@barca101 Just below where it tells you which major and college you were accepted into. Not sure if all the colleges have honors programs.
Decision: Accepted!
Major: Pre- Finance Mathematics and Statistics (alternate major)
Main major was Chemical Engineering - rejected for that.
Objective:
SAT I- 1840
SAT II- Bio: 630, Math II: 620
Unweighted GPA- 3.77
AP Scores- AP Bio (3), AP Euro History (4), AP Calc AB (4), AP US History (5), AP English Language (5)
Senior Course Load- AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, Band
Major Awards- AP Scholar, NHS, CSF
Subjective:
ECs- Key Club Officer from freshman year to senior year; Secretary/Executive Officer my senior year, Vice President of Red Cross for 2 years, Marching Band (Wind Ensemble II)
Work experience- Have been working since senior year
Volunteering- Link Crew, Sunday School Teacher, Children’s Liturgy teacher, Hospital Volunteer,
Summer activities- Vacation Bible School, Taught kids K-5 about Filipino culture for a summer camp
Essays- pretty good!(: one was about my childhood in the Philippines and the other was about the insecurity of being physically small
Other:
Intended Major- Chemical Engineering
State: CA
School type- diverse group of all ethnicities, San Diego county and school district is PUSD which is a pretty highly regarded district
Ethnicity- Filipino
Gender- female
Income bracket- low-income
Hooks- not really sure about this one…
Reflection:
Strengths- Essays and ECs?
Weaknesses- GPA, test scores
Where else I was accepted: SDSU LOL
Decision: ACCEPTED!
Major: Pre-Biology
UC GPA - 3.92
8 AP classes total
SAT I - 1610
Senior Course Load: AP Psych, AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP English Lit, AP Statistics, ASB Leadership
EC- Volunteering Club all 4 years at around few hundred hours, been in the school’s leadership in both the ASB position and from our school’s Agricultural Leadership class. Participated in High School sport all four years playing playing 4 different sports for almost all 4 years, all varsity except freshman year.
Strengths: I’m gonna have to go with my Essays and EC?
Weaknesses: My GPA is a little bit below the average admitted but my test scores was definitely way below.
Also accepted to: UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, SJSU, FSU and SJU (Queens)
Waitlisted to: Cal Poly SLO, SDSU
Denied: UCSD, UCD
Waiting on Irvine and LA.
I honestly did not think I would get in SB that I was ready to commit to UCSC as soon as I had received my acceptance few days ago. With an acceptance to SB I actually am starting to have a tiny bit of hope that I can get into my dream school UCLA. Will MOST likely attend UCSB if I get rejected to UCLA
What was really surprising was that most of my friends who applied for SB ALL got accepted, 80% of them have similar stats as me in GPA but their test scores weren’t much higher averaging around 1600~1700 with 2 people I know who had 1500s that received the reception dinner thing.
I thought I would post my decision because I thought it was odd that I would get accepted from UCSD, the slightly higher ranked of the two and get rejected from UCSB(not even waitlisted). Did this happen to anyone else? I understand that each UC campuses review your application so maybe UCSD people just liked my application more.
If you are rejected from UCSB, hopefully this can serve you as an reminder that your application may appeal differently to different colleges so you shouldn’t give up on your other schools just because of the outcome of another school. (I opened my UC San Diego with no hope of getting in after getting rejected from UCSD)
Here’s a quick run down of my app.
Asian Female
Out of state (from GA)
Undeclared (Social Science)
ACT: 32
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Graduating with 12 AP classes
EC: had many leadership roles within clubs, mostly art-oriented, 2 years of JV Cheerleading, decent volunteer/community service
Awards: National AP Scholar w Distinction, Basic Academic and Community Service Honor stuff., MVP and Coach’s Award from cheerleading.
Personal Statement: I honestly cringe every time I read it, I’m awful at writing, I would say my 1st one was 5/10 and then my 2nd one was 8/10.
Strength: decent EC, rigor of the course schedule, number of AP classes
Weaknesses: Although GPA is pretty good, overall avg isn’t that high. Personal Statement was definitely weak. I also think having teacher rec would have helped but that wasn’t an option anyways.
Waiting on UCLA, UCB
Accepted to UCSD, UGA and GA Tech
Based on what I provided above, what are my chances for UCLA and UCB? I’m thinking slim to none but any feedback is much appreciated 
Decision: Accepted.
Major: Global Studies
Objective:
Act: 31
Unweighted GPA- 3.96
Weighted GPA-4.38
Rank-5/182
AP Scores- AP Micro (4), AP Euro History (4), AP Macro (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (5)
Senior Course Load- AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Music Theory, AP Psych, sociology, japanese, orchestra
Major Awards- none really but I guess AP Scholar, NHS, CSF
Subjective:
ECs- a bunch of cultural clubs (chinese, japanese, taiwanese), SCCUP (students for cross cultural understanding program), speaking partner for foreign students to improve english, tutoring, counselor at a summer ESL program for international students, volunteer to an orphanage in mexico, president and founder of a foundation to raise money for the kids at my school to pay their tuition if their families are affected by cancer, track manager. All very consistent, done for at least 3 or 4 years.
Work experience- Counselor at ESL camp was paid for 2/4 years
Essays-Pretty good. wrote about how i’d been to third world countries and that’s what made me interested in my major 'cause i want to work with NGO’s. Second essay was about my experience working with international students.
Other:
Intended Major- Same as above
State: CA
School type- smallish christian school, not very diverse. Part boarding school but I am a day student.
