<p>Let’s try to keep this thread clean for stats, guys. Lol</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): W: 660, CR :670 M :750
[</em>] SAT II: Math II : 750, Bio M :750, Physics :770
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] UC GPA:
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] ELC?:
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: HSC Physics, chemistry, mathematics , English, Sanskrit, Biology
*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Average
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: Great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[<em>] Intended Major: Molecular biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 150k $ >
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Personal statements
[</em>] Weaknesses: Internationals and SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They want me and I want them! I’m really really happy![/li] [/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to everyone! </p>
<p>@ScienceFreak did you receive your acceptance by phone or through the website?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1800 (600 CR/ 580 M/ 620 W)
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: Did not take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/500
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (3), Biology (3), US History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Gov/Econ
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB Treasurer (11), Senior Class V.P (12), President of Puente Club (12)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Personal Statement: First was really good, second was mediocre
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Cali
[</em>] School Type: Very Low-Income
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$30k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 1st gen, URM
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Personal Statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores
[*] Why you think you were accepted: I think my GPA was a good factor, as well as my personal statements</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 Math, 730 Writing (2260 total)
[</em>] ACT: Did not take.
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 710 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.02
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20%
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5) AP Calculus BC (5) AP Biology (4) AP European History (5) AP United States History (5) AP Physics C: Mechanics (5) AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (3) AP Computer Science (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP United States Government and Politics, AP World History, AP Psychology, Racket Sports, Digital Media Productions, AP Macroeconomics (self-study)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Octofinalist at National History Bowl and Bee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Peer Counseling (Co-head of tutoring) Tutoring Club (President) Science Olympiad, Quizbowl, History Bowl, Academic League, Tae Kwon Do
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Android development internship.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours.
[<em>] Personal Statement: Mediocre and excellent, respectively.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Computer Science.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian.
[</em>] Gender: Male.
[<em>] Income Bracket: $70,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Extracurriculars, Community Service, AP Scores, Unique essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, anticipated acceptance.</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 - Critical Reading (660), Mathematics (760), Writing (720)
[</em>] ACT: na
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level II (780), Physics (680)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.31
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB (5), World History (4), US History (4), Human Geography (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Statistics, CP English, CP Economics/American Government
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll, Valedictorian, National Hispanic Recognized Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drumming, Piano, Soccer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NSLC program gave some useful hands on experience in the world of engineering
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: MEND Volunteer work, Helping Hands Volunteer Club
[</em>] Personal Statement: Strong, had it proofread by students from Berkeley, counselor, and teachers</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: Charter
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation American</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, Personal Statement
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, not enough volunteer hours
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, Academics[/li][/ul]**General Comments: Make sure you have strong essays, and have lots of people proof read them. Especially if you’re applying for an impacted major like engineering!
** Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 superscore, 2290 single sitting (800 CR, 750 M, 760 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[<em>] ELC?: idk
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chem, CS, Eng Lang, Calc BC, APUSH, 4 Physics B
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Multivariable Calc/Linear Algebra, CS IBHL, AP Physics C, Film IBSL, AP Econ/Gov, Ap English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA National Finalist. Nothing much.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FRC(Media Director, Co-Captain), Chinese Club (Secretary, President), other things I stayed in for like a year and quit
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Chem Internship in the summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[<em>] Personal Statement: Pretty bad. Spent about 3 hours total on both. 
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Female in STEM, does that count?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores and GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Personal Statements, community service, ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think acceptance was statistically in my favor, based on on GPA/SAT.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m happy to be accepted to UCSD for Bioengineering. It’s going to be a tough choice between this and a few other schools. :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>SAT I: 2000
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math II (790), USH (710), Physics (700)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
UC GPA: not sure what this is…
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/800
ELC?: Yes</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis):Physics C Mechanics (4), Calc BC (4,subscore 5), USH (4), English Lang (4)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Literature, AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP Chemisty, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regional/school awards, President’s Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar with Honor, National Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Judo (Sensei), ASB (Vice President), Science Olympiad (Captain), NHS (President)
Job/Work Experience:Part time at father’s business
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at hospital, HOBY, ASB, and NHS</p>
<p>Personal Statement: How community service helped me grow as a person, How my experience hiking taught me to take risks</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant):CA
School Type: Public (3400)
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>
<p>Strengths: ECs, grades, essays
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I truly think personal statements are the only way to stand out here…</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m thankful for an acceptance. Congrats to everyone else accepted. For waitlists, I believe it’s possible to appeal. For those with declined admission, a college does not determine your potential to succeed in life. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Total: 2250 CR:730 M: 790 W:730 (LOL on my app I mixed my math and writing scores whoops)
[ *] ACT: Nope
[ *] SAT II: Chinese: 800 Math II: 800 Chemistry: 790 Bio E: 750 Bio M: 770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): er 3.7? I’m not entirely sure actually. maybe for 10/11 it’s 3.56 Honestly, I got 2 Cs, one in Alg 2 Honors and one in AP Physic B so don’t ever give up hope even if you get a C (or even a couple!)
