520
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (3), Calculus AB (4), APUSH (4), Biology (4), Calculus BC (current), Chemistry (current), Statistics (current)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Government/Econ, ERWC English (basically English 12), First Responders, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None - I suck 
[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutor in 11th and 12th grade, volunteer at Landmark Forum, president of weightlifting club at my school. Clearly, I don’t do much.
[] Job/Work Experience: Not much, but I have been a weakly janitor at an office since November 2012
[] Personal Statement: Not amazing, but I did a pretty good job of amassing the events that led up to my… interesting… home life.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yassss
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public high school. Ranked pretty badly and I am a minority…
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60-70K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, personal statement
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted: They have good taste in men…
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!
Decision: Accepted!
Major: Undeclared, College of Letters and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I- did not submit
ACT- 35 composite (32 math, 36 science/reading, 35 english)
SAT II- Chem 780, Lit 740
Unweighted GPA- 3.63
Weighted GPA- 4.15, UC GPA- 4.18
Rank- school doesn’t rank
AP Scores- Euro (4), Chem (5), English Lang (5), USH (5), Environmental (5), taking probably 6 or 7 more this year
IB- none
Senior Course Load- Honors Physics, AP English Lit, AP Comparative Gov (semester), Economics (semester), AP French Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology
Major Awards- National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
ECs- track, cross country (got scholar athlete awards every season), NHS, CSF, GSA, French National Honor Society, dance/music lessons
Work experience- none
Volunteering- peer tutoring, mentored fifth graders doing science fair projects for a year, work at a local food bank
Summer activities- volunteered as camp counselor a few times
Essays- probably the strongest part of my application (standard topics- love of science and volunteer work, but I really tried to make them stand out)
Other:
Intended Major- Chemistry
State: CA
School type- large public school, pretty well known for academics
Ethnicity- white
Gender- female
Income bracket- definitely not getting financial aid
Hooks- none
Reflection:
Strengths- test scores, essays
Weaknesses- GPA (I screwed up sophomore year) and no real meaningful ECs or volunteer work
Where else I was accepted: SDSU, Cal Poly, UC Riverside, UC Davis, UC San Diego
Waiting on UCLA, UC Berkeley
General Comments: Not my top choice, but nice to be accepted. Now I get to stress about LA and Berkeley 
Denied
Psychology
3.86 UC GPA
29 ACT
Good EC’s
9.5/`10 Essay
Two year athlete
Low income male
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT: 30
UC GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (3), Psych (5), Bio (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Gov, Ap Lit, Ap French, Sci Fi - Fantasy, Physiology, Advanced Algebra, Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with honor (or whatever), Sandia National Labs Outstanding Achievement in Science, couple high school awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): uhhh I play competitive softball, and I play in a pop punk band
Job/Work Experience: been working retail at hot topic for over a year and a half
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours as a camp counselor
Personal Statement: really good from what my english teacher and family friend told me anyways
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undeclared college of letters and science
State (if domestic applicant): in state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, pretty big, 2,000+ students, pretty highly rated i think
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no
Reflection
Strengths: personal statement, gpa is pretty good i think.
Weaknesses: ACT, sophmore year wasnt that great
Why you think you were accepted: honestly i have a backstory with some personal tragedies which i explained in my essays but my grades stayed okay during that and had an extreme upwards trend my junior year so i think that said stuff about my personality, like perseverance and strength and stuff. so i think they were able to overlook some average/bad grades in my sophomore year. also i founded and play in a band which is a pretty unique EC.
General Comments: i think i will be attending, ucsb is definitely the best fit for me. good luck and congratulations to everyone (:
Where else I was accepted: Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis.
Waiting on UCLA, Berkley and UW Seattle.
Decision: Accepted!! College of Letters and Science
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nopeee; ACT score was sooo much better so I didn’t even submit it
SAT II: naw
ACT: 33 C ACT 33E, 33M, 32R, 32S, 9 essay
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Weighted GPA: 4.12 (at time of application it was 4.09)
UC GPA: ermmm I think it was 3.9ish??
Rank/percentile: school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (4), Lit (4), Psych (4), World (4), US History (3), Calc BC, Lang, Gov, Studio Art, Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Studio Art, AP Physics 1, AFJROTC
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Daughters of the American Revolution Medal, National Honors Society, National Sojourners Award, Order of Daedalians Medal
Subjective: lol what this
Volunteer/Community Service (place leadership in parenthesis): AFJROTC Tutoring (Founder/Head Tutor), Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (Gallery Facilitator), Palomar Health (Clinical Intern), Relay for Life (Event Lead and Coordinator)
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Cancer Awareness Club (Co-Founder/President), JV Shot Put, AFJROTC Group Staff (Mission Support Officer), Business Club (Vice President)
Essays: First one was about how my dad’s death to cancer inspired my goals to pursue a career in the health field. Second was about my rise into leadership in my school’s AFJROTC unit.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup yup yup
Intended Major: Pre-Biology
State: CA
School Type: super average public school
Ethnicity: South Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Hooks: Father’s death, had huge impact on my future goals.
Strengths: Extracurriculars/Volunteer activities were pretty oriented towards my desired major. A
Weaknesses: GPA for sure. I even got a C first semester of junior year in Calc AB, but I thankfully was able to explain how having pneumonia for 3 weeks really held me back from school during the time.
Why you think you were accepted: I guess they must have really loved my story!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - UCSD, UC Davis, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU
Waiting - NYU, Boston University, UCLA (lol), UC Berkeley (loLOLOLOL)
Reflection - DON’T give up hope!! If you’re a prospective applicant and want to know more about my stats then just PM me!
I don’t think I’ll be attending, seeing as I’ve got UCSD under my belt. HOPEFULLY I can get into NYU and secure enough FA though. Congrats everybody for getting into college, regardless if it was UCSB or not!
@Goinwittheflow where does it say that you are honors? jw
Accepted!
ACT: 29
UC GPA : 3.95
Major: Pre-Communications
My stats definitely aren’t as good as many of those that I’ve seen, so I wasn’t really expecting an acceptance. I was pleasantly surprised!
D was Accepted in CLS undeclared
UC GPA 4.15/UW 3.7
SAT 2200 (M: 770, CR: 730; W: 700)
Decent ECs, volunteering and leadership.
Mediocre essay
No hooks, white female
In-state
Did not request financial aid
Accepted: UCD, UCSB, Michigan, Colorado
Waitlisted: UCSD
Rejected: Duke, WUStl
Waiting: UCLA, Cornell, USC, Emory