Decision: Accepted
Major: Computer Science B.S.
Academic stats:
high school weighted gpa: 4.63 (10 - 12 grade)
unweighted gpa: (3.91)
throughout all of high school I’ve taken 11 AP’s, 4 Honors
Rank, percentile rank, or percentile range (if available): 97th percentile in my high school (top 20/800)
Comments about course load (including senior year): during my senior year I took 7 courses total: 5 APs, one regular course, badminton (counts as a class at my high school)
SAT (total and sections): took it but didnt submit (1420)
ACT (total and sections): 33 composite
SAT Subject Tests (if any): none
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Chem (4), AP Euro (3), AP Eng Lan (5), APUSH (4), AP Comp Sci Pri (5), taking 6 more senior year [AP US Gov, AP Macroecon, AP Spanish Lan, AP Calc BC, AP Comp Sci A, AP Phys C Mech]
IB exams (score in parentheses): n/a
Major Awards: school awards and extracirruclar awards, AP scholar w/ distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity Badminton 4 years and Captain for 2 years (won state tournament), also did club badminton for 5+ years, Debate team (top 8 in state county), board member of 2 clubs (mental health club and a volunteer club for impoverished communities), did martial arts (was an instructor too), guitar and piano w/ some public recitals, helped start an eSports team at my high school (top 2 in state county), took additional classes in Vietnamese language and IT Fundamentals
Volunteer/Community service: hospital, religious, club
Summer Activities: took a total of 3 summer classes, a lot of badminton practice, traveling the world and opening myself up to new cultures
Essays (topics, details): helping start eSports at my school, badminton, debate team and how that help me overcome a fear of public speaking, surpassing my personal depression
Letters of recommendation: had two but UC’s don’t take
Demographics
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
High school type: public, pretty competitive w/ 800 people
Gender: M
Race/ethnicity: Chinese
Reflection
Strengths: high GPA, rigorous courseload, diverse EC’s, good essays imo
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores for sure
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck plus my stats were aight
Where else were you accepted: UCSD, UCI, USC?, Cal Poly Pomona, waiting on UC Berkeley
General Comments: these applications are pretty random so a rejection doesn’t discredit all the hard work you have put into these past four years and it will all all work out in the end!!!, glhf