Waitlist stats from last year: http://■■■■■■■■■■■■/home/fall-2014-last-year-frosh-waitlist-appeal-cancellation-numbers/
@tekaiteishu Me too! 
As a current student, congrats to all the admits, especially those of you who were admitted to a major in the engineering school for EE/CSE/CS/MAE/ect (because they are much harder to be admitted to due to their impacted status)
D applied to UCSD (and several other UCs), and then was accepted to her ED school back in December. She withdrew her application – at least she tried to, but apparently it’s not that easy to officially withdraw your app from the UCs (except for UCLA, who gives you a handy link to click). She sent emails to the admissions offices but in some cases was told to contact somebody else and in some cases never heard back at all, so she just didn’t know if she’d managed to actually withdraw.
So, you know the punch line – her acceptance to UCSD arrived last week. What’s the procedure for declining? Does she have to create an account just to decline?
Same question for UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz, just in case anyone knows the answer! 
(Apparently UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara actually received the app-withdrawn email, because she hasn’t heard from them.)
Decision: Accepted into Muir College for Math
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (680 R, 700 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov & Politics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IBDP Candidate - Eng HL, Math SL, Bio HL, Film HL, Geography SL, Spanish SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: Same as IB courses
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not any national ones[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Several strong ones
[] Personal Statement: pretty good?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes… received some grant money 
[li]** Intended Major **: Math [/li][] State: Hawaii
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~80,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Single mother[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD, UCSC, UW, Oxy, Waitlisted at UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Stanford, USC, CMC (lol), UCB[/li][/ul]General Comments: Was not originally interested in UCSD, but it’s really growing on me! I could definitely see myself there, but the money is a huge drawback.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1200
[] ACT: 21
[] SAT II: Math LV 2: 540 Chemistry: 600
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] UC GPA: 4.13
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/800
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), Calculus AB (5), AP Government (4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Physics[/li]
[ /list]**Subjective:[ b][list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB, NHS, CSF, Swim, Cross Country
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor
[] Personal Statement: About Life
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[][ b] Intended Major **: Electrical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 50,000
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Personal Statement, Grades
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores LOL
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UCSD (duh), UCSB, UCD, UCR, UCLA
[] Schools you were rejected from? None yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? Berkeley, NYU[/li][/ul]General Comments: Surprised I even go into schools with my test scores
Decision: accepted to revelle for ECE
SAT: 2240 (800M 710 R 730 W)
Sat subject: Chem (770) math 2(800)
Uw gpa: 3.98
W gpa: 4.35
Ap scores: Chem 5, lit 3
Senior classes: ap calc ab, ap comp gov, honors physics, ap econ
Ec: 4 year band, 4 year soccer, 4 year speech and debate
Volunteer: thought speech and debate at a summer camp
Other:
Male
Coed public school in Bay area
White
Accepted: ucsc, ou, Boston College, bentley University (22k a year), babson
Waitlisted: ucd, bu,
Rejected: ucla
ACCEPTED into Sixth College under Psych
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.68 UW, 4.4 W
Full IB Canidate
Personal Statements were pretty solid…talked about creating a club and my love for learning.
ECs were plenty…I filled them up with community service, clubs, and camp! There was a clear focus on helping special needs.
So excited!
Decision: Accepted into Muir College for Theatre
oops they called me during the calling campaign I am so late to post
Objective:
SAT: 1980
GPA: lol
Rank: No clue
AP: AP European History (4), AP US History (4), AP Lang (5), AP Psych (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Human Geo, AP Art History, AP Gov/AP Econ, Chamber Singers, AP 2D Studio Art (I wonder if you can tell that I’m super arts/humanities oriented)
Major Awards: Umm I’ve received some state & national awards for singing/acting. I got one of those AP Scholar awards.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Choir (leadership board), theatre, instrumental music, modeling (idk if that counts as an extracurricular but it takes up some time so hey). I volunteered at a hospital at some point when my parents still thought I’m doing medicine like they are.
Job/Work Experience: I’ve been doing portrait & event photography professionally for almost three years now.
Personal Statement: I wrote about how I found out that singing is my passion and how it has changed my life–it’s an amusing tale. And my other was about my ethnic/religious background, which is confusing and wacky, and how it has shaped me as a human being. I missed a LOT of school the first two years of high school due to health issues so I mentioned that in the additional info section. I mostly focused on how I bounced back really quickly once I got better and how my grades reflect that.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nah.
