Decision: ACCEPTED!
ACT: 24
SAT Comp: 1590
Major: Accounting and Economics
GPA: 3.7
EC’s: Student Government/Volunteering/Clubs
Essays: Decent, talked about studying abroad in Africa
Other Acceptances: UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, San Diego State
Waiting on: UCLA, UC Berkeley (Fingers Crossed)
Sorry no idea how to format this so I’m just deleting all the other stuff.
Decision: Accepted
Scores/Stats
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 31 (34 E, 33 R, 33 E/R combined, 29 S, 28 M)
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] UC GPA: 4.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% out of a class of 293 (missed top 10% by .01%… nice)
[ *] ELC?: Yep!
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang Comp (4) APUSH (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang, Honors Chem, Econ/Gov (neither offered as APs at my school), Concert Choir
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Silver Ranking at National Choir Competition, Starting attorney on competitive mock trial team (regional champs for 20 consecutive years), individual award at county competition, two cash awards from HS music booster program
Subjective
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial, Link Crew (freshman mentor program, in 0 period class, Unity Board Representative), Rec Soccer for 6ish years, local musical theatre productions, involved in HS music program for 4 years [/li][ *] Job/Work Experience: Job at Yogurt shop since August (12ish hours a week), private tutor for a year (middle of soph year to middle of junior year)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mock trial related stuff, Teen Ambass for organization called Letters to the Universe (but really, no crazy hours or long term commitment to an organization… IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE!!!)
[ *] Personal Statement: 9.5/10
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[ *] Intended Major: Undeclared L&S (accepted into Honors Program!)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): In state
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: … Very High…
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
Reflection
[ ] Strengths: I guess strong commitment to mock trial and music, strong course load, consistently strong grades in those hard courses (showing 1 B in an AP class for all of high school)
[ *] Weaknesses: Community service
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were strong, as well as my grades. I guess coming across as a real person who didn’t do absolutely everything, but had a balanced and fulfilling high school career was maybe refreshing for an admissions team to see.
[] Where else applied: Accepted to Santa Clara and LMU, deferred from Boston College and Northeastern, waitlisted at UChicago, waiting on UCLA, USC, Chapman, BU
General Comments
It’s nice to know that you don’t have to be the president of every club at your school, a National Merit Scholar, or have 400 hours of community service to get into a good college. Wishing you all the best of luck… UCSB is definitely a viable option for me if I don’t get into UCLA or USC, so maybe I’ll see some of you there! 
Accepted!
SAT: 1840
UC GPA: 3.72/UW 3.70
Hooks: URM, First Generation
Track & Field and XC for 3 years
Essays: 8.5/10
In-State
Major: CLS Undeclared
Accepted: CPP, CSULB, SDSU, UCR, UCSC, UCSB, LMU
Rejected: CPSLO, UCD
Waiting: UCI, UCLA, UCB, SCU, Oxy
Accepted!
UC GPA: 4.21
SAT: 1840 (CR:640 W:640 M:560)
SAT 2: 700 (molecular bio)
10 AP Classes (Chem:2 Euro:4 U.S. History:4 Psychology:5 Calc AB:3 English Lang/Comp:4)
Sr year classes: AP Physics 1, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Gov, College English, Academic Tutor, Tennis class
EC’s/community service: Tons of them. Lots of leadership as well.
Awards: A few
Personal statements: strong
Major: Pre-Biology
Race: Asian Indian
In-state
Other decisions: UCD (accepted) UCSC (accepted) UCR (accepted) UCM (accepted) Cal Poly Pomona (accepted)
UCSD (waitlisted) Cal Poly SLO (denied)
I’m really crossing my fingers for UCI, UCLA and UCB!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: did not take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: No???
