<p>hey peanutbutter, whats your ethnicity and do you go to an “easy” high school?</p>
<p>I don’t see how peanut_butter’s ethnicity affects the decisions. tnn got in with a 1600 and he’s Asian (the not-underrepresented-minority) and at a good school too. At this point in the college process, we need to avoid talking about race, because racial tensions can easily flare between those who got in, and those who didn’t but had similar statistics. The college admissions have reviewed all aspects of the application, and while we’re rather more willing to give out our SAT and GPA scores, people on this board are understandably less willing to disclose intimate private information pertaining to their applications (personal loss, sicknesses, low income), information that might ultimately be the deciding factor for their admission.</p>
<p>im east indian, and my high school isnt considered easy in my town, its one of the better schools. and i come from an upper middle class family…
im truly sorry dandaman, i got realllllly lucky and im sure you will be able to go to a school equally as great as ucsd</p>
<p>We’ll i got the shortend of the stick too, dandaman, don’t feel too bad. everything happens for a reason, did you apply to UCB or UCLA?</p>
<p>bruins, yeah i applied to B and LA, but i really doubt i will get in, my SAT’s are close to their average( a little higher actually) but my GPA is way lower.
UCSD was really the middle ground that i had a shot of getting into. man i researched their information on studentresearch.ucsd.edu from top to bottom and i should have gotten in(according to 2005 info). i cant believe that it changed so fast and so much in 2 years</p>
<p>man don’t give up. Just like there are what appears to be flukes with the UCSD admissions, I’m sure some people will get lucky with B and LA too (I certainly hope I will XD) and besides, maybe they will find you amazing and wonderful in some aspect that’ll make up for the gpa.</p>
<p>i sure hope so, because if you look at ucsd’s comprehensive review(point system), there is no space for the essays, so does that mean ucsd doesnt even read them?</p>
<p>i had a really good essay about how i helped a kid and want to keep helping kids in peer college counseling, hopefully that creates a change of winds for me in berk</p>
<p>if I were to give UCSD the benefit of the doubt, I’d say that they probably look for leadership and other point-earning qualities that come through in your essays.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>3.9 gpa
1650 sat
680/620 sat ii</p>
<p>if anything, i have to say personal statements means a lot.
if there was any hook, i guess its very low income and i go to a crappy school.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!
Earl Warren Aerospace Engineering</p>
<p>3.8 uc gpa
1940(690m, 620cr, 630w)
SATII 750 Chem, 730 mathiic, 710 physics
Calc I, Calc II, Calc III, Differential Equations, Physics I, Modern Western Civ., Ceramics I at community college
Good Essays, one about me being dyslexic and overcoming that (hook?)
Fair EC’s (pres of 1 club, soccer team, members of a few other clubs)
White (jewish) male</p>
<p>Accepted
Mechanical Engineering
ERC >_> 3rd choice
GPA: ~3.9
SAT1: 1900
SAT2: MathIIC 780, US 580</p>
<p>kinda bummed about having to take all these humanities GEs though</p>
<p>humanities stuff is fun too, although foreign languages are evil</p>
<p>except the foreign language that is math</p>
<p>In the article somebody posted a while back, it said that they really only scan the essays for stuff they can give you more points on (hardship, leadership, etc).</p>
<p>Has anyone gotten the packet back yet? I live in SD so I got it today in the mail. Hehe, it’s pretty funny. The front says “There are a few moments in life you’ll always remember-this is one of them. Congratulations, its the BIG envelope!” xD It has a little poster thingy inside with info about the school, but the envelope is an ugly monochrome light blue >>;;</p>
<p>i got in…lol
4.2 uc gpa
27act
790 korean
780 math 2c</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Not sure about UC gpa. Between 4.1 and 4.2.</p>
<p>Lots of ECs.</p>
<p>2090 SAT</p>
<p>YAY!</p>
<p>lol my first rejection boohoo</p>
<p>top 5-10% of class
low sat 2030
low sat 2’s 600-750’s (took 4 i think)
lots of ECs (soccer, lots of leadership positions)
international student
really sucky essays - I did them all in 30min because I fully forgot about the deadline and I applied 40min before the deadline…</p>
<p>It’s a crappy feeling but oh well… I dont mind that much though. Congrats to everyone else :)</p>
<p>Everyone posting here that they got accepted, be sure to also post in this thread as well:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=313063[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=313063</a></p>
<p>sats 2240
cr 800
math 710
writing 740
sat 2 math 740
m bio 720
history 690
national merit finalist…etc etc etc
varsity track, full IB diploma, and symphony…etc etc
the world is a mystery</p>