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

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (670 CR, 780 M, 660 W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Math and Physics 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish
[<em>] UC GPA: Don’t know what this is
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: ?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Calc BC, Physics C Mech and EM, Micro and Macro economics, Chemistry, Music Theory
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer IB
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Gov, AP English Language, DiffEq, Real Analysis, Intermediate Mechanics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball 4 years. Soccer 2 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Personal Statement: Not good. Just wrote it in the last hour.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Somewhere in Middle East
[<em>] School Type: Small International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Stats. Course load
[<em>] Weaknesses: idk, probably EC, essay, and volunteer
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my strengths
[/ul]General Comments: Already accepted to Caltech, so I won’t attend here.</p>

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<p>Accepted–Economics major-Muir-TRANSFER
GPA-3.59
Few Ec’s</p>

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<p>Accepted–computer science
GPA- 3.92UW
SAT-1950 (W600 M800 R550)
SATII- MathII 790 Physics 790 Chinese 800</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted (Muir, w/Regents) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (CR: 730, M: 800, W: 780 (MC:80))
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (760), Chinese w/Listening (800), Biology M (780)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.74
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9
[<em>] ELC?: eligible
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Chemistry (4), Physics B (4), Calculus BC (5), Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Literature and Composition AP, US Government and Politics AP, Macroeconomics AP, Psychology AP, Statistics AP, Wind Ensemble, Computer Science AP, Marching Band (1st semester only)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band 4 years (Clarinet Section Leader), Piano (like any other Asian…), 3 years in 2 Volunteer Clubs in school (Treasurer for both this year), 3 years in Tri-M Music Honor Society, 3 years in CSF, 2 years in math club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid research assistant at a university research center during the summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tons of stuff for church (Praise team, VBS…), organization that gives out books to underprivileged kids, 2 aforementioned volunteer clubs, about 200 hours total
[<em>] Personal Statement: Personally, I loved both of mine in that I felt they both accurately represented me as a person. World you come from: wrote about a medical condition I had, and how my experiences in the medical world made me want to pursue a career in medicine. Talent, quality, accomplishment: wrote about how I’m really childish sometimes, and it gives me a wonder of life that I think is valuable to have.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: I filed a FAFSA, if that’s what you mean…
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 180K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT scores, course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: Well. I’m an Asian female going for biochem, how much more stereotypical can you get?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strengths, plus personal statements.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I feel blessed to have been accepted to Muir (my first choice), and to have been given the honor of the Regent’s Scholarship. While UCSD is definitely a good school, and I’m glad to be able to have this college as a choice, I don’t plan on attending (already accepted by Berkeley, waiting on UCLA). That being said, congratulations to all those who do plan on attending! And to those who have been rejected, good luck as you wait on the rest of the college decisions to come out!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (TMC)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800CR, 760M, 790W; took it once)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 USH, 760 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] UC GPA (out of 4.0): something like 4.25
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/311
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), USH (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics, English, American Gov/Econ, two choir classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): choir (in and out of school, various parts, section leader, school choir council treasurer), photography (sell stock photos online), dance, lifting
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: some math tutoring, farmer’s market
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ER volunteer, service trip to Mexico, teaching church school classes
[</em>] Personal Statement: not bad, but not great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: human biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: medium sized public, not competitive outside of the top 5-10%
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothin’
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: I think I wrote one of my personal statements the day before…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I’ve never understood why this question exists - aren’t the two above enough?
[/ul]General Comments: congrats to all accepted!
I actually wanted Muir rather than Marshall, but I accidentally put Marshall as my first choice. (I’m pretty sure I submitted my UC application the night it was due, lol.)
I’m a little confused that I got Regents at UCSB and not SD, but I probably won’t attend a UC anyway as I’ve got a fairly good offer from a small LAC. *shrug</em></p>

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<p>@Cherryblossom71 Congrats on your acceptance! One question - how did you get not accepted already from Stanford and MIT? Did you apply EA? Based on your stats etc, definitely their loss!</p>

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<p>Thanks, falconflyer! That made me feel good :slight_smile: I applied EA Stanford and was rejected, and I was rejected from MIT RD. In hindsight, I didn’t do a particularly good job presenting my EC’s on the MIT app. For Stanford, I think I didn’t demonstrate a strong enough interest in one area/major, and there was also another Asian girl who applied as a legacy from the other school in my district and got in so… I’m still a little bummed about Stanford, which was my top choice, but I’m happy with the offers I have so far :)</p>