[ *] UC GPA: uh. Weighted I think it’s about 3.86
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Nope
[ *] ELC?: No idea what this is haha
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5) Environmental Sci (4) Stats (5) Music Theory (5) Bio (5) Chem (5) English Lang (5) Psychology (5) US History (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB AP Psych (yeah, even though I took the test gpa boost) AP Gov AP Lit TA and Studio Art
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh. National AP Scholar? National Merit Finalist? Presidential Service Award? I dunno if these are “Major”
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Club (P) Science Olym (VP) Debate Dance Piano Volunteering
[ *] Job/Work Experience: internship at a nanoparticle company, paid internship at a materials sci company (both last summer)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring underprivileged kids
[ *] Personal Statement: Eh, it was like a rant about how the people around me made me not want to be like them (overly competitive, fake, etc) The other one was similar about how I didn’t like my high school environment but I still saw… hope and a bright future? really weird essays but overall kind of interesting and unique I guess? even though they were basically nicely put together complaints about my life LOL
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[ *] Intended Major: Physiology and Neurobio
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Really big public school with tons of asians and also really competitive and stressful
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Uh 200K?
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No idea. Maybe first gen american? I’m naturalized.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Maybe the number of APs I took? My test scores are decent all around I guess. Maybe the extracurriculars too, like the intern experience and science-related leadership positions
[ *] Weaknesses: LOL. GPA with 2 C’s? but I took a ton of hard classes so…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe they liked my essays because I was really honest and blunt. I think they also liked my test scores.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! Don’t ever give up! This first semester I basically hated myself because I thought I wasn’t going to get anywhere. :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 1st Sitting: Math (33), Science (28), English (30), Reading (34), Essay (10)
2nd Sitting: Math (30), Science (35), English (35), Reading (34), Essay (12)
The first sitting my proctor gave less than standard time on the Science section, and was on the phone throughout the test, so I asked all my colleges to discard the Science section, since the score was an anomaly.<br>
[</em>] SAT II: Physics (620), Math II (650) [These are impressively low.]
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 (I go to a competitive school OOS; the grading system is different than CA)
[</em>] UC GPA: unsure
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP American History (5), AP Physics B (3)
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]AP Physics C: Mechanics, Electricity, & Magnetism
AP Calculus AB
AP Latin
AP Stat
Chinese 2
History Research/Foreign Affairs
Ethics/Writing</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
This seems like a lot of work - president of two clubs, three varsity sport athlete, captain two of them, swim on two club teams outside of school, girl scout, working on gold award, run workshops exposing girls to STEM fields, teach kids about disabilities, peer tutor, work with Habitat for Humanity, and some other stuff I can’t think of right now.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
I’ll just list a couple: I’m a girl scout, the clubs I run are for charity, my gold award is making food banks more self reliant by helping them grow their own food, I work with Habitat.<br>
[</em>] Personal Statement: Probably pretty good? </p>
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering (Rejected), but accepted to Math
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Very competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Half Asian/Half White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Solidly upper middle class - didn’t submit FAFSA though, so probably didn’t affect admissions
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: My ACT scores were probably a strength.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m out of state, and UCSD isn’t as familiar with my school I guess. My GPA probably doesn’t look that competitive without a real context of my school. Those SAT II scores were brutal though.<br>
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess UCSD is more competitive than I thought; I was kind of surprised when I got the borderline applicant questionnaire.
