<p>Objective:
* SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR, 640 W, 690 M; 1980
* ACT: N/A
* SAT II: 650 US HIST, 600 Math II.
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.794
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/504
* ELC?: No.
* AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English Comp (3), Calc AB (3)
* IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
* Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Art Hist, Economics (1 sem), AP US Gov’t and Politics, Journalism, Spanish 3
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LOTS OF CLUBS AND HOURS (Key Club, Interact Club, Vietnamese Student Union, etc…); Sports (Two years of tennis, two years of track and field);
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Leader at church.
Personal Statement: One was unique and about friendship. The second one was about my parents’ absence in my life and other adults influencing me.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Alternate: Biology, Human
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Most students are Asian or Mexican.
Ethnicity: Vietnamese.
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Very low…
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation.
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: Personal statement, possibly.
Weaknesses: My numbers are average.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My numbers aren’t that impressive, since they’re pretty average. I guess I pulled through with my personal statement and my extra curricular activities.
</code></pre>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230; Math: 770; Reading: 740; Writing: 720
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 790; Chem: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.35
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/720
[<em>] ELC?: yep
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (5), Chemistry (5), Calc AB (5), English Language (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Spanish, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, Expos
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a few
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: office admin
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital
[<em>] Personal Statement: muy excelente
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, test scores, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m Asian[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everybody who got in! I’m so excited!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 780 Writing: 700 Critical Reading: 740 2220
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2: 760 Literature: 750
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: Statistics (4) Calc. AB (4) English Lang. (5) Environmental (4) World History (4) U.S. History (3)
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): N/A, 4.15
[<em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroecon, AP Gov’t + Politics, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Psychology, AP French Language, AP Studio Art 2D
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NM Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Tap dancing, club tennis, President Kids Korps, President Garden Club, Science Olympiad, Science Journal, CSF, NHS, Boys and Girls Club volunteer, library volunteer.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Junior tennis instructor, website content producer, babysitter.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My world and its branches in communication, Meeting the FBI.
[/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection [ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Nothing, apparently. Russian-born, etc.
[</em>]Weaknesses: Everything?
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: After being accepted to WUSTL and not here, I am not really sure.[/li]** Not really sure why I got waitlisted, but everything happens for a reason I suppose.** [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 720 CR, 590 W, 680 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Math, 720 Lit
[<em>] APs: Chemistry, Physics B, Calc AB, (this year is Calc BC, Stats, Spanish Lang)
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.83, 4.2
[<em>] Rank: 33/450 (7%ish)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 20 hrs of community service, a few club memberships, not really much else (I am really weak when it comes to extracurriculars)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Asian heritage, opportunity, both pretty good according to my English teacher
[<em>] Applied on (EA?): Days before deadline
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nothing really, haha.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m so glad I got in! Best wishes for everyone else!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 CR: 690 M: 730 W: 680
[</em>] SAT II: Bio E: 790 Math II: 760
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11%
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma Candidate
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: F</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Probably won’t attend, but I’m happy I’ve been accepted. Waiting for UCB</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2090 overall; 690 M, 690 W, 710 CR (or maybe it was 690 CR and 710 W…I forget)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 US history, 710 literature
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: Bio (5), Human Geo (didn’t take test), Euro (5), Chem (3), Calc BC (4), Calc AB sub-score (4), Art 2D design (3), APUSH (5), AP lang/comp (5), APES (5), and this year I have lang/lit, art 2D drawing, and US gov
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.83, 4.53
[</em>] Rank: 8/550ish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Swim team for three years, designer for award-winning HS literary magazine for three years, three years NHS, one year GSA, one year AcDec, 80+ hours community service
