Decision: Accepted (Campuswide Honors Program)
Major: Political Science
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1420 (700 M, 720R)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/565
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), US (4), Econ/Gov/Enviro/Literature (TBD)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science, Business Law, Empowering Entrepreneurs (Business Development)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Speech and Debate Association Academic All-American, 4 time California High School Speech Association State Qualifier, 2 time National Speech and Debate Association National Qualifier, NSDA ranking (6th in CA/18th in US for Expository Speaking)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Captain)
Political Advocacy Club (Founder)
RJUHSD Superintendents Student Advisory Counsel (School Representative)
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Activities Director, Equipment Manager
Volunteer/Community service: 5 year weekly youth leader at Church, Summer camp leader for Church and California 4H
Summer Activities: Camp Activities director
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9–emphasis on Speech and Debate skills being used to advocate low-income, first gen students to vote and take advantage of available resources (with personal examples of my own struggles)
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (Received Regents Scholarship)
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~40K
ELC Eligibility: Yes, confirmed
First Generation: Yes
Reflection
Strengths: Speech and Debate position and awards, Representation (Low-Income, First Gen), Clubs to promote social justice.
Weaknesses: Low SAT score, Low GPA, weak Senior Course-load
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Above reasons
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UT Austin (Accepted), UCSD (waitlisted), UC Berkeley (waitlisted), UCLA (rejected), Chico State (Honors—Accepted), Cornell (rejected), NYU (rejected)