Intended Major : Theatre and hopefully a double major w/ International Studies
CA
Public school
Asian/black/white
Female
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Hooks: Probably URM even though I am mostly brown.
Reflection
Strengths: Being a brown girl pursuing theatre/music, artistic accolades, upward trend…
Weaknesses: GPA for sure. My SAT score isn’t really up to par either but it isn’t awful!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No clue dude. My supplement for the school of theatre probably helped.
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UMN, UCI, BC, Northeastern, Redlands
Schools you were rejected from? UCSB (lul), UCLA, U of Michigan
Schools you are waiting for? USC, Berkeley, NYU, Carnegie Mellon
General Comments: USC, NYU, CMU, UCLA, and Michigan all auditioned me for their program. I’m glad I got into some non-audition “safeties” (compared to the 3% acceptance rates for BFA programs). I am surprised to find out that UCSD apparently has a fantastic theatre department which surprised me. I would love to learn more about it since I cannot seem to find enough info about it. The location is amazing and we’re excited that we can actually afford this school without aid considering we don’t qualify for financial aid at all anywhere.
Does anyone have any information on bioengineering: biosystems? Is it worth pursuing?
Does anyone have any information on bioengineering: biosystems? Is it worth pursuing?
Sorry for the double post >.<
@stressed4lyfe I’m not sure, but I just wanted to say that we’re all just going in the vague direction of our interests. Very few of us are positive on our futures, so maybe its best if you have some interest in that field to just try and see. Most of us will end up changing our majors anyways. Sorry if that wasn’t any help.
Decision: Accepted for Biochemistry and Cellular Biology (Sixth College)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (670CR 790M 760W)
ACT: 34
SAT II: 750 Math II 690 Biology E 670 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 (UW) 4.29 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/235
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4), Biology (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (Founder and President); Indian Club (President) - hosted an inter-school cultural show at school raising thousands of dollars for charity; Professional Company Dancer for 13 years (Performed in America’s Got Talent, an inaugural ball for President Obama, NBA half-time show, Oprah Winfrey Tour, etc.); Founder of a small dance company/team
Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant internship at a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Professional Dance Instructor for 5 years - teach students various styles of dance;
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer dance instructor for mentally and physically disabled children (175+ hours); Dance Instructor for summer camps (~100 hours)
Summer Activities: Distinguished Young Women State Competition; Internship stated above, Summer camps stated above
Essays: 1) Talked about my internship and family background in engineering, and how that has developed me as a person 2) Talked about my passion for dance and how I passed it on to my students as a professional dance instructor and the disabled children as a volunteer dance instructor
Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Private School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Extra-curriculars, ACT
Weaknesses: Ethnicity, GPA, AP Scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UCI, UCSB, UIUC (So far)
General Comments:
I love UCSD a lot. I visited it over the summer and loved the campus. The downside is that I got accepted for my alternate major, which was Biochem, rather than my first choice, Computer Science. UC Berkeley is my top choice which comes out in a few hours so we’ll see!
Decision: Accepted to Computer Engineering (Warren College)
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR: 730, M: 800, W: 800)
ACT (breakdown): (did not take)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II: 800, Chemistry: 800, Korean: 800
UC GPA: 4.25 uncapped
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB: 5, USH: 5, Chemistry: 4
Strengths: SAT I, SAT II
Weaknesses: gpa
Where else you have been accepted/rejected: Accepted: UCSB, UCI, BU, UIUC, Purdue, UW-Madison; Rejected: Northwestern, WashU, UCLA, UCB, UCD, Cornell
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I’m 99% sure I will be attending UCSD, and I am very, very grateful. Thank you UCSD for this amazing opportunity.
@missyuri I don’t know much about the Department of Theatre and Dance itself, except that it is housed in Galbraith Hall (which is a pretty nice building with studios and offices and stuff). However, across the street from Galbraith is the UCSD Theatre District which has some beautiful performance spaces. There are three or four theaters, and the main one (Mandell Weiss Auditorium, I think) houses the renowned La Jolla Playhouse. Just thought I’d chip in, if you’re interested you can look up some of the proper nouns I listed.
