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

<p>Son waitlisted for Bioengineering :(</p>

<p>Accepted! Earl Warren. I’m not really sure how though…</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 M, 630 CR, 680 W (1970)
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 710 mathII; 550 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: 4.3? (Not sure)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/500
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4); Lang. (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art, AP Stat, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov/Eco (one semester each)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): VASE state competitor
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, NAHS (vice president), Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours total
[ *] Personal Statement: Both were pretty decent. (One was about my goals of becoming an Imagineer and the other about an art competition I was in)
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: ~$70,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, GPA
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have pretty good grades/scores, and I’ve won a lot of art awards. Plus I spent a lot of time on my essays.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Extremely excited that I was accepted! (To my first choice of Warren too!)</p>

<p>D accepted. Bioengineering major. Hope it makes her happier after being waitlisted at MIT.</p>

<p>Accepted to Muir college with Regents with impacted major.</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: CR 680, M 640, W 740. 2060
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: Math I 730, Bio E 760
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] UC GPA: idk
[ *] Rank (N/A):
[ *] ELC?:what?
[ *] AP: Bio 4, USH 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4-5 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):athletics. 5th at youth nationals. Recycling club. Mycology
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Disabled kids, school, church, food banks
[ *] Personal Statement: pretty good. linked personal situation to parents as immigrants
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet :wink:
[ *] Intended Major: cog sci
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Pacific NW
[ *] School Type: Parochial
[ *] Ethnicity: Blanco
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: a lot.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen college student
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: good story.
[ *] Weaknesses: low sats.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Interesting person… good ecs… attention to detail on the app…
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Made a few mistakes on the app. Started on the last day. almost submitted late. guys don’t worry. this isn’t the end of the world if you don’t get in. life goes on. excited to meet some of you if I go. SD is amazing “destination.” how could I possibly go to college here?</p>

<p>Smother, I was also accepted into Muir for Psych :slight_smile: and going to Triton Day!</p>

<p>Sent from my MB860 using CC</p>

<p>Got into electrical engineering, warren. First choice was bioengineering.
SAT: 1980, ACT: 30
GPA: 3.93 UW, I think weighted was 4.3-4.4 (not sure if I calculated right).
Research/decent ec/good essays.</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-L710 using CC</p>

<p>how are we supposed to make the html code thingy work? my format is bad and I want to repost.</p>

<p>Accepted - Revelle. SAT 2240, ACT 34, UC GPA 3.7, SAT BIO 780, AP Bio 4, AP English 5, AP French 4, SAT Chem 710, SAT Am Hist 780. </p>

<p>Accepted also at UCR and UCSD, Denied at UCD (go figure).</p>

<p>Accepted for Biology
SAT: 2170
SATII Bio: 770
GPA: 4.3
Green Club, Above the Influence Club
LIFE Emmaus (Campus ministry/youth group)
Varsity baseball
club baseball
Student Ambassador
Student Leader (Retreat)</p>

<p>I am so so so so happy!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1810 - 540 (reading), 650 (math), 620 (writing)
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Chinese, 630 math II, 610 US history, 590 biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.33
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP Euro (3), AP Bio (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calculus ab, AP Chinese, AP English lit and comp, physics 1-2, symphony orchestra, asb
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): senate member for 4 years - senior class treasurer this year, Red Cross member for 4 years - co president last semester, member of key club, weekend chinese school, member of CSF/NHS, link crew leader, junior honor guard, badminton player for 2 years (training for varsity but dropped out because class schedule too full)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross chapter, aquarium of the pacific, LBSO ushering, staff member at a Red Cross summer camp, asb, key club
[<em>] Personal Statement: how my chinese school taught me indirectly now to become a leader, learning the viola by myself and becoming section leader of my school’s symphony orchestra with no private lessons.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: General Bio
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public, 4,000+ student population
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $36,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my EC’s definitely weighed out my low test scores. I’m very involved in my school and my community [/li][/ul]General Comments: congrats to everyone who got in :)</p>

<p>Accepted to Revelle!
SAT: 1940 (CR: 630 M: 700 W: 610)
SAT II:

  • Math II: 720
  • Bio E (I wish I had taken M): 650
    Good ECs
    Great essays</p>

<p>Congrats to those who got in and for those who don’t, I’m sure you will still have a bright future ahead of you :)</p>

<p>Is there a Facebook page for UCSD Class of 2017?! If not, someone make one! :)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220; Math 800, Writing 700, Reading 720
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 790 Math II; 750 Bio II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: too lazy to figure it out lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/576
[ *] ELC?: nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH, 4 Spanish, 3 Macroeconomics
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 Spanish, 6 Econ
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Bio HL, IB Eng HL, IB Art SL, ToK, honors Anat/Phys
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sci Olympiad (2 yrs), Math Olympiad (3 yrs), Youth Symphonies
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mayo Clinic (2 full years)
[ *] Personal Statement: 1: The experience of facing new surroundings, 2: My passion for art</p>

<p>[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: FAFSA…
[ *] Intended Major: Molec Bio
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AZ</p>

<p>[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: East Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A… unless OOS status counts as one?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Solid essays, good GPA, pretty good test scores, ECs
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores could be better
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: in all honesty, probably the GPA/SAT cutoff. lol
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
Woot! If only the UCs offered more aid for OOS students… :’/</p>

<p>I CONCUR. Someone make a facebook page so I can meet all you lovely people.</p>

<p>Agreed^^ :)</p>

<p>I guess I’ll make it! I’ll post the link onto a new thread.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/424476884307515/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/424476884307515/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>**Decision: Accepted **
**Thurgood Marshall College **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660 writing 590 reading 570 MATH Overall:1820
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Spanish w/o listening 570 English Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.82
[</em>] UC GPA:4.2ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4
[</em>] ELC?: Yes :slight_smile:
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Spanish Lang (5) Ap English Lang (4) APUSH (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs and 2 regular classes</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 50+hrs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 200hrs
[<em>] Personal Statement:How overcoming my fear of the dentist has made me want to become one. How I keep family traditions alive.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major:General Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):CALI
[<em>] School Type:Public- bad area
[</em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: < 40,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First Gen, Bad Area, Low income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Essays, ECs, Community Service, Rigorous Course Load
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hooks, Essays
[/ul]General Comments: So Excited!! This school is in my top 2. Lovely area and excellent science department! Financial Aid Office called me literally 5 minutes after I e-mailed them a question. They were very polite and helpful! <3</p>