S accepted L&S
4.19 UC GPA capped
4.23 uncapped
3.88 UW
35 ACT
No LORs
No hooks
ECs - mostly sports, consistent volunteering, engaged in school activities
Essays - really showed his personality.
ELC
School doesn’t do AP classes and has few classes that offer extra UC weighting 10-11th. He’s not a full IB candidate but mostly IB classes. Took 4 concurrent enrollment classes at community college.
Waitlisted: UCD, UCSD
Accepted UCLA, UCI, UCSB L&S, Cal Poly Slo (mechanical engineering)
This is the third (and last) college application cycle for our family. D graduates UCB in May. S is in second year at ULCA.
My kids fared well in UC acceptances. Our local public high school is moderately competitive and I believe my kids benefited from holistic review. All three were top 5% applicants from their school but no where near as accomplished as some of the posters here.
Also, a question - is the minimum requirement for senior grades a 3.0 weighted or unweighted? My kid got straight Bs but every single class was an AP class, plus he took 2 community college classes where he got As.
S waitlisted L&S
4.3 GPA
33 ACT
No LOR
No Hooks
ECs - good
Essays - Good - who knows?
APs - 7
CA Resident/Bay Area
Accepted: UCLA, UVA, USC, Cal Poly, SDSU, Tulane, UW, BU, Villanova
Rejected: Duke, UNC Chapel Hill
Glad its all over. pretty successful process overall… now decision time.
“Please enter letter grades for each course (only uppercase letters and +/- symbols work) and leave courses not taken on campus or cleared via AP credit blank.”
Math 1A
Math 1B
Math 54
CS 61A/61AS
CS 61B/61BL
CS 61C
Waitlisted
Out of State
UC GPA: 4.38
SAT: 1390 (2 sittings, superscored)
No SAT II or ACT
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies (Legal Studies)
EC: multiple clubs, VP of MHS, Sec & Co-founder of environmental club, school leadership club, volunteer & tutor, varsity tennis for a year
Accepted: UCD, UCSD, UCR, UCSB, UCI
Denied: Stanford (ED)
Good luck to the other applicants All done with college decisions – I have a tough decision to make now
Weighted Academic GPA 4.83, Wt’d total GPA 4.71, Unwt’d 4.0
In state, Caucasian, no hooks
IB diploma
6 AP exams with 4 & 5’s, 4 AP exams to take yet
2 IB exams taken, 4 IB exams to go
Summer Extension Calc course online UCB with A (didn’t have enough class periods to fit in calc with IB classes).
Xc & track, captain senior year
Ec’s not strong but was a summer camp leader for 2 years, tutored math and science for other high schoolers,
around 300 service hours.
2 letters of recommendation
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, UCI, CA Poly SLO, U Oregon, Santa Clara
Wait Listed: U Michigan Ann Arbor, Notre Dame, U Wash
Rejected: USC, Stanford, Vanderbilt
Essays hit and miss, some awesome, some didn’t show his assets or passion.
He did not have the email; but didn’t qualify for financial aid.
This was my oldest and so proud of all his hard work.
To be honest, even though the IB program was his choice and a good fit, I was concerned that it wouldn’t make a difference. For him I think it did. It seems to depend on what the highest courses are offered at your school.
Thanks for sharing all your stats, EC’s, and advice. I noticed some of you have outstanding stats and yet didn’t get into colleges I think you would have been a shoe in for. Their Loss. You all seem so bright and level headed. Thanks also for mentioning Khan Academy as a free tutor site… my D could use; as well as I to brush up ; )
Accepted to UCB!
OOS
UW GPA: 4.0 I don’t know my UC GPA, sorry
W GPA: 4.85
ACT: 33, 34 Superscored
College of Letters and Sciences
EC: NHS President, Theatre, Research, a lot of volunteering, student council VP, volleyball
Accepted: UCLA, USC, NYU, NEU, UMich, UCSB, UCSD, UCSC
Rejected: CMC, Yale, Harvard, Columbia
Waitlist: UPenn, Pomona
Hard decisions to make.
How does UCLA compare to UCB??
Female, Asian, US citizen but living/going to high school outside the US.
IB predicted: 45, ACT: 32, SAT subject test: Math II 780, Chem 720. V strong essays + activities
Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, Barnard College, Boston College, Northeastern, USC
Waitlisted: UPenn
Rejected: Harvard, Columbia
Pending: Stanford
At Berkeley, are all waitlisted candidates offered the same pathway options? Or does it vary by colleve/major? Anyone know? If you’re someone that was waitlisted, could you please mention your major and what pathways were offered to you? Thanks!
@sophie052900 for fall program for freshman option, it was only available to l &s students. I dont think any l & s waitlisted student had an option of traditional pathway. I don’t know about other majors…
All done with college decisions – I have a tough decision to make now