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

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): W: 660, CR :780 M :700 (2140 total)
SAT II: Math I : 740 (lol, Math I, I know) , US History: 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), English Language and Comp (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, Senior Project, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Chem, AP Econ/Gov, AP French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 Medals of Merit (this award at my school that’s given to the top 5 students in each subject), Scholar Athlete (Cross Country Team), voted best member of my school’s concert choir </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): three years on cross country team (varsity member junior year), 2 years on distance track, track team manager, voice lessons, two choirs, scuba diving, traveled to 10 countries, red cross club, board game club
Job/Work Experience: tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 125 hours
Personal Statement: Pretty good? idk</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably won’t get anything haha
Intended Major: Something random, I’m Undeclared in my mind though haha
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public (4,200 students)
Ethnicity: Half Asian Half White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $135,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Strengths: GPA, SAT
Weaknesses: shouldn’t have taken the Math I subject test haha
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, SAT, pretty well-rounded</p>

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<p>got in :smiley: and into my first choice college~</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): 2060 (did not send)
[ *] ACT: 34C (32E/35M/35R/34S/8W)
[ *] SAT II: 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry (did not send)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[ *] UC GPA: N/A
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[ *] ELC?: Nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted IB Diploma 45/45
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma (Standard Level: English A Literature, Chinese A Language/Literature, Maths; Higher Level: Chemistry, Economics, Music; Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, CAS
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 14 years piano (with leadership position at school), school choir leader/committee member, school mag editor, inter-school student government (executive committee, 60,000 members involved), inter-school economics club sub-committee, class secretary/treasurer, secretary for english lit society at school
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Freelance accompanist/piano teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Subcommittee in inter-school volunteering group (organize+participate in service), weekly volunteering at church
[ *] Personal Statement: First one about my dream to start a business in the music industry that would connect different cultures together easier; second one CA #1 essay about psychological change through new piano teacher</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: >200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Totally nonhooked</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: School grades, no fin aid
[ *] Weaknesses: Meh ECs, no major awards, meh testing…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Perhaps I showed promise academically…lawl
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Second acceptance so far after WUSTL. Fortunately I did make it to this ultimate safety, but the remaining dozen and more of megareaches/reaches/matches are seemingly bleaker and bleaker after the haunting UChicago waitlist :/</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 1910; CR: 630; M: 590; W: 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang/Comp: (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Senior year on a college campus full-time (all college level); Honors Calculus, Honors English, Marketing, American Government: National, Macroeconomics Honors; Statistics (2nd Sem)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive Gymnastics- 10 years; Member of youth circus troupe (lead dancer/troupe member)-- 5 years
Job/Work Experience: Waitress at Cafe- 20-30 hrs/week; Aerial Arts instructor prior to waitressing job
Volunteer/Community service: Led workshops and Performances at public elementary/middle schools, senior homes, etc. as part of circus troupe member; 50 hours working at animal shelter over summer
Personal Statement: 1: Being part of a circus troupe/Finding individuality in being a “circus freak”/contributed to self-esteem, etc. 2: Growing up as one of two adopted children with a single parent; dealing with ADHD/Attachment disorder in little brother who was adopted when I was 13</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Heck yes.
Intended Major: Communications
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: Private college prep school, then community college student full-time while enrolled as a senior in high school
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): State Champion- Women’s Gymnastics; Consistent leadership position in a unique EC</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Definitely ECs. First essay about said EC was also strong.
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Decent GPA, Strong ECs.</p>

<p>General Comments:
I’m actually insanely glad that I was accepted! I wasn’t sure that I would be, given my SAT score and lack of AP/Honors courses (although that was due to the fact that my private school didn’t offer them). Waiting to hear back from UCLA this Friday-- If I am rejected, I will 99% be attending UCSD. </p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>My son is so happy!
UC GPA: 4.45
UW: 3.97
SAT: 1890 ACT: 27 Chem subject test 800 US Hist. 770
Chemistry major</p>

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<p>@sallyShingle, Congratulations!</p>

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<p>Son was also accepted to USD, UCI, UCSB, Baylor, Santa Clara. Waiting for UCLA decision</p>

