~ Official UCLA Decisions Thread 2012 ~

flopsy · March 19, 2008, 11:25pm

My condolences… :rolleyes:

Puddly · March 19, 2008, 11:37pm

Decision: Accepted with Honors

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Undecided
[] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[] SAT I (by section): 760 CR, 740 M, 730 W
[] SAT IIs: 770 Chinese, 700something US Hist
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.52 W, 4.16 UC Weighted, 3.85 UW
[] Rank: Doesn’t rank; top 5%
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] APs (including this year’s): World History, US History, Psychology, Chinese Language, English Language, English Literature, Economics, US Pol/Comp Gov’t, Calc AB
[] IBs (including this year’s: School doesn’t offer
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, AP Calc AB, AP Econ, AP Gov’t, Journalism 1
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Hundreds
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Speech/debate ones, honor roll, nothing spectacular.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Forensics, MUN, Shield and Scroll, Make a Difference, and one other.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): I have a tendency to hate my writing whenever I have to reread my essays again, so I don’t know.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends about 40 -50 kids to UCLA per year
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: po’
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First gen, family is super po’
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I’m not in the position to say.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all. Who else was accepted with Honors?

caliboi1313 · March 19, 2008, 11:43pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: UCLA LSA=Global Studies
[] Fee Waiver Used?:Nope
[] SAT I (by section): 790 Math, 770 Reading, 710 WRITING=2270
[] SAT IIs:US History 800, Math IIC 750, English 640
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.87 W
[] Rank: 5/636
[] ACT: 35
[] APs (including this year’s): 9
[] IBs (including this year’s:n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload:5 aps, 2 honors, NO LUNCH!
[] Number of Apps from Your School: ZERO.
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing extraordinary
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: normal
[] Job/Work Experience: lots of jobs, hard worker
[] Essays (subject and responses): great!
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): my voice in my essays really pulls through & shines
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Illinois, USA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public, Avg. ACT=21.2
[] Ethnicity:caucasian
[] Gender:male
[] Income Bracket:100K-120K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Gay?
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: They can see my personality![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

SO STOKED!! but now i gotta see if i can afford this place?!?!

moomoo431 · March 19, 2008, 11:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: letters and science, biochemistry
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 760 math, 700 cr, 720 writing
[] SAT IIs: 760 IIC, 730 chem, 720 bio, 690 ushistory
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.95 uw
[] Rank: top 5%
[] APs (including this year’s): 9 total
[] Senior Yr Courseload: ap stats, ap psych, ap French, ap English, orchestra, gov.
[] Number of Apps from Your School: everyone, I swear
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit, ap scholar with distinction, nothing big
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: a plane museum, csf, other little stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: cleaners
[] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about an ec that I’m really passionate about
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): middle-class asian from a school where everyone applies… so none[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I feel so lucky because I never thought I’d get accepted!!

mrMOO · March 20, 2008, 12:11am

Dude, hydralisks, you made a TON of threads. Just had to point that out. I don’t think I’ve seen someone have almost 1/3 of their posts be thread starters.

y7bbb6 · March 20, 2008, 12:11am

ACCEPTED

2340 SAT I
2320 SAT II (three of em)
3.4 UW, all honors, so probably higher for UC GPA

IM SO HAPPY
I just got rejected from Chicago today, and this makes things so much better. Yay!

hydralisks · March 20, 2008, 12:24am

mrMOO, I never noticed until now -_-

bessie · March 20, 2008, 12:33am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To:Undecided Letters & Science
[] Fee Waiver Used?:NO
[] SAT I (by section):2220 total (don’t remember by section)
[] SAT IIs:740, 760, 640
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:UC 3.96-ish
[] Rank:top 15%
[] ACT:33
[] APs (including this year’s):7
[] IBs (including this year’s:2
[] Senior Yr Courseload:?
[] Number of Apps from Your School:?
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):NMF, AP w/Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]: Intellectually curious, self learner
[] ECs listed on app:Leadership-3 yr, youth BB coach-3yr, student rep to various organizations, cannot remember the rest (it’s my son, not me)
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time for family business-nothing big
[] Essays (subject and responses):great essays, good writer
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):No idea
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Large Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing
[] Strengths:Smart?
[] Weaknesses:Did not get all A’s, was not IB candidate
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

