**UCSB Stats Only Class of 2025**

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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Please post your stats and any pertinent information based on the template below. No discussions please.

Best of luck to all applicants.

Decision: Admitted

Decision: Waitlisted

Decision: Rejected

Merit scholarships awarded (if any):

Major (and division if applicable) applied to:

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA:

UC Capped Weighted GPA:

UC Fully Weighted GPA:

ELC (top 9%):

Comments about course load (including senior year):

SAT Subject Tests (if any):

AP exams (scores in parentheses):

IB exams (score in parentheses):

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars:

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service:

Summer Activities:

Personal Insight essays (details):

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant):

Country (if international applicant):

High school type:

Gender:

Applied for need-based financial aid?:

Pell grant eligible?:

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:

Highest level of parent education:

Living with both, one, or no parents?:

REFLECTION::

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

GENERAL COMMENTS:

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Decision: Admitted 3/16
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Global Studies
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.24
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.28
2 AP’s, 11 dual enrollment College

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Son’s Decision: Admitted 3/16
Intended major: HISTORY
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.40
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.60
In-state/OOS/International: IN STATE
Local/Non-local: NON-LOCAL (OC/Irvine)
HS course rigor: 9 APs (6 Senior year)
EC’s: National League of Young Men (philathropy/volunteer group), Club Swim, High School Swim Captain (4 years Varsity)

Accepted to UCSC, UCI, Cal Poly SLO, U of Utah, Chapman. Awaiting decision from UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkley, USC.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Chemistry

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: unsure

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.21

ELC (top 9%): top 10%, yes ( school doesn’t offer more detailed stats)

Comments about course load (including senior year): 2 honors or AP courses per year, when available

SAT Subject Tests (if any): n/a

AP exams (scores in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Calculus A/B (5)

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: varsity water polo and swim team (4 years), marching band (2 years)

Job/Work Experience: lifeguard 2 years

Volunteer/Community service: various - mostly committed to volunteer tutoring, a few hours per week

Summer Activities: work and rec swim

Personal Insight essays (details): Not a strong storyteller/writer, but covered highlights of a varied education and EC life.

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: n/a

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): CA

Country (if international applicant):

High school type: Public, large

Gender: Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?: No

Pell grant eligible?: No

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:

Highest level of parent education: BA

Living with both, one, or no parents?: Both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Grades, and likes a variety of ECs

Weaknesses: Writing and art (although was involved in music)

Why you think you were waitlisted: unsure - popular major?

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UCSC, accepted UCI, Cal Polo SLO and Pomona, SDSU (no decisions yet from the others)

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S21 Decision: Admitted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Electrical Engineering

ACADEMIC STATS::
UWGPA: 3.96
Capped WGPA: 4.22
Fully WGPA: 4.52
ELC (top 9%): YES
In State, non-local
13 APs, 4 senior year + other honors courses
Extracurriculars: Varsity tennisx4 + a few other clubs
Job/Work Experience: Internship related to major
Volunteer/Community service: Some
High school type: Public
Gender: Male
Applied for need-based financial aid?: No
Accepted to: SDSU, CP SLO, UIUC, Purdue, UCI (honors), UCSC, UCR
Rejected: MIT, Caltech, GA Tech
Waiting: UCB, UCLA, USC, UCSD, Carnegie Mellon

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Decision: Waitlisted (declined waitlist spot)

Major: Pre-Sociology

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.00

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.30

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 5.00

No standardized tests taken

Job/Work Experience: soccer coach, camp counselor

Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at children’s hospital, 150 and counting hours and local animal shelter, animal foster parent, volunteer Hebrew school teacher, varsity and club soccer player, team capitain,

Summer Activities: camp counselor

Personal Insight essays (details): Ivy League admissions counselor reached out to say that essays were very strong

