***UCSD Class of 2017 Official Decisions Thread***

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<p>Admission Decision for UCSD.</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>When will decisions be released by UCSD?</p>

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<p>Calls have already been made to a few, but to my understanding they’ll be out on the 16th</p>

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<p>Thanks. I did not realize they will be out so soon. Good luck everyone!</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR 660Math 570wrt
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 610Lit 620BioM 570WorldHistory
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] UC GPA:3.89
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):44/446 (top 10%
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Stats(4) WH(4) Psych(4) HumanGeo(3) APUSH(3) Bio(3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APmicro Apgov APlang ApCalcAB Creative writing Weight training Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):my EC’s are probably a 7.5/10
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100hours
[ *] Personal Statement: One Excellent! One average
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *] Intended Major: Comparative lit or international studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity: Pakistani(Asian)
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket: 200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):no
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ACT, rigor, half the Personal statement?
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT II, gpa?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (660CR, 670M, 690W, Essay 11)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (33E, 33M, 30R, 22S, 31E/W)
[<em>] SAT II: BioM 720, USH 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.33
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
[<em>] ELC?: yep!
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), APUSH (5); 5 honors courses (only 2 considered UC eligible)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang., Economics, Political Behavior
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): piano (5 yr), guitar (7 yr), track & field (2 yr), culinary club president (3 yr), environmental club vp/cofounder (senior year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting, internship at children’s music school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: composting volunteer for local elementary school, free tutoring
[</em>] Personal Statement: solid
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): instate
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: half white, half black
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$50,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, AP scores, SAT/SAT II
[<em>] Weaknesses: ACT science
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, senior courseload, etc.
[/ul]General Comments: Accepted last Wednesday! UCSD is definitely one of my top choices so I’m very happy! I got the call and I forgot to ask which college I’m admitted to so I guess I’ll find out this weekend. Good luck to those still waiting</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660 Writing 590 Reading 570 Math (1820)
[</em>] SAT II:800 Spanish 570 English Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[</em>] UC GPA:4.2
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4
[</em>] ELC?:Yes
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5) English Lang (4) APUSH (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy & Physiology. AP Psych. AP English Lit. AP Gov. AP Calculus AB. Film Studies
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MEChA (4yrs Member 1yr Treasurer). Asian Culture Club (2yr member). Theatre (3yrs). Spanish Honor Society (VP 1yr). AMA Mentor (2yrs). AMA Leadership (VP 1yr)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 50+hrs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:200+hrs at a church. 20+ for Water Station
[</em>] Personal Statement: Described how overcoming my fear of the dentist has made me want to become one. Talked about my family’s cultural traditions, and what I’ve done to keep them alive.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Cali
[</em>] School Type: Public, bad area
[<em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[</em>] Gender:XX chromosomes
[<em>] Income Bracket:Less than 40k for family of 5
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):URM, first generation, bad area, low income.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA & community service
[</em>] Weaknesses: wrote my personal statements in my film studies class LOL…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:My hooks and writing style[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone. I got into their Thurgood Marshall College. Will attend this school if I do not get accepted to USC or UCLA</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Jacobs School of Engineering</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown):790 Reading 750 Math 800 Writing
SAT II:790 Math2 710 Biology 710 USH 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
UC GPA:4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/400
ELC?:Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Calculus AB (5) AP English (5) US History(5)
Biology (5) European History(5)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2030 (630CR, 670M, 730W, Essay ?)
SAT II: Math 2 660, USH 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.767 (9-12)
UC GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP English Lang (4), AP Euro (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang., AP Gov/Econ, Student Government (ASB), Physics</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Gov (2 yr), Middle Eastern Club (3 yrs, President/Founder), JSA (4 yr, VP;Secretary), Cervantes (National Spanish Honor Society, Student Gov. Representative) (1 yr), People to People International (3 yrs, Secretary), Link Crew (committee head, 2 years)
Job/Work Experience: babysitting, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at a hospital, youth group leader at mosque
Personal Statement: solid</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Bio
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: half Pakistani, half black
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$20,000
Hooks (URM, low-income family, single mother)</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurriculars, SAT/SAT II
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: GPA (somewhat), Extracurriculars, senior courseload, etc.
General Comments: Accepted last Saturday! UCSD is definitely one of the top schools that I’m considering! I’m very excited! I got called and I also forgot to ask which college I’m admitted to so I guess I’ll find out when they’ll email me the letter…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640 CR, 690 W, 620 M, Total: 1950
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Biology M 630, French 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] ELC?: nope
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S government (4), biology (4), calc bc (3, ab subscore 4), english language (4), psychology (4), environmental science (4), U.S. history (4), european history (2 lol, didn’t report), calc ab (took the class not the test), english literature (took the class, not the test)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all my courses are what’s considered post-AP at my school: capstone french, capstone game theory, capstone english lit, capstone biology, college counseling
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): um does national achievement scholar outsanding participant count? (its like commended scholar lol)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): french teacher’s assistant (1 yr), french club (vice president, 3 yrs), talent show (co-host and president,4 yrs), ballet (2 yrs), theater (4 yrs), french and english tutor (3 yrs), recycling club (2 yrs)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: humane society (1 yr), hospital (1 yr)
[<em>] Personal Statement: i think they were okay but they could have been more personal
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes!
[<em>] Intended Major: human biology (got in!)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: small (50 in my graduating class), charter, in the top 10 in the country
[<em>] Ethnicity: african american
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extracurriculars, APs, ACT
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted: my ACT I suppose? and my tough school curriculum (i really touched on that in one of my essays). minority from Arizona.[/li][/ul]General Comments: They called me last Tuesday and told me I got in and I was so pleasantly surprised at the call! I’m in Revelle by the way. I’m really hoping to get into UCLA, which is my dream school, but I’m liking UCSD more and more. I’m going to Triton Day so maybe I’ll see some of you there!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750 Writing, 690 Reading, 650 Math (2090)
SAT II:760 Spanish 730 English Lit
ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
UC GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):28 out of 650
ELC?:Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5) English Lit (5) APUSH (4) AP World (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio. AP English Lang. AP Gov. AP Calculus AB. Yearbook. Show Choir.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir (3 years, President). Academic League (4 years, member). Yearbook (1 year, Faculty Editor). Link Crew (2 years, member). TAAP (1 year, member).
Job/Work Experience: 30+ hours
Volunteer/Community service:200+hrs at animal shelter. 50+hrs others
Personal Statement: 1. Described how my determination to read English led me to fall in love with the language and want to pursue Journalism. 2.Talked about my inability to dance when I first entered Show Choir, but with determination eventually became the President.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):California
School Type: Public, best in the area
Ethnicity: Hispanic/ Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):URM, first generation, leadership
Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, essays, SAT/ACT
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:ECs and writing</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 630 Writing 660 Reading 670 Math (1960)
• SAT II: nope
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• UC GPA: 4.6
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
• ELC?: yes
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World Hist (5); AP Eng. Lang (3); AP US Hist (3)
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit. AP Gov/Econ. AP Art Hist. AP Env. Sci. Honors Physics; ASB Leadership; Football/Track
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football (4yrs- Varsity Co-Capt.). ASB Leadership (2yrs- Treasurer/Commissioner). Track & Field (2yrs).
• Job/Work Experience: n/a
• Volunteer/Community service: 180+hrs Library/Tutor. 4hrs/week Children’s Hospital.
• Personal Statement: solid
Other
• Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major: Biology
• State (if domestic applicant): Cali
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: male
• Income Bracket: middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Reflection
• Strengths: GPA & ECs
• Weaknesses: no SAT II
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: leadership positions with strong GPA & community service, senior courses.
General Comments: Accepted (so far) UCSD, UCSB, UCI (Honors), SLO. Waiting for UCLA & Berkeley. Good luck to everyone.</p>

