Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2000
[] ACT: 32
[] UC GPA: 4.18? (3.8 UW & 4.4 W)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) :(, Calculus (4), English Lang. (4), and US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] College courses? If so, list them.: Political Science 101 and 102
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Sci, AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, ERWC, Video Production, Poli Sci 101 and 102
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: First one I think was an 8/10, talked about challenges when my dad left during the middle of my junior year without a word and all of the responsibilities I had to take on and how I became wiser because of it. Second was better so probably a 9/10, talked about carrying on a teacher’s legacy by keeping his weekly video bulletin alive after he was fired.
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: N/A
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Computer Science (College of L&S, not EECS lol)
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: No
[] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Yes, San Diego
[] If International, from what country?: N/A
[] School Type: Small public with a lottttttttt of issues
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] LGBTQ?: N/A
[] Income Bracket: $10,000
[] # of Family Members: 3
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Father has degree, Mom has some college
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM but UCs don’t look at that, low-income, ELC?, and went to a bad school maybe
[li] Living on-campus? Yup[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Decent ACT and SAT, lots of leadership, 2 sports
[] Weaknesses: UW GPA (for other schools where I applied for the College of Engineering, this really hurt me)
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Looks like it 
[] If not, where are you going?: Maybe Penn, SD, or USC, gonna visit all of them excluding Penn this week.
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
[] Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[] Accepted: MSU Bozeman, SDSU, Cal Poly Pomona, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, UCB, and USC
[] Waitlisted: None
[] Rejected: Cal Poly Slo (lmao), UCLA, Stanford, and Duke
[li] Waiting: University of Pennsylvania[/li]
Visited the campus last year and it was INCREDIBLE. So excited to have this opportunity, go bears!