UCSD Class of 2019 Decisions/Discussion

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Decision: Accepted

School & Major: Muir (1st choice), Biological Sciences

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): M:770 WR:740 CR: 710 (2220)
    [    ] ACT: N/A
    [] SAT II: Math II: 770, Physics: 700
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
    [] UC GPA: 4.5 (uncapped weighted) 4.2 (capped weighted)
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46/737
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis):
    5’s: Calc BC, Human Geo
    4’s: Bio, Macroecon
    3’s: Microecon, Physics B, Physics C E&M, Physics C Mechanics
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): Econ: 5
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB diploma, most rigorous
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Chamber Choir, Piano, Orchestra, NHS, etc.
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at SYMF
    [] Volunteer/Community service: NHS and CAS for IB, tutoring, etc
    [    ] Summer Activities: Piano competitions, won a 1st and a few 2nd
    [] Essays: Thought they were quite good
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
    [] Counselor Rec: N/A
    [    ] Additional Rec: N/A
    [] Interview: N/A

Other

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[] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[] School Type: Large very competitive public. Highly ranked in CA.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: ~150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection

  • [] Strengths: Academics, essays
    [] Weaknesses: maybe leadership
    [    ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good scores and academic rigor
    [li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: UCR (regents), UCI (CHP)
    Waiting for the rest

General Comments: Good luck everyone!

482

Accepted into Sixth College for Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
GPA: 4.00 (unweighted) and 4.26 (weighted)

483

Posting for my DS to show that there is hope for the low GPAers out there:
Accepted
Major: ICAM
GPA: UW 3.22, W 3.47, UC 3.70
ACT 35
SAT2 760, 710
6 APs
ECs: stand up comedy, improv, tech theater

484

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1930
[] ACT: Composite 31 English 33 Math 31 Reading 31 Science 29 English/Writing 30(didn’t send)
[] SAT II: Math II 690 Spanish Listening 760 Bio 610
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Weighted GPA: 4.42
[] UC GPA: 4.56
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] ELC?: N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc(5) AP English Lang(3) Bio(2) APUSH(4) 2D Studio Art(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats AP Eng Lit AP Spanish Lang Gov/Econ Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, QuestBridge Finalist
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, like 4 clubs, founder of one in 10th grade
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: local community service organization and a school club dedicated to community service, position in the outside school organization
[] Personal Statement: first one probably 8/10 second probably 9/10
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Public School/limited opportunitieds
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <50K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first generation, COSMOS, Summer program at UPENN
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Personal statement
[] Weaknesses: rather low subject test scores for school of engineering
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: above average for my school[/li][/ul]General Comments: YAAAAY!!! Probably first choice also got into MUIR(1st choice)!
Other colleges: Accepted: UCB(Regents candidate), Williams College, CSULB… also got what i believe a likely letter for UCLA(engineering open house invitation) and now just waiting for others out of state

485

accepted to first choice school and major (non impacted)
Sat: 2200
Subject tests: 730,800,780
Uc gpa: 4.4 w, 3.9 uw
Bunch of 5s and ECS and awards are all there

486

Decision: Waitlisted

Major: Economics

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2310 - 760CR / 770M / 780W

SAT II: 800 Math II 700 Chemistry

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65 (extremely difficult and competitive school; top 20 in California)

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): does not rank

AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chemistry; 4 Psychology; 4 US History

Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB; Honors Physics; AP Literature; AP Spanish; AP Government

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CSF; AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (Captain); Football; FBLA; Green Club; Computer Science Club (Publicity)

Job/Work Experience: Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel; Mellow World Designer Bags

Volunteer/Community service: The Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens; Crowell Public Library

Essays: Common App (10/10); CAS (10/10); CALS (10/10)

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no

Intended Major: Economics

State (if domestic applicant): California

School Type: Small Public; top 20 in state; highly competitive

Ethnicity: Asian (born in China)

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: $200,000+

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk none

Reflection:

Strengths: essays, SAT’s, and recommendations

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: my intellectual curiosity

Weaknesses: GPA and AP’s (very difficult school with limited options and class enrollment)

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: West Coast / Asian / GPA / Counselor Rec / EC’s

Other factors - the most unique thing in your application: I have had to adapt and live in several different places under several different circumstances; across 3 different continents with either or both parents;

487

Decision: Waitlisted
Major: Undeclared
UC GPA 4.15/UW 3.72
SAT 2200 (M: 770, CR: 730; W: 700)
Decent EC, volunteering and leadership.
Mediocre essay
In-state
White female, no hooks

Accepted: UMich (her first choice), UCD, CU Boulder
Rejected: WUStl, Duke
Waiting on UCLA, Emory, USC, Nortwestern

488

Decision: ACCEPTED
Major: Human Bio (1st choice)
College: Sixth (3rd choice) (really wanted to get into muir)
UC GPA: 4.2
Weighted GPA: 4.4
SAT: 1840
ACT: 29
In-State
White female
ok essays
Some volunteering hours
Already knew I was getting in cause I’m on the athlete’s list :smiley:
yay for sports!
congrats on everyone who got in! Can’t wait to meet all of you this year :smile:
Plus does anyone know anything about sixth college? Easy GEs? Good housing? Anything?

