***UCSD Class of 2018 Official Decisions Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>I thought I'd start one of these seeming as the "call campaign" for UCSD starts today (March 4th) and ends on Sunday (March 9th).</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>ACCEPTED! Got the call earlier today :)</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT: 29
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
UC GPA: 4.2 from what I could find with UC Calculators and such online
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
ELC?: I don’t know what this means.
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History(3), US History(4), Literature(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, Government/Economics, Latin I, Blacksmithing, Physics (online), AP Computer Science, AP English Language.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): only school awards</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook-3 years(co-editor in 11), student government (10th grade president, 12th- student body VP), Prefect and Proctor, Tennis-2 years, Sustainability-3 years, art club-4 years (vice president)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: none</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: didn’t list any on application</p>

<p>Personal Statement: I wrote my ‘your world’ essay about my school and how my awareness has expanded from my experiences over the years, and then the other essay I wrote about my struggle while I was on a backpacking trip</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Cognitive Science
State (if domestic applicant): AZ
School Type: Private (boarding)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none from what I can see</p>

<p>Strengths: I took the highest classes available at my school, good UC GPA
Weaknesses: low score on ACT in math for the date I submitted, no volunteer/work experience listed, etc.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores in the average range for UCSD, </p>

<p>General Comments: Good luck to everyone else! During my call they said decisions will be out for everyone around the middle of the month so keep your eyes peeled!
P.S. This is my first time filling one of these out so I hope I did it right.</p>

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<p>I’m half black and half Filipino, got the call last night :slight_smile:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1940 (Reading 670, Math 610, Writing 680)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.29 at the time of applying
[</em>] Rank: 7 out of 626
[<em>] ELC?: Don’t know what this means LOL
[</em>] AP: US History (2), Biology (4), Language and Composition (5)
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Stats, and AP Lit… the rest not worth mentioning.
[<em>] Major Awards: 2 or 3 awards, don’t feel like listing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Japanese Pop Culture Club (founding and current president), CSF (current treasurer), NHS (current historian), Friday Night Live (vice-president) and ASB
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Student store clerk
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 90 hours of community service at my local library since my sophomore year, over 30 hours of community service with NHS
[<em>] Personal Statement: First one: talked about my parents not finishing college and how my relatives who did helped me family out majorly… leads to me wanting to help out others in the same way. Honestly wasn’t that great IMO.
Second one: Talked about how I am the definition of resilience. Chronic illness made me slip into a depression during my junior year but I worked my ass off to rebound and my grades never suffered. Probably one of the best essays I’ve ever written about myself.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
[</em>] State: California
[<em>] School Type: Public high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black and Filipino
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $40,000 to $50,000 (parents are divorced so I only had to list my mother’s income)
[<em>] Hooks: I had a lot but I don’t feel like listing them.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities, GPA, 2nd personal statement, hooks
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT could’ve been higher, could’ve taken a couple of more APs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Because I worked hard… I think that’s all there is to it really. If you deserve to be accepted somewhere, you will be :slight_smile:
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to anyone else who got accepted and good look to those who are still waiting!! </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): 2210 (640 CR, 770 Math, 800 Writing)
[ *] ACT: 30 (Didn’t study for it; not a fast thinker, etc.)
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math iic, 600 Bio M
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
[ *] UC GPA: 3.60 (Reason why my UC GPA is lower than my UW GPA is because I retook some classes that I got B’s in online which doesn’t count towards my UC GPA because I didn’t fail the first time)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 7% in my class
[ *] ELC?: idk what this means either XD
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Calc AB subscore (5), Bio (3), Language (3), Stats (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): My school doesn’t offer IB
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English 12, Honors Econ/Govt, Linear Algebra, Organic Chemistry, AP Comp Sci, AP Latin, Honors Biotech II
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just state-level competition awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (team captain), Latin Club (secretary), Chess Club (founder), Science Olympiad (secretary), Math Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutored approximately 4 hours a week for $
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the library while an underclassman and volunteered at a hospital while an upperclassman (Over 250 hours total)
[ *] Personal Statement: I don’t really remember what I wrote about but they were definitely well-written considering that I spent a lot of time on them and I am a pretty good essay writer
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Don’t remember but pretty low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Was a research intern at a nearby university over the summer
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT scores, extracurriculars/activities and essays
[ *] Weaknesses: My GPA, lol
[ *] Why you think you were accepted: SAT scores way above the average which I guess made up for my dismal GPA, also my hospital and interning experience
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good luck to all those who applied and congrats to those who got in!!! :)</p>

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<p>What is the call campaign?? I’m from North Carolina and didn’t receive a call , but I thought decisions were posted online?? Someone please help! </p>

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<p>@ncgirl0813 San Diego historically has called SOME URMs who have been accepted and SOME female engineering majors who have been accepted, and Regents awardees, prior to the rest of the decisions being announced. The reason it is ‘some’ is that students can log in to make the calls but just make as many as they feel like making, then call it a day. Not getting a call does not mean you didn’t get accepted.</p>