<p>Did you apply to UCSD/where else have you applied?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know anything about appealing? My brother was rejected from UCSD with an engineering major but wishes to appeal. </p>

<p>He had a 3.7 weighted GPA but his grades show improvement from sophomore year (his worst year) to now. And he became an Eagle scout recently along with making Varsity baseball. </p>

<p>So how does he appeal and is it worth it? Will he have a chance? </p>

<p>I’m just wondering. If you guys can help.</p>

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<p>Sorry to add to my last post.
Act score of 32
Sat II: us history 790, Math II 690</p>

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<p>@cherryblossom71 - Actually I am just a parent who is trying to get the lay of the land for when my kid applies. It is tons of fun to see all you accomplished students. The more I learn the better I will understand where he chooses to apply.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Thurgood Marshall for EE</p>

<p>SAT I: 790 CR/800 M/ 770 W; ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry, 750 Bio(E)
GPA (UW): 3.7
Rank: 52-ish/550
AP: Calc BC (5), Chemistry (5), Biology (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), German (4), World History (5)
Major Awards: 2012 USAMO, 14/15 on 2012 AIME, 130 on 2012 AMC 12A, regional science competition 1st place and 1st place award from US Navy, honorable mention at other national science competition</p>

<p>ECs: Math competitions, science competitions, engineering internship at UC Berkeley, Key Club president, Robotics, and Tennis
Jobs: just some tutoring
Personal Statement: imo, quite good</p>

<p>Financial Aid?: No
Major: Electrical Engineering
State: CA
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
School-type: Competitive public
Income: 100k+
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Strengths: Awards, ECs, and USAMO for sure. Possibly also passion for math, science, and engineering. Test scores, maybe.
Weaknesses: GPA, GPA, and GPA</p>

<p>Comments:
Congrats to all! Hopefully thurgood marshall is a good one because I picked those colleges at random (lol). Anyway, I feel pretty happy to have this school if LA and Berkeley don’t work out.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (660 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (34 E, 36 M, 31 R, 30 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.4ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: yes
[</em>] AP: US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calc BC (5)
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Lang, AP Spanish, AP Computer Science, Government (no higher level offered)
[<em>] Major Awards: National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: dance, marching band section leader, girl scouts, newspaper section editor, spanish club officer, other smaller things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: math tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150ish hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: okay
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[</em>] State: CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: didn’t apply for financial aid
[<em>] Hooks: –
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, AP test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT CR way low, lack of academic extracurriculars
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa/sat above accepted average
[/ul]General Comments: A little bummed I didn’t get offered Regents from any of the UCs, but it’s still nice to get in somewhere nonetheless! Most likely will not attend, but congrats to those who got in!</p>

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<p>@falconflyer Ah okay then. Good luck to your son when he applies!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Revelle</p>

<p>SAT I: 580 CR/6500 M/ 600 W; ACT: 26
SAT II: 710 Math 2, 480 Chemistry
GPA (UW): 3.4
GPA(W) 3.81
Rank: 39/221
AP: Calc AB (1), Biology (1), US History (2), English Lang (3), European History (2)
Major Awards: All-state Football, (2 years) CIF Fianls Shot put and Discus</p>

<p>ECs:Track and Football Captain, Habitat 4 Humanity VP, Fishing Club President, ASB President, Tutoring Club, Future Doctors of America Club, Campus Ministry, 700 community service hours
Jobs:
Personal Statement: imo, quite good</p>

<p>Financial Aid?: No
Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
State: CA
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: M
School-type: Competitive Private
Income: 175-200k
Hooks: Track and Field Coach contacted me and wanted me so they got me in, First Generation</p>

<p>Strengths: EC’s, and sports
Weaknesses: GPA, and Test Score</p>

<p>Comments:
Lucky to get in.</p>

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

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 ( 570 W , 680 M , 660 CR )
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 580 Phy , 600 M2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): IDK
[ *] UC GPA: IDK
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Ranked Subject - wise . Top Ranked in French in CS.
[ *] ELC?: what is this??!?!?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB CS , Maths , PHYs , ECO , Eng , French ( Full Diploma - grades with school only)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): International Speaker for TED, Google , Blackberry , various Universities etc.
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder for over 3 startups with 1,000,000+ users. President of Student Council. Director at Rotary Club. Notable Educator for Ed.Ted.com .
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Founder of my own startups and managing over a million users. Clients range from Google India to Chinese MNC’s . Also did a non-paid internship for a company in China.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Donated 10% of my income to charity. Educator for ed.ted.com also a speaker for TED (does that count?)
[ *] Personal Statement: Exceptionally well written.
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid: NO
[ *] Intended Major: CS
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type: IB
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): International Speaker? I suppose this is better than research as my work has gotten recognised.
[ *] Strengths: EC’s
[ *] Weaknesses: Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Important EC’s and I bring a different kind of exposure to the University than most students. Most universities want a good class and its hard to find a student like me.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! I am not going to attend UCSD most probs. Probably Berkley/UCLA (I hope to get in) or any Ivy I applied to.</p>

