UCLA Class of 2015 Official results

Here is a list of student acceptances and rejections from UCLA provided by real students themselves. Hope this is helpful to those applying in the future.

Decision:Accepted

College and Program: Letters and Science

Stats:

* SAT I (by section): 2020 (680 CR, 640M, 700 W)
* SAT IIs: 680, 680, 690
* ACT: 30
* APs: 4 (AP Lang), 3 (AP Chem), 3 (AP Microecon), 2 (AP Macroecon), 1 (AP U.S. History), 6 APs this year(Bio, Gov, Spanish, Lit, Calc, and Psyc)
* IBs: N/A
* GPA (UW, W): 3.99 , 4.03
* Rank: 4/160
* Other stats: I took summer courses from Northwestern (physics), Stanford (grammar and precalc), and Indiana University (health), attended several leadership and academic programs: Girls State, Molecular Medicine in Action, NYLF on Medicine, Key Club District and International Conventions, Key Leader (student facilitator), Brain Bee (3rd place), Ball State Composition Camp

Subjective:

* ECs listed on app: Tennis (4 years); Cross Country (4 years); Music (Band and Orchestra) 4 years with several gold medals at state solo and ensemble, and two Band Director's Awards; Key Club (4 years) lieutenant governor, Spanish Club (4 years) president and historian
* Job/Work Experience: Babysitter
* Essays (subject and responses): I spent a lot of time perfecting my essays; I tried to make them vibrant and show a slice of my life. Instead of trying to incorporate everything about myself in the essay, I zoomed in and elaborated on a small detail of myself for each essay. 
* Teacher Recs: Good
* Counselor Rec: Good
* Applied on (EA?): 11/30
* Hook (if any): N/A

Location/Person:

* State or Country: Indiana
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Persian
* Gender: Female

[b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm so excited for next year, and I really hope that I can find a way to attendUCLA (financially). Congratulations to everyone who got in, and for those of you who did not, don't sweat it. UCLA has so many applicants every year, and a very low acceptance rate!! I'm sure you'll find somewhere else that you adore. My biggest piece of advice would be to spend LOTS of time on your essays; I probably spent the most time on my UCLA essay, and it paid off. The college essay is not something you can breeze through; its your biggest chance to impress the admissions officers. Be yourself, and tell them what makes you.. you. Also, definitely spend more time studying for your AP tests; I did not take them as seriously as I should have. Remember that your AP test scores factor in to the admission decision as well.


Decision: ACCEPTED

College and Program: Henry Samueli School of Engineering with Undeclared Engineering

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2170 (M: 780 CR: 660 W: 730) (with 2240 superscore)
• SAT IIs: Math II: 710 Lit: 670
• APs: Euro (4), US (4), Lang&Comp (4)
• GPA (UW, W): 3.98, 4.41
• Rank: 39/550

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Owns an online business, competitive baton twirling (five-state regional level), dance, flute. volunteering: key club (committee member), church choir, website manager.
• Job/Work Experience: Owns an online business, baton twirling coach, environmental consulting assistant
• Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about how a presentation for Key Club introduced me to an interesting scientist for the first prompt (a huge stretch from the prompt!) and about how through baton twirling I learned about the necessity for precision and efficiency for the second prompt.
• Hook (if any): None

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type: Public, middle ranking
• Ethnicity: Asian-American, submitted as White
• Gender: Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I'm not a very strong writer but I feel that my essays were reasonable, but still a weaker aspect of my application. SAT IIs were also pretty low. Now that I have been accepted into UCLA & USC (with a prospective scholarship), I'll have a hard time choosing between the two. My school had a lot of UCLA-acceptances, many of whom I was really surprised by.


Decision: ACCEPTED!


I usually do not post on these threads, but I have to show everyone that they have a shot at getting into schools with bad stats. My test scores are absolutely awful, but I still some how got in. If you have any explanation as to HOW I got in, please let me know. Congrats to everyone who got in, and I hope to see you at UCLA in the fall! 



Intended Major: Pre-Business/Economics

Objective:
SAT I: 1690 (530 Reading, 580 Math, 580 Writing) (*Not Submitted)
ACT: 27
SAT II: 580 Physics, 580 Literature, 650 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.37
Rank: Top 10% (UW: 59/542, W: 34/542)
AP: Government (3)

Senior Year Course Load:
*IB Spanish 5
*IB Physics HL 2
*IB World History HL
*IB Math Studies SL 2
*IB Business Management HL 2
*IB English 12 HL
Student Leadership
Online Fitness
*=Weighted


Major Awards: 1st place at DECA State (*Not Submitted)

Extracurriculars:
1.) Student Leadership (4 Years)
-Freshman Class President (9th grade)
-Student Body Secretary/Treasurer (11th grade)
-Student Body President (12th grade)
2.) Martial Arts (6 years)
-Black Belt
-Demo Team Coach
3.) Many other clubs (*Not Submitted)


Application:
Volunteer/Community service: Tons. I needed 150 CAS (community/action/service) hours for IB, 60 for NHS, 100 for Leadership, volunteered at summer camp for handicappable children, raised money for special olympics, held a "trick or treating for cans" event last October, founded my own non-profit organization to aid children in need. (*Only submitted a few)

Essays: I just re-read them, and they are pretty good.

Teacher Recommendation: I sent in 2 or 3 from teachers who really liked me.

Counselor Recomendation: Maybe? If they asked I did.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Pre-Business/Economics
State: Colorado
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: I guess my leadership, extracurriculars, and community service were pretty good. Out of state. IB program also probably helped.

Schools I applied to:
1.) CU Boulder (Accepted)
2.) University of Arizona (Accepted)
3.) University of Central Florida (Accepted)
4.) UCLA (Accepted)
5.) UC Berkeley (Notification Date: March 24th)
6.) USC (Notification Date: April 1st)


Decision: Accepted 

College and Program: Letters & Science, English

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2220 (740 CR, 680 Math, 800 Writing)
• SAT IIs: 770 US History, 750 Math II
• ACT: Did Not Take
• APs: 4 Chem, 5 US History, 5 World History, 5 English Language
• IBs:
• GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.33
• Rank: Does Not Rank
• Other stats: National Merit Finalist (2270)

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Speech & Debate (President, Ranked in Top 150 in National Forensic League, National Semifinalist in Speech, State Finalist in Speech, State Semifinalist in Debate), Bowling (Leagues, Tournaments, over 180 average), Humanitarian/service club (President), 140 hours community service, running (Half-marathons)
• Job/Work Experience:
• Essays (subject and responses): First: About how being the youngest child in my family has shaped my world perspective; Second: How finding my voice led me to semifinal at NFL Nationals
• Teacher Recs:
• Counselor Rec:
• Applied on (EA?):
• Hook (if any):

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone!


Decision: Accepted 

College and Program: UCLA, English

Stats:[*] SAT I (by section): 2090, Writing: 710, Math: 720, Critical Reading: 660
[*] SAT IIs: (I didn't know what these were and didn't study...eep) US History: 590 Literature: 700
[*] ACT:
[*] APs: Language and Comp: 4 US History: 4 Chem: 1 Psych 2 (We didn't have books or anything uhh and our teacher didn't teach anything)
[*] IBs: School's program got cancelled
[*] GPA: U.C. G.P.A.: 4.04
[*] Rank: 12th
[*] Other stats: idk haha
[/list]Subjective:

ECs listed on app: Started an independent entirely student-led newspaper on campus after we lost our Journalism program/newspaper due to budget cuts. I manage a staff of about thirty students and run the entire newspaper as a club and am President of the club and editor-in-chief of the paper. Our distribution is 2,900 to a student body where over 50 percent of the students receive or qualify for free and reduced lunch.