State (if domestic applicant): IL

High school type: Private

Gender: Female

Applied for need-based financial aid?:No

Pell grant eligible?: No

Highest level of parent education: JD

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both

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Decision: Admitted
Merit Scholarships: N/A
Major: Electrical Engineering

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.94

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.15

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.62

ELC (top 9%): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year): 11 AP Total + 13 Dual Enrollment + 4 Honors

SAT Subject Tests (if any): 780 Math Lvl 2

AP exams (scores in parentheses): 11 Exams total, 6 scores (5s in Calc AB Calc BC Human Geo, 4s in APES and Physics 1 and 3 in AP Lang)

IB exams (score in parentheses): NA

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NA

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: Science Fair (Regional Winner in Sacramento Region + ISEF qualified), Science Olympiad (highest competitive team), Orchestra (Viola section leader), Academic Decathlon (Vice President),

Job/Work Experience: NA

Volunteer/Community service: Was a Canvasser for a national political campaign (only listed on common app)

Summer Activities: Listed Above

Personal Insight essays (details):
Wrote about elections, music, and research. Solid essays.

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: NA

DEMOGRAPHICS:: Asian American, upper middle class

State (if domestic applicant): California

Country (if international applicant): USA

High school type: medium sized public

Gender: male sex, enby gender

Applied for need-based financial aid?: yes

Pell grant eligible?: no

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: no

Highest level of parent education: parent 1 has masters

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Essays, Grades,

Weaknesses: Probably my capped GPA and maybe my 4th essay (I could’ve done better), Extracurriculars

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong GPA + decent essays

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cal Poly SLO, SJSU, UPitt, UC Irvine
Waitlisted; Georgia Tech
Rejected: Stanford, MIT
Waiting to hear from: UCSD, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley, WUSTL, Northeastern, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Duke

GENERAL COMMENTS:
Good luck everyone!!! Fingers crossed!

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Decision: Admitted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Biology

ACADEMIC STATS::
3.9 UW UC GPA
4.33 W UC GPA

ELC (top 9%): yes

ACT: 35

SAT Subject Tests (if any): SAT II Math 800, SAT Chem 780

AP exams (scores in parentheses):
Biology (5)
Physics 1 (5)
Chinese (5)
APUSH (4)
French (4)

DEMOGRAPHICS:

State (if domestic applicant): CA

High school type: Public

Gender: Female

Highest level of parent education: PhD

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both

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Decision: Admitted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics

ACADEMIC STATS:

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.97

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.39

UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.39

ELC (top 9%): Yes; top 5% of class

Comments about course load (including senior year): 11 AP/Honors classes; all STEM classes

SAT Subject Tests (if any): None

AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Physics 1 (4); AP Calc AB (5) APUSH (3); AP Human (5); AP Chem (4)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): in state

High school type: mid-size/large public high school highly rated

Gender: M

Applied for need-based financial aid?: No

Pell grant eligible?: No

Highest level of parent education: graduate degrees

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both parents

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Very strong student; took rigorous classes and did well; essays were to the point and genuine

Weaknesses: ECs

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: maybe because my major isn’t engineering or computer science? Also gpa and course rigor were high; being in top 5% of class also; maybe being National Merit Commended when UCs couldn’t look at SAT/ACT so they used that designation?

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Decision: DS21 - Admitted on 3/16

Merit scholarships awarded (if any):

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: 2nd choice: Applied Math (1st choice -Aerospace Engineering)

ACADEMIC STATS::

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UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27

UC Fully Weighted GPA: ?

