UCSC Admissions Decisions Thread

<p>Hello Everybody! Decisions are out tomorrow and since nobody has started this, I thought I would!</p>

<p>I took this from another thread, thanks go to user "iownchopsticks":</p>

<p>REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACES BETWEEN THE BRACKETS (ex. The space should be deleted between the bracket and s in [ size=+2], etc.) ALSO REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACE BETWEEN [ *]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To:
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Physics (Astrophysics)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): R:770, W:710, M:740 (2220 comp)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Physics, 750 Math II, 730 World History
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: n/a
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s):HL - Physics, Chem, English A1 \ SL - Bio, History, French A2, Math
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: same as IBs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: the only one… out of state lol.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Debate award.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Sailing, Debate, school Newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job - sailing school + internship at news agency
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): decent
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FRANCE
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): semi private/public. Sends about 5-10 people to ivy leagues each year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: out of state
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I’m probably the only person from France who applied, and my grades made the cut. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Just Happy to be accepted.</p>

<p>this threads so lonely so I’ll post lol.
**Decision:Accepted ** </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To:Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:Yes
[<em>] SAT I (by section):Idk by section, but total 1550
[</em>] SAT IIs:Biology: 640 Eng Lit: 630
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:UC GPA: 3.2 or 3.1
[</em>] Rank:116/500 something
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s):AP Bio-4 This year- AP gov, env science, LIT
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:A lot of APs
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:Probably a lot
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):not really any
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Maybe 4 or 5 lame ones
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):Overcoming a hardship
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):none
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Low stats
[<em>] Ethnicity:Mexican
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:27,000 a year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM i guess?
[<em>] Strengths:Essay
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA low grades, SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:IDK[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>whatttt I had better stats than you and I got rejected… SO FRUSTRATING >.<</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Can’t remember which college lol/Undeclared

  • Fee Waiver Used?: No
  • SAT I (by section): CR-610 M- 520 W-660
  • SAT IIs: 520 Lit 590 Spanish
  • GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 W, idk UW
  • Rank: top 11%
  • IBs (including this year’s): 10th grade- AP bio, AP world history, HL spanish 3 11th grade- AP U.S history, AP lit, AP spanish language 12th grade- HL genetics, AP language and comp, AP gov
  • Senior Yr Courseload: honors genetics, AP language and comp, AP gov, band, AVID tutor
  • Number of Apps from Your School: idk a lot lol
  • Other stats (Awards, etc.): NHS, CSF, marching band, LINK crew leader, boys & girls club volunteer, restaurant server, wind ensemble, volunteer hrs from avid tutoring
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: same as up there

  • Job/Work Experience: server since June '08
  • Essays (subject and responses): decent
  • Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

  • School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): typical public school
  • Ethnicity: asian
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket: <100k
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none unless u count being asian
  • Strengths: nothing that special
  • Weaknesses: GPA slightly less than the average, SAT subject tests not great
  • Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I really don’t know, i’m surprised i made it in although my grades sophomore year were pretty strong and junior year was decent. also being marching band for 4 years probably helped out
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i’m so glad that’s one more school down lol</p>