FBLA officer for 2 years, NHS Secretary now Historian, CSF Social Chair Person, Key Club District Project Manager (10th grade, Member 4 years), took and AutoCAD introductory course for my internship for an Architecture firm where I worked on Architectural drawings, etc. (Architecture was my other interest), Interned for a newspaper, Interned for a congressional campaign to understand political process/was interesting from a journalistic aspect, Young Senators member last year now Senior Senator

Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon

Essays (subject and responses): Had a really telling story

Teacher Recs: N/A

Counselor Rec: N/A

Applied on (EA?): Doesn't exist

Hook (if any): ?

Location/Person: California

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep

Intended Major: English (well Journalism more so..)

State (if domestic applicant): CA

State or Country: CA

School Type: Public

Ethnicity: Pakistani and Indian

Gender: Female

[b]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I honestly didn't expect that I'd get in, but I'm glad I have the option now.

uhh sorry this crappily done i was rushing phew


Decision: ACCEPTED 

College and Program: Undeclared-Social Sciences

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2110 in one sitting (700, 700, 710 in math)
• SAT IIs: Chem-760 Lit-740 Ecological Bio-690
• ACT: Didn't take
• APs: Chem-5, Bio-5, English Language-5. This year taking Lit, Gov and Politics, Macroecon, Physics B, and Art History
• IBs: none
• GPA (UW, W): UW-not sure, less than 4.0 W-4.55
• Rank: 17/665

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: philosophy club founder and pres, newspaper editor, 1 or 2 minor ones. not very many ECs
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Essays (subject and responses): pretty good
• Hook (if any): Not born in the US

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White/European
• Gender: F

Decision: Accepted 

College and Program: Mathematics/Applied Science (Idk, whatever their main undergrad college is called)

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 800CR/790M/800W
• SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 US History
• ACT:
• APs: All 5's (Chem, World, Calc AB, US, Lang, Art History, Physics B)
• IBs:
• GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.64
• Rank: Don't do ranks, but I got ELC
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Key Club<3, Science Olympiad, Dance, misc volunteering
• Job/Work Experience: TA for a summer school program for small children
• Essays (subject and responses): Q1: Wrote about Key Club, Q2: Wrote about presenting a speech at IMS2010 (international mathematica symposium)
• Teacher Recs: No recs
• Counselor Rec: No recs
• Applied on (EA?): Normal... time?
• Hook (if any): Nope

Location/Person:

• State or Country: California
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female

[b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I got Regents too even though I bs-ed the crap out of that app xD Congratulations everybody 

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: College of Letters and Science - Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2260 (740 M, 740 CR, 790 W)
SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 750 Spanish, 740 Bio M
ACT: 33
APs: Calc AB (10th), US History/Biology/Calc BC/English Lang and Comp (11th), Spanish Language/Statistics/English Lit and Comp/US Government (12th)
IBs: n/a
GPA (UW, W): 3.9, 4.5
Rank: Top 4% out of 402 (ELC); don't know exact class rank
Other stats: Few awards here and there, I guess
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Competitive League Bowling, Newspaper Staff Writer, National Honor Society, Medical Scholars Program, Tae Kwon Do, Hospital Volunteering, Second Harvest Food Bank Volunteering, California Immersion Trip, Temple Volunteering
Job/Work Experience: 7-Week Research Internship (Cancer Cell Research)
Essays (subject and responses): First one was about my religious background and second was about bowling. I think both were pretty solid.
Teacher Recs: N/A
Counselor Rec: Good, I'm assuming.
Applied on (EA?): Regular
Hook (if any): I'm a beast

Location/Person:

State or Country: CA
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: BROWN
Gender: M

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm pretty happy about this, although I probably got it mostly because of ELC. Congrats to all other beasts who were accepted, and to those who didn't get in, I'm sure you'll find great opportunities elsewhere.

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: College of Letters and Science - Business Economics

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 1860 (650M, 600CR, 610W)
SAT IIs: 670 Chemistry, 780 Spanish, 700 US History
APs: US History (4) /Chemistry(4)/Spanish (5)/English Lang and Comp (4), MicroEconomics (12th Grade) Cal BC (12 GRADE)
IBs: n/a
GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.6
Rank: 1/386; Top 4% out of 386 (ELC)
Other stats: Few awards here and there
EC: Captain of Acadeca team, assistant soccer for local soccer team, varsity soccer(captain), founded chess and engineering club, cross country, math tutor, babysitter, in charge of fundraisers for church
Hook: i am poor

Location/Person:

State or Country: CA
School Type: Public (Really bad school)
Ethnicity: Mexican American
Gender: M

Comments:
Excited to have gotten accepted. i think i got in because i am a URM. to those who did not get it do not give up. and to those who got in, i'll see you at UCLA.

Decision: ACCEPTED

College and Program: College of Letters & Science: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2010 (Math 650, Reading 660, Writing 700)
• SAT IIs: US History 680, Biology 700
• ACT: 30
• APs: APUSH 5, APWH 5, AP Eng 4, AP Macro Econ 4, AP Micro Econ 4, Calc AB 2
• IBs: Economics 6, Math 5
• GPA (UW, W): around 3.71 ish, 4.14 (capped UC gpa at the time)
• Rank: Top 4% (ELC status or Eligibility in the Local Context)
• Other stats: AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Science fair competitor (district & county level), Chairof county's student advisory board for the science fair, pres&founder ofthe school's science & engineering club, Member (4 yrs) & VP (2 yrs) ofprom committee, JV capt field hockey (2 yrs), Green Team member, International Baccalaureate Club. (Ones that didn't fit were featured in additional comments section
• Job/Work Experience: Paid Tutor in math and science
• Essays (subject and responses): Prompt 1 - first generation american, military dependent, moved around a lot and how that affected my interest and goals. Prompt 2 - how my imagination and resourcefulness helped me succeed in the sciences, why i love science so much, and how im still able to compete despite lack of monetary support in school's science dept
• Teacher Recs: N/A
• Counselor Rec: N/A
• Applied on (EA?): N/A
• Hook (if any): None really - unless first gen. American counts but a lot ofpeople are anyways. Also, I suppose my involvement in science-related things

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA, USA
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: filipino
• Gender: F

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am very happy I got accepted. For those who didn't, stay positive - stay hungry, stay thirsty - this isn't the end of it! My SAT and subject test scores as well as GPA were certainly not the best, but my awards in science and completion ofmultiple laboratory training programs as well as COSMOS at UCI helped me out I think

Decision: ACCEPTED 

College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Pre Economics 

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2170 (770M, 730W, 670R)
• SAT IIs: 750 USH, 710 Math II
• ACT:
• APs: USH - 5, Music Theory - 4
• GPA (UW, W): 3.8UW, 4.28W
• Rank: Top 20%
• Other stats: Essay Competition Winner

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Jazz Band, founder of jazz combo, pep band, track and field (3 years), Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout, debate team (1 year), National Honor Society (3 years), CSF (3 years), tutor at migrant summer school (2 years)
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Essays (subject and responses): Music - okay, Eagle Scout Project - pretty good
• Teacher Recs: NA
• Counselor Rec: NA
• Applied on (EA?): NA
• Hook (if any): Eagle Scout

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type: Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm really happy I was accepted. UCLA was one of my top choices, and I would love to go there. Congrats everyone!