Decision: accepted Marshall
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (750 CR 660 M 740 W)
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 680 Lit. 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Weighted GPA (if available):
[] Rank/percentile (if available):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH 4 APENG
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, Newspaper, Speech & Debate Tm, AP Comparative Govt./Economics, AP Literature, Japanese 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): only minor awards
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (EIC), Speech/Debate Tm (Historian), NHS (Activities Director), Environmentalism Club (President), Peer tutoring (Historian), Student Council Historical Commission, HONY-esque FB page, school’s ambassador program (Media Commissioner)
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance photographer, private tutor APUSH/APENG
[] Volunteer/Community service: Peer Tutoring, school ambassador program, NHS
[] Summer Activities: Summer school classes to get ahead: Contemporary Journalism, Algebra II, Chemistry, BYU Bio 100 200. SAT Boot Camp
[] Essays: losing an election and the tight-knit network of friends on the newspaper staff
[] Teacher Recommendation: One teacher whose had me for four years straight in HS and my lovely APUSH teacher from last year!
[] Counselor Rec: Assistant Principal wrote it, don’t know her much and vice versa though
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: History
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not that I know of; Asian with an interest in humanities?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: leadership, strong history background
[] Weaknesses: that SAT I score and SAT II Lit. score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t know
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UCR, Humboldt, Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, UCSD, UCSB, UCSC, UCD, UCB waitlisted: WUSTL rejected: USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Duke
[/ul]General Comments:[list]
Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700-750-770 (2220/essay: 10)
[] ACT: 34, 34, 35, 33 (Composite: 34; Essay: 9; E+WR: 32)
[] SAT II: Math II 760, Bio M 770, Chem 700, Chinese: 740, USH: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6-3.7
[] UC GPA: ~4.1-4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] ELC?: I don’t think so
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APEH (3), AP Bio (4), APUSH (4), AP Chem (3), AP Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Econ, APCS, AP Phys, English, Digital Photography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction (if I recall correctly)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming, JV Water Polo, Key Club (Membership Chair), Science Olympiad, American Cancer Society, volunteer at local science museum, UCSD COSMOS
[] Job/Work Experience: never been employed
[] Volunteer/Community service: plenty
[] Personal Statement: personal.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Bioengineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country: USA
[] School Type: public; ~2000 students
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $150,000-$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): does COSMOS count (did not write about this in essays though)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores (well actually just my ACT scores in my opinion; and definitely not my AP scores), ECs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, AP scores, some of my SAT IIs, essays were risky
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not quite competitive enough especially going into Bioengineering at UCSD. Waitlisted at UC Berkeley (as opposed to rejected) probably because I didn’t apply for an engineering major unlike how I also did for Davis and Irvine - also got waitlisted at those two (I know right, 4 UC waitlists?!). Also waitlisted at UChicago. Rejected from USC, UCLA, and Northwestern. Accepted to UCSB and glad I have that to fall back on.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!! (I received my decision on Friday, March 13th but just didn’t post about it until now.)
Decision: Accepted (Muir College) for Economics
Objective:
SAT: 2130
SAT2: Math 2 800, Chemistry 760, Math 1 770, Biology E 700
GPA: no idea
Rank: 1/30 (yes, a very small school)
AP: No AP, I do the full IBDP
Senior Year Course Load: HL Chemistry, HL Math, HL Economics, HL Biology, SL English Literature, SL French
Major Awards: Some national academic awards, nothing big.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: instrumental music, volunteering, dance choreography, MUN (president and chair), TEDx (secretary), Football co-captain, Badminton singles player, etc. Basically really good ones, some leadership.
Job/Work Experience: None
Personal Statement: The first one I wrote about my community being in the school football team (really cliché, I know), but I put time into it, so I thought it was written okay 8/10. The second one was about my family and what I learnt from them. Again, cliché.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope. Not eligible
Intended Major : Economics
Private school
Country: India
Asian Female
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Hooks: None.
Reflection
Strengths: Probably my predicted score, and the fact that I’m doing 4 HLs instead of the standard 3. Plus SAT2s.
Weaknesses: Essays, and lack of job experience.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths above
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? UIUC, UCLA, UCBerkeley, UMich, UCSD, NYU
Schools you were rejected from? Northwestern, Stanford
Schools you are waiting for? none
General Comments: Well, competition is super tough, and I note that I got into all of my public schools, and none of my private schools (with the exception of NYU). Sucks that their intake is low, and ethnicity is a factor for them. Oh well. Muir is good enough for me!
Hi guys I was accepted to ucsd but I just submitted a change of application in regards to my schedule. I dropped tennis because I was injured. Do you guys think this will give me any chance of getting rescinded? Just a little worried because ucsd is my top choice