Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 640 English, 550 Math (1190 Composite)
ACT (breakdown): English 23, Math 22, Reading 27, Science 24 Composite 24
SAT II: n/a
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.08
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know
AP (place score in parenthesis): Ap Literature (this year)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Pre-Calculus, psychology 2/childhood development (semester courses), AP Literature, forensic science investigation, government/economics, American Sign Language 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Multiple afterschool clubs (no leadership)
Job/Work Experience: n/a unless you count watching my special needs brother every day
Volunteer/Community service: Almost 200 hours of community service - includes tutoring chemistry, working park events and running events at the elementary school
Summer Activities: Tutoring chemistry, stayed on the family farm
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/8 My AP Literature teacher helped me revise along with many friends. About learning sign language because I may go deaf due to a disease, fundraising $50,000 for cancer research, watching my special needs brother and how it inspired me to become a teacher, and tutoring chemistry
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: n/a
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Education Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public High School
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50,000
ELC Eligibility: Yes
First Generation: Yes
Reflection
Strengths: My essays were pretty well written, thanks to the help I got, a lot of community service, extracurriculars that align with my major
Weaknesses: My SAT, ACT and GPA are not very good
Why you think you were accepted: My grades aren’t the best compared to everyone else that applied. I thought since my major isn’t in very high demand I would have a chance, since I have seen people with lower stats get in
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cal State East Bay, SJSU, Cal Poly SLO, UC Riverside
Rejected: UC Davis, UCI
Waitlist: None