Decision: ACCEPTED

College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences Pre-Biz Econs

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): R-730 W-670 M-760 Total: 2160
• SAT IIs: 760 for Maths II 670 for Biology (M)
• ACT: NA
• APs: NA
• IBs: NA
• GPA (UW, W): NA in my school
• Rank: school doesn't rank
• Other stats: British-patterned qualifications: A level grades: AAB (I got straight As for everything else)

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Guitar Ensemble Executive Committee for 2 years, attained a Distinction for a Guitar Examination under Trinity College London, won distinction for a prestigious nationwide Finance and Economics quiz, over 200 hours worth of community service, went on overseas community involvement program in Cebu, Phillippines, had several student exchange programs (to Japan, and South Korea), a H3 course (university-level) in Singapore Management University for which I got a merit...can't remember what else I wrote.
• Job/Work Experience: Tutoring in school
• Essays (subject and responses): Pretty average, really... I talked about my Indonesian upbringing in the Singapore context.
• Teacher Recs: NA
• Counselor Rec:NA
• Applied on (EA?):Nope, by Nov 30
• Hook (if any): Don't think so..?

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Singapore
• School Type: Public government-supported high school, competitive, from the Integrated Programme
• Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
• Gender: Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am really surprised that I got in, since I'm an international and all that. I heard acceptance rates for internationals are really low, so you can imagine just how big of a pleasant surprise this was for me. and I definitely think I am a really average student...and I apologise for the huge number of "NA" that I put up there, because those are simply not applicable in the general Singapore context (except for international schools or IB schools).

I'm just wondering if there are any other internationals here who applied toUCLA too? 
thanks!

Decision: Accepted Undeclared/Political Science SAT I (by section): 750 Critical reading, 720 Writing, 760 Math SAT IIs:Lit 730, Bio 720 APs:AP studio Art Portfolio 4, in progress: AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP French W): 4.72 Rank: top 10 % of class [ b]Subjective: ECs listed on app: Swimming, Debate, Art, Community Service, National Honor Society State or Country:Massachusetts School Type:Public Gender: Female comments: yay