GroovyGeek · March 20, 2008, 12:39am

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Undecided
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 2110 single sitting / 2190 superscored
[] SAT IIs: 770 Lit, 710 Math2 (740 Math1)
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9/4.0 (not converted to UC)
[] Rank: 7%
[] ACT: 33
[] APs (including this year’s): Bio, Chem, Lang, Lit, Econ, Stats, Art
[] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: ?
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Don’t know
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NM Commended, some small piano awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Tutor, volunteer at various jobs, yada, yada
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time retail jobs, paid tutor
[] Essays (subject and responses): Own topic
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Middle class white female
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: OR
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, nothing special
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Wouldn’t you wish to know
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): See above
[] Strengths: You decide
[] Weaknesses: GPA/rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: App unremarkable in most ways for a school of this caliber, particularly as OOS[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: This is for D, she has been accepted to some other schools she likes, so this does not hurt too much, though we still would have preferred to see another outcome.

gbv13 · March 20, 2008, 12:53am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Undeclared Humanities
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 580 writing, 600 critical reading, 630 math…yes, everyone else’s is WAYYYY higher than mine
[] SAT IIs: 480 and 530…everyone else’s is WAYYY higher than this too
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.74 uw, 4.1 or 4.2
[] Rank: 32/433
[] ACT:
[] APs (including this year’s): US His. 3, Lang 3, gonna take US Gov and Calc AB
[] IBs (including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 2 AP’s…nothing magnificent
[] Number of Apps from Your School: at least 3 including self
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nordstrom Scholarship Recipient, Youth Challenge Award for Courage, a couple honorable mentions for art, Rotary Club Student of the Month, Lynnwood High School Student of the MOnth, Questbridge College Prep Conference at Stanford, Executive Women’s INternational Finalist, Who’s Who Among American High School Students (not even sure if thats legit), Volleyball Varsity Captain, Most INspirational (2 years for Volleyball, 1 year for Softball), 2 time Softball Captain, honor roll
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Volleyball, softball, link crew, national honor society, vball volunteer camp counselor, food bank
[] Job/Work Experience: unpaid internship at innercity elementary school tutoring program in San Francisco, JcPenney, Nordstrom (got job after got scholarship)
[] Essays (subject and responses): my life (i have quite a story)
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Washington State
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: vietnamese, chinese, creole (french and black), east indian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):my childhood background, maybe cuz i’m 5 different races? (probably not, but idk), first generation
[] Strengths: overcome boundaries (essays), extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: ALL TEST SCORES i am the worst test taker i know
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: because i have a passion for learning that i made evident and I am strong willed[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

congrats to everyone!! i know my scores are probably going to upset people who have higher stats and didn’t get accepted, but i won;t lie, i honestly did not think I was going to get in because they were so low PLUS i am out of state. I think they payed a lot of attention to my essays. no joke. they were the best i have ever written in my life and i spent a lot of time revising.

Predator · March 20, 2008, 12:55am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Engineering/Bioengineering
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): (superscored) 760M, 780W, 700CR
[] SAT IIs: 800M2, 740 Chem, 720 USH
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.159W (not sure on unweighted)
[] Rank: 8/687
[] ACT: 35
[] APs (including this year’s): 14
[] IBs (including this year’s: N/A at school
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Government, Multivariable Calculus, AP/GT English IV, AP Biology (only 1st semester), AP Art History
[] Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure…only aware of one other
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Eagle Scout, run my own website, volunteer work at clinic over summer, volunteer work teaching senior citizens about computers etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Running my site, fixing computers for people, setting up a LAN for a local business
[] Essays (subject and responses): Boy Scouts, can’t remember
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Not sure
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Texas
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 73% white, 14% asian, etc.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: Don’t know
[] Weaknesses: Don’t know
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Don’t know[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy to be accepted!

EKS · March 20, 2008, 12:57am

is Chicago out today?? I thought it’s out on the first of April??

duckedtape · March 20, 2008, 12:58am

Yes chicago is out.

shortduderay · March 20, 2008, 1:05am

Decision: Rejected

Stats:

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: HSSEAS Computer Science and Engineering

Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
SAT I (by section): N/A (too bad to list)
SAT IIs: 800 Chinese, 780 Math II, 740 Chemistry
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0W, 3.7 UW
Rank:110/600
ACT: 33 Comp / 33 English / 35 Math / 33 Reading / 30 Science
APs (including this year’s): AP World History (5), AP Language (4), AP Com Sci A (4), AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP US Government
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, English 4, Choir 1
Number of Apps from Your School: A lot?
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Piano? That’s all I remember

Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): One about living in Taiwan for 5 years, one about piano, I think they were both pretty decent
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Low income, single parent? Dunno if that helped
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

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

School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Above Average public school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > $20,000
Strengths: Good test scores, special circumstances?
Weaknesses: GPA, lack of substantial ECs
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: GPA, off-topic essay (I wrote about piano rather than engineering)
</code></pre>

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I hate you, UCLA…

Jeyday_Lovely · March 20, 2008, 1:09am

Decision: Accepted!!!