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<p>The calls are made by a group of volunteers. Those who are historically underrepresented and Regents’ Scholars will get those calls. </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):2180 (690 CR, 770 math, 720 W)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 770 math 2, 770 bio M, 700 chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 for UC
[ *] UC GPA: 4.46
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] ELC?: yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (4), physics mechanics C (4), English language (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs ( chem, calc, literature and gov), French honors and art elective for graduation
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, some school awards ( nothing much)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Stanford summer program for Human physiology, piano, FBLA officer, NHS treasurer, link crew, tutoring, couple of other leadership positions at clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours (library, music performance, tutoring etc)
[ *] Personal Statement: really strong essays, one was about my assimilation in the U.S when I moved from a third world country without knowing any English. The second one was about learning piano on my own.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major: human physio and neuro
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern, which is white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 65 k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): ESL student I guess?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: test scores were good for UCSD. Strong essays and GPA.
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs were not as strong as my academics I guess
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores and GPA were on target. Essays showed my dedication. Just glad that I was accepted into my safeties (SD and Davis). Just have to wait for the rest to come out :slight_smile:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Best of luck to the class of 2018 and future college goers. Just be yourself in the application process and everything will be fine :)</p>

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<p>Accepted! :smiley: I got the call a week ago.</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (Math 600, Reading 720, Writing 710)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: Bio 700, Math 600, US History 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.something, I can’t recall at the moment.
[ *] UC GPA: ?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 68
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, English Lang 3, Euro 5, US 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Haven’t taken the ones that count yet.
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship Program Outstanding Participant, various athletic awards, AP Scholar/AP Scholar w/Honor, Certificat de Reussite
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track, JROTC
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: through JROTC
[ *] Personal Statement: It was alright, I approached the “world” one from a bit of a different angle though.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Bio
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black/Japanese
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m mixed? Haha, not really sure.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores (ACT particularly), personal statement (?), course load
[ *] Weaknesses: No real hooks, not many extracurriculars/awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because God is good, haha, but otherwise I’ve no idea. Perhaps my test scores?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Best of luck to you all! If UCSD was your first choice, congratulations!!! If it’s not your first choice, then I hope you will hear great news from whatever school IS your first choice! :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Single sitting: 2060 (680 CR, 650 M, 730 W); Super-scored: 2100 (680 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish 800, Math L2 630, and US History 610
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.54
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/327
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (5), AP Spanish Lit (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP English Lang (4), & AP US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, & regular Economics/Gov.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, AP Scholar w/Distinction, & the President’s Volunteer Service Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars:
Tennis (4 years, varsity for last two, several awards from coaches)
Track & Field (4 years, varsity distance runner)
ASB (last 2 years, current), Senior Class Vice President, HOBY and Camp Royal leadership camps
Piano (2 years -received a 2-year scholarship for lessons, self taught afterwards)
Church worship group (lead vocalist, participated for two years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 150 hours in varying projects. Make that about 230, since I listed my worship group involvement as service.
[<em>] Personal Statement: I’m a native from an under-developed country (not specifying). Barely moved to USA four years ago. Wrote my essays about growing up in such country and about how moving to USA redefined my character.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemical engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public. Around 1500 students.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $50k-$80k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM (not a real hook for UCs though) & woman in engineering
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: In-range stats + decent ECs + unique essays :slight_smile:
[<em>] Weaknesses: Low SAT 2s
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths.
[/ul]General Comments: Happy to have SD as an option. :slight_smile: Still waiting from other schools. Congrats to all accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1780
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/360
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3) AP LANG (3) AP EURO (3) AP MACRO (TBD) AP ENV SCI (3) AP LIT (TBD)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Academic, 1 non-academic elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Honor Roll all 4 years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF Club, Helping manage school website
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 20 Hours helping elderly/disabled
[<em>] Personal Statement: Recovering alongside drug addicted parent (AP Lit teacher gave me advice and read over it)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than $10,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Poverty
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal Statement, GPA, Class rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Relatively low SAT score for an impacted major[/li][/ul]General Comments: Will be attending UCI instead. Good luck to those who haven’t received a decision yet and grats to those accepted.</p>

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<p>Hey, my portal still isnt showing a decision. You guys have any idea why that might be?</p>

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<p>Mine isn’t showing anything either. Been waiting the whole afternoon. Just don’t feel like moving my eyes from the screen for one second. Man it’s torture!!!</p>

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<p>I think I’m gonna call it a night for SD
at this point they wouldn’t be posting this late, considering its 12 on the east coast. maybe Monday, or even tomorrow!</p>

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<p>Its just strange, the site was down all day until 5 so i assumed they were uploading results</p>

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<p>And just like that the My Admissions page is down again, now with a different error. Thanks UCSD! :D</p>

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<p>It’s interesting because I logged in this morning and my decision was up - now it’s gone! Makes you wonder whether they’re experiencing difficulties.</p>

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<p>Website works for me…
(And I quote…)
Thank you for your application to UC San Diego. We are currently reviewing applications for freshman admission for the Fall 2014 quarter. </p>

<p>At this time, we request that applicants do not submit any supplemental materials such as letters of recommendation and transcripts, since these will not be reviewed. </p>

<p>Decisions for freshman applicants will be posted mid-to late March 2014. Please check back later in the spring for updates regarding the status of your application.(End Quote)</p>

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<p>Guys you are on the wrong thread, all the action, or rather no action frustration is on the other thread</p>

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<p>lol wow I didn’t even notice :)</p>