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

Liamboy
Tue, 03 Mar 2020 02:34:38 +0000

Admit

Merit scholarships awarded (if any): Don’t Know

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

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.50
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 3.59
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 3.59
ELC (top 9%): No

Comments about course load (including senior year): 3 AP in Senior year, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History. 1 Honor in Junior year, Honor physics
SAT (total and sections): 560 Reading 710 Math 1270 total
ACT (total and sections): 24
SAT Subject Tests (if any): NO
AP exams (scores in parentheses): AP Chinese 5
IB exams (score in parentheses): No
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Autodesk Inventor International Certification

Subjective:

For the following, indicate level of recognition or award (e.