***uc riverside class of 2024 decision thread (stats only)***

emfourflats
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:25:26 +0000

Decision: Admitted

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Regents’ Scholarship

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Materials Science and Engineering

Academic stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.79
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.03
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.42
ELC (top 9%): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year): Lot of sciences (like six years’ worth; I just really like science). Lots of APs and IBs but not a full IB diploma candidate (TOK interfered with my orchestra practices and I didn’t want to give up orchestra). I took the advanced classes I was interested in, not the classes that would give me the grade boost. In the end I’m happy with that.
SAT (total and sections): Total 1390, Reading/Writing 710, Math 680
ACT (total and sections): Total 34, ELA 36, Math 30, Reading 36, Science 34, Writing 12
SAT Subject Tests (if any): Chem 630, Math 2 650 (yeah it wasn’t a fun time)
AP exams (scores in parentheses): Human Geo (5), Psych (5), Euro (5), English Lang (5), Calc AB (4), Chem (2) it was a disastrous year let’s just say that
IB exams (score in parentheses): none taken yet
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none but I did contribute to winning an orchestra competition and I mentioned that in one of my essays. also some AP Scholar awards I mentioned

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad, Link Crew, local student orchestra (principal violin 2), violin, piano, NHS, CSF
Volunteer/Community service: playing music at retirement homes, VBS leader at local church
Summer Activities: does orchestra practice count lol

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): CA
High School: Public
Gender: Nonbinary
I am also Filipino.

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted: I think my academics were strong overall, and I did my best to show all facets of myself and be genuine in the essays. Maybe they thought I was well-rounded because I was involved in academics and a grab bag of extracurriculars. Who knows?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected Caltech ED. Waiting for my other schools’ decisions now (UCI, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, Stanford)