University of Arizona 2022 DECISIONS

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SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflections:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments (if any):

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SAT I (breakdown): 1230 (590 mayb 640 reading) retaking with prep in november
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: NA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 in lang
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: African American studies, all ap: lit, gov, es, compsci, stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis (team captain 12) country club tennis captain (11/12) volunteer club (president and founder), some other random stuff
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer ~200 hours
Summer Activities: volunteering, summer program at brown university
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app essay 8/10, first draft of essay and didn’t complete optional essays
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): didn’t submit

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes sir
Intended Major: cognitive science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: magnet public
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~$220,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflections: safety school, super expensive because OOS but did get some nice merit money.
Strengths: ec, leadership
Weaknesses: gpa and test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applying: USC, Brown, UCLA, UCSD, UCR, Northeastern, Tulane, Fordham, UCB, UCI
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great leadership, stats pretty much in UA’s range

General Comments (if any): haven’t visited yet, and i’m waiting until April to make a final choice. but excited about this acceptance!! bear down

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ACT (breakdown): 32 composite (36 english, 27 math, 31 science, 35 reading)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Weighted GPA: school doesn’t weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), US history (3), Lit (4), Gov (5)
Senior Year Course Load: physics, advanced English, 3 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV cross country 9-12, yearbook 9-11 (Editor in Chief 10-12), menstrual hygiene club (Founder & President 11-12), student council 10-11 (Secretary 11), Key Club 9-11, debate 9-10
Job/Work Experience: Fast food restaurant 9th grade thru summer before 12th, started my own business 10th grade thru present
Volunteer/Community service: Elementary school tutor/mentor every year, political volunteering, animal shelter, library during the summer, var. other events, total ~250 hrs.
Summer Activities: work, library volunteering, animal shelter volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): didn’t submit any to UA
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): didn’t submit

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Marketing
State (if domestic applicant): WI
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): maybe geographical diversity/not a lot of people from Wisco at UA

Reflections: Got more merit aid than I expected so that’s pretty sweet
Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars/leadership
Weaknesses: Not a lot of like long-term ECs, I switched around what I did/dropped activities a lot
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Above avg. stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to ASU and UMN right now, still have to apply to UW Madison, Temple, U of Denver, Tulane, U of Rochester, and Vanderbilt

General Comments (if any): I don’t think I’ll be attending unless I get into the honors college and it’s a little too Greek-heavy for my taste but super appreciative of the acceptance and merit $, good luck to everyone else applying!

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SAT: 1330
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All college classes.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of musical theatre (w/ national awards, and honors from schools such as Berklee College of Music), horseback riding, Girl Scouts.
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout Camp Counselor, 150 hours.
Summer Activities: Coursework at Cornell University, Girl Scouts, musical theatre.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): My common app essay is probably a 9/10 (spent months on it, I also have been taking college-level English since 9th grade), and I did not complete optional essays.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I didn’t read them, but I’m sure they were somewhere around an 8/10.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: General Studies Major w/ a concentration in Sports Management.
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: College Prep public school (one of the top schools in CA) for 9th and 10th, moved to WA, finished all highest math and sciences provided by the school in 11th grade, taking all classes at a local college for 12 grade.
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: Not sure off the top of my head.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Military brat, have lived in 5 states (6 cities).

Reflections: I like the school, my favorite I’ve gotten into so far.
Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats are in range, the application was good.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to WVU so far. No other decisions are back yet.

General Comments (if any): Love the school spirit, and as a Sports Management student, the good sports are relatively important to me. Hoping to be closer to an NWSL team, because I want to work in professional and national women’s soccer, but I am surely considering Univerversity of Arizona with that put aside.

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SAT I (breakdown): 1350
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS, Spanish NHS, 2sports Varsity all 4 years and captain
Job/Work Experience: Town lifeguard.
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):10
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Architecture
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflections:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments (if any): $14k Arizona Excellence

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SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (760 CR, 750 Math)
SAT II: 750 Math 11, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Gov (5), World (3), Euro (4), Lang (3), Human Geo (5), Chem (4), Physics 1 (4), Calc AB (5), Physics C: EM (4), Physics C: Mech (5), APUSH (5), Calc BC (5), Lit (4), Latin (3)
Senior Year Course Load: 5 classes, all honors

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Leadership Committee), STF, Red Cross
Job/Work Experience: Back Office Assistant (Clerical Work)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 (I applied through common app)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Merit (awarded Wildcat 12k/yr)
Intended Major: Chem Eng.
State (if domestic applicant): Az
School Type: Small Charter
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~55000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Adopted

Where else were I applied: Tulane, Emory, Duke, Northwestern, Northeastern, Tuft’s, Rice, Berkeley, USC, Univ. of Washington, WashU STL, Georgetown, UPenn, Yale

General Comments (if any):

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SAT I (breakdown): 1240 (640 english, 600 math)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.99
Weighted GPA: 3.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): didnt send any
Senior Year Course Load: APUSH 11th grade, AP Bio, AP Stats, Honors language and then regular enlish piano and art
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Civic Impact Award (school specific)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): sports, club leader
Job/Work Experience: Job summer after 11th grade, working about 15-20 hours a week
Volunteer/Community service: ton of community service hours, volunteer club since freshman, leader of it since 11th grade etc…
Summer Activities: Tennis, job
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Pretty solid, 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): \

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no, but recieved 12,000 per year (excellence award)
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):Maui, HI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100,000+ I think
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflections:
Strengths: English and writing
Weaknesses: Math
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Community involvement and good writing
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to university of Iowa and Indiana University
Not rejected from any yet

General Comments (if any):

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ACT (breakdown): 30 composite score
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist, Psyc, Gov, Calc, HS only allows AP’s during Junior and Senior years.
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 honors

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 sport Varsity athlete, some clubs
Job/Work Experience: summer lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at Mass for disabled adults junior year
Summer Activities: working all summer

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: completed FAFSA
Intended Major: Nutrition/Pre-Med
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
School Type: Catholic Boys school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: high

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Miami of OH, OSU, deferred during EA at UGA, applied to VT, UVA, Maryland, PSU, Florida

General Comments (if any): Received 18K yearly scholarship