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<p>@ljmom, Thank you! Fingers crossed for UCLA</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:26
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
UC GPA: 4.25
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): May be around Top 10%
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Subjects
IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Math Competition 3% High ranking
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital working 6 months
Personal Statement:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Math
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Less than $70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses: ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Relatively low ACT score </p>

<p>General Comments: Will be attending Univ of Washington or UCSB,UCD or CAL POLY SLO where I already Accepted instead. Good luck to those who haven’t received a decision yet and congrats to those accepted.
UCSD was the High Wall to me can’t overcome. Before the reject of UCSD I was a big Star who passed all of the Univs</p>

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<p>How do you calculate UC GPA</p>

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<p>Got in! :smiley: …but in actuality, how hard is it to get into UCSD? I’m curious cause I did apply to UCLA and UCB as well and was wondering kinda where I stand considering those colleges. </p>

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<p>@bkybub: I’m in the same situation as you. As far as I know, UCLA is approximately twice as hard to get into as UCSD and UCB is slightly harder than UCLA. And I initially thought that UCSD was hard to get into (with a 35% acceptance rate in 2012) but everyone I know of who applied to UCSD got in, some with even worse stats than mine. So idk, I’m pretty sure schools don’t show favoritism towards students in a particular school but maybe UCSD got slightly easier this year?</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted Regents</p>

<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Never Took
[</em>] ACT: 34 (English: 33, Math: 36, Reading: 32, Science: 36, Writing: 12)
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 800 Chem 800 Math 2 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: Not Sure
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] ELC?: Yes top 9%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Language (5) Chinese (5) Calculus BC (5) Art History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Literature, AP Government, Economics, AP Chemistry, Studio Art
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Seymour Center, Art Teaching Assistant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Regional Medical Center San Jose, Tutorchatlive.org, Volunteer Tutor at school
[<em>] Personal Statement: Nothing Special
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Bioengineering/Biotechnology and Sixth College
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large, Public, Asian
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Average
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not Questioning why[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>@Korean101 haha I’m Korean too.
However, I don’t see how it can be a case of school favoritism for me, bc I am technically considered international.
I filled out several college profiles to sort of compare my chances with these two schools, and it says I have a better chance at Berkeley…
It’s so hard to be optimistic…considering how many qualified students there are…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (R 640, W 650, M 700)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: Lit 670, Math 2 630
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
UC GPA: 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/499
ELC?: Yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (2) AP LANG (5) AP MACRO (TBD) AP ENV SCI (2) AP CALC (TBD) AP WORLD (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s (Calc, Econ, Lit, Psych) Journalism (Layout Editor) 1 non-academic
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective: N/A
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF Club, Journalism (Layout Editor), NHS, 4 year cross country runner
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 100+
Personal Statement: Military child, struggles of moving every three years, etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Joint Math/Econ
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $130,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): To be honest, no idea. I’m a military child I guess, but it’s not like they don’t have enough asian kids at the UCs…haha Moved after sophomore year from maryland to california
Reflection
Strengths: Personal Statement, Military Child-ness
Weaknesses: mediocre SAT score, a few EC’s not a lot, grades (a good amount of B’s frosh/soph years), not a lot of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think in general I was pretty well-rounded, but also kind of mediocre. Not really super excelling in one thing.<br>
General Comments: Awaiting UCLA and UC Berkeley, but I would be happy to go to UCSD!</p>

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<p>Do the UC’s send acceptance letters? Or is it all online?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective: •SAT I (breakdown): 2200. M800 CR730 W670
•ACT:Never taken
•SAT II: Math II 800 CHem 800 World history 800 physics 790 US history 730
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77/3.95 10th and 11th grade
•UC GPA: 4.0
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): <12%. My school does ranking by 12% instead of 10%</p>

<p>•AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP CHem(5) everything else TBD
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 Academic, 1 non-academic elective
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>Subjective: •Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer and Too lazy to put
•Volunteer/Community service: Hospital. Gaming community
•Personal Statement: Soccer leadership
Other •Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
•Intended Major: Computer Science
•State (if domestic applicant): PA
•Country (if international applicant): US
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: Chinese
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: No Idea
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Probably not.
Reflection •Strengths: ?
•Weaknesses: ?
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. They called me and i am happy. I might take a road trip to California this spring to finalize my decisions
General Comments:Good luck to all. Acceptance is just the first step</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how many students got accepted? </p>

