hey I was wondering if someone could help me out
I got in to ucsd and uc davis last week, but when I was going over my application I realized I had checked off a class as uc approved honors on accident. I emailed admissions about it on Friday. Am I screwed, will they rescind my acceptances? as an out of state student my counselors weren’t really clear on uc approved honors to begin with.
^ No they will not rescind your acceptance because of that.
Decision: Accepted
School & Major: Revelle (first choice!) Physics and Biophysics Major! 
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
ACT: 34 Composite— 35M 34W 31Eng. (haha) 35Sci
SAT II: Math II: 700, Physics: 750, Chemistry: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
GPA: 4.45 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A School doesn’t
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) US History (5) Psych (5) Physics B (5) English Language (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Gov/Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Scholars (Soph. year) and AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS, Cross Country (Captain Senior year), Track
Job/Work Experience: Worked at restaurant all of junior year, and half of senior year. Intern at Salk Institute of La Jolla for 6 weeks over summer
Volunteer/Community service: NHS and volunteer at local retirement home for people with dementia
Summer Activities: Cross country training, Salk Internship, and traveling
Essays: Thought they were pretty good, my talent/experience essay was about my time at Salk
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA (I live like a half hour from SD)
School Type: Large Public, senior Class of about 550 (we crank out athletes though haha)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: No idea, Mom is retired, so Im guessing not much income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother graduated from Muir in 2012
Reflection
Strengths: Academics, essays, work with Salk
Weaknesses: maybe leadership
Why you think you were accepted: Ive really challenged myself in classes, and have a high GPA because of it.
Where else were you accepted:havent heard back from anywhere else yet
Waiting on: UCSB, UCLA, UCBerkeley, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Harvard
General Comments: I’m so excited to have been admitted to Revelle! I’m not sure if I will be attending come Fall, as I am going to see how the money and other schools pan out, but UCSD is in my top three of schools right now! For anyone who feels discouraged, just push through and keep working at your grades! I can’t wait to meet the fellow Class of 2019 (potentials) on Triton Day!!
Decision: Denied
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): i took it twice and got 2030 both times. here’s the breakdown from the second time: r650, m670, w710
ACT: 32 w/o writing, 31 w/ writing
SAT II: literature 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, 1 IB, 1 advanced, 2 choirs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school and club volleyball, “360” leadership program at my school, 6 school choirs over the span of all 4 years, Microfinance Club, Colorado All State Choir
Job/Work Experience: Associate Intern for Water Fountain Partners LLC for two summers, Spanish tutor
Volunteer/Community service: BoOST (community service group), independent volunteering for several organizations
Summer Activities: volleyball, volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CO
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $40k, maybe more
UCSD vs Cal Poly SLO? Pros & Cons
Posting for my daughter:
Decision: Accepted
Major: Human Biology Eleanor Roosevelt College
UC GPA 4.15/UW 3.72
SAT 1900ish
Decent EC, volunteering and leadership.
Mediocre essay
In-state
White female, no hooks
Accepted: Tulane, SDSU
Rejected: UCSB, CalPoly SLO
Waitlisted: UC Davis
Decision: Accepted!
Major: Undeclared-Physical Sciences, Eleanor Roosevelt College
Objective:
SAT I- did not submit
ACT- 35 composite (32 math, 36 science/reading, 35 english)
SAT II- Chem 780, Lit 740
Unweighted GPA- 3.63
Weighted GPA- 4.15, UC GPA- 4.18
Rank- school doesn’t rank
AP Scores- Euro (4), Chem (5), English Lang (5), USH (5), Environmental (5), taking probably 6 or 7 more this year
IB- none
Senior Course Load- Honors Physics, AP English Lit, AP Comparative Gov (semester), Economics (semester), AP French Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology
Major Awards- National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
ECs- track, cross country (got scholar athlete awards every season), NHS, CSF, GSA, French National Honor Society, dance/music lessons
Work experience- none
Volunteering- peer tutoring, mentored fifth graders doing science fair projects for a year, work at a local food bank
Summer activities- volunteered as camp counselor a few times
Essays- probably the strongest part of my application (standard topics- love of science and volunteer work, but I really tried to make them stand out)
Other:
State: CA
School type- large public school, pretty well known for academics
Ethnicity- white
Gender- female
Income bracket- definitely not getting financial aid
Hooks- none
Reflection:
Strengths- test scores, essays
Weaknesses- GPA (I screwed up sophomore year) and no real meaningful ECs or volunteer work
Where else I was accepted: SDSU, Cal Poly, UC Riverside, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara
Waiting on UCLA, UC Berkeley
General Comments: I’m super excited that I got in! I thought my GPA might be a little too low. Not my top choice, but definitely a good option. Congrats to everyone else who got in 
Hi friends! So I got into ERC, which was my third choice because of the sheer number of gen eds, few of which overlap with my major (Cog Sci, I want to do the B.S with a focus on HCI and info systems). The ones that don’t aren’t going to be/cannot be covered by AP credit (MMW, regional specialization, fine arts). Is it even remotely possible for me to graduate in four years if I (potentially, of course, because you can’t declare this until later and it has to be approved) was to double major in comp sci? I had wanted to do a semester abroad, too, but there’s no way I could do all that and graduate in four years. I know in theory if you can’t graduate in four you can petition to switch colleges but I’ve heard it’s extremely rare, especially if you want to switch from a college with more gen eds to one with fewer gen eds. If only I had gotten into Muir…
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted with Honors L&S
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (best sitting out of 2. Math and Writing in 700s, CR in 600s)
[ *] ACT: 32 (34 Wring/English. 34 Math, 30 Reading, 29 Science) (I think lol)
[ *] SAT II: 780 Bio, 680 Math 11
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] UC GPA: no idea lol
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% (school doesnt rank)
[ *] ELC?: nope
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (3), Biology (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Ap Physics 1, AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc AB, Drama, English,
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): bunch of participation/volunteering stuff. not too many. not more than 10 for sure.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lights Camera Action (President), Cricket Club, Chess Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Out-of-school Jazz band which played around the community, Hospital, School Teachers assistant (1 summer), Teacher’s assistant at Saturday School
[ *] Personal Statement: One about volunteering and parents, the other about MUSIC (jazz, specifically)
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Pre-biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Alright, not awesome, but still somewhat competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 160K ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: lack of research, good test scores, leadership/exs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got invited to the reception, so knew I got it. But was happy to see I got honors. My record is not bad, but not exceptional. So future applicants, its really not that hard
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!