Decision: Accepted  College and Program: Bioengineering Stats: SAT I (by section): 800 M/ 750 CR/ 730 W SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 790 Bio ACT: APs: 4 in Euro, 5 in Calc AB and Bio IBs: GPA (UW, W): 3.9 uw/ 4.4 w Rank: 5-10% Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Young Democrats, Volunteer at Community Center, Volunteer Tutor, Academic Decathlon, so on and so forth Job/Work Experience: Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty good, no way to tell. Teacher Recs: Counselor Rec: Applied on (EA?): Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity:White Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy I got in, still waiting on Cal and Johns Hopkins before deciding. Decision: ACCEPTED College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Pre Economics Objective: SAT I (breakdown): M 800 W 800 CR 760 ACT: 35 composite SAT II: 800 math II, 800 US History, 780 Chem, 760 Physics Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but definitely 1 or 2/~100 AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, Physics B 5, US History 5, English Lang 5, English Lit 5 IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC , AP Bio, AP Euro, AP micro/macro, English, Chinese 4 Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (4 years, Editor in Chief), Debate, MUN, peer tutoring, those kinds of things... Job/Work Experience: n/a Volunteer/Community service: don’t feel like going into a ton of detail, but I’ve done a lot Summer Activities: Lots of volunteer summer programs Essays: I thought both of my essays were really strong. Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes Intended Major: Econ State (if domestic applicant): CT Country (if international applicant): School Type: private, boarding Ethnicity: white Gender: female Income Bracket: 90k Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Biology Stats: SAT I (by section): 630 Reading, 620 Math, 630 Writing SAT IIs: 660 Bio-M, 630 Math 2 ACT: 27 APs: Psych 4, Calc AB 3, Lang/Comp 3, USH 4, Bio 4 IBs: GPA (UW, W): 3.73, 4.18 Rank: 19/556 Other stats: - Subjective: ECs listed on app: Publicity/ICC Rep/Historian of MESA & Korean Club, CSF member, library volunteering for decorations, DSC event volunteering, Disney marathons volunteer, & a number more I don't feel like going to check the list. Amounted to a bit over 200hrs. Job/Work Experience: Cashier, private tutor Essays (subject and responses): family expectations/standards (I thought this was eh, couldn't think of anything to write) & desire to help people w/depression & suicide (part of TWLOHA movement & I really couldn't think of anything so it just kind of fit) Teacher Recs: Counselor Rec: Applied on (EA?): Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country: California School Type: Public Ethnicity: Asian Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: really surprised, actually. It was just kind of my "why the heck not" school to apply to. Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Science, Anthropology Stats: SAT I: 2030 (Math:720, Reading:680, Writing:630) SAT IIs: Latin (800), Biology, Section E (740) ACT: NA APs: Chemistry (4), AP Latin 5/6 (no exam required....) IBs: Biology (5) (Will be taking exams this May for HL Physics, HL Latin, HL History, HL English, and SL Math; I am also a Diploma candidate). GPA (UW, W): 3.88, 4.23 Rank:NA Other stats: Perfect score on National Latin Exam for both 2008 and 2009, and high score in 2010. Subjective: ECs listed on app: Math tutoring at multiple public schools (36+ hours), daycare volunteering (65 hours), UCSF lab volunteering (21 hours) Job/Work Experience: Barista (3 months), daycare assistant (3 months) Essays (subject and responses): Prompt 1 (How my family's scientific and multicultural background, along with my experiences and environment, have inspired me to become a doctor of medicine), Prompt 2 (How my sense of independence and self-motivation in school and in sports has helped me in my accomplishments and has made me the person I am today). Teacher Recs: I assume they're good (they were for a private school I applied to) Counselor Rec: Also assuming it's good. Applied on (EA?): NA Hook (if any): IB Diploma Candidate, decent SAT subject test scores, volunteer hours? Location/Person: State or Country: California School Type: Public Ethnicity: Asian/European Gender: Female [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Hello everyone, congrats to whoever has been accepted! UCLA is my first college admission, and it's pretty much my first choice (tied with University of Chicago), so I'm really excited! For those of you who didn't get in, I still wish you the bestof luck getting into other great universities! Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Pre- Political Science Stats: * SAT I (by section): 700 Reading, 700 Math, 740 Writing * SAT IIs: 800- US History, 740- Literature * ACT: NA * APs: Psych:5, Calc AB:2, USH: 5, Euro History: 5, Physics B: 3 * IBs: * GPA (UW, W): 3.9, 4.3 * Rank: NA * Other stats: NA Subjective: * ECs listed on app: Team Captain of Mock Trial, Founder of Political Debate Club, Lead roles in a bunch of musicals and drama performances and memberof Advanced Drama performing group, and Soloist for all of the selective choirs at my school, and Senior Class President. JV Basketball and Swimming. * Job/Work Experience: Soccer Refereeing * Essays (subject and responses): First was about how my father inspired my love of history and politics, second was about Indian sandwiches and accepting my diversity as an Indian American. * Teacher Recs: * Counselor Rec: * Applied on (EA?): * Hook (if any): Location/Person: * State or Country: California * School Type: Public * Ethnicity: Asian * Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy i got in! I'm already a Regents candidate at Cal though and that is my favorite UC but this was a wonderful ego boost haha =) Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Science, Mathematics/Applied Science  Stats: SAT I (by section): Math 800. CR 650. W 670 (2120) SAT IIs:Math 800 Chemistry 750 ACT:N/A APs:Calculus AB 5, US History 2, Chemistry 4, Physics(M) 4, Eng Comp 3, Stat 4 IBs: None GPA (UW, W): 4 UW, 4.4 W Rank:5/350 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Job/Work Experience:Habitat, volunteered at a local hospital, math tutor, high school mentor, math league, art, etc Essays (subject and responses): pretty good Teacher Recs: excellent Counselor Rec: excellent Applied on (EA?): ?/ Don't remember Hook (if any): None Location/Person: State or Country: IL School Type: Public Ethnicity:Asian, Chinese Gender: female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm an international (but I go to school in US) and I'm very very happy to get accepted!UCLA is one of my top choices! Congrats everyone!! Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Mathematics Stats: SAT I (by section): 2260; CR: 710, W: 780, M: 770 SAT IIs: 730 Bio, 730 US History, 720 Math II ACT: 32 (M: 33 E: 32 R: 35 Sci: 28) APs: Bio(3), Human Geo(4), Euro(3), Chem(2), Lang(5), Physics B(2), US Hist(4), CS A(2) IBs: None. GPA (UW, W): 3.78, 4.47 Rank: 10/528 Other stats: AP Scholar Senior schedule: AP Econ, AP US Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Environmental Sci, Spanish Subjective: ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, Swim, Treasurer for Special Olympics Society, MSSL (Music Students Service League), homework club tutoring math during lunch Job/Work Experience: None Essays (subject and responses): 1. My experience in Special Olympics and the stop of the use of the word "retarded"; 2. How language barriers have shaped my life and how I hope to overcome them. Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public, mid-sized Ethnicity: Asian American Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Definitely excited to have been accepted. Congratulations to everyone who got in! Decision: Accepted! College and Program: College of Letters and Science - Biology Stats: SAT I (by section): 1640; too lazy to log in and check individual sections. SAT IIs: 600 - BiologyM, 640 - Math II ACT: 28 APs: Failed all 3 I took, heheh. (and by failed, I mean all 1's...) IBs: n/a GPA (UW, W): UW: 3.93? W: 4.319 Rank: 4 Other stats: n/a Subjective: ECs listed on app: HOSA, MESA, NHS, hospital volunteer, and a whole bunch of smaller clubs on campus. Mind you I was an officer (usually president) for most of them. Job/Work Experience: Summer research internship. Essays (subject and responses): One was about my HOSA experiences or about my research experience. Forgot. And the other was using pop culture to describe the hardships of underprivileged cities and how I overcame it. Teacher Recs: n/a Counselor Rec: n/a Applied on (EA?): The day before the deadline. Nov. 29th, I think? Hook (if any): I think it's the fact I come from an underprivileged city helped a lot. and oh! I took a college class at UCR and some classes at my local community college, getting A's in all of them. Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity: Viet Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Honestly I was more than surprised when I found out I was accepted. I never knew my score stats would live up to its name, but I'm guessing the passion I put into my EC's made me got in. And note about my SAT score: I've only known 1 person in my entire campus (including classes from 2009 and 2010) who got a 2000+ on their SATs, so you can imagine how well off my school is... Decision:ACCEPTED College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences: Undecided Stats: SAT I (by section): CR(700), M(660), W(710) SAT IIs: Math (610), Lit (700) ACT:n/a APs: Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5), Statistics, Literature IBs:n/a GPA (UW, W): 3.96/4.3 Rank:n/a [] Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Key Club (4), American Red Cross- historian (3), American Cancer Society Secretary, VP(3), Student Leadership Council- Secretary, President (4), Science Bowl (2) Job/Work Experience: none Essays (subject and responses): Cancer- personal, I was really proud of it & so were my counselors and teachers. Family insecurities. Teacher Recs: UC's don't take recs Counselor Rec:... Applied on (EA?):... Hook (if any): I survived cancer Location/Person: State or Country: CA, USA School Type: Large Public Charter Ethnicity: Filipino Gender: Female [b] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ahaha, I can finally breathe a little after getting in (: Decision: ACCEPTED College and Program: English Stats: SAT I (by section): 2040, Crit Reading: 680, Writing: 740, Math: 640 SAT IIs: Bio M: 680, Chem: 590, English: 730, Math II: 580, World History: 690 ACT: 33 APs: AP World History- 5, APUSH-3, AP Bio- 5 Current APs: English Language, Lit, Calc AB, Physics B IBs: None GPA: W- 4.21 UW- 3.75 Rank: N/A Other stats: N/A Subjective: ECs listed on app: Marching Band, Concert Band (Section Leader/ First Chair), Winterguard, some volunteer stuff, a two week summer program at a college Job/Work Experience: None Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about my journey to achieve unnescessary extra credit (decent), the other one was average Teacher Recs: N/A Counselor Rec: N/A Applied on (EA?): N/A Hook (if any): ELC Location/Person: State or Country: LA School Type: Private/Catholic Ethnicity: White Gender: F General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in!!!! Decision: Accepted College and Program: SEAS, Computer Science & Engineering Stats: SAT I (by section): 1920 (640 CR, 740 MA, 540 WR) SAT IIs: 790 Math 2, 770 Physics, 660 Literature ACT: 35 (32 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science, Combined English/Writing 27) APs: AP US History 3, AP Physics B 4, AP English Language 4 IBs: GPA (UW, W): 3.83 UW, 4.2 W Rank: 6/570 Other stats: Took 8/9 available APs at my school Subjective: ECs listed on app: 3 yrs Varsity Water Polo (Co-Captain), 4 yrs Varsity Swimming, 2 yrs Club Water Polo Job/Work Experience: Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about me learning I wanted to be an engineer and about me receiving the mvp award for my water polo team. I think they were very ehhh -wrote them in like three days- but happy with how they turned out. Teacher Recs: Counselor Rec: Applied on (EA?): Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity: Filipino Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Really happy about being accepted and congrats to everyone else that got in. Decision: Accepted  College and Program:UCLA College of Letters and Science with Pre Business Economics Stats: SAT I (by section): 780 M, 700 W, 700 CR 2180 total SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Japanese ACT: N/A APs: N/A IBs: N/A GPA (UW, W): UW: 3.79, UC GPA: 4.15 Rank: top 15 out of 60? (because of freshman grades) Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: High school vice president, math team co-founder/co-president, AMC/AIME school record, etc. Job/Work Experience: tutor, carpet business Essays (subject and responses): mediocre. essays about leadership/spirit Hook (if any): (antihook) ORM (chinese) Location/Person: State or Country: Japan School Type: Private, international Ethnicity: Chinese Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: yesss my first acceptance  Decision: Accepted! College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Biology Stats: SAT I (by section): 680 M, 670 CR, 720 W (2070 composite) SAT IIs: 710 Math 2, 690 Bio E, 640 US History ACT: 32 (both times) APs: Human Geography (4), Euro History (3), US History (3), Bio (4), Studio Art: Drawing (3), Lang (4) - currently taking AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Studio Art: 2-D Design IBs: N/A GPA (UW, W): 3.95 and 4.23 Rank: 3/450 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: NHS, Link Crew, Interact, National Art Honor Society, French Club, Varsity Tennis Job/Work Experience: 2 waitressing jobs, 1 hostessing job, cosmetic company sponsoree, freelance graphic designer Essays (subject and responses): Really last-minute. I wrote about a calendar I designed and made money off of and the death of a family friend which made me want to go into the medical field. Teacher Recs: N/A Counselor Rec: N/A Applied on (EA?): Day before deadline Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country: Colorado! School Type: Public Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese) Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: After reading all of these posts, I'm more than shocked that I got in with my stats. I'm pretty sure it's because I whored out on the APs though. But congrats to everyone! Decision: Accepted  College and Program: UCLA College of Letters and Science with Biology Stats: SAT I (by section): R570 W630 M750 SAT IIs: Chem 680 MathII 690 ACT: 29 APs: Geo2,Euro3,Lang2,Psych5 IBs: GPA (UW, W): UW: 4.0 WeightedUC: ~4.51 Rank: 3/543 Other stats:ELC Subjective: ECs listed on app:Key Club Treasurer, Hospital Volunteer, TA in Church School, Varsity Tennis Job/Work Experience:None Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about my love for Android phones. lol. Teacher Recs:N/A Counselor Rec:N/A Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country:San Diego School Type:Public Ethnicity:Vietnamese Gender:Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Many of my friends got in and were much lower than many of the people here (including me). with 1700-1900 SAT's and averagely good GPA (weighted 4.3ish unweighted 3.7ish). Not much more extracurricular than me. Decision: ACCEPTED  College and Program: Engineering  Stats: SAT I (by section): Math 800, Reading 760, Writing 760; Total - 2320 SAT IIs: Math II 800, Physics 780, Chemistry 780, Lit 650 IBs: Full IB Diploma; HL Physics/Chemistry/Economics, SL Math/English/French GPA (UW, W): UW 3.73, W unknown Subjective: ECs listed on app: Piano, Tennis, Volleyball, Two Charity Groups [each participated since 9th] Job/Work Experience: internship at the same company for two summers Essays (subject and responses): well-written, but little substance :/ Teacher Recs: decent Counselor Rec: decent Applied on (EA?): RD Hook (if any): none! Location/Person: School Type: private, competitive Ethnicity: Asian Gender: male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I didn't think that I would be admitted because I'm an out-of-stater and my GPA isn't particularly strong (even though my test scores are). But thanks to the economic situation of California, a great many more OOS students have been accepted this year! UCLA is one of my top choices because of its location in Los Angeles! The weather, the girls, the chill personalities of Californians, the great reputation and prestige, and the solid academics of UCLA are all highly attractive to me. Now I'm just waiting on Berkeley (my absolute first choice). Decision: Accepted  Stats: SAT I (by section): CR:720 M:800 W:780 SAT IIs: Chemistry:780 Math II: 800 ACT: n/a APs: Microeconomics:5 Macroeconomics:5 Calculus AB:5 IBs: Economics HL, Math HL, Chemistry HL, Physics HL, English A1 SL, French B SL, predicted (Respectively):7,7,7,7,6,6 (+3 extra points) (total:43) GPA (UW, W): (3.9, 4.17) Rank: Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: MUN, Rugby, Yearbook Editor, School Paper, FHS, Volunteer Work Job/Work Experience: Intern at the Ministry of Environmental Protection in China for one Summer Essays (subject and responses): Pretty well written, wrote about my experience living in the Philippines as a Chinese national, about my cultural heritage, the other one is about Rugby. Teacher Recs: Excellent Counselor Rec: meh Applied on (EA?): RD Hook (if any): Anti-hook: Asian Male Location/Person: State or Country: Philippines School Type: Small Private Ethnicity: Chinese Gender: Male [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Already got EA to UChicago, waiting on my other schools, Good luck to everyone!  Decision: Accepted  College and Program: Pre-Sociology (was second choice?) Stats: SAT I (by section): C 680, M 680, W 720 (first try 680, 600, 720) SAT IIs: Bio 680, Math 2 690 ACT: 33 APs: World History, English Language, Japanese (currently taking Literature, Calc BC, Government, Economics) IBs: none GPA (UW, W): 3.95/ 4.14 (UC GPA 4.2 ish) Rank: 23/600 Other stats: I also had to send in some really bad first-try sat 2s Subjective: ECs listed on app: Taekwon-Do (13 years, 2nd degree black belt, team captain): Taekwon-Do Hall of Fame recognition for "youth excellence" (2009) State Championship-- 2006 & 2008 (Reno, NV): 1st place patterns/2nd place spar 2008 (Salt Lake City, UT): 1st place patterns 2009 (Philadelphia, PA): 1st place patterns National Qualifiers competition— 2006: 2nd place patterns 2007: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring 2010: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring, 2nd place board breaking World Championship competition— 2006 (Geelong, Australia): 2nd place patterns, 3rd places team events 2007 (Birmingham, England): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd place team events 2010 (Cheong-Ju, South Korea): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd places team events DECA (2009-2011): CFO, various awards at local, norcal, and state level Volunteering: approx. 