<p>Decision: Accepted with Regents </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (700M 700CR 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 E, 33 M, 34 R, 36 S, 8 essay)
SAT II: U.S. History 770, Physics 750, Math IIC 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.333
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/643
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry, Calc AB, Physics B, USH, Lang/Comp – all 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, Philosophy, AP Lit/Comp, AP Statistics, AP U.S. Government, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, county science fair 2nd place</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (assistant editor), newspaper (news editor), film production, CSF (historian), county science fair (2nd place 2012), French Club (treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Peer math tutor, city library assistant
[</em>] Personal Statement: I’m terrible at judging my own work. But the professor who interviewed me for Berkeley Regents said they were exceptionally well-written and captured my passion and life philosophy.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I didn’t get anything other than regents.
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology, possibly Cognitive Science as a second major
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public of ~3000 kids
[</em>] Gender and Ethnicity: Female, Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs,
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In-state, ELC, and a presentable application.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UC Berkeley (regents candidate), UCLA, UC Davis</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I’m fairly conflicted in my choice between Cal and SD: Cal has a world-class Psychology department, but SD has a more developed Cognitive Science program.</p>