489

Decision: Accepted
History major at Eleanor College
SAT: 2190
HS GPA (UW): 3.85
In-state, Asian
Good essays, okay ECs (lots of volunteering though)

Reflection: I’m quite surprised I got in, maybe because SD is not popular with prospective history majors? I heard Eleanor has a lot to do with history so I’m happy :smile:

490

Decision: Accepted
College: Warren (Top Choice)
Major: Mechanical Engineering (Top Choice)
SAT I: 2110
SAT II: 790 Physics, 760 Math II, 720 USH
ACT: 34
UC GPA: 4.25
UW GPA: 3.96
W GPA: 4.69
In-state (In San Diego), Caucasian
Goodish Essays, I wrote about competing on swim team and making CIF and also about coming to the United States.
I’ve taken 9 AP classes including this year’s classes; I’ve taken 4 tests and got 5s on all 4.

Other schools:
Accepted: UC Irvine, SDSU;
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO, UC Davis
Waiting: UCLA, Cal, Cornell, Penn, Yale, Harvey Mudd, and Michigan.

Reflection: I’m not too optimistic about the other schools I’ve applied to after getting rejected at Davis. I know it’s very competitive, but I was really hoping to have Davis as an option–I feel like I’ve let myself down, it really sucks. Either way, I’m glad I got into UCSD as their program is ranked higher, but I was hoping to have options that were further from home. Congrats to everyone that got in! This admissions round has been vicious!

491

@jlev96 Do you code in any languages?

If so, make sure to be at least proficient in one of them and be comfortable with at least one coding paradigm; and not only Object-Oriented Programming.

Once you have that, I think you have a great shot at getting in because you might be well ahead of the curve.

But if you don’t code, I would not recommend choosing Computer Science if you only want it due to the money factor.

492

If you were accepted to UCSD as undeclared, can you try to get into an impacted major or can you only choose between the non-impacted majors?

493

ACCEPTED!

Major: Human Biology
College: Thurgood Marshall

SAT I (breakdown): 2180, 720 W, 720 M, 740 CR
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Only sent World History 680; my others were horrible since I was sick testing day
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 World, 4 Bio, 4 Psych
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Span, AP Calc, H Physics, H English, Econ, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NMQST Commendation

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF Member, NHS Member, USABO Secretary, other clubs and stuff
Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Hospice, Library, Misc
Summer Activities: None (I just party haha)
Essays: 10/10
Wrote about my Asian heritage for “My World”
The other essay focused on the reason I want to pursue medicine

Applied for Financial Aid?: Don’t Qualify
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Up there
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection:
I’m glad I got in. My extracurriculars are not as strong as those of other applicants but I think I wrote well enough to compensate.

Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My essays were intriguing, creative, and above all - honest.
Weaknesses: Lack of SAT II
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays, SAT
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UC Irvine (with Honors), UC Davis, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, University of Portland
I’m waiting on UCLA, UCB, and Stanford (a long shot, haha). I just realized that means I have one decision each week until April lol.

494

It’s really crazy how I see all these stats that got rejected. My friend had a 3.8 (ranked 120/700) and 1800 SAT score and about 100 or so community service hours,and hardly any extracurriculars and that’s about it and got in. Super jealous and I think it’s very weird and unfair…

495

@ItsHydro‌ I am taking AP Computer Science and expect a 5 on the exam. I really enjoy the class and know that I want to do CS for reasons other than money. What could/should I do to help my chances of transferring into CS? Is there even a shot or am I doomed?

496

Does anyone know when the UCSD Medical Scholars Program interview notifications are sent out?

497

D accepted (by phone on Thurs)
Muir (1st choice)
Environmental Engineering (1st choice)

498

Rejected!
ACT 29
UC GPA: 3.87
good extracurriculars
psych major
solid essays

congrats to all! if you didnt get in, have faith that it wasn’t meant to be. you’ll all do wonderful things in life i promise:)

499

@prezbartlet‌ awesome name.

You can apply for acceptance to impacted majors usually after your first year. Applicants are ranked by prerequisite course GPA. Some are accepted, several are not

Switching into a non-impacted major does not require an application.

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@imthereal okays,thank you for answering ! Really appreciate it :slight_smile: