Class of 2011 at UCSD- Official Decision Thread

nakedsnake · March 28, 2007, 1:37am

be proud that affirmative action hasn’t tainted the UC admissions process

I know I am!

highereducation · March 28, 2007, 2:11am

@snake

LOLLOLLLOOLZOOROROSOZZZZOZOZOMMMGGG YOU ARE HILARIOUS LOLOLOLOL NO HIGHER EDUCATION HARHAR!!!

um not.

Peppers · March 28, 2007, 2:22am

Yeah, that was really uncalled for, especially calling people by their SAT scores? Reeks of nerdy pride to me. We’re all going to be numbers when we head off to our huge nationally rated universities anyways, don’t let it sink in already :(

trance0i2 · March 28, 2007, 2:53am

Decision: Accepted
Stats:

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Revelle / Undecided

Fee Waiver Used?: nope
SAT I (by section): 2010 (710 CR, 650 M, 650 W)
SAT IIs: 690 Bio-E, 650 Math II
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, ?? UC GPA
Rank: 8/435
ACT: 30
APs (including this year’s): 11 (Hum. Geo, W. Hist, US Hist., Bio, Latin-Vergil, Calc BC, Psych, Macro/Gov, Comp Sci A, Eng Lit)
IBs (including this year’s: none
Senior Yr Courseload: All APs
Number of Apps from Your School: 1 (including me)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): school, comm service, and orch awards
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Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Interact Club, NHS, Model UN, Latin Club, summer hospital program

Job/Work Experience: IHOP - waiter
Essays (subject and responses): I - interest in health biology and fulfilling it by joining summer hospital programs and also using it to serve as WHO delegate at MUN conferences, II - about being atypical asian, born and raised in southern culture, III - death of friend (tutored him in calculus for a little while) and looked at his life accomplishments to inspire my own
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not sure?
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Georgia

School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, decent stats? (sent kids to princeton, duke, mit, uchicago, emory, and cal w/in past 4 years)
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: –
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ?? not sure
Strengths: not really sure, probably my gpa and my 1st or 2nd essay
Weaknesses: test stats
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i got alucky? hah
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Other Factors: … my curves. i don’t know.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: this was my reachable dream school. yay!

dalva26 · March 28, 2007, 8:42am

accepted

out of state new jerseyian
sat: 2000 (640 m, 650 cr, 710 w)
sat II: 690 lit, 600 us hist
gpa: 3.52 weighted
extra c’s: 4 years varsity indoor, outdoor track
hook: recruited athlete

atnay · March 28, 2007, 3:32pm

has anyone got their official letter yet?

trance0i2 · March 28, 2007, 4:37pm

yeah i received mine on monday (i’m on the east coast).

sunnycurlyQ · March 31, 2007, 2:06pm

Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To:Warren/Communications
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section):CR:610 Math:630 Writing:650
[] SAT IIs: Lit:600 Math 2:590
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Unweighted:3.8
[] Rank:64/460
[] ACT:
[] APs (including this year’s): AP American Government
[] IBs (including this year’s): none
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Physics, Calculus, Senior english, Art, Dance, Child Psychology, Accounting 2
[] Number of Apps from Your School: maybe 10 others
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Debate awards, 3 Student of the Month awards, Theater awards, many others
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Dance:15 years (every type imaginable), Sing:11 years, Act:8 years, Speech and Debate, Honor Society, Assistant choreographed school plays, Teen Chair of large community event/organization, lots of community service
[] Job/Work Experience: Choreographer, Assistant Director, Tutor.
[] Essays (subject and responses): cheesy but well written… Not the best ive ever done.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Washington, US
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, High average GPA, middle/upperclass white strong majority
[] Ethnicity: Caucasion, Persian and American
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: 100k plus
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[] Strengths: Strong ECs, Leadership Positions, ok SATs, Strong GPA
[] Weaknesses: one AP, not top 10%, Essays werent amazing
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No clue… Im actually REALLY suprised. anyone have any ideas why?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats everyone who got in! Hope to see you there… Since I wont know anyone… at all… HAHA

ADiTaMi · March 31, 2007, 8:17pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Earl Warren/Political Science
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 650 Math/590 Verbal/610 Writing (1850)
[] SAT IIs: Literature - 560/ Math II - 600
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: uw.3.4 / w. - 3.87
[] Rank: top 4%
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs (including this year’s): US History, English Language, English Literature, Physics, Government. (APs only offered to juniors and seniors)
[] IBs (including this year’s): not offered at my school.
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Yearbook, Precalculus HP, Physics AP, English AP, Sociology, Government AP, Track & Field.
[] Number of Apps from Your School: not sure maybe around 20?
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 3 year Scholar Athlete Cross Country, 2 years Top 25 in class. and some other ones for track + cross country and PTSA ones (ex. academic excellence, most improved (ap english))
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Track & Field, Cross Country, Best Buddies, NHS, Senior House
[] Job/Work Experience: Job - Camelot Golfland - 6 months, JMP Electronics - 2 months.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Question 1: Talked about EAOP (UCI program), Question 2: Best Buddies - dedicated to the needs of special ed students and different sporting events planned for them, Question 3: Talked about my recent immigrant status and the hardship of learning a new language and dealing with a different culture and mentality.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average. School’s API is 6
[] Ethnicity: White (Romanian nationality)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 70,000 (dad worked overtime this year. made 20,000 more than last year. doesn’t help much with financial aid. lol)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, first generation immigrant.
[] Strengths: essay, extra curricular activities.
[] Weaknesses: GPA, test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don’t know.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Looking at all the stats in this thread I see that my scores are waaaay low. lol but compared to other people at my school they are significantley better. From this I can tell that colleges look at the opportunities you have and the area you come from before they judge test scores. I’m just glad I got in. =]

ADiTaMi · March 31, 2007, 8:22pm

atnay - yeah i got mine last saturday (march 24) when i checked online. I wish I would’ve waited 10 more minutes before I checked online because 10 minutes after I checked, my dad walked in with the envelope.

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