Where else I was accepted: All UCs so far except UCB and UCLA (they haven’t come out yet).
^^^^Opps mistake^^^^: I got into Revelle with Undeclared Physical Sciences, and no freshman honors
Waitlisted 
uwGPA: 3.75
wGPA: 4.33
SAT: 2010
ACT: 29
Major: Theatre, probably waitlisted because I didn’t complete an optional supplemental application…
Accepted to Revelle as Undeclared (although I applied with a major)
GPA: 4.3 (UC), 3.6 UW (horrible Freshman year, so didn’t hurt UC GPA)
SAT I: 2230
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math 2 770
APs: 7 total, three 5’s so far
ECs: Baseball 4 years, <10 hours community service, build computers
Congratulations to everyone who got in. Although this year there seemed to be a lot of upsets; kids at my school who definitely should’ve gotten in were rejected. One was waitlisted by Stanford and rejected by San Diego and Davis.
Seriously, @JigglyCream? That seems crazy! What are their stats? I just don’t see how a student waitlisted at Stanford could get rejected by Davis, or UCSD, for that matter.
Yeah @sbjdorlo, everyone had a good laugh about it.
His stats
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.4 W
SAT: 2220
SAT II: Math 2 790, Physics 770
APs: 10?
ECs: I’m not really sure, involved in robotics clubs and entrepreneurial projects.
Accepted
Major: Human Biology
College: Warren
GPA: 4.14, 3.85
ACT: 32
**Decision: Accepted, Warren College (first choice) **
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Total: 2160
CR: 640 M: 770 W: 750 (not superscore, one sitting)
[] ACT: Did not take.
[] SAT II: Math 2 770, Bio 730, Phys 520, USH 740, Chem 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.923
[] UC GPA: 4.23 (something around there)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): When applying, 1. Now, 4.
[] ELC?: No.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, Chem 3, USH 5, Eng Lang 5, Calc AB 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Spanish 3, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Gov/CP Econ (school doesn’t have AP Econ)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): City-wide 2014 Youth Viola Blythe Award, Presidential Service Award 2013, Presidential Service Award 2012
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact (4yr), CSF (4yr), Help-a-Heart (3yr), Medical Explorers (2yr), Track & Field (1yr), Cross Country (1yr), Orchestra (1yr), VP Neuroclub (1yr), Sec/Tres ChemClub (1yr), Sec/Tres Neuroclub (1yr)
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 340+ hrs total. Active library volunteer (5yr), CSF volunteer service (3yr), Interact volunteer service (3yr), Started children’s science program at said library (1yr), some other outside stuff
[] Personal Statement: Good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Computer Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 95k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades and most test scores were good.
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and some test scores could have been better.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I had overall good scores and decent extracurriculars. [/li][/ul]**General Comments: ** Good Luck!!
Decision: Accepted.
Major: International Studies-Political Science
Objective:
Act: 31
Unweighted GPA- 3.96
Weighted GPA-4.38
Rank- 5/185
AP Scores- AP Micro (4), AP Euro History (4), AP Macro (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (5)
Senior Course Load- AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Music Theory, AP Psych, sociology, japanese, orchestra
Major Awards- AP Scholar, NHS, CSF
Subjective:
ECs- a bunch of cultural clubs (chinese, japanese, taiwanese), SCCUP (students for cross cultural understanding program), speaking partner for foreign students to improve english, tutoring, counselor at a summer ESL program for international students, volunteer to an orphanage in mexico, president and founder of a foundation to raise money for the kids at my school to pay their tuition if their families are affected by cancer, track manager. All very consistent, done for at least 3 or 4 years.
Volunteer: 991 hours
Work experience- Counselor at ESL camp was paid for 2/4 years
Essays-Pretty good. wrote about how i’d been to third world countries and that’s what made me interested in my major 'cause i want to work with NGO’s. Second essay was about my experience working with international students.
Other:
Intended Major- Same as above
State: CA
School type- smallish christian school, not very diverse. Part boarding school but I am a day student.
Ethnicity- Chinese
Gender- female
Income bracket- Idk? between $80,000-90,000
Hooks- literally none
Reflection:
Strengths- My ECs generally supplemented what I want to study–kept an international theme.
Weaknesses- test scores
Where else I was accepted: clark, bard college berlin, ucsb, university of the pacific, waitlisted at uchicago
Got my call March11
Major: Public Health
SAT 2 Bio: 690, ACT: 33
UW GPA: 3.4
out-of-state
NHS, IB Program, lots of volunteering
how difficult is it to change majors (public health-> biochem?) I had a revelation after I submitted my app 
“I just don’t see how a student waitlisted at Stanford could get rejected by Davis, or UCSD, for that matter.”