Decision: Accepted
Major: Nursing
Objective:
ACT: 31 (Math: 28 | Science: 35 | English: 28 | Reading: 34 | Writing: 8)
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.29
Rank: 26/517
AP (place score in parenthesis): ap world (3) | ap us history (4) | ap lang (4) | ap lit (taking in May) | ap calc (May) | ap us gov (May) | ap environmental science (May)
Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap calc, honors choir, ap gov, ap environmental
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: vocal music (treasurer) | mental health awareness club (secretary) | beach revival club (active member) | key club (active member) | track and field | tennis
Job/Work Experience: babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross (secretary junior year) | I love a clean San Diego (most of my life)
Essays: 7 | most of my essays were my common app essays shortened, they were kind of choppy but got the job done as they still expressed my genuine interest in nursing
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: I had to submit a separate app for nursing and did the day it was due bc of my flighty mind forgetting there was a supplemental, I finished it and was not the happiest with the result but had no time to revise.
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: nursing
State: California
School Type: public
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $100,00-150,00
ELC Eligibility: yes
First Generation: no
Reflection
Strengths: good test scores, good grades all throughout high school, showed a genuine interest in nursing
Weaknesses: essays weren’t the best, applied to nursing not knowing just how competitive it was - dumbly had UCI as a safety school when the nursing program admittance is so low
Why you think you were accepted: I have wanted to be a nurse since I was little, led my whole life working towards benefiting that goal. It had payed off
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Michigan (accepted) | University of Virginia (rejected) | UCLA (rejected) | NYU (waitlisted) | UPenn (waitlisted) | Yale (rejected)