Decision: Waitlisted
(I copied from UCLA so idk it might be slightly different)
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (680 CR, 770 M, 770 W)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math Level II - 800, Biology - 800, Chemistry - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: 4.23
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: ?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry - 5, Biology - 5, Art History - 5, English Language - 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science, AP US Government, Spanish 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SADD (Founder / President), School Newspaper (Webmaster), National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross (since 8th Grade)
[] Personal Statement: I think they were really good. Can’t remember too many specifics.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[li]** Intended Major **: Business Economics Management[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, Large (3500+ Students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Don’t want to be too specific, but upper middle class, not enough for good FinAid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Mom is Caltech Employee
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Essays, Essays. I honestly think they’re the reason I managed to get on the waitlist. Also, my stats were pretty solid.
[] Weaknesses: ECs were weak, especially in STEM areas. I’m honestly not surprised as I didn’t even make science bowl or math team at my own school, and the captains for those teams didn’t get in either.
[] Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UC Irvine (Campus Honors Program), Washington (Purple and Gold Scholarship)
[] Schools you were rejected from? MIT
[li] Schools you are waiting for? The entire Ivy League plus Stanford[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ll take it. I honestly thought I was going to get rejected, like it was a reach and I didn’t have any ECs related to science or math. I only applied because my mom works for JPL, but even then, I wasn’t expecting to get in. I honestly think my essays were what made a huge difference because there were a lot of kids at my school more qualified for a place like Caltech that got waitlisted or rejected. Good luck to those of you that got in and those of us on the waitlist!