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP US (4), AP Lit (enrolled), AP Gov (enrolled), AP Statistics (enrolled but did not report)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, Hn Chamber Choir, Philosophy, Comparative Religions, Physics, AP English Lit, Pre-Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Secretary), Theatre Arts (president of 2 clubs), Chamber Choir (Secretary), NHS, CSF, Renaissance, Campus Ministry (Leader)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive. 2 years counselor for Camp ReCreation (summer camp for adults with disabilities)
[] Personal Statement: Above average
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Theatre
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Parochial
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Extra curricular, class load
[] Weaknesses: personal statement
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Theatre
Decision: ACCEPTED! OOS
ACT: 34
SAT Comp: N/A
Major: Physics
GPA: 3/97 UW / 4.17 W UC capped
EC’s: 4 Yr Varsity Football, 3 Yr Varsity Track, Music, music & more music
Essays: Decent
Other Acceptances: U Mich, Tulane
Waiting on: UCLA, UC Berkeley
Accepted!
SAT: 2010
UC GPA: 3.89
Major: Anthropology
Essay: I’d say pretty good!
EC: Tennis, Student Government
Accepted: UC Santa Cruz, Riverside, CSU Pomona, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge
Waitlisted: UC Davis
Rejected: None at the moment :0
Waiting for UC Irvine decisions
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1860 (CR: 660, WR: 640, M: 540)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: Literature (710), Biology-E (660), US History (640)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] UC GPA: 4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?: Since I don’t know what this is, probably not.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), US History (4), Environmental Science (4), English Language and Composition (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Student Government, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Government/Microeconomics, Digital Photography, Water Polo/Swim Team
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar; AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student government (Secretary); PTSA (Student Chair); Varsity water polo (Captain); Swim team
[] Volunteer/Community service: Intern at local dog rescue; Youth soccer referee; Assistant Lifeguard at junior lifeguard program during summer
[li] Personal Statement: Pretty good. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Undeclared (Social Sciences)
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $100,000 to $120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, otherwise not much.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Strong academics; Strong essays; Talent demonstrated through various writing functions
[] Weaknesses: Subpar math skills; Strong course load, but not strongest possible
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High ACT for this school; Strong academics; lots of time-consuming extracurriculars [/li][ /list]General Comments: Pretty nice school. (:
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (720, 720, 710)
ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
UC GPA: Not sure, 8 AP’s
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
ELC?: Since I don’t know what this is, probably not.
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), French (3), Calc AB/BC (3)
Senior Year Course Load: Statistics, AP Comp Gov, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP English, Ethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Personal Statement: Very good.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): OOS (Washington)
School Type: Medium Private (1300 kids)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~500k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Accepted to UCD, UCSB, waiting on LA and Berkeley.
Accepted!
SAT: 1640, I sent all so superscored is 1720.
GPA: 4.1
Major: Spanish
APs: World History, US History (4), Spanish (5), American Goverment, Psychology
ECs: Nothing special. 120 hours community service.
Essays: Really emotional (tearful).
Financial Aid: Yes
Ethnicity: Latino
Decision: Accepted. Majors: Pre-Business (main). College of Letters and Science (impacted. major is not opened)
uc gpa: 4.09
uw: 3.7
weighted: 4.2
ACT: 26
2 Aps + 1 Honors Junior. 1 Ap + 1 Honors Sophomore (4.2 both soph and junior)
extracurricular: I am in one club…so definitely nothing special. prob my weakest point (prob <70 hours)
working: jobs since sophomore til now.
personal statements: pretty decent. talk about hardships in first and volunteer experience in second
WHY I THINK I GOT ACCEPTED? GPA + Essay. With acceptable test score (prob low to some people on collegeconfidential)
Other Acceptances: UC Davis(main major- managerial econ), UCSD (Waiting List - Economics), all of cal states i applied to under business (sdsu, long beach, fullerton, cal poly pomona).
Waiting: UCI (information management)
Denied for CS
Accepted into Cal Poly and Davis for engineering. srs
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1660 (CR: 510, WR: 550M: 600 )
ACT: Na
SAT II: math 2 (670) physics (630)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
UC GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
ELC?: Since I don’t know what this is, probably not.