Ethnicity- Chinese
Gender- female
Income bracket- Idk? between $80,000-90,000
Hooks- literally none
Reflection:
Strengths- My ECs generally supplemented what I want to study–kept an international theme.
Weaknesses- test scores
Where else I was accepted: clark, bard college berlin, ucsd, university of the pacific, waitlisted at uchicago
Accepted - OOS (Ohio), GPA: 3.6 (not sure how to calculate UC GPA), SAT: 2010. Pretty surprised I got in, but was very happy to see it anyway!
Decision: Accepted
Accepted for Comp Sci
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 M 800 W 660 CR)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 710 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[] UC GPA: (capped) about 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%? not sure
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), World History (2), Stats (4), Chem (4), Calc BC, Physics C M/EM, Comp Sci
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C M/EM, AP Comp Sci, VMC (lit), Gov/econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (7 years in total, 2yrs of JV), Robotics 1yr, Drama Club 1yr, Mock Trials 1yr, Spanish Honor Society 1yr, NHS 1yr
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hrs at Humane Society (with leadership positions), school events
[] Personal Statement: Good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Comp Sci
[] State (if domestic applicant): 9-10th in Georgia, 11th-12th in Cali
[] School Type: Both public & really good. My Cali school is really competitive
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: around 160k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): no
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, volunteering
[li] Weaknesses: GPA, EC’s[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I wish I had gotten honors though 
really confsused…i got in!!!
SAT 1450
Pre-Communications!
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 one sitting (710M/700CR/760W)
[ *] ACT: didn’t submit
[ *] SAT II: 730 Chem, 760 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: not sure, 6 weighted honors/AP Courses, all A’s soph and junior year
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5-10% (not reported)
[ *] ELC?: N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Chem (3), US History (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin 4, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP English Lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years track and field JV, editor of school yearbook, president of a club, secretary of another, student council member, participant in selective medical shadowing program
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ volunteer hours and 200+ merit hours at UCLA medical center, lots of tutoring, worked at retirement home, 3 week intensive program at homeless center
[ *] Personal Statement: very good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biology (Pre-med)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): In State (CA)
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Private, competitive catholic HS (1300 students)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100-200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: grades, SAT, community service, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: AP Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Great essays, test scores, and grades
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck to all on the waitlist!! Congrats to all accepted!
Well this is bizarre. I got accepted at UC San Diego, Georgia Tech, even waitlisted at Caltech, but waitlisted at UC Santa Barbara?
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (790M 760W 700 CR)
[] ACT: 34 composite
[] SAT II: 790 math II 760 physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 unweighted
[] UC GPA: Didn’t calculate
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not reported
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Physics C Mechanics, Research Project (school requirement), Spanish III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student council president, MUN president, varsity track
[] Job/Work Experience: Got a job fixing computers over summer, tutoring middle schoolers in chemistry and math
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[] Personal Statement: About my summer research, I think it was good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Two month research program at UCLA (HSSRP), engineering program the summer before,
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT scores, subject test scores, demonstrated STEM interest, AP courses
[] Weaknesses: Community service maybe?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am really confused. Is engineering this competitive at these UCs? I got into Georgia Tech which is an objectively better school than UCSB so I don’t know why they rejected me. California law prohibits considering race so it’s not that I’m overrepresented. Both my parents went to grad school and my income bracket is high? Are they allowed to consider that?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Even if I got in I would probably go somewhere else. Whatever, shouldn’t take this too hard.
Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): never took
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT II: math2 740; physics 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 7%
[] ELC?: Yep
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc, Physics, Chem, Stats, psychology, compsci; two 4s, two 5s, two 3s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap and city college classes
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): research stuff
Accepted
2260 SAT
UW GPA:3.36
UC GPA: 3.5
SAT II: Math II 710, Lit 760, US History 730
No Rank
AP: 3 5’s and a 4
Senior Year: 3/5 Honors
National Merit Finalsit
@eliminate1337, I think it’s very unpredictable, particularly for out of state residents. I’ve seen quite a few waitlisted engineers. D applied for Chem E, but was accepted for Chemistry, which means she would never be able to switch into engineering. It might be better to be waitlisted, because at least then you still have a chance to get into the engineering school. Your profile looks great, so it’s not surprising that you’ve been accepted to some really good schools.
Got accepted to UCSB yesterday and super excited! Now just waiting on UCLA and Cal 
@Globalgal101 Probably you’ve had some strengths.
Accepted
SAT 1970
GPA 4.0 (out of 4.0)
International, middle east
Waiting for UCLA and UCB 
LOL! My daughter got an email from the Lacrosse coach at UCSB asking her to consider joining the team - they are looking for beginners and those with experience. Pretty humorous. She probably won’t end up at UCSB though because she did not get the major she wanted. Oh well…also waiting for UCLA and UCB.
Same here, im seriously considering UCSB until I hear from my other colleges, so I might look into it
How do you qualify for honors? I have a 2220 and almost perf t scores on three subject tests and challenging schedule. Just wondering 4.4 uncapped gpa 4.2 capped
I got an email from the lacrosse coach, too @ucladeb. Seems strange since i’ve never played lacrosse or wanted to.
Just got wait listed at UCSB, very very sad, it was by far my first choice. UC gpa 4.2, uw gpa 3.9, SAT 1990.
I am holding on to hope for the wait list but I know its unpredictable/slim chance. At least I have UCI and Davis to choose from. Congrats to everyone who got in, I am extremely jealous!!!