Decision: Deferred
College (LSA):
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 E 31 M 34R 29 S 10 Writing)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Bio: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (3.79 10-11)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses): Bio: 4 APUSH: 4 AP Chinese: 5
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Gov, Physics Honors, Brit Lit, TA, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Numerous State and 1 national FBLA Award; AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NCHS (Volunteer Director), Piano (Level 9 Honors), Chinese Teacher Assistant, FBLA (Committee Leader)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Hospital Volunteer (100 Hours), Lots of volunteering around my church (200+)
Summer Activities: UC Irvine Research --> Our report got published!
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 9/10 --> Found some mistakes afterwards when I was filling out the UC App
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 10/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 8/10 (We are public School)
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: N/A
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 180,000k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really
Reflection
Strengths: Recs, GPA
Weaknesses: ACT, SAT 2 (should have taken more), more extra
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably because low ACT score compared to the average, not enough extra., I would say a slightly underwhelming app
Where else you are applying or have already applied: All UC’s Except Riverside, merced, Santa Cruz, Udub, UW-Madison, UIUC, Ohio State
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Get a ton of people to read your essay!!! Super important, I caught a some critcal mistakes afterwards; Take more SAT 2 and NEVER stop trying. Freshman year, go ham on extracurricular but FOCUS on what you want to do. If you are STEM, do STEM related extracurricler.