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<p>[size=4]Decision: Waitlisted[/size=4]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1660 (highest sitting)
[</em>] ACT: 26
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: I don’t know how to calculate this
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[<em>] ELC?: No
[</em>] AP: Psychology (4), Calculus AB (3)
[<em>] IB:
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 3 Cambridge classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few sports awards, a scholarship award in my region
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta (historian), NHS, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Girls Water Polo, Kiwanis Key Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid summer internship at an engineering consulting office
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, middle school volunteering, swimming volunteer… 400+ hours
[<em>] Personal Statement: It was rushed, so… eh. I decided to apply the day before the deadline.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Applied for engineering, but I want to change that
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>] School Type: Public 4-year high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: less than $50k
[<em>] Hooks: first generation college, I don’t know what else lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, rigorous course load, class rank, internship, fair ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: test scores, rushed personal statement
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably because of my test scores, rushed personal statement, and I applied for an impacted major
[/ul]General Comments: I’m glad they didn’t full on reject me. Maybe they don’t see me as a complete failure after all. :slight_smile: From the UCs only, I was accepted to UC Davis and UC Irvine, rejected from UCLA.</p>

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

<p>Applied to Environmental Engineering within the Mechanical and Aerospace department</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 720 Math, 650 Writing (8 essay), 620 CR (Total = 1990)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT II: 700 Physics, 780 Math IIC
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Think it’s 4.5 or more (I take the IB)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking finals in May, but my predicted are as follows</p>

<p>Physics HL = 7
Economics HL = 7
Geography HL = 7
Mathematics SL = 7
English SL = 6
Spanish SL = 6</p>

<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Same as above
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Freestyle skiing - I do double flips and rotations on big jumps for those who don’t know what it is (placed top 10 nationally various times, and 1st regionally), also a quite solid golf player
Student Council (Vice president)
Model United Nations Participant
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Norway’s largest trampoline distributor as a “handyman” - I help with everything from sales to storage to demonstration of how the trampolines work
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: KRIK - A Christian sports activities organization (Supervisor and leader) - I am in charge of a club where 20 kids meet weekly to play different sports. I was also leader at one of the biggest national camps hosted by KRIK
Interact → fundraising club
Went to India with my class to work on community projects for a week
[ *] Summer Activities: Traveling, working, attending camps (as well as having leadership positions at the camps)
Attended the Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship (PSGE) at Lehigh University in the summer of 2013 (4 week program) - I was elected leader of my project group and was asked to be one of the 4 (out of 76) to hold a reflection speech at the end of the program
[ *] Essays: 6/10 - I am Norwegian, so not an excellent writer, and perhaps a bit mundane (might have gotten too general)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 for both teachers who know me well, haven’t seen the recs, but my counselor said they were beyond great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Awesome, she loves me
[ *] Additional Rec: From the PSGE admissions-person. Have no idea about this one, but think it was pretty ok as I connected well with her at the camp
[ *] Interview: None
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Norway
[ *] School Type: International (IB)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: $200,000++
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college in the US, nationally competitive freestyle skier, determined and passionate about what I do
[ *] Strengths: IB grades, diverse and difficult course load, extracurriculars, freestyle skiing
[ *] Weaknesses: the SAT is my official nemesis, wish my english was better. SAT 2s weren’t particularly great either (but I can live with those). No special awards (but it is difficult to get those in Norway (very few competitions)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted because I have strong IB grades, SATs are within the average range, diverse extracurriculars and different leadership positions</p>

<p>[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Middlebury College, UC Davis (with scholarship, 1/3 ride), UC San Diego and Pepperdine
Waitlisted: Northwestern and UCLA
Rejected: Stanford REA (obviously)</p>

<p>Still waiting to hear from Berkeley, USC and Lehigh</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to all those who got in! And to those who didn’t… don’t worry you’ll end up where you’re meant to be</p>