*****uc davis class of 2020 decision thread*****

@humanperson Thanks!

Decision: Accepted w/ Regents

Objective:

SAT I: 790 reading, 760 math, 720 writing; 2270
ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 Molecular Biology, 770 Math II, 770 World History, 760 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA: 4.44
Rank: N/A
ELC: yes
AP: 5’s in World History, Biology, Language and Composition; currently enrolled in Microeconomics, Lit., Calc. AB, and Government; have/or will have taken all AP’s offered at my school.
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc. AB, AP Lit., Band II, Physics, Honors Earth Sciences, AP Microeconomics, AP Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar, AMC School Winner and some other awards from my school

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Science Club (president), Science Bowl (Team Captain), Math Club (vice president), CSF (tutor), Interact Club (vice president), Link Crew Leader, School Site Council (President), Band/Marching Band, played piano for 13 years
Job/Work Experience: Lots of babysitting!
Volunteer/Community service: Through school clubs (CSF, Interact) and also volunteer with women’s refuge–one of the founders of a student-led group that supports its program for young children
Personal Statement: I was initially pretty nervous about them, because I went a more creative route despite what I’ve heard about how the UC’s want a more straightforward personal statement. So maybe if you have an unusual idea that you’re passionate about, go for the risk and be creative…?

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State: CA
School Type: Public (in a more rural area)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Hooks: first generation

Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Berkeley (Regents candidate), Colorado School of Mines, still waiting on the others:)
Schools you were rejected from?: Stanford

For those of you accepted to UCSD, did you receive an email from them today? Sorry I know this is UCD thread but no one replied on there

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (730 CR, 660 M, 740 W, 8 E)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (33 E, 34 M, 36 R, 35 S, 10 E)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
UC GPA: 4.31
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2 (scores are iffy right now XD)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Chemistry (3), U.S. History (4), Physics (2), English Language (5), Calculus (4). Will be taking Biology, Statistics, and English Literature this year.
Senior Year Course Load: Jazz Ensemble (pre), Floral I, Civics (requirement), Psychology, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction; two third-place awards in the Honors Division of the Academic Decathlon for Speech and Math; Student of the Month (twice, once last year and once this year), CSF lifetime member; certified in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 2010; Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon (starter two years), ASB (Senior Class Secretary), Key Club, FFA, Jazz Ensemble (first chair pianist for three years), CSF (vice president one year)
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job as secretary for four months; Integrated Math I tutor for four months
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club and FFA, mostly.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, not currently getting any, but my father recently passed away, so wherever I decide to go, I’ll be appealing for more aid.
Intended Major: Computer Science (double major with Classics)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Previously between $80,000 - $100,000. Now decreasing substantially.

Reflection

Strengths: Academics. Potentially good essays? Hard to say on essays.
Weaknesses: Not the most leadership-oriented student colleges have ever seen, and not particularly self-starting with community service and such.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Stanford, accepted at SJSU, waiting to find out about UCB and SCU.

General Comments:
I got the Regent’s Scholarship / was accepted into the Honors Program! This is definitely making me consider UCD a bit more than previously, but I really won’t be able to decide until I know everywhere I’ve gotten in at.

@davisforlyfe Yes, if you click on MyAwards (fingers crossed I remembered the name of the link right :slight_smile: ), you should be able to view your financial info.

@nemo18 - just got home. My son was accepted at UC Davis and UCSD so far. UCD sent an email (he got Regents and Provost scholarship offers). UCSD I think he found out through the portal; no email or call. Also no Regents or Provost. He also applied UCSB but afaik no decision from them yet.

@davisforlyfe my portal stated "I am pleased to offer you admission to the University of California, Davis, for fall quarter 2016 in the Sustainable Environmental Design major.

The links at right allow you to view your financial aid award, register for events and explore some of the resources and opportunities that await you as a UC Davis student.

The deadline to accept or decline your offer of enrollment on this website is 11:45 pm (Pacific Time) on May 1. To accept, you must pay a non-refundable, non-transferable $100 deposit. You may return to this website as many times as you wish before the SIR deadline."

I wanted to view any financial aid that I’ve gotten. By logging in and accepting MyAwards, does that mean I accept the acceptance?

Accepted for Global Disease Biology!

SAT 2170 SS, UC GPA 4.30, 3.90 unweighted

Accepted for Philosophy with Regents + UHP!

Hi guys, I got an acceptance email from UC Davis at 4:17 PM PT. But I’m afraid I called them up and they noted they were releasing decisions after 5:00 PM. I think they made a mistake, and in reality I got rejected. I just wanted to hear from any student in the same situation, or if anyone could offer me advice. Should I email them? Who should I direct the email to?
Thanks lots.

@thsoup I think most everyone got their decision before 5 PM. You are definitely not alone. I got mine at around 3. Rejoice my friend, do not doubt yourself! It’s time to celebrate!

Often time, decisions are released before the time they specify.

Accepted!!

Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 1910 SAT
•ACT:
•SAT II:
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
•UC GPA: 3.95
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
•ELC?: No
•AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History: 3. Rest I failed lol.
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB classes (3 SL 3 HL)
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just regional science and math awards. Website Design certification.

Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): YBA (Historian/Parliamentarian) IBSA(Class Rep.)
•Job/Work Experience: CS Internship (Data Entry)
•Volunteer/Community service: Afterschool Tutoring (Tues. and Thurs.) Other one time stuff…
•Personal Statement: 9-10/10. I spent 3 months on them.

Other
•Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
• Intended Major : Computer Science
•State (if domestic applicant): California
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Public
•Ethnicity: Ethiopian
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: 40K
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first gen., life struggles…

Reflection
•Strengths: My rigor, my unique EC’s, my personal statement
•Weaknesses: GPA
•Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU, CBU, UCR, UCM, UCSD, UC Davis!!
•Schools you were rejected from? SJSU, Cal Poly SLO
•Schools you are waiting for? 5 other UC’s and USC
General Comments: I have heard many horror stories from UC Davis applicants being rejected but accepted to Berkeley/UCLA. Glad I wasn’t one of them! My top 3 are: Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD. Gl!!

Can I register for a Davis admitted students tour even if I didn’t get in?

I just want to go through all the formality…

Cause I got rejected and am sad af.

And I live like half an hour away.

Hey guys, congratulations to ya’ll! Can someone please tell me where can I download the UCD letter of acceptance? Thanks! :slight_smile:

ACCEPTED!!!
Biomedical Engineering
UC GPA: 4.2
SAT: 1600
Math: 530
Reading: 530
Writing: 540
ACT: 23/36
Good amount of extracurriculars
Strengths were probably my grades, personal statement and my extracurriculars/community service.
Weaknesses were obviously my low test scores.

Rejected
UC GPA: 4.8
ACT: 36
Decent Extracurriculurs, but nothing extraordinary.

Suprised I wasn’t even waitlisted. Oh well.

Accepted
SAT I: 1790
ACT: 28 composite, 31 reading, 27 math, 27 English, 27 science
SAT II: none taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.8 (capped)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP English Lit and Comp (4), AP US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Lang and Comp, AP Us Govt and Politics, AP Biology

Extracurriculars: NHS, HOSA, Red Cross Club, Editor for school newspaper
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours community service, about 50+ hours with internship

Intended Major: biochemistry and molecular biology