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

<p>**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1850; 640 M, 630 W, 580 CR
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: Spanish 800, Spanish w/ listening 770, and US History 590. (yes I know the easy ones)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[ *] UC GPA: 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/449
[ *] ELC?: yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5), US History (4), and Environmental (2 didn’t care lol)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP CALC, AP PHYSICS, AP PSYCH, AP LIT, AP GOV, and AVID
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major; some pricipals honor roll and this one participation award for this northrop grumman in a 3 month time.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): um track, SRLA (Students Run Los Angeles; team captain and its like cross country where we prepare to run the LA marathon. In it for 3 years). Tons of other clubs and 3 or 4 different leadership positions,too lazy to list)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked thru first 2.5 years of High school during weekends and breaks.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: over 250 hours spread out thru various locations but mostly as tutor at local elementary school. Also Robotics team co-coach for local middle school i attended, not included within 250 hours.
[ *] Personal Statement: Pretty Solid i think. My teachers said it was great and i did get it revised A LOT. lol
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Computer and Electrical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public, bad-ish area (only like 5 white kids at our school lol so college going to be total opposite of it lol)
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:less than 30k family of 4 single mother and 2 younger siblings
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation, URM, low income.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essay, “Great” SAT’s compared to my school, Had help with lady that works in admission, and i showed improvement through my years in high school from 3.1-3.8-4.2 and still improving.
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well I had really good help from the admissions lady who helped me write essay and additional comments and everything. My application itself was pretty strong and additional comments stood out good too and maybe my background such as income and school.
[/list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>is there a certain order of getting notified whether you’ve been admitted or not? i thought ucsd would send it all out on a certain date. ugh.</p>

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<p>They will post admissions online this Saturday :)</p>

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<p>does it say so somewhere? do you have a link?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 29 (30E 33M 25R 28S)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.20
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (3), Statistics (4), Psychology<a href=“4”>self-studied</a>
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, Exp. Reading & Writing, AP Government
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (9, 10, 11), Wind Ensemble (9, 10), Self-Studied AP Psychology (11), Associated Student Body (12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: ASB is essentially a job
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ASB is essentially a VOLUNTEER job
[</em>] Personal Statement: I felt that mine were very good. I wrote very clearly and put it all out there; I actually put stuff on there that nobody else knows about me, but I also felt I was taking a risk choosing to write what I wrote about.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $70,000 - $100,000 (somewhere around there)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ELC, extracurriculars(?), personal statements
[<em>] Weaknesses: Academics-wise, I’m about as average as it gets
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea why I was accepted. I didn’t expect to get rejected, but I felt my chance of admission was 50/50. I’m curious as to why I got a call over other applicants. It’s nice, just confusing.
[/ul]General Comments: Most likely will not attend UCSD, but it was nice to get accepted. Good luck to everybody.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT:2300
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on 8 Ap tests, 4’s on ap spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP National Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vice president of the paper, varsity captain, concertmaster of orchestra
Job/Work Experience: research intern
Volunteer/Community service: ASB is essentially a VOLUNTEER job
Personal Statement: I wrote about the rainforest and my mom.
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $70,000 - $100,000 (somewhere around there)
Reflection
Strengths: grades, test scores, ECs
Weaknesses: Recs, but ucs didn’t require recs so ha!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Everything?
General Comments: Yay got the call today. yay regents scholars! yay ucsd! good luck and congrats to everyone else!</p>

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<p>annabanana0727, they told me when I got an acceptance phone call last week.</p>

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<p>@MissySanoli thank you :)</p>