FPF students can be in any dorm and make dorm selections like all other students.
Accepted for astrophysics!!
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Daughter accepted OOS for astrophysics.
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Decision: Accepted
Major : Biology
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.85
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.22
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC (top 9% CA HS):
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 7 AP; 6 dual enrollment at CC
EC’s: 4 yr varsity tennis; Leadership camp; 1 semester of shadowing a physician; started 2 varsity clubs; 300+ hrs of volunteer/mentoring.
In-state.
Accepted: UCD, UCM, UCR, UCI
Rejected: SDSU, UCLA, Cal Poly
WL: UCSD, UCSB
Will come down to UCB vs UCD.
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S25 Waitlisted .. MET EE/CompEng
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA (CA): 4.53
Weighted and Capped GPA (CA): 4.21
High rigor in courses (Mostly APs else Honors)
Num AP courses/exams: 14 APs (most 5s else 4, calc BC in jr)
Major Awards:
National Merit Finalist w/ Corporate Scholarship
Wrestling Individual: 2X CA CIF Regional Medalist & Master Qualifier
Wrestling Team: 2X League Champion, 1X Division Final (Runner-up)
State Legislature Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
Congressional Award Bronze Medal (Volunteering)
Job/Internship:
Paid Summer Research - Simulation/Modeling in biology
Summer Internship - AI Project at major corporation
EC:
CyberPatriot: Platinum tier, team lead, ranked #1 in district
CPU Club, English tutoring, Piano, and Kiteboarding
State/location of HS: S. Cal. public
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Accepted:
UCSB, UCLA, UCI, SCU, UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UCR, CP SLO, CP Pomona, UAriz
Waitlisted:
Rice, Cornell
Rejected:
USC, UPenn
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S25 denied for Aero. 4UW/4.33 Capped/4.75 fully weighted/13 APs with all 5s (so far) from independent pvt school in bay area. Berkeley wasnt in his top-5, so decision didnt count much but still surprised. Accepted to UCSD (likely wont join) and waitlisted at UCLA (will likely join, if accepted) - also waitlisted at Northwestern and UPenn. Accepted to 7 colleges with UVA and UIUC being the top choices rn
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): dont think so
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: L&S Cognitive Sciences
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.84
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.14
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.47
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): 8 DE classes, consistently got all As and 1 B (usually in math) but my HS is not too competitive
Number of a-g courses: like 39ish
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 19
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 8. 3 last year (APUSH -5) (AP LIT -4), (AP BIO - did not take) and currently taking AP Art History, AP Stats, AP Macro Econ, AP US GOV, AP Lang
Number of IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: so much stuff in community, all centered around working with kids. very cohesive story
Job/Work Experience: 3+ years with town parks & rec department (still employed)
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hrs at local elementary school. 15 hr internship at SLP clinic
Summer Activities: 25 hrs/week at job, internship @ SLP clinic
Personal Insight essays (details): told they were very strong and tied my interests in very well.
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA in state, bay area
Applied for need-based financial aid? yes, received through FAFSA
First Generation? yes
REFLECTION::
Strengths: academics, lots of dual enrollment at junior college (all a’s) so course rigor. took every advanced opportunity at my less competitive HS. employment and strong, cohesive extracurriculars
Weaknesses: weaker grades (Bs) in math classes shown through my 3.84 UW
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied: got into CP Humboldt, SF State, UCM, UCR, SDSU, UCSC. got waitlisted at UCSD, UCD. got rejected from only CP SLO
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S25 surprise acceptance! In-state LSBE applicant, admitted College L/S.
I think his PIQs helped him at Berkeley. Although S23 with similar stats gained no UC/CPSLO acceptances, S25 had some modest success, so I may be obligated to change my user handle now.
Acceptances: UCSD, Clemson, NC-State, FSU, UT-Knox, CU-Boulder
Waitlisted: UCD, UCSB, UCLA, SDSU, Virginia Tech
Rejected: UCI, UGA (after EA deferral), USC (after EA deferral), CPSLO
ACADEMIC STATS: UW 3.87, Fully weighted 4.54, UC-capped 4.13, SAT 1440 (relevant to the OOS schools he applied to)
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 30
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 20 semesters (honors/AP/DE combined)
Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 8 completed semesters (all 4’s / 5’s); 2 semesters in progress
ECs: employment, sports, and volunteering, but I find this hard to rate
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Daughter accepted OOS Letters and Sciences
Unweighted GPA 3.9, Weighted 4.6
Acceptances: CU Boulder, U of Oregon, Tulane, U of Wisconsin Madison, UCI, UCD, UCSB
Rejections: UVA, UCLA
Waiting for Michigan
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Accepted OOS EECS. GPA W/UW 5.1/4.0.
Other acceptances - MIT, CalTech, GTech, USC, UMich, UPenn, Columbia, UNC.
Awaited - Duke
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hey, can someone tell me how many applicants were there?
127,000 undergrad
That’s a tremendous run. CONGRATS!
You MIT want to think about this one long and hard 
Someone I know got admitted Early (in Feb) to UC Berkeley. They were not MET or a recruited athlete. We thought it was for the scholarship, but they haven’t received any update on that matter, not even an interview. Has anyone been interviewed or received a scholarship offer?
Super bummed, got Berkeley but can’t afford 70k international fees 
will be withdrawing
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Not all early admits were chosen to interview for scholarships, admitted in competitive programs like MET or recruited athletes but just top students in their own right.
Yes, there have been some Regents scholarships awarded and interviews already completed.
Yesterday was incredible. Berkeley is close to home and has been DD’s dream school for ever, but with all the UC waitlisting this year we had started to put it out of our minds and were starting get excited about UCSB which was the only other UC she had.
Thrilled that she will be a Cal Bear this fall!
4/4.3 (capped)/4.5 fully weighted
9 APs/ 3 Honors
ELC
Microbial Biology at CNR
Three time President’s gold volunteering
President of two clubs
Wins at state and International HOSA events
UCSF internship over summer that she sought out herself
Grateful and delighted.
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Go Bears!
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Congrats.. S25 also in Microbio at CNR. Hopefully will see you all at CAL day and CNR Info sessions.
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We will be at Cal Day!
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