Hey there, making a discussion for those accepted to UCSD and majoring in data science. Please post your stats and college. Just a place to see what the data science major is going to look like.
Admitted: Admitted
Major: Data Science (2nd Choice), Muir (1st Choice)
GPA: UW 4.0/ W 4.3
SAT/ACT Score: 1350
Essays (Good or bad?): above average and good topics
Extra Curriculars: Anime Club President, Math Club, Peer Tutor
AP classes: Calculus BC, English Language
College Classes: Intro to Accounting (A)
What made you stand out?: Strong desire to help fellow underrepresented groups in stem.
Other Colleges Applied: CSUSM
Colleges denied/waitlisted: none
Colleges accepted: UCSD
Are you planning attend: YES
Is this for transfers?
Admitted
Major: Data Science (1st Choice), Sixth (3rd Choice)
GPA: 3.8 UW/4.46W
SAT: 1540
Essays: All were reviewed by multiple people, at least 8.5/10
ECs: Debate, ACS, Political Activism, Data Analytics Internship, ML Research, etc
APs: Calc BC, Stats, Bio, Chem, Phys 1, Euro, US Hist, US Gov, Eng Lang, Eng Lit, CS A, Psych, World Hist, Span Lang
What made you stand out: Demonstrated interest in major
Waiting on Berkeley and other T-20s
Oops I think I made this in the wrong category. Is there anyway to change it
Admitted
Major: Data Science (applied as Undecided but switched in),
College: Marshall (going for their public service minor)
GPA: ~3.6 (my school doesn’t really calculate GPA and has no weighting)
SAT/ACT Score: 1470/34
Essays: Mediocre, but a lot better than the ones I wrote for other schools
Extracurriculars: cross country and track captain/four year varsity, editor-in-chief of yearbook and award-winning literary arts magazine, local political (housing justice) activism (wrote essay about it)
APs: we don’t have AP classes but I got 5s on APUSH, chem, and English and Spanish Lang
What made you stand out?: unclear
Are you planning attend: unclear