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), US History (3),
Senior Year Course Load: Marine biology, Ap calc bc, AP Comp sci, Cp English Literature, AP Government/Microeconomics, AP physics2
Major Awards ()
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: part time job, tutor, soccer
Personal Statement: Pretty good.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Math
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $72,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, and first generation
Strengths: Strong academics; Strong essays, high level math and science courses
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly don’t know how I got in. UMR would be my guess
@MsDotsy 33 ACT
@Brehski Same! LOL. MechE for Cal Poly but rejected from SD, Davis, and SB.
Decision: Accepted!
Major: Pre communications, College of Letters and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I- 2070
SAT II- Chinese 790, US History 740, Bio 710
Unweighted GPA- 3.53 (something like that)
AP Scores- US History (5), AP Chinese (5), AP Bio (4)
Senior Course Load- AP Lit, AP Psychology, AP Stats, Gov Econ, Journalism 3, Chamber Chorale
Major Awards- California Arts Scholar, Chinese/History Quiz Bowl Nationals Second Place, lots of other random Chinese awards, some piano awards, publication awards, AP Scholar
Subjective:
ECs- sports, piano for 13 years, Chinese competition stuff, writing (submitted to publications, etc)
Work experience- Have been working since senior year
Volunteering- vocalist for a nonprofit band, interned at a local assemblymember’s office, summer camp counselor, other stuff I can’t remember
Summer activities- internship, SCU Scholar, CSSSA (California State Summer School for the Arts) 2013
Essays- probably the best part of my application (I hope haha)
Other:
Intended Major- Pre Communication
State: CA
School type- large mostly Asian very academic high school in Silicon Valley area
Ethnicity- taiwanese
Gender- female
Income bracket- definitely not getting financial aid
Hooks- family situation
Reflection:
Strengths- not really sure tbh because my scores/gpa stink but hopefully my essays
Weaknesses- GPA, test scores
Where else I was accepted: LMU SCU UIUC SJSU SFSU and now UCSB :")
Decision: Accepted! Woo!
From: Southern California
Desired major: Physics
ACT: 30 Composite
SAT: 1890 (1940 superscored)
UW GPA: 3.83
W GPA: 4.17
UC GPA: 4.295
11 AP classes taken by Senior year
AP test scores:
3: World History, English Language, Biology, Physics B
4: Calculus AB, US History
Extra Curriculars:
130 hours of volunteering at UC San Diego’s Birch Aquarium
40 Hours of volunteering at Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
3 Week Accelerator Aerospace Engineering program at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (2014 summer)
Astronomy Enrichment course taken Freshman year (extra course offered by my high school)
100 hours of volunteering for local congressman’s campaign
100 hours of volunteering at local skatepark giving free skate lessons
Skateboard Club for 3 years
Work a job as a bus boy
Worked at a local summer action sports camp summer of 2013
Awards:
MVP for JV golf (junior year)
Top 25 Students in Junior class (out of 302)
English Department Award Sophomore year (Awarded to 10-15 top students in department throughout all 9-12th grade)
Science Department Award Sophomore year
Faculty Accommodation Award (Given based on Academic performance and personal character)
Essays: I think they’re good… hopefully!
Son accepted into CS in College of Engineering.
UC GPA: 4.44
SAT: 2260, 1540 (M+CR)
APs: 5: Calc Ab, Calc BC, Stat; 4 Comp Sci, APUSH, 3 on Gov (took with taking class)
Took AP Calc BC and AP Stat as a junior, currently taking a college Multivariable Calc
Year-round athlete
Wait listed for CS at Cal Poly, accepted EA Michigan
And now we wait for 8 more schools…
just below the admitted major and college section
not sure if all the colleges have honors programs
Denied… 3.6 uc gpa. 1790 sat. 5 AP’s Plenty of volunteer work, 4 years of track, job, nhs, black student Union president, link crew leader, debutante, good essays… I picked ‘black studies’ for my major
- I know my stats aren’t great but some people with waay lower ones than I have were accepted. How does the appeals process work? Just curious.