[</em>] Other Schools: Accepted to Binghamton University, Stony Brook (WISE Program), Case Western, Drexel (5 yr BS/MS w/ 18 mo of internships), Michigan, RPI, Colorado School of Mines, Rejected from Northwestern ED though. </p>
<p>General Comments:
Kind of disappointed that I was rejected from MechE, but I have plenty of other good options. UCSD was going to cost me a lot more, than all the others, since everyone else gave me merit scholarships, so this just makes it easier to eliminate. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 640 M 610 W 720 (2030)
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.09
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Mostly 3s and 4s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Spanish, AP Calc AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of club (2 years), Historian (1 year), Freshman Rep, Secretary (1 year), Vice President (1 year), Publicity (1 year), etc; I’ve been on board for like 3 clubs and each year, I’ve had a different position.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years hospital volunteer
[<em>] Personal Statement: 7-8/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Neurobiology and Physiology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Under 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation College
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, essay, meh
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I was nervous about UCSD because I felt like it was a toss-up since my stats were just around their average admitted. Gah! Feeling pretty good right now! I’ll probably go to UCSD. :)</p>
<p>My college is Muir btw!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 520 M: 670 WR: 690
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] UC GPA: ?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t do this
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): FULL IB Environmental: 3 Math SL: 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, IB Film HL2, IB Spanish SL2, IB English HL2, Econ, IB History HL2, AP Portfolio Development
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): County and District Art Awards for Film, 2nd Place in Art Show
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yoga Club (Co-President/Co-Founder), Beary Best Club - toy donations to UCLA Children’s Hospital (Founder/President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 Jobs, Internship at Magazine (Published Photographer), Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Leader at Church
[<em>] Personal Statement: A solid 8/10 I believe. Don’t really remember what it was about to be honest.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Media Art
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Attended Academic Connections this past summer.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good ECs, experience in my major, passionate about what I want to do (expressed this in my essays)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades weren’t the best, but I also think my letters of recs were very good so that’s why I had better luck at privates. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Wasn’t sure if I was going to get in but would not have gone anyways. Will probably end up at Chapman, so I’m happy they gave my spot to someone who may end up there. Good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry (710); US History (650)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[<em>] UC GPA:4.13
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] ELC?: Nope
[</em>] AP: Chemistry (5); US History (4); Biology (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Statistics, CP physics, CP English 12, Robotics, CP Gov/Econ (I honestly can’t survive more than 2 AP classes at once unlike all you brilliant people)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Championships for 18s & under Team Tennis
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): -4 years HS varsity tennis team, All-League 3 years, MVP varsity award (Captain 1 year)
-Summer Jr. Tennis Team: won sectionals and went to the national championships one year
-Robotics and Programming
-Origami: I taught to children at summer camps
-Archery: Recreational only
-French Club 3 years
-Poetry
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Heh, what is this “job” you speak of?
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
-taught origami to children at summer camps
-helped in a group project to make large module swans with optimistic messages on each individual paper to send to victims of earthquale/tsunami in Haiti and Japan + raised money for the victims
-participated in the Vow of Silence for 3 years to stand up against child labor and stand up for children’s rights to education and clean water + raised money for the organization
[<em>] Personal Statement: Personal Statement: 7/10 (good topics + somewhat poor writer = decent statement)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[<em>] Intended Major: Cognitive Science; Alt: Pharmacological Chemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: half Filipino, half White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:~ 90k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
- ACT score
- Leadership position as Captain of the HS tennis team
- Not much else really to be honest
[</em>] Weaknesses:
- UW GPA
- W GPA
- Lack of more APs
- no impressives ECs or Volunteer Work
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Personally, I think UCSD weighs GPA over test scores but I’m probably biased on that. If I had to guess, I’d say I was wait-listed due to my relative lack of APs, relatively low UW & W GPA, maybe lack of more impressive ECs since I had a superficial participation in 4 of them, and was only really involved in like 2 of them + no extensive volunteering. I think I had similar stats to others who got in so it could have gone either way (as always).[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got admitted! You worked really hard for it, you should be proud of yourselves! If you didn’t get in, I’m sure you’ll end up a place where you’ll be happy.Where ever you get in, you deserve it, where ever you don’t get in, chances are you worked super hard and deserved to get in there too, but in the end, I’m sure you’ll find your match.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t know a single person who ended up in a college they weren’t happy with, regardless of whether they got rejected from their dream schools or even had to fall and choose one of their safeties. Even if you get rejected from every college and go to a community college, you CAN still be happy. I know people who got rejected to every college, went to community college, and now they’re in places like Stanford and UC Berkeley. Keep your head high and an open mind, and I’m sure you’ll end up happy. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:32 (32 E,36 M 26 R, 35 S)
[ *] SAT II:800 Modern Hebrew, 800 Math level 2, 800 Chem, 800 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:4.5?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):?
