UCSD Engineering/ Computer Major- Has anyone gotten in yet? (Admissions for Class of 2020)

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Has anyone gotten in yet for an engineering/ computer science major? If so, what were your stats?

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I : 2080
ACT: N/A
UC GPA: 4.27 (capped) & 4.63 (uncapped)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), US History (4), Biology(4), Lang (4), Euro(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
College courses? If so, list them: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP Spanish, AP Government
How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section:7-8
Supplemental?: No
Other
Intended Major : Computer Engineering
Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
EOP?: No
NCAA?: No
Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes
School Type: Competitive public school
Ethnicity: Syrian
Gender: Male
LGBTQ?: No
Citizen?: No
Served in military? No
Married?: No
Orphan?: No
Income Bracket: 80k

of Family Members: 4

Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: high school degree & associates degree
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Im Syrian
Living on-campus? Yes
Reflection
Strengths: High GPA, One essay was bomb, extracurriculars, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT Score
Are you going to UC San Diego?: Maybe
If not, where are you going?: UCLA hopefully
General Comments/Additional Information:
I only recently moved here form Syria, and was able to become a high achieving student here in the States.
Accepted: UCD
Waiting on: UCB, UCLA, USC, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UCI, UCSB

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I was accepted as a computer science major.
My stats:

UC GPA: 4.4
UW GPA: 4.0
ACT: 32(Math: 36, Science: 34, English: 32, Reading: 26 lol)
Math 2 Subject Test: 790
Chem Subject Test: 720
AP Scores: Calculus AB(5), Computer Science(4), Chem(3)
AP/IB classes taken/taking: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, IB Computer Science, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics
I also took Harvard CS50(Harvard’s introduction to computer science)

Other than that I had solid essays and really good extracurricular activities/leadership.