Decision: Accepted
Major: Sociology
Objective:
Stats:
SAT: 1230
Math 600
Reading 630
ACT: 24
Unweighted GPA: 3.23
Weighted GPA:3.72
Rank:N/A but my highschool is ranked the number 1 public highschool in CA and 4 in Country by US News
AP Scores: World History-3, US History-4,Bio-3, Lang-3, Art History TBD
Community Classes(at Cabrillo ranked 2nd best JC in country by US News): Soc 1-B+, Psych 1- B
Senior Year: Apah first Semester, AP Lit, Video Production, Geometry, Anthropology 2 first semester-A at Cabrillo, Second semster Stats and Sociology 10
Subjective:
EXC: Varsity Basketball all 4 yrs, Team Captain Jr and Sr year
Club Basketball all 4 years, Team Captain Jr and Sr year
Rec Basketball all 4 years, Team Captain all 4 years
Jobs: courtesy clerk at Nob hill Jr and Sr year all during school year and summer Minimum 16hrs per week
Babysit, housesit, dogsit at least 2 times a month Soph, Jr, Sr year
Book and Scoreboard for basketball games with 2 different Organizations: all 4 Yrs
Clubs:
Red Cross Club Jr and Sr
Journalism Fresh
Eco Club Sr
Volunteer Work:
Coach Girls Basketball Through organization and middle school team at my school Soph, jr, sr
Several Fundraisers to raise money for my basketball team (5-7 per year) fr, soph, jr, sr
Boys and Girls club aid and scoreboard keeper fr soph jr sr
Total:250-300 hrs per year recieved presidential community service award all 4 years
Essays: I wrote about finding interest in my desired field in exploring education oppurtunity outside my high school, leadership when our teams best player got hurt and I had to step up as an underclassmen, my best friend attempting to commit suicide and depression that ensued but how I was able to realize sensation is temporary and how I gained maturity, finally how I witnessed a car accident and helped a man out of his car while others stood around me recording and how I extend teaching values of humanism and togetherness to the kids I teach and impact. 1-6/10, 2-4.5/10, 3-7/10, 4-7/10. I consider myself a good essay writer overall, but i prepared most of my essays in the week preceeding their due date
Resident in Cali
I applied for aid, recieved 35k in grants (27k) and Loans (8k) and my annual income is 27k but I am paying for education myself
I am not first gen
Reflection: I think my personal statements and volunteering experience along with that spedific success and dedication to basketball were my strengths, otherwise this was a reach for me for sure but all the uc’s for me were reaches but I just wanted to know what would happen.
Other decisions:
Rejected: SDSU, CSULB, SCU, Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Scripps
Waitlisted: Cal Poly SLO, Chapman, USD, LMU
Accepted: UCSC, Cal Poly Po, SJSU, UoP, Saint Mary’s, Whittier, Drexel, Westmont, University of Scranton