300 hours at OHK, Red Cross, Taekwon-Do do-jang Job/Work Experience: approx. 320 hours as secretary, 75 hours teaching Taekwon-Do Essays (subject and responses): My two loves, bra-shopping and Taekwon-Do (my world), DECA (experience) Teacher Recs: n/a Counselor Rec: generic Applied on (EA?): no Hook (if any): TKD? Location/Person: State or Country: East Bay CA School Type: Large public Ethnicity: Chinese Gender: Female Decision: Accepted  College and Program: Biology [\b]Stats:[/b] SAT I (by section): 2340 total in one sitting (800 math, 760 reading, 780 grammar) SAT IIs: 800 math, 740 biology e, 720 French ACT: didn't take APs: sophomore year- AP Biology, junior year-AP French, AP Calculus AB, senior year-AP English 12, AP Environmental Science, and AP Calculus BC IBs: none GPA (UW, W): 3.95, 4.456 Rank:my school doesn't rank but I know I'm in the top 4% because of ELC Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: HSS (Indian Cultural Organization) leader for all four years and part of the organization since I was seven, Library Shelver, Kaiser Permanante Volunteer, and on my city's Teen Council, HOSA, CHS, NHS, and I also won a state level writing award Job/Work Experience: I am a tutor! Essays (subject and responses): Weird as this sounds, I had fun writing my essays. My first one I talked about The Little Mermaid and the second essay, I talked about tutoring. Teacher Recs: pretty good Counselor Rec: ok Applied on (EA?): lol no Hook (if any): nope not really Location/Person: State or Country: USA School Type: Public High school Ethnicity: Indian Gender:Female [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: To anyone applying next year, just do your best on your application and good luck. To those who didn't get in, I'm sure that you will be happy wherever you do go  Decision: Accepted College and Program: HSSEAS, Materials Science and Engineering Stats: SAT I (by section): N/A SAT IIs: Math (780), Chemistry (740) ACT: 35 (34 W, 36 M, 35 R, 34 S, 10 Writing) APs: Euro (4), APUSH (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (4), Spanish Language (3) AP Physics C, Stats, U.S. Government and English Literature for senior year. GPA (UW, W): 4.00, 4.63 (what was listed on my transcript, I didn't want to calculate the UC one) Rank: top 10% / 2/601 Subjective: ECs listed on app: Band, co-founded own tutoring company, a few clubs Job/Work Experience: Co-founded and managed the tutoring company, summer intern at UCLA Engineering Essays (subject and responses): I think they were about band and the business. They could've been a bit better, but I was content with them. Teacher Recs: I think they were pretty good; a bit generic, if anything, probably. Counselor Rec: Good. Applied on (EA?): RD Hook (if any): URM, first-generation college student, I worked there last summer as part of their High School Summer Research Program...yeah, that probably helped. Oh, and materials engineering, since it's probably the smallest major in the school. Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: public, fairly competitive (at least ten people from my school have gotten into UCLA so far, so...) Ethnicity: Asian Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I think the hooks and good transcript and test scores were what got me in. Congratulations to the accepted! Still waiting for other schools though, so we'll see! Decision: ACCEPTED AS REGENTS  College and Program: Physiology  Stats: SAT I (by section): 2310 total in one sitting (800 math, 720 reading, 790 writing) SAT IIs: 800 math II, 800 Biology E, 720 US history ACT: 34 (35 math, 35 writing, 34 reading, 32 science) APs: Calc AB, Calc BC, European history, US history, Biology; going to take Ap rhet, Chemistry, Microeconomics, statistics this year IBs: none GPA (UW, W): 4.0, 4.6 Rank: 1 out of 750 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Kaiser Permanente volunteer, American Cancer Society treasurer, CSF board member, National honor Society Treasurer, track (3 years varsity: 2 years varsity captain), Leo Club, CIF, League champ, AMC 12, etc Job/Work Experience: Interned over the summer Essays (subject and responses): ehh, hopefully they're decent Teacher Recs: pretty good Counselor Rec: N/A Applied on (EA?): nope Hook (if any): none Location/Person: State or Country: California School Type: Public Ethnicity: Chinese Gender: male [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to everybody who made it! Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences - Undeclared Soc.Sci. Objective: SAT I (breakdown): Total 2000 - 680 Math, 680 Writing, 640 Reading ACT: N/A SAT II: 680 Math II, 560 English Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 UC GPA: 4.4+ Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4% ELC?: Yes AP: AP Engish Language + Comp (5); AP statistics (4) IB: N/A Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Macro/Microeconomics, French 4/5 Honors Major Awards: None Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band 3 years, Jazz Band 3 years, Yoga, Scrabble Club Job/Work Experience: N/A Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer (2 yrs), Academic Tutor (2yrs), Playing bridge with seniors (Summers, picture in local newspaper) Personal Statement: Excellent #1: Physical setback (Music->Yoga transition) #2: Playing bridge with seniors Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes Intended Major: Undeclared SocialSci State (if domestic applicant): CA Country (if international applicant): N/A School Type: Public Large (3000+) Ethnicity: Asian Gender: Male Income Bracket: 50k-60k Hooks: First generation college, physical setback, "interesting/different" community service activity Reflection Strengths: GPA, Personal Statement Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Leadership Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA + Personal Statement General Comments: YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Decision: Rejected  College and Program: Molecular Cell Developmental Biology ALTER: Double E Stats: SAT I (by section): 1780 SAT IIs: MathII 800 Chem 780 BioM 740 ACT: 29 (Math 35 Science 33) APs: Calc AB (5), Chinese (5) IBs: N/A GPA (UW, W): 3.91 (UW) 4.29 (UC GPA) Rank:N/A Other stats: TOEFL iBT 101 Subjective: ECs listed on app:Basketball Team, Robotics, AVID Tutor, Tzu-Chi Volunteer, School Club, Free webhosting provider, UCSB RMP Job/Work Experience: Tutor, Founder of a webhosting Company, Internship on website management Essays (subject and responses): talked about bi-cultural experience Teacher Recs:N/A Counselor Rec:N/A Applied on (EA?):N/A Hook (if any):N/A Location/Person: State or Country: California School Type: Public Ethnicity: Taiwanese Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: My SAT English score was bad. Its hard to memorize all these vocab as a ESL student. Also didnt do an impressed job on the essay. Congrats to those who got accepted!!  Good Luck to all. Decision: ACCEPTED College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences, Undeclared-Humanities Stats: SAT I (by section): R-800, W-770, M-630 SAT IIs: 800 Literature, 660 US History ACT: 30 APs: Art History, US History, US Government, Comparative Government, English Literature/Comp, Statistics IBs: SL = Psychology, Math Studies, Spanish ... HL = Biology, History ofEurope, English GPA (UW, W): 3.86 UW Rank: top 10% Other stats:National Merit Commended Student [ b]Subjective:[/b] ECs listed on app: Gifted Advisory Board, National Honor Society, Linguistics Club, Model UN, Yearbook, SCA Job/Work Experience: none Essays (subject and responses): straight up killed these. Did the "where you come from" one about my high school and one about how my ambition drives me. Teacher Recs: From my History teacher whom I adore and my Gifted Resource teacher/adviser for Gifted Advisory Board Club. I love them both and they love me, so they were probably pretty good. Counselor Rec: I don't know my counselor at all. I actually had three different counselors from September to December, so who even knows. Location/Person:[ list][*] State or Country: Virginia Beach, Virginia[*] School Type: public high school, but in the International Baccalaureate Academy there[*] Ethnicity: white girl.[*] Gender: Female[/list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: SO STOKED. But why does UCLA have to be so EXPENSIVE?! I'll probably ending up having to go in-state to University of Virginia or College of William & Mary, but we'll see. Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Science, Chemistry Stats: SAT I (by section): 2060 Total - 600 CR, 770 M, 690 W SAT IIs: 710 Math IIC, 650 Chemistry ACT: 29 (didn't submit) APs: Chemistry (5) IBs: GPA (UW, W): 3.8X, 4.1X Rank: 3/151 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: A LOT of leadership positions, volunteering, clubs, band, very active Job/Work Experience: Piano playing, filing papers in my dad's office Essays (subject and responses): Talked about my allergies and growing up in a polluted environment. I also mentioned my experience with tutoring a student. Teacher Recs: Excellent from my Math and English teachers Counselor Rec: Excellent Applied on (EA?): Regular Hook (if any): N/A Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Private Ethnicity: Asian Gender: Male [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: My GPA and SAT were pretty much average for this school, but I think it was my extracurriculars and essay that allowed me to shine through. Congrats to all who got in!!! This isn't my first choice, but I'll see when the time comes to choose between this school and other East Coast colleges. Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences, Chemistry Stats: SAT I (by section): 2380 (790 CR, 800 M, 790 W) SAT IIs: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II ACT: n/a APs: Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5) IBs: n/a GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW, 4.5 W Rank: Top 10% (school does not rank, only deciles) Other stats: Linear Algebra course at my local UC Subjective: ECs listed on app: Research in a chemistry lab, United States Pony Club (horseback riding), flute and piccolo, jewelry design, volunteer work at a couple places Job/Work Experience: n/a Essays (subject and responses): Talked about my love of books and chemistry Hook (if any): …not really? Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity: Eurasian Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I was also selected as a Regents’ Scholar. Congratulations to everyone! Decision: ACCEPTED BRITCHESSS  College and Program: Letters and Sciences, Geology Stats: SAT I (by section): M730, W640, CR600 (1970) SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 800 Spanish w/Listening ACT: NA APs: Calculus AB, Physics B, Chemistry, Spanish Lang, Spanish Lit IBs: NA GPA (UW, W): 3.8/4 Rank: Top half Subjective: ECs listed on app: Soccer, Debate/Speech, Student Council, Drama, Student Magazine Job/Work Experience: Soccer Coach Essays (subject and responses): The one about my background was pretty boss, the one on an experience was decent but not my best essay. Hook (if any): Maybe coming from a Spanish speaking country without speaking English in to Canada in grade 10 and ending up learning French and English too. Location/Person: State or Country: Calgary, Alberta, Canada School Type: Private Ethnicity: Hispanic Gender:Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:  Accepted to: U of Calgary, U of Alberta, Colorado School of Mines and UCLA so far. Rejected from: Washington University at St. Louis Waiting for: UBC, U of Waterloo, U of Toronto, Queen's University, McGill, Columbia, Reed, Carleton, UC Berkeley, Penn State. To those applying in the future, DO NOT DARE THINK you can't make it to UCLA. I am no Einstein and I made it. Decision: Accepted College and Program: Engineering Undeclared Stats: SAT I (by section): 700 M, 650 CR, 720 CW SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 740 Chemistry ACT: 34 (35 superscore) APs: World History 5, APUSH 4, AP Eng. Lang. 5 IBs: - GPA (UW, W): UW 4.0, W 4.2 Rank: top 1% Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Tennis, NHS VP, Art Job/Work Experience: None Essays (subject and responses): Mostly about where I live, with a hint at my homosexuality Teacher Recs: Very good Counselor Rec: She loves me Applied on (EA?): Weekend of the regular decision deadline Hook (if any): - Location/Person: State or Country: Colorado School Type: Public of ~1700 students Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Decision:ACCEPTED  College and Program: College of Letters and Science POLI SCI! Stats: SAT I (by section): M 760 CR 680 W 700 SAT IIs: World History 690 US History 760 Biology M 690 ACT: 31 APs: Stats 5 US 5 Psych 5 Lang and Comp 5 Euro 4 IBs: GPA (UW, W): My school does a weird weighting system but 92.6 unweighted/3.8 something Rank: 20/396 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: President of Environmental club; initiated in school recycling, raised money for Oil Spill relief. Webmaster/Publicity of Key Club, built key clubs site. Secretary of Student Council. Varsity Tennis. Protein Modeling Competition. Had a lot of EC's and involvement Job/Work Experience: Babysitting lol Essays (subject and responses): Talked about how I always envied about how everyone was certain about what they wanted to do and it took me a while to figure out. I wrote about how I was able to research law and legal procedures in order to help my dad receive money from an accident he had at work that left him in a wheelchair(its very graphic but basically a guy who wasnt supposed to be operating a forklift drove into my dad) Hook (if any): Very low income, was able to get a fee waiver for the UC app(dad+mom make 45k combined per year) Location/Person: State or Country: New York School Type: Public Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Decision: Accepted College and Program: Letters and Science: Pre-Business Economics Stats: SAT I (by section): 2130 (CR 690, M 730, W 710) SAT IIs: US History 770, Math II 710 ACT: 32 (Eng 34, Math 34, Reading 31, Science 27) APs: Physics B 4, Eng. Lang 4, APUSH 4, US Govt, Calc AB, Stats, Eng Lit, Physics C Mech., Chem (all to come this year) IBs: n/a GPA (UW, W): UW 3.9, W 4.1, UC 4.53 Rank: 7/386 Other stats: 3 AP's + 1 honors (11th), 5 AP's + 1 self study (12th), AP Scholar Award Subjective: ECs listed on app: Track (9,10,11,12), My Own Offseason Track Training (10,11,12), Community Service Club (11,12--12th Board member + small award 11th), Basketball--Just playing b-ball @ park, house, neighborhood (9,10,11,12) Volunteer/Community Service: Library Tutor (11,12), Library Summer Volunteer (11) Job/Work Experience: n/a Personal Statement: Prompt 1 (5/10), Prompt 2 (6/10)---> Overall= pretty clique Hook (if any): ELC? Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity: Asian Indian Gender: Male Reflection Strengths: Academics, Dedication/Passion (i.e. lots of hrs & years) to track and b-ball in my EC's Weaknesses: EC's Overall (some of them weren't official, but I was dedicated a lot to everything I did). None of my EC's were school clubs. Not much leadership. Why you think you were accepted/rejected: UC Gpa, # of AP classes, all A's 10th and 11th grade General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm sooo Haapppyy!!! My first acceptance from a non-safety. I visited UCLA in the summer and thought it was awesome. There's probably a 75% chance I'm heading to UCLA so I'm pretty stoked. Congrats to everyone else who was accepted and I know the people who were rejected will end up at a great school.UCLA Rocks!!  Decision: Rejected [ b]College and Program:Letters and Science Political science Stats [ *] SAT I (by section): 500 Critical reading, 500 math, 500 writing (1500 total) [ *] SAT IIs: 800 Spanish, 530 Biology E [ *] ACT: 22 [ *] APs: 11: AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP World History, AP US History, AP English Language, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP US Government, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC (only student at my school who took every single AP class available at our school) [ *] IBs: Not available [ *] GPA (UW, W): 3.81Unweighted, 4.33 weighted (10-11), 4.11 UC GPA (10-11) [ *] Rank:11/350 Other stats: ELC, CSF four years, Community service award, Ballet Folklorico regional and national competitions (3 first place in both categories), Certificateof achievement as a recognition as an English Learner Subjective: [ *] ECs listed on app: MEChA president 2 years, Newspaper editor in chief (3 years), AVID secretary (3 years), Japanese club secretary (2 years), Photography club secretary (2 years). Upward bound, AVID, compact for success, educational talent search, and AVID (Educational Prep Programs) [ *] Job/Work Experience: Tijuana estuary (inform people about endangered species), Math tutor (i helped student in preparation for the CAHSEE), tutor in math for Korean kids. 200+ community service hours [ *] Essays (subject and responses): 1: My biography for the most part (personal hardships and struggles such as parents' divorce, coming to America in freshman one month before the end of eighth grade, taking care of my siblings since elementary school and finally deaths). 2: My trip to Peru in which i taught kids how to read and write, promoter of Pennies for Peace at my school (we collect money for kids in Afghanistan to help them buy school supplies. Finally why i want to become a lawyer. [ *] Teacher Recs: None [ *] Counselor Rec: None [ *] Applied on (EA?): No [ *] Hook (if any): Minority, First generation college student, Low income Location/Person: [ *] State or Country: California [ *] School Type: Public 715 API, in program improvement since 2004 [ *] Ethnicity: Mexican [ *] Gender: Male[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I though i had a chance to get into UCLA because i felt i had a well-rounded application. In freshman grade i didn't know how to speak English which is the reason for my low SAT/ACT scores. Congratulations to all who got into UCLA is a wonderful school now i have to wait for UCSD crossing fingers. Decision: Accepted   College and Program: Pre-business Stats: SAT I (by section): 650 CR/700 Math/650 Writing SAT IIs: 770 Spanish / 640 Chem .