[ *] ELC?:yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Calculus AB: 5 Calculus BC:5,5, AP Physics Mech. 5, AP Physics E&M 5, AP US History: 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):taking 3HLs this year
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:chem IB, Bio IB, APcompsite, English IB, AP Gov, AP Photo, Multivariate Calculus, Higher division honors math course in local UC
[ *] 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?:no
[ *] Intended Major:Math
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:White
[ *] Income Bracket:??
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:?
[ *] Weaknesses:Bz on transcript ACT reading
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] So excited! UCSD is Awesome </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000: 740 Math 610 English 640 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 28 but not submitted
[<em>] SAT II: 530 Chemistry 610 Math Level 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.46
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11
[<em>] ELC?: Yes
[</em>] AP: Euro (4) Chem (2) Language and Comp (4) US History (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Lit and Comp, AP Calculus AB, AP Psych, AP Gov, TA<br>
[</em>] Major Awards: Girls State Alternate, Speech and Debate State Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club- 3 years, Swim-2 years, Peer Resource-1 year, Environmental Club (Treasurer)-1 year, ACADEC-3 years, Speech and Debate-3 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Children’s Ski Instructor- 3 years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours working in a library
[</em>] Personal Statement: decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Undeclared
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 35k
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: not sure
[<em>] Weaknesses: Subject test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): None
[</em>] ACT: 34, Math (36) Science (34) Reading (34) English (35) Essay (8)
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2 (800) Chemistry (690)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.857, 4.452 weighted
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.083
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/198
[<em>] ELC?: No
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language (3), AP Calc AB (4), AP Stats (4), AP Euro (2), Pending: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Spanish Language, AP Physics C, AP Gov
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Spanish Language
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity baseball team captain 3 year starting catcher, Baseball Sabermetrician (statistical analyst), President Asian-Pacific Club (organized fundraiser for Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines), First chair clarinet since freshman year section leader since sophomore year, Physics/Calculus Tutor, Lead Actor of community play, Peer educator, Lead editorial writer for school newspaper, Babysitter 3 hours daily cook 3-4 family dinners a week (I was told family responsibilities were “ECs”), Carpentry assistant in summers 5 hours a week
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Courtesy Clerk at local grocery store, 20 hrs/wk for 4 months
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 800+ hrs as Little League umpire, 50+ hrs hospital volunteer
[<em>] Personal Statement: Probably both 9-10/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
[</em>] State: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Under 70 K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation immigrant, URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: URM, GPA, Dedicated ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, not enough work experience, AP tests
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably personal statements, cultural background, and leadership. Hard to tell. Just grateful I got accepted
[/ul]General Comments:[list] The college admissions process is getting extremely competitive, so don’t be disappointed if you didn’t get in. Definitely happy to get into UCSD. Hopefully I get accepted to the MedScholars program, but that’s a long shot. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CHP</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Reading 680, Writing 690, Math 750 (2120)
ACT: 34
SAT II: Biology M 800, Chemistry 800, Math II 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA: 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5) Chemistry (5) Calc AB (5) Calc BC (5) APUSH (4) English Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc D/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Government, AP Physics B, ERWC, AP Econ(Micro and Macro), AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Honor with Distinction, Student of the Month, NHS
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity golf(Captain), Science Olympiad(President), Solar Cup(President), CSF, We the People
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, camp counselor, helping elderly(200+ total)
Personal Statement: Solid
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Computer Science specialize in Bioinformatics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: essay, grades, test scores, classes.
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
Where else were you accepted? UC Riverside, UC Irvine (CHP), University of Rochester, Waitlisted: Washington University in St. Louis
General Comments: Good job to those who got in!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 31 Science, 11 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Literature, 680 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%, school doesn’t rank
[<em>] ELC?: What does this mean?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), U.S. History (5), Music Theory (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, AP Comparative Government/Economics, Biotechnology, Chamber Singers
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chamber chorus, Youth choir, Extracurricular a cappella group (Rehearsal Manager), Voice lessons, Summer vocal program, Club soccer (Goalkeeper), High school soccer (Goalkeeper), High school cross country, Landscape photography
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at community garden
[<em>] Personal Statement: Good! Wrote about music for one and my experiences growing up in two very different areas of the country for the other.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Literature/Composite
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large rigorous public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal Statements, ACT score
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II, Community service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid grades/scores, good personal statements [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone who applied!</p>
<p>HOPE AND BELIEVE in yourself everybody! I honestly felt that I was going to be rejected admist such awesome and brilliant individuals, but I got accepted! 
