<p>I guess I’ll get this thread going! It’s a pity that it got buried underneath the other topics, but I was really curious in the possible correlation between UCB and UCLA acceptances and rejections. I’ll use the usual template (minus the “Reflection” section) though for posting decision results if you don’t mind. </p>
<p>UCB
Decision: Accepted
School & Major: College of Letters & Science - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</p>
<p>UCLA
Decision: Accepted
School & Major: College of Letters & Science - Biochemistry</p>
<p>Objective:
- [<em>] SAT I: 1820 (CR 570 M 620 W 650 E 10) - Best Sitting
[</em>] ACT: 26 (E 26 M 27 S 27 R 22 E 09) - Best Sitting
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.31
[</em>] Rank: 7/73 (Top 10%)
[<em>] AP:
- [10] AP European History (3)
- [11] AP English Language & Composition (3)
- [11] AP Environmental Science (2)
- [11] AP US History (4)
- [12] AP English Literature & Composition
- [12] AP Calculus AB
- [12] AP Biology
- [12] AP Government & Politics: US
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]- AP Calculus AB
- AP Biology
- AP English Literature & Composition
- AP Government & Politics: US
- Honors Spanish IV
- Dramatic Arts/Film/Video/Television
- Visual Arts & Comprehensive Imagery
- JROTC IV
- Church History & Comparative Religion
- Economics/Business
[li] Major Awards:[/li]- AP Scholar Award
- The American Legion Military Excellence Medal
- 2013 Saint Michael’s College Book Award: Academic Achievement with a Social Conscience
- Awards of Excellence
- Dr. Joseph Bator Memorial Scholarship
Subjective:
- [li] Extracurriculars:[/li]- [9, 10, 11, 12] **JROTC<a href=“11%20%7C%20Cadet%20Master%20Sergeant%20-%20Brigade%20S-3:%20Training%20Assistant%20NCO;%2012%20%7C%20Cadet%20Lieutenant%20Colonel%20-%20Brigade%20S-2:%20Information%20&%20Current%20Affairs%20Officer,%20Brigade%20S-3:%20Training%20Assistant%20Officer”>/b</a>: 222 Hours
My school’s JROTC program has been around since 1902, and I am the first to hold the Brigade S-2 position. I am commissioned to the second-to-the-highest rank in a brigade of 300+ cadets. This makes me 5th in command. I have also revamped and redesign the school’s old newsletter (last published in 1991) under this new position.
- [10, 11, 12] Spanish Club: 45 Hours
Our Spanish Club involves many activities that include an annual trip down to St. Augustine, salsa dancing lessons, a traveling art show, planning International Day, and helping out an orphanage down in Mexico.
- [11, 12] **Benedictine Knights of the Leo Club<a href=“11%20%7C%20Co-Founder%20&%20Vice%20President;%2012%20%7C%20Board%20of%20Directors”>/b</a>: 112 Hours
I co-founded this club along with a friend in hopes of finding community service opportunities for our friends to do, and to have fun doing them together. Our school requires 70 hours of community service to graduate.
- [11, 12] **Yearbook “Sabre” Staff<a href=“12%20%7C%20Editor-in-Chief”>/b</a>: 116 Hours
I have completely redesign the entire yearbook this year by myself versus reusing all of the templates from my predecessors.
- [12] **Math Team<a href=“12%20%7C%20Founder”>/b</a>: 31 Hours
Reviving an old, happy, middle school memory, I started a Math Team.
[li] Job/Work Experience: N/A[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]- [10, 11, 12] National Honor Society: 96 Hours
I developed a tutoring program and work the blood drive.
- [11, 12] STEM Club: 20 Hours
I founded this club and is also the Environmental Division Head. I established a recycling program for the school under this club.
- [11] Lions’ Club International: 7 Hours
An annual event where my friends and I unload hundreds of Christmas trees, and help sell them to raise money to purchase eyeglasses for those in need of them.
- [11] Tara Feis: 4 Hours
An annual Irish festival, in which I help by managing rides, cleanup after folks, and serving food. It’s completely ran by high school students.
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]- LeadAmerica Conference on Business Innovation at Stanford University
- National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at the University of California-Berkeley
[li] Essays:[/li]- Personal Statement #1: I wrote about growing up in the back of nail salon that was located in a bad neighborhood, and how that caused my young, innocent to realize the evils of the world earlier than most children. I also mentioned being an Asian kid of immigrant parents, who speak broken English, growing up in the Deep South and on the East Coast. I played a lot on my identity as an Asian versus an Americanized Asian person.
- Personal Statement #2: I wrote about taking care of my young brother while my parents work 24/7. I emphasized on playing the parent role and how I taught my brother various things that all kids learn from their parents ranging from riding a bike to being potty-trained. Also, I said that my younger brother has also become my own model, teaching me how to dream and to never completely grow up.
Other
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[</em>] State: GA
[<em>] Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Small (323 Students), Private, Religious, All-Boys, Military
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College Student
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