Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700-750-770 (2220/essay: 10)
[] ACT: 34, 34, 35, 33 (Composite: 34; Essay: 9; E+WR: 32)
[] SAT II: Math II 760, Bio M 770, Chem 700, Chinese: 740, USH: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6-3.7
[] UC GPA: ~4.1-4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] ELC?: I don’t think so
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APEH (3), AP Bio (4), APUSH (4), AP Chem (3), AP Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Econ, APCS, AP Phys, English, Digital Photography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction (if I recall correctly)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming, JV Water Polo, Key Club (Membership Chair), Science Olympiad, American Cancer Society, volunteer at local science museum, UCSD COSMOS
[] Job/Work Experience: never been employed
[] Volunteer/Community service: plenty
[] Personal Statement: personal.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Biochemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country: USA
[] School Type: public; ~2000 students
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $150,000-$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): does COSMOS count (did not write about this in essays though)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores (well actually just my ACT scores in my opinion; and definitely not my AP scores), ECs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, AP scores, some of my SAT IIs, essays were risky
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not quite competitive enough for this major. Waitlisted at UC Berkeley (as opposed to rejected) probably because I didn’t apply for an engineering major unlike how I also did for SD and Irvine - also got waitlisted at those two (I know right, 4 UC waitlists?!). Also waitlisted at UChicago. Rejected from USC, UCLA, and Northwestern. Accepted to UCSB and glad I have that to fall back on.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!! (I received my decision on Friday, March 13th but just didn’t post about it until now.)