__. ACT: 33 APs: 5 in Spanish (didnt send tho) IBs: none GPA (UW, W): 4.0 weighted, 3.68 UW. Rank: 7/59 Subjective: ECs listed on app: Volunteer hours (400+), NHS president, SC treasurer for 2 years, lots of soccer stuff, translator in Spanish, english and korean. Job/Work Experience: Unpaid translator. lol. Essays (subject and responses): High average. Teacher Recs: There were teacher recs? didnt know that. Counselor Rec: Didnt know there were counselor rec. Applied on (EA?): Nope Hook (if any): nope Location/Person:[list][*] State or Country: Illinois, but international from Mexico[*] School Type: small private, christian [*] Ethnicity: Korean, asian.[*] Gender: Male Decision: Accepted  College and Program: Chemical Engineering  Stats: SAT I (by section): didn't send SAT IIs: Math II 770, Chem 770 ACT: 31 (29E 36M 28R 31S) APs: Stats (5) World History (3) Calc BC (5) Eng Lang/Comp (4) Env. Science (5) US History (3) TBA: AP Bio, AP Econ, AP Lit, AP Physics C Mech. IBs: none GPA: 4.77W 3.98UW Rank: 1/300ish Other stats: ELC, AP Scholar with Distinction, All-State Acadimic Honor, more math senior year at local college Subjective: ECs listed on app: National Honor Society, Foster Care, Varsity Alpine Ski Racing x4, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, JV soccer and baseball x2 Job/Work Experience:Engineering Intern past two summers Essays (subject and responses): 1. Effect of Ski racing on my life 2. Talked about being a foster brother Hook (if any): none Location/Person: State or Country: CA School Type: Public Ethnicity: White Gender: Male General Comments: Pretty excited! First college I have heard from so far. Hope there are more acceptances to come but knowing that I am at least going to UCLA is very comforting. Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Science Stats: SAT I (by section): 770W, 770CR, 680M (2220) SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 740 US History ACT: APs: Euro (4), US History (5), Lang & Comp (5), Calc, Lit, Pol & Gov, Macroecon IBs: GPA (UW, W): 4.0 UW Rank: 1/259 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Orchestra (Concertmaster, President), Chamber Orchestra (Co-Founder), Volunteer Tutor at Neighborhood House Association Tutoring Center, Girls State, Competitive Speaking (9th/10th grade), Link Crew (11th), Honor Society (12th), Co-Founder of MISC (Musicians In Support against Cancer) Benefit Concert for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - raised over $2000 Job/Work Experience: Tutor at Kumon Learning Center, agency-represented fashion/runway model Essays (subject and responses): Wrote one about fiddling & how it gave me the confidence to pursue a career as a trial lawyer and another about modeling & learning how to juggle missing school and the demands of jobs (choosing between traveling and school and going to AP exams over a job). They were decent. Teacher Recs: Good I think? Counselor Rec: No idea. Applied on (EA?): N/A Hook (if any): None Location/Person: State or Country: Washington School Type: public, fairly small, not competitive Ethnicity: Half Taiwanese, half German Gender: Female [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy to have my first acceptance, but disappointed that I probably won’t be able to attend due to financial aid. Decision: Accepted College and Program:College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared Humanities Stats: SAT I (by section):800 CR, 760 Math, 800 W = 2360 SAT IIs: 800 Math, 780 Chem, 760 Lit ACT: None APs: None IBs: UPG: 36/42 (HL: Chem 6, Math 5, Philosophy 7; SL: Physics 6, English 7 German 5) GPA (UW, W): None Rank: School does not rank Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Student Council (president), PPE Club (president), yearbook committee, deputy head boy, orchestra (first trumpet) 6 years, choir, swimming, rugby Job/Work Experience: Web designer, math tutor Essays (subject and responses): Multicultural upbringing and dealing with injuries Teacher Recs: Didn't (couldn't) read Counselor Rec: Didn't (couldn't) read Applied on (EA?): NA Hook (if any): None Location/Person: State or Country: Hong Kong School Type: Private international Ethnicity: Chinese Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all those accepted! To those who weren't, best of luck (: Decision: Accepted College and Program: College of Letters and Sciences, English Stats: SAT I (by section): 700 CR, 760 Math, 710 Writing (Total 2170) SAT IIs: 650 US History, 700 Literature ACT: N/A APs: AP Calculus AB, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Econ (Macro & Micro), APUSH IBs: None GPA: 3.95 unweighted Rank: school doesn't rank Subjective: ECs listed on app: Business Manager of School Paper, Founder/Head ofBroadcast Journalism club, 4-year Advanced Drama member (theater), Writing Center Director/Tutor, Model UN, NHS, thespian honor society Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship last summer at a production studio turned into a paid position for this summer Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about myself and the ways I am a leader in school and among my friends, also how I've narrowed my interests and passions over the years. I thought they were pretty good, I'm a very writing-english minded person. Teacher Recs: Had recs from math and econ teachers, I thought this was good because even though I want to pursue english and humanities, it shows I work hard in subjects that don't necessarily interest me. Counselor Rec: I go to a small school, she knows me well. Applied on (EA?): Just after thanksgiving I think Hook (if any): Not that I can think of? Location/Person: State or Country: Tampa, FL School Type: Private Ethnicity: White Gender: Female General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Very surprised and very excited! My top 2 choices were UCLA and USC, I really want to be in LA to do screenwriting. Haven't heard back from USC yet but I'll be at one of the two! Congrats to everyone who got in!   Decision:Rejected  College and Program: College of Letters and Science (Pre-Economics) Stats: SAT I (by section): M: 690, CR: 740, W: 720. 2150 Composite SAT IIs: 690 Math2, 650 US History ACT: 32 APs: AP Euro, AP Gov, AP Human Geo, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science IBs: N/A GPA (UW, W): ~3.59 UW, ~3.80 W Rank: Top 10% Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Varsity Wrestling, participated in a few clubs Job/Work Experience:N/A Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were alright, not amazing though Hook (if any): My location? Location/Person: State or Country: AR School Type: Large public Ethnicity: White Gender: Male General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: disappointed, but not really surprised. although my SAT/ACT scores were pretty high, above the 75th percentile of admitted students, my GPA was simply too low to be admitted and my ECs werent very great. Decision: Rejected  College and Program: Computer Engineering Stats: SAT I (by section): 2190 SAT IIs: 800 Math 800 Physics ACT: APs: 5 AP Comp Sci 5 AP Physics IBs: GPA (UW, W):3.55 UW, 4.35 W, 3.95 UC Weighted Rank: Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Started my own Online, gaming-related business, made 60k USD. 4 years wrestling: 2 years varsity, tutoring, club/freestyle wrestling, programming Job/Work Experience: Essays (subject and responses): Teacher Recs: Counselor Rec: Applied on (EA?): Hook (if any): Location/Person: State or Country: School Type: Ethnicity: Gender: [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Honestly I think my amazing ECs and test scores would make up for my lowish GPA, guess not. Decision:Admitted  College and Program: Letters and Science Stats: SAT I (by section): 2230 (700 CR, 730M, 800 W) SAT IIs: 740, 740, 720 ACT: 31 Did Not Report APs: 5,5,4 fm last year, currently enrolled in 6 IBs: N/A GPA (UW, W): 3.93, 4.51 Rank: 4/210 Other stats: Subjective: ECs listed on app: Immunology Research at U of Mich, numerous awards and internships associated with that, Peer minister, math and science tutor, varsity and club soccer, soccer coach, science olympiad coach, caricature etc. Job/Work Experience: Paid Math Tutor Essays (subject and responses): I liked my essays, and I think that they were unique and personable. I set up the one involving describing our backgrounds like looking through a photo album and remembering/learning things from the photos. The other was similarly unique and well written. Teacher Recs: Very Very Good Counselor Rec: Very Good Applied on (EA?): 11/29 Hook (if any): N/A Location/Person: State or Country: Michigan School Type: Parochial Ethnicity: MIDDLE EASTERN Gender: Male [b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It feels good to have a non safety acceptance under my belt. This one feels especially good because admissions were incredibly competitive at UCLA this year. Congratulations to those who got in. Maybe ill meet you someday. Things will always work themselves out if UCLA disappointed those of you who didn't get in. Future applicants: The best way to stand out is to be yourself. Trust me, it worked for me.