UCSD Class Of 2010 Official Decision Thread

<p>SenorMatador...yay!
maybe i'll see u there...phew. Do u know nething about revelle? Which school is the best?</p>

<p>You can major in any major in any college.</p>

<p>Decision: Denied</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760 Math, 680 CR, 650 Writing = 2090
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 700 Physics, 670 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 31/31 (Math 34/35, English 34/34)
[</em>] APs: Microecon: 3, Euro History: 2, Macroecon: 1
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Weighted should be ~4.0 (I've taken honors all the way through), Unwtd is 3.5ish
[</em>] Rank: 70s to 80s out of 330
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Very large... tons of AP courses
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I'm guessing two or three at most, counting me... everyone here loves UIowa
[<em>] Other stats: Extracurriculars
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Award for work of art in local show, NHS, Academic Letter, Honor Roll, Science Club officer, Art Club, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Physics research (paid) at the University of Iowa over the summer
[</em>] Essays: Should be pretty strong... I was creative.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Strong... all the teachers know me well...
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[<em>] Hook (if any): The physics research
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Iowa
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: GPA a little too low for the statisticians, well... that and the out of state-ness.
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Any thoughts on my chances of getting into Berkeley?</p>

<p>UCSD bases admit decisions on their point system, UCLA and UCB do not, just because you were rejected at UCLA doesn't mean Berkeley will reject you. Essays have a lot to do with the decision at Berkeley. Good Luck!</p>

<p>UCI >>>>>>>>>> UCSD just kiddding! go anteaters hahaha</p>

<p>John Muir !!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210; Math = 720, Verbal = 740, Writing = 750
SAT IIs: Math IIC = 690, Literature = 750, U.S. History = 730
GPA: 4.32 (weighted, obvs.)
Rank: Top 20%
Essays: BS'd them November 29th.
Location/Person: Bay area resident (San Jose, specifically)
State or Country: CA
School Type: Catholic private, all-girls
Ethnicity: Filipina/japanese
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: Writing/journalism = managing editor for the school newspaper</p>

<p>Oh, yeah, and got into Sixth for poli-sci/public law. Any good?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to ERC- Cog Sci Major</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2250/2400
SAT IIs: too bad to mention
GPA: 3.6uw
Rank: n/a
Essays: okay
Location/Person: suburban los angeles
State or Country: california
School Type: public (API or 890)
Ethnicity: taiwanese/chinese
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: strengths are ec's and SAT scores, weakness is gpa</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to Revelle</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1870 combined
SAT IIs: Bio M 470, Math 2 650
GPA: 3.7 uw, about 3.9 or very close to a 4.0W
Rank: n/a at my school
Essays: I think they were prettty good.
Location/Person: Long Beach, California
State or Country: United States
School Type: Magnet School, pretty selective
Ethnicity: Asian- Chinese/Vietnamese
Gender: Female</p>

<p>major strength: I'm a competitive figure skater and I'm regionally ranked. I've been dancing ballet since I was two and have been involved in numerous productions. I play piano. I'm a hospital volunteer and I tutor elementary school kids. I'm an active American Red Cross member. I've taken a lot of honors/AP/college level science and math courses at school. I'm in NHS, BioMed Club, I was historian of Psychology Club and I was vice-President of CSF. For a summer I attended a Med program at UCLA. I win the Los Angeles County Science Fair every year since 9th grade. I'm a finalist at the California State History Day competition. I was awarded Most Inspirational Student of my district in 2002.</p>

<p>major weakness: My SAT scores obviously. My gpa is pretty average too. I really don't know if my essays were that good.</p>

<p>Major: Psychology</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *
Eleanor Roosevelt College
Undeclared Social Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2020
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Lit, 710 Math II, 650 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.18 W, 3.57 UW
[</em>] Rank: 16/539
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Okay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Hook (if any): I don't know...various extracurriculars & leadership positions probably
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Big Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese/Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon, Red Cross, French, Tennis, Badminton, Piano, City Youth Committee
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: A lot of kids who applied at my school got in. I probably fit the profile – SAT range and all
[</em>] Other thoughts: What are the differences between the six colleges? I didn’t really know what I was doing, so I randomly ordered them ehehe =X<br>
[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted to Revelle. Not Going.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED Sixth College/ Human Bio</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1920 - 730R/760M/630W
SAT IIs: 790 IIC, 630 Lit, 690 Bio
GPA: 3.45 UW
Rank: no rank
Essays: I worked hard on them?
Location/Person: Seoul
State or Country: South Korea
School Type: Foreign School
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: F
major strength/weakness: internships or working at labs at big universities, good essay i guess?, extra curricular activities (esp. in music)</p>

<p>For pre-med, do you think majoring in human biology better or biochemistry(cell biology)?</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to Revelle</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1790 combined
SAT IIs: Math 2 540, Lit 680, US History 480
ACT: 28 total
GPA: i think... 3.42 uw, 3.87 W
Rank: n/a at my school
Essays: Amazing.
Location/Person: Burbank, CA
State or Country: United States
School Type: Private, Christian
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>major strength: Attended Harvard SSP over 2004 summer, attended college in Oregon over 2005 summer (for just one class), president of community service club, writer for school newspaper, yearbook editor, junior state of america secretary</p>

<p>major weakness: gpa and most of my numerical scores</p>

<p>Major: Psychology</p>

<p>you can major in french lit. and go to med school (actually sticking out like that would look good). Getting into med school is three things, completing the prereqs. (majoring in a biological science makes it easier to do this), getting great grades all around, and getting a good MCAT score. dont worry about major now anyway, go undelcared until you absolutely know what you want to do. you could get to college and discover you have a profound love for gothic architecture.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED: Revelle</p>

<p><b>Stats:</b>
SAT: 1890
SAT IIs: Chinese 800, Bio Molecular 710, US History 710
ACT: N/a
GPA: 3.99 Weighted, 3.53 Unweighted
Rank: Don't know, don't particularly care, but I'm top 5% from what I hear
Essays: Meh. I wrote them in one day.
Location/Person: South San Francisca, CA
State or Country: United States
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female</p>

<p>major strength: 1st chair oboe in symphonic band (no one seems to play this and I stuck with it since middle school), co-captain of auxilaries for 2 years, overcame language barrier, 5's on the AP Bio and AP US History tests
major weakness: GPA(my grades tend to dip second semester) and SAT I's scores.</p>

<p>Major: Molecular Biology</p>

<p>Hmm well ln17, im not doing premed but i guess it depends on what exactly u want to do??? haha sorry im not much help in that area =T</p>

<p>apparently UCSD has some sort of point system?
does anyone know how i could figure out my chances of getting accepted?
(kinda worried because i'm out-of-state)</p>

<p><a href="http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.ucsd.edu/dev3/info/comreview.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>^^ the ucsd pt system. good luck! =]</p>