Stats:

<ul>
<li>College/Major Applied To: 1: muir 2: erc for biological sciences… got into erc</li>
<li>Fee Waiver Used?: yes</li>
<li>SAT I (by section): 1860 (CR-590 M-630 W-640)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: lit 580 mathiic 650</li>
<li>GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.19 weighted, 3.91 unweighted</li>
<li>Rank: top 6%</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>APs (including this year’s): ap english american lit, ap spanish 7-8, ap government, ap calc ab, ap english british lit</li>
<li>IBs (including this year’s: n/a</li>
<li>Senior Yr Courseload: ap gov, psych/socio, ap calc ab, ap english british lit, economics</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: ~40?</li>
<li>Other stats (Awards, etc.): 4 outstanding achievement awards for chem, history, physiology, and physics, perfect attendance award, 300+ hours of community service</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: csf, engineering club 4 years, piano 7+ years, armenian school 8+ years, figure skating 3 years</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): decent</li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): pretty good, a magnet school with a senior class of only ~220 students</li>
<li>Ethnicity: caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $30k</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation</li>
<li>Strengths: gpa</li>
<li>Weaknesses: sats</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i dont know but im happy!! =)</li>
</ul>

calitennisgirl55 · March 20, 2008, 1:14am

i got in too!!! ANd somene told me “slight reach!!” HAHAHAHA

jen.p00f · March 20, 2008, 1:15am

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

**Stats: [ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Pre-Business Econ
[] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): 2020 Total
[] SAT IIs: 790 Korean / 780 Math IIC / 650 US History
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.7 U / 3.9 W
[] Rank: 40 something /400
[] ACT: 33
[] APs (including this year’s): 5
[] IBs (including this year’s: None
[] Senior Yr Courseload: English 7/8, Spanish 1/2, French AP, Econ AP, Gov H
[] Number of Apps from Your School:
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[] ECs listed on app: 2 years intern at WaMu, 4 years with Key Club, 2 years with Beautiful Minds, 3.5 years with ASB
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years intern at WaMu
[] Essays (subject and responses):
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: San Jose, CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 400k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: ACT score, internship wamu… shows commitment
[] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Grades[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors: No real hardships to write about.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I<code>m quite bitter actually. I realize from this board that my grades were not the best but if it was put into context, it looks pretty good. I</code>m thinking about appealing because the classes I took at DeAnza weren’t on the application.

Ijmom · March 20, 2008, 1:19am

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

nbui3 · March 20, 2008, 1:20am

Decision: Accepted! Oh yeah Uh huh, Oh yeah, UH HUH!

Stats:[ul]
[] College/Major Applied To: Aerospace Engineering
[] Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
[] SAT I (by section): n/a
[] SAT IIs: Math IIC: 700 Physics: 760
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.25w, 3.95uw, 4.35uc
[] Rank: 5/780
[] ACT: 30
[] APs (including this year’s): Euro (5), US (4), Calc AB (5), Physics B (4), Stats, US Gov, Calc BC, Art History, Eng Lit
[] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stats, US Gov, Calc BC, Art History, Eng Lit
[] Number of Apps from Your School: ~50
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: track, xc, yearbook, csf
[] Job/Work Experience: basketball scorekeeper
[] Essays (subject and responses): one was about my small business the other was about me watching the science channel. I feel they must’ve been a pushing factor for me so they must’ve been good.
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): small business
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): new public, best schools we’ve sent kids is Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Amherst
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket: ~80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my essays probably
[] Strengths: ap exam scores
[] Weaknesses: my standardized test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted: GPA, ELC, and AP scores that were strong in my desired major
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m definintely going unless I get accepted at my reach schools. (which is unlikely since they are in fact, my reach schools) So congrats and I can’t wait to go!

Ijmom · March 20, 2008, 1:23am

Decision: Accepted

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