ELC (top 9%): yes

Comments about course load (including senior year):
All honors classes taken since 9th (but only Honors Chem accepted at UC) / Sr Year Class Sched:6 AP Classes & PLTW Engineering

SAT Subject Tests (if any): none

AP exams (scores in parentheses): APUSH 5, APEURO 3, AP BIO 4, AP Eng Lang 5 - Sr year: AP CAL AB & BC, AP SPANISH, AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Physics

IB exams (score in parentheses):

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Natl Merit Commended Student, CBRP Honoree, AP Scholar with Honors

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: 2yr Robotics Club-Co Pres-VEX/ XC 3 years/ Track 1 year

Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutor since 11th, Tutor Supervisor

Volunteer/Community service: NHS-CSO / Key Club - Treasurer/ School Science Expo - manager

Summer Activities: STEM Paid Student Teacher for school district

Personal Insight essays (details): Solid and insightful but no “wow” or unique circumstances

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review:

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): CA - Sacto area

Country (if international applicant):

High school type: 4-yr public

Gender: Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?: yes

Pell grant eligible?: no

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?:

Highest level of parent education: Both Bachelor
Degrees

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: GPA, lots of ECs and class rank - #1, Sr class rigor

Weaknesses:

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Class rank, GPA, Sr class rigor, lots of ECs - well rounded experience, extensive STEM classes

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Cal Poly SLO (Aerospace) / Seton Hall with merit/UCI (Aerospace)/ UCSB

WL: CO School of Mines

Waiting: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD

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Decision: Waitlisted
Major: Psychology
GPA 4.35
ELC Status: YES
In State
Lots of Honors, AP, Community College classes, job, sport team captain

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Decision: Rejected
OOS from small population northern state
Psychology
UW GPA: 3.92 (one B each semester sophomore year, straight A’s since)
UC Capped/Weighted GPA: 4.31
Top 10% of class out of 300+ students in graduating class
ACT: 34 (I know, not considered this year)
ECs limited but good leadership: Captain varsity sports team, President Peer tutor program
Essays: spend weeks polishing/perfecting/having others read, so I thought they were good
Worked part-time 10-15 hours per week throughout high school
Demographics: White middle-class
Reflection: must have been really hard to be admitted psych and/or OOS this year, also I think UCs being test blind this year really hurt my chances
Congratulations to the admittees!

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Twin 1
Decision: Accepted
Major: Undeclared
ELC (top 9%): Not sure because of P/NP spring semester
Weighted GPA: 4.26
UW GPA: 4.0
ACT: 34
Good essays and ECs, no leadership
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted to: UCSC, Cal Poly SLO, McGill, Lewis and Clark, University of Hawaii
Rejected: Stanford
Still waiting:UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD

Twin 2
Decision: Waitlisted
Major: Undeclared
ELC (top 9%): No
Weighted GPA: 4.22
UW GPA: 3.94
ACT: 35
Good essays and ECs, leadership
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted to: Cal Poly SLO, McGill, Lewis and Clark, University of Hawaii
Waitlisted: UCSB, UCSC
Rejected: Stanford
Still waiting: UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD

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Decision: D21 Waitlisted
Merit Scholarships: N/A
Major: Pre-Communications

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.68
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.05
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.40

ELC (top 9%): Yes for state; school doesn’t rank

Comments about course load (including senior year): 9 AP Total + 8 Honors

SAT Subject Tests (if any): N/A

AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Euro (5); APUSH (5); AP Lit (5)

IB exams (score in parentheses): NA

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar; 2x medalist in Le Grand Concours national French exam

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon; Speech and Debate; school newspaper (editorial position this year); choir; started a school club

Job/Work Experience: NA

Volunteer/Community service: Regular volunteer with parks & rec before COVID

Summer Activities: Boston University Summer Journalism Institute; Medill (Northwestern) summer online workshop

Personal Insight essays (details):
Prompt 2: Wrote about daydreaming/ADD (9/10)
Prompt 3: Wrote about writing skills (10/10)
Prompt 4: Wrote about summer program at BU (10/10)
Prompt 8: Wrote about personality attributes (9/10)

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: NA

DEMOGRAPHICS:: Hispanic, upper middle class

State (if domestic applicant): California

Country (if international applicant): USA

High school type: small private

Gender: female

Applied for need-based financial aid?: no

Pell grant eligible?: no

Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: N/A

Highest level of parent education: P#1: PhD and P#2: JD

Living with both, one, or no parents?: one, one lives out of state

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Essays, Rigor of curriculum, ECs

