I got into Revelle Undeclared-Physical Sciences. Any Revelle folks out there?! All I’m seeing is Muir, Roosevelt, Sixth, etc. I’ve heard bad stuff about Revelle, the most unappealing aspect being the social life there. I’m not a nerd, and I actually NEED friends to enjoy and get through college LOL
SAT 2090 (best sitting composite)
ACT: 32 composite
UW GPA: 3.86
2 APs (4 on Bio, 3 on Euro). Taking 5 this year (chem, macro-econ, gov, AB calc, Physics 1)
ACCEPTED
Major: Economics
SAT: 1840
UC GPA: 4.45
House: Muir
First Generation
Income: $20,000>
It’s weird to think that people with crazy stats were waitlisted/rejected. All you got to have is a little faith
ACCEPTED to Muir College, Linguistics (Spec language and society) major
can anyone tell me about Muir? I don’t know much about it
Objective-
SAT 1: 2220 CR680 M790 W750(12) superscore (2190 single test)
SAT Subject Tests: Math II 800 Literature 630
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.88 out of 4.17 (my school’s grading system is weird… they said its UW), idk about the UC GPA
Rank: school doesn’t rank.
Subjective-
Extracurriculars:
a lot in different areas
Location-
State/country: China
School Type: top public in the area, 200 students applying for studying overseas
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Rejected
SAT 1740
GPA 3.8
4 AP
Several ECs
Solid Essay
@RDingy Wow. I had no idea. I haven’t actually seen anyone in my school do more than a hundred.
Waitlisted-Mechanical Engineering
OOS New Jersey
SAT: 1940 (CR:570 M:620 W:750)
ACT: 30 (E:32 M:27 R:31 S:29)
Weighted GPA: 4.19
8 APs
Accepted to Cal Poly SLO and also waitlisted at UC Davis
@LesPronoms: Medical Scholars interview notifications will be sent out on the 24th.
@ADY360 where’d you hear that Revelle isn’t social? I think the way Revelle is laid out makes it one of the most social colleges here. 64 Degrees, the new dining hall, was actually designed to improve interaction and I think it worked. The 64 courtyard and Revelle Plaza are great places to run into people, hang out, or toss around a Frisbee. There are also loads of outgoing, friendly people (plenty who aren’t, but I think the vast majority are). It’s also reasonably nice-looking in terms of buildings and people (my roommates and I agree that it’s second only to ERC in both categories). If you’re looking for kickbacks/parties, there’s always something going on even within Revelle itself, as long as you know enough people. The HUM sequence is challenging, but honestly so are all the other writing programs (HUM just has more readings and more classes). A lot of what you hear online about Revelle being the worst is unfounded–if those reviews were posted before 2009, we’ve gotten a new dining hall, 2 remodeled dorm buildings, a market that’s way bigger, new courtyards and bike racks, and year’s worth less of GEs (no more area of focus). I wouldn’t worry about being in Revelle–I think it’s awesome and most of my friends on the 2018 and 2019 Facebook groups will agree. Welcome to UCSD!
PS UC Socially Dead is only as true as you want it to be. There’s 30K people here; each one who puts him/herself out there has a blast.
Just got an email from UCSD!
Is it possible once admitted to change houses?
^ it’s possible but very hard. You have to show them that staying in your college will delay your graduation.
ACCEPTED! OOS
College: Eleanor Roosevelt (Top Choice)
Major: Third World Studies
SAT I: 1950
SAT II: didn’t take
ACT: didn’t take
UC GPA: 3.8
UW GPA: 3.64
OOS, Caucasian
Good Essays, wrote about doing an internship in Africa and helping care for my mother.
I tool 1 AP class last year and took 2 APs this year.
Decision: Accepted - Psychology
College: Eleanor Roosevelt (first choice)
Objective:
ACT (breakdown):
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (M-760, CR-670, WR-790)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 680 Lit (did not send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (93/100?)
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP English Language and Composition, A-Level Business Studies, AP Economics, Advanced Arabic, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering in Sudan for over 3 years, 4 years of work at a clinic, after school tutoring, vocal training and 7th grade diploma from the London College of Music
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5-9/10
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): UAE
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Mixed
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Multicultural? Trilingual?
Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurriculars, Essays
Weaknesses: SAT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Waiting on: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU, Duke, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and BU.
General Comments:
So happy to have been accepted, but will wait til April to make the decision on where I will study. Congratulations to all of us!
Decision: Accepted - Political Science/ Int Relations
College: 6th (third choice)
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 30
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (M-640, CR-660, W-710)
SAT II: 690 Bio-M, 700 USH
GPA: 3.75 (UW), 4.27 (W), 3.92 (UC)
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, Ap Gov, ASB, Theater 3, Band
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Body President, Leads in multiple plays, many political activities, etc. ECs are really good,
Essay: Bad personal statement In my opinion
Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurriculars, courseload
Weaknesses: Everything else
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ELC
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: CSULB, UCD ; Waiting on: Berkeley, UCSB, USC, Tufts, Welseyan, American; Rejected: Vassar
General Comments:
Top choice as of right now.