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): moving around the country as a kid (teacher gave me an A-), art/drawing (B+) – then revised 'em both a bunch
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Uhh I got ELC and then I got a letter from UCSD saying I would be automatically accepted? But then I got similar letters/postcards from like every UC except UCLA/UCB so I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. UCSD was my fallback though. I was also accepted to UCLA.</p>
<p>I tried to do the other post thing with colors and stuff, but to no avail, i hope people forgive me for writing normally. </p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2240
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2 780 U.S History 800 Biology E
[ *] ACT:36
[ *] APs:A lot like 7
[ *] IBs:No
[ *] GPA (UW, W): Uhm 4.0, 4.6ish
[ *] Rank:N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: volunteering internships
[ *] Job/Work Experience: interships
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: alright
[ *] Applied on (EA?): no
[ *] Hook (if any): None
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:CA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m really quite surprised, I got into MIT, I believe that the UC system is trying its best under budget cuts, to get more out of state students. Congratulations to Everyone that got in, and for those rejected, dont worry about it, theres better things for you. Best of luck to all!</p>
<p>College and Program: Marshall, International Relations - Political Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2310 (CR 780, M 800, W 730)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800x3, 790
[<em>] APs: four 5’s
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0, UCGPA around 4.4?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: all Politics related-- political activism club, prestigious summer program at ivy, student gov, internship at politician’s office, debate, fundraising, other political activism and fundraising clubs; tutoring & food pantry volunteering (~250hrs)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): both about my relationship with political activism. I would say 9/10 for the first essay and 10/10 for the second
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: in state (not ELC)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>]Strengths: SAT, GPA, essays, ECs are all related to my major
[<em>]Weaknesses: No major awards (only Nat Merit Finalist), ECs could be better, not ELC
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected?: So far, Regents Scholarships to UCLA, UCSD, UCSB; waitlisted at UChicago; rejected from MIT
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I was called on Thursday and was notified that I was awarded regents Was super super excited that I was called, a great idea on the part of UCSD! I prefer UCLA though, and am still waiting on 9 other schools. Congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>College and Program: Thurgood Marshall Physiology and Neuroscience</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: Bio M-640 Math II-680
[</em>] ACT:32
[<em>] APs: APUSH-3
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.05
[<em>] Rank: 11/145
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Nothing special
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good, not my best work though
[<em>] Hook (if any): Father passed away 11th grade [/ul] Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: SoCal
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
** General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**
Congrats to those who got in and good luck to those who were dissapointed! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2380 (790 CR, 800 M, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW, 4.5 W (Calculating UC GPA with the capping thing is too complicated for me haha)
[<em>] Rank: Top 10% – School doesnt rank, but does use deciles
[</em>] Other stats: Took Linear Algebra over the summer at local UC
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Research in a chemistry lab, United States Pony Club (horseback riding), flute and piccolo, jewelry design, volunteer work at a couple places
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nope.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Talked about my love of books and chemistry
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Eurasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc I was also selected as a Regents Scholar. Congratulations to everyone!</p>
<p>SAT I: 1990 - 620 CR, 690 M, 710 W
SAT II: 630 MII, 700 US History
UW GPA: 3.925
AP Scores: 4 - lang&comp, 4 - APUSH
over 1000+ hours community service
Essays: I think they were the strongest part of my application
State: WA
General Comments: Also accepted to UCLA, waiting for UCB</p>
<p>College and Program: Marshall for Political Science/Public Policy</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2170-highest single sitting (730 M, 740 CR, 700 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Math 2, 680 Chemistry, 610 Physics
[<em>] ACT: didn’t take
[</em>] APs: AP European History (3), AP English Language (3); Currently taking AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, and AP Government/AP Economics Macro
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): UC UW-3.7, UC W-4.1
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: ASB Student Council (4 years), Girl Scouts (4 years), Cheerleading (3 years), Yearbook (1 year), Reading Partners volunteer (1 year), Assisteens (1 year), summer in Ecuador teaching English to disadvantaged schoolchildren
[</em>] Honors/Awards: HOBY Ambassador/Junior Staff, CSF, NHS, Reflections Contest (placed on district level)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Girl Scout Camp Counselor and about my family. They were okay.
[<em>] Hook (if any): not really…divorced parents maybe?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Southern California
[<em>] School Type: public school with ~375 students per year, about a third of each class applies to UCSD each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn’t get into UCLA, but I got in to UCSD to my first-choice college and first-choice major! I also got into UCSB. I’m excited! Congrats to everyone else who got in! And for those who didn’t, remember that UC admissions are very numbers based, and know that there will be something better in store for you!</p>
<p>College and Program: Eleanor Roosevelt: Human Biology</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 690 R, 790 W, 720 M = 2200
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Lit, 720 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: 2 Biology, 3 Euro, 4 APUSH, 5 English Language
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.5 UW, 4.1 W
[</em>] Rank: top 20%
[<em>] Other stats: numerous Academic Decathlon and Science Olympiad medals; leadership positions in numerous clubs.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: ribbons at the national rank of equestrian. 4 years varsity equestrian at school. works with horses. university of pennsylvania summer program in 2009. harvard university summer program in 2010. very very extensive ECs and volunteering
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: three 15-20 hour/week jobs
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): hard to explain, but both had a symbol that tied the essays together about my life and why I’m going to be a surgeon. I worked extremely hard on them and I really liked them.
[<em>] Hook (if any): low income
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Southern California
[<em>] School Type: big, competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: very happy. i got a TON of money from CalGrants so it is likely that I will end up going here :)</p>
<p>College and Program: MUIR! Biochem and Cell Biology</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2300 (1 sitting) - 730 CR 770 Math 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Bio M, 770 Math II, 740 World History, 710 Chem
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs: World History (5), Bio (5), Calc AB (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 4.0/4.52
[<em>] Rank: 10%, ELC
[</em>] Other stats: NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: mock trial, piano, leadership conference committee, Girl Scouts, camp counselor, hospital volunteer, other community service, VP of a club, immersion trip
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): the world one - my family (giving me freedom) and school (values serving community); the other one - about my experience on a retreat and being able to trust people.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: was this required?
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): regular
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** I’m excited that I got in, especially about Muir! Good luck with the rest of college decisions everyone.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didnt submit
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 780 math, 650 physics, 720 literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.26 <---- LOL
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.08 <---- LOL
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25-50% of class
[<em>] ELC?: No
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap euro -3, ap physics b -4, ap english - 3, ap ush - 3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Congressional Recognition of Service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]- Published scientific research papers internationally at IEEE conferences
USA Jr. Natnl Archery Team
Founded non-profit organization for coaching Archery
School Robotics team</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
does coaching count?
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
district rep for a huge city-wide volunteering organization
Programmed databases for the city redevelopment agency of LA</p>
<p>[<em>] Personal Statement: I’d like to think good, I will send you them if you PM me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got $20k
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Named top 10 in California, sends a handful to top colleges each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 20-30k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen, research
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, extra-currics, ACT score
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, and GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my extra-currics
[/ul]General Comments: TOTALLY not expected, since I thought UCs were mainly stats-based…</p>
<p>I also got into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Northeastern, Univ of Washington, UCSB w/ Honors (so far)</p>
<p>i got the chancellor’s reception invitation. i went to the reception, and in the general session they announced that everyone who received the letter was accepted, and that if you applied engineering, you’re in the honors program</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.93
Weighted GPA: 4.26
SAT I: 2100 (650 CR 680 M 770 W)
SAT II: 690 Biology M, 720 US History
AP’s: Biology (5) Language&Composition (5), US History (5)</p>
<p>Extra-curricular: Poetry club, dance, band, nothing special. Your average volunteer work.
Hook: Wrote an essay about teaching English classes in Nicaragua, low-income</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):NONE
[</em>] ACT:32
[<em>] SAT II:NONE
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] UC GPA:5.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6 out of 683
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):total of 7
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:dual Enrollment at University of Central Florida
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Art and Dance</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Art Club (pres), Dance, NHS Beta
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Cafe
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:200 hours
[</em>] Personal Statement:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:YES
[</em>] Intended Major:Biomedical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:lower middle class
[<em>] Hooks :NONE
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: </p>
<p>I was disappointed in the Financial aid offer. Probably will not attend. Waiting on Rice, Duke, and Penn</p>
</p>