Weaknesses: Several Bs in STEM classes; Inability to submit high SAT score

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: solid GPA; very strong essays

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cal Poly SLO, SDSU, Northeastern, Fordham (Honors); Syracuse (Newhouse), U Wisconsin; U Maryland (Merrill); U Oregon (Honors); Indiana U (Honors/direct admit to Media School); LMU; Loyola Chicago (Merit at all except Wisco and SDSU)
Waitlisted: UCSB
Rejected: N/A
Waiting to hear from: UCLA, UC Berkeley, , Boston University, Northwestern, USC, NYU

GENERAL COMMENTS:

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I have identical twin boys with identical GPA’s and EC activity. The only big difference is that one twin had Band 4 yrs. Otherwise, 4 yrs swim team, Eagle Scout, lots of volunteer activities, internships.

Twin 1
Decision: Waitlisted to UCI and UCSB
Major: Biology
ELC (top 9%): Yes- ranked 7/600
Weighted GPA: 4.81
UW GPA: 3.96
SAT 1450
Good essays and ECs, band 4 yrs
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted: All with good vp/presidential merit scholarship-Baylor, Case Western, LMU, UOP, St louis university, Marquette

Twin 2
Decision: Accepted to UCI regents scholarship/Honors and UCSB
Major: Biology
ELC (top 9%): Yes- ranked 15/600
Weighted GPA: 4.72
UW GPA: 3.98
SAT 1490
Good essays and ECs, leadership
Instate: Yes
High school: Public

Accepted: All with good vp/presidential merit scholarship-Baylor, Case Western, LMU, UOP, St louis university, Marquette

I’m wondering if UC schools are waitlisting the twin to protect yield. It’s infuriating since the twins have identical applications.

Please advise and share your UC experiences with multiples… Private schools have identical acceptances and deferment…

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Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): None

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Pre-Econ

ACADEMIC STATS::

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.4
ELC (top 9%): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year): 11APs (including 6 in senior year), students at this high school take 8 courses a year (4 each semester).

AP exams (scores in parentheses): Comp science principals (5), AP Euro (4), AP Lang( 5), APUSH (4), + 1 dual enrollment computer programming class

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not “major” but a few academic awards at school

SUBJECTIVE::

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles:

Extracurriculars: Club and Varsity soccer for 4 years, captain on club team, Hewlett Packard Code Wars, French Club

Job/Work Experience: None

Volunteer/Community service: Built a house in Mexico for a family, SPCA volunteer, Developed and ran a free soccer camp for youth during summer 2020 when all kids’ sports were canceled due to Covid (did outdoors, socially distant but had to cut the program short as new Covid restrictions came through).

Personal Insight essays (details): Leadership essay (documented how his early experiences as having no confidence in soccer allowed him to be empathetic and patient as team captain),

Academic subject that he had a strong passion for (Computer science…did full pathway at school and multiple extra activities, self-taught coding to discover he did not want to pursue computer science as a career),

Helping community PIQ
PIQ #8 (general tell us something open-ended) - wrote about his passion for movies and how it helps him better appreciate diversity.

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State (if domestic applicant): California

High school type: Large public
Gender: Male
Applied for need-based financial aid?: No
Pell grant eligible?: No

Highest level of parent education: Masters (both)

Living with both, one, or no parents?: both

REFLECTION::

Strengths: GPA, course rigor, PIQ’s as they did show some insight and vulnerability (as much as a 17 year old male can muster I guess)

Weaknesses: EC’s and no paid work

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, rigor and PIQs

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCI (accepted), SDSU (accepted), ASU (accepted), Santa Clara (accepted)
Waiting to hear: UCSD, UCD, Cal Poly SLO,

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