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<p>@evansl
“its hard to find a student like me”</p>

<p>What do you mean by that?</p>

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<p>@photolover12 just that from what I read Colleges are looking to build a class and they want students from all walks of life. though my scores are low, I bring to the class experience from Being an International speaker for TED , Google and various other universities and running a startup with over 1,000,000 users. How many students can write that in their college applications.</p>

<p>Not to boast here , but i get paid in thousands of dollars for my talks and advice I provide.
I answer your questions $99/month on <a href=“https://voomly.com/evanluthra[/url]”>https://voomly.com/evanluthra&lt;/a&gt;
Now If i was to go to a university - I obviously wouldnt charge my friends and peers and would love to share my experience.</p>

<p>So yeah - it matters what kind of background you have. Mine is just a lot diffrent and hard to find than an average student.</p>

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

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650 M, 640 CR, 620 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 610 US History, 650 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
[</em>] AP: US History (4)
[<em>] IB: Not offered at school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP US Gov’t, AP Eng Lit, H Physics, H Precalc
[li] Major Awards: None[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Do Something Club (President), Indian Givers (Vice President), Took six community college courses (Business + Math), National Honor Society (member), Key Club (member), People To People Student Ambassadors, Varsity Tennis, Interact Red Cross
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteering at animal shelter, Online Business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Animal Shelter volunteer (6 hrs/week for 6+ months straight), Read books to children during Summer (2009, 2010, 2012), Built library for impoverished school in Costa Rica
[</em>] Personal Statement: Wrote about family hardships, desire to succeed
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Management Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low (<$30,000)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None that I know of.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities
[<em>] Weaknesses: Low grades as a sophomore, didn’t get to take AP Calculus as a senior, somewhat unimpressive stats (SAT, etc)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extracurriculars, drastic upward grade trend, really heartfelt essays.
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1960 (650 CR 620 M 690 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (34 E 28 M 29 R 29 S)
[<em>] SAT II: (SO BAD) 650 Bio, 620 Math II, 680 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] ELC?: Not sure
[</em>] AP: AP European History (4), AP Biology (4), AP US History (3), AP Spanish Language (2), AP English Lang & Comp (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit and Comp, AP Art History, AP Physics B, AP Calculus, AP US Gov & Politics/ Economic Systems H
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit Scholar, Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society (Vice President), California Scholarship Federation, Health Science Majors Program, Cross Country, Track & Field, Key Club, hospital volunteering (shift leader), work with autistic children
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor with local company for all grade levels
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 600 hours of community service: hospital (COD/shift leader: boss of volunteers on my shift), take care of autistic children
[</em>] Personal Statement: How my community service helped me discover what I wanted to do in the future, how discovering the meaning of my Korean name affected me. (they were so lame, but I guess they liked it :D)</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Human Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low (around $30,000)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Community service, hook, difficulty of senior classes
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, not a lot of extracurricular activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no clue… I think my community service and the fact that I am a first generation student.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I LOVE UCSD SO I AM SO HAPPY :smiley: Good luck to all those who are applying next year!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2090 (720? W) (650 M) (720? CR)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: U.S. History 710, Biology M 710, English 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] UC GPA: To be honest, I’ve got no clue
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I’d say top 13%
[<em>] ELC?: ?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (4), Eng. Lit (5), Bio (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP Eng. Lit, AP Comparative Gov., AP U.S. Gov., Honors Spanish 4, AP Music Theory, Calculus, Theology (required)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 13 years of piano (recitals, competitions, exams, group/solo performances and accompaniments), 7 years of tennis, various honors societies, board member of two clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: close to 1000 hours (mostly at a nursing home where I was awarded Volunteer of the Year, etc)
[</em>] Personal Statement: Can’t remember, sorry!</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup, but no dice.
[</em>] Intended Major: Anthropology (who needs a job when you can be Indiana Jones!)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida yo
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): MURRICA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: N/A
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: None really, I consider myself average
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all! Now for UCLA and Berkeley…</p>