<p>Congrats, although this tread is just a tiny bit late…</p>
<p>Hello everyone, I am a transfer student majoring in electrical engineering. I was recently accepted to UC Santa Cruz and rejected from UC Santa Barbara. I am still hoping for UCLA and UCB because I think UCSB may be more strict about missing a class in Physics (Thermo) I have the other ones though.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>-4.0 community college student
-Jack Kent Cooke scholarship nominee(waiting on that)
-Former United States Marine /Harrier Avionics(Jet electrician) Collateral Duty Quality Assurance Rep(5 years 7 mo.). Received Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal twice.
-3 deployments (2 in Iraq).
-will have 75 transferable units completed by end of spring (so far all A’s).
-Meet every prereq at UCB and missing Physics(Thermo) for UCLA.
-Berkeley TAP student
-Cuban/Puerto Rican</p>
<p>I’m pretty discouraged about getting denied, I have worked my A** off after getting out of the Marine Corps 2 years ago and want to transfer to UCB or UCLA. I am not sure if I want to go to an EECS school though so I am leaning towards UCLA (if I can get in). What are my chances now and what should I do if I don’t get into either? Should I go to UCSC or wait another year just for one stupid class that I could probably take in the summer. Thanks for any input that would help.</p>
<p>College/Major Applied To: Letters and Science
SAT I (by section): CR: 730 M:800 W: 700
SAT IIs: US History: 740, Biology: 740, Math 2: 780
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.48W/3.97UW
Rank: 1/525
ACT: 36
APs (including this year’s): 11 AP’s Taken
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Chem, AP English Lit, AP French, AP Stats, AP Gov, Economics, Speech and Debate
Number of Apps from Your School: No clue
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Presidential Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Renesslear Medalist, Cal. Boy’s State Delegate, Other random school awards
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: CSF, NHS (officer), Link Crew, Science Alliance (Founder), Varsity Tennis
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at UCSF, Currently employed at a local tennis shop
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none really
Location:
State or Country: CA
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Grades and numbers</p>
<p>Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 1760 (630 CR, 540 M, 590 W)
SAT IIs: US History 650, World History 670, Molecular Biology 680, Ecological Biology 680, Literature 550, Math II 600
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.58 weighted, 4.21 UC
Rank: 1/236 uw, 2/236 w
APs (including this year’s): Junior year: Biology (4), World History (4), Senior year: English Literature and Composition and Calculus AB (most APs taken out of anyone in school including valedictorian; maxed out on all APs considering I’m not language fluent for the other AP subjects and scheduling conflicts)
Senior Yr Courseload: Chinese 5/6 (Independent Study), Chemistry (school offers no honors or AP Chemistry), Drawing (graduating requirement due to UC system), AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature and Composition, American Democracy and Government/Economics (school offers no honors or AP Government or Economics)
Other stats (Awards, etc.): California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Balboa JROTC Battalion Commander, University of San Francisco School of Law Street Law Completion Certificate, California Mock Trial San Francisco City and County Championship Team, Various JROTC awards, most notably: Superior Cadet Award, National Sojourners Award, Scottish Rites Award.
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Mock Trial 10-12 (Varsity Trial Attorney, Varsity Team Captain), Army JROTC 9-11 (Battalion Commander, Battalion Trainings and Operations Officer), School Newspaper 9-10 (Opinions Page Editor and Regular Contributor), Political Science Club 10.
Job/Work Experience: Peer Educator and Facilitator at Diversity Works (2002-2005) and Summer Clerkship at Munger, Tolles & Olson under attorneys, partners, and paralegals.
Essays (subject and responses): I wrote my first essay about my interest in the law and what I’ve done to make that career path a choice: law academy, mentorships with Bar Association, mock trial, clerkship at a major law firm. My second essay is about the leadership and how I matured as a result of JROTC: becoming the youngest battalion commander at my school at junior year, becoming completely extroverted, etc.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research at a CSU? ELC?
Location/Person:
State or Country: California, United States
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, rarely sends graduates to top tiers.
Ethnicity: Asian – Taiwanese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research at the nearby CSU?
Strengths: GPA, rank, extracurriculars, leadership positions, essays
Weaknesses: SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Pretty good recommendations and my essays weren’t too bad either. My GPA is also pretty good although my SAT just suck.</p>
<p>Guys ■■■■ this thread. People will panic when they see this…</p>
<p>guys this isn’t funny, i almost crapped myself when i saw the :/</p>
<p>Trololololol</p>
<p>Got in! Thrilled. 1980 SAT, 4.0 weighted GPA
Graduated from HS in 1984. 1984.</p>
<p>Accepted to the BA Program in Theater in TFT!!!
Male
UC GPA: 4.2 or something?
ACT: 29
Reeeeaaaaally strong essays and interview with the department chair</p>
<p>Anyone willing to give me tips on the essays? I certainly need it…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted OR</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science with Undeclared-Physical Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2230, 790 Reading, 780 Writing, 660 Math
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 750 US History, 700 Biology M
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.975 W, 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 4/500
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calc BC, English Language, US History, Government, English Literature, Biology, Stats
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Band, AP English Literature, Spanish 4, AP Government/Gifted, Multivariable Calc/Linear Algebra, AP Biology, AP Stats.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Band (with a lot of leadership), Science Olympiad, NHS, SNHS, Road Cycling, Peer Mentoring, Service on the board of directors of a 501c3 organization in the community for 5 years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): About my family and about my service to the board and how that has affected my worldview.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Kansas
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public high school with good reputation by Kansas standards but doesn’t sound too intense compared to California high schools; lots of sports emphasis.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Strengths: leadership, tests scores, grades, high math level, probably essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of work experience, internships, or research, not as many APs as some of my classmates
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Probably not many from Kansas applied, I don’t qualify for financial aid, unique experience with board of directors of community organization[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am really excited that I got in, congrats to everyone else who did as well! I will go to Davis over UCLA though if I do not get into Harvard or Stanford because I don’t want to live in LA (bad air quality, too cityish) and UCLA doesn’t have the environmental and earth science majors I’m interested in. Liked feel of Davis better.</p>