Decision: Accepted - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
College: Muir (Top Choice)
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35
GPA: 3.96 (UW),
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, Ap Gov, AP Bio, AP Art History, Honors Latin 4
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Latin Club President, Journalist for city newspaper, scholastic bowl
Essay: Pretty good, probably!
Reflection:
Strengths: courseload, ACT score, GPA
Weaknesses: Lack of extracurriculars/leadership stuff
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Personal statement and ACT probably!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: UCI, UCD, WashU in St. Louis, U of I ; Waiting on: Berkeley, UCSB, USC, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Columbia; Deferred: UChicago; Rejected: Stanford
General Comments:
Wouldn’t be a bad place to go! Holding out for UCLA though 
Decision: Accepted - Computer Engineering
College: Revelle (first choice)
Objective:
ACT (breakdown):
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (M-750, CR-800, WR-760)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 680 Bio, 800 Spanish w/o Listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB/BC, AP US Gov, AP Physics 1, AP French
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, volunteering at a Hispanic help center, tutoring at the local middle school, Hapkido martial arts, JV cheerleading
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: > $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Traveled the world for 5 years living on a sailboat, trilingual, live in Mexico 2+ years
Reflection:
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, diverse backgroung
Weaknesses: leadership, extracurriculars, long-term commitment to activites
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably accepted because of my diversity
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: University of Miami; Rejected: Stanford; Waiting on: Columbia, UC Berkeley, USC, Santa Clara Univeristy, and University of Washington.
General Comments:
Very glad to have been accepted, congratulations to everyone else who got in! And if you weren’t accepted, I’m sorry and I know you’ll get into a school that you will love
Decision: History
College: Revelle
Objective:
ACT (breakdown):25
SAT I (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): O-Levels ( 8A’s) A-Level perfect A transcript
A-levels’s subjects: History, Maths, Chemistry and Physics
Subjective:
Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering in Akhuwat( world’s largest interest free micro-finance organization) for over 2 years, 2 years of work at a LGBT facility, became my countries first teenage travelogue writer, received a shield from the governor of my province. Team head at NASA( convention)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurricular, Essays
Weaknesses: ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essay’s.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Still waiting.
General Comments:
So happy to get in!
@SummerSnowman23 oh that’s awesome! I was hoping to find someone from marshall with the same major as me haha
Decision: Accepted -Human Biology
College: Muir (first choice)
Objective:
ACT (breakdown):31
SAT I (breakdown):
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4-3.5.
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Senior Year Course load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP US Gov, AP Psychology, AP Economics
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society,Tons of volunteer service,shadowed doctor,LGBT club,Ukulele Club,Fencing Team Captain,taught guitar/ukulele to disabled kids,church leader,HOSA president,badminton,etc
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Other:8/10
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation
Reflection:
Strengths: Essays,extracurriculars,leadership
Weaknesses: GPA,ACT,Everything
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly don’t know haha maybe essays?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers,Northeastern,SUNY Binghamton,Stonybrook; ; Waiting on: UCLA,USC,UCB,Emory,Tufts,Smith,Wellesley,Cornell,BU,NYU, and University of Washington.
General Comments:
So happy! But i honestly don’t know how I got in haha.Congrats to everyone else who got in! And good luck to those on waitlist and those who plan to appeal!!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Submit
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/501
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 APUSH, 3 AP Language Comp, 3 AP English Lit, 4 AP US Government
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 IB Business and Management SL (Junior Year)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - IB Math Studies, IB English, IB French AB Initio, IB Biology, IB History of Americas, IB Theory of Knowledge (first semester), 2 Free period second semester.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): IB Biology Award of Excellence, Science National Honor Award, French National Honor Award, Presidential Superlative Award, AP Scholar Award, English National Honor Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club (Vice President - 2 Years), French National Honors Society (Projects Committee Head), IB Student Union (Historian), Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Society (Director & President - 6 Years), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Choir (Secretary & Event Coordinator), C12A Distributions LLC. local start up company (Vice President),
Job/Work Experience:
Babysitter (2011 June, July, August)
Volunteer/Community service:
Patrick Murphy Campaign (Non-Paid Intern), Seacrest Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Assistant Treasurer), Habitat For Humanity (Volunteer)
Summer Activities:
Internship at Patrick Murphy (June, July, August, September, November)
Essays: I thought it was alright. It wasn’t as good as my common app essay, I had many errors when I looked back in the end.
Interview: none
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation American
Reflection
Thankful I got in! I did consider this school as a “Safe school” or one that I felt was easier on my list. Very grateful that I got in though! I don’t think I’ll be going since I got into Cornell University (thus far). Hoping to get into Stanford - but I highly doubt that will happen lol. Congrats to everyone who got in! And Good luck to those who are still waiting!
Strengths:
Essays, Extracurriculars (but not amazing!), GPA, hooks.
Weaknesses: ACT scores, didn’t take or submit any SATs or SAT II.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m thankful. Just don’t give up!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Florida, Cornell University
Waiting on Acceptance notification: University of California - Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, UNC, Emory University, Notre Dame, Northwestern, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Rice University, USC.
Rejected: University of Texas - Austin
Your “Big Red” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Not really sure. Maybe the essay!