So, will you all guys too! I got 1800’s on my SAT and a 27 first time on the ACT. Yet, the UC’S overlooked that and saw something! Ready my long post in general comment section. I really just want you all out there to not loose hope like i did! Just don’t <3</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (Writing:720, Reading: 620, Math:610), 500’s on the other two SAT’s.
[ *] ACT: 29 (All subjects in 30’s besides Science which was 27)
[ *] SAT II: 670 U.S. History (other subjects tests were pretty bad and not sent)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] UC GPA:4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2% out of 900+ class of seniors
[ *] ELC?:Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History: 4, Language and Composition:4, U.S. History: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP U.S. Government and Politics, Drawing
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Superintendent’s Honor Roll (all 4 years), Summer Reading Buddy Volunteer Award, Washington Hospital Volunteer Award, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Questbridge National Match Finalist, AP Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Writing Club ( no leadership). I was really bad at participating at activities in school because my family didn’t have the time to pick me up from school as my mother was pretty sick due to surgery she had. I often had to stay home to take care of her.
[ *] Job/Work Experience:None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:500+ hours 
.3 years of commited community service as a library assistant, homework center tutor for low-income children, reading buddy tutor for bilingual children,Hospital volunteer,reading game volunteer supervisor assistant
[ *] Personal Statement:AMAZING! I did not let ANYBODY 
and I mean anybody read or edit my personal statement because I felt that my voice would be taken away from my personal statements because I know I would’ve been put down on the way I told my personal statement in a narrative way and how I was supposedly being “too much” emotional . My personal statement explored my parents life as immigrants and how they struggled with English and money. I related more to how my father worked hard and lead me to push myself in life and work. I focused on my struggles with learning English, being judged upon my teachers and classmates and how I overcame them. Moreover,I also talked about tutoring a young low-income girl who seemed to reflect my own personality and how I encouraged her to move forward in life and improve in school. ;D
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES! I need the money
[ *] Intended Major:Human Biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California all the way!
[ *] Country (if international applicant):U.S.A <3
[ *] School Type: 900+ Senior class in a public school
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian Indian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Income Bracket:<$30,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):First generation,low-income, portrayed myself as a pretty open-minded,confident individual in my essays and portrayed myself as honest and portrayed my life as an open book.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:Confident, talked about my drop in grades during junior year and used the entire additional comments section :P, honest and pretty good gpa
[ *] Weaknesses:Horrible SAT and ACT scores and barely any extracurriculars at school
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Possibly my idea of portraying my life as an open book and honesty attracted them.Or, the admission officer kind of liked my personality :P.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] BELIEVE in yourself! From the past three years,I’ve been coming on this website and feeling horrible about myself and self esteem when I saw such brilliant and great individuals with 2300+ SAT scores and 5.0 G.P.A. I honestly lost myself during junior year when my friends were doing amazing in high school and I wasn’t doing that great with 3 B’s first semester and 2 B’s second semester of junior year. However, UCSD and UCD overlooked that and accepted me. I’m honestly shocked, but thankful that such great universities are giving a chance to low-income students and allowing us to move forward in life :D. I’m thankful for these colleges of overlooking my grades and accepting me for who I am. Really, don’t lose confidence and apply! <3 Good luck, all my juniors, sophomores and freshman! ;)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (720M/630CR/640W)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 750 math II, 670 chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 ish
UC GPA: 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking chemistry and calc this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, English, Biology honors, AP chemistry, history, religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (principal flute), music lessons, Chinese club, figure skating
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at senior center 65 hours
Personal Statement: One was okay but the other was kind of ■■■■■■ haha…
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): OR
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: It’s complicated
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: SAT scores, rigorous high school
Weaknesses: Essays/gpa
Why you think you were accepted: decent grades and scores, URM, OOS from a school where not a lot of people apply to UCs except maybe Cal and LA…
General Comments: Happy I got in but idk how I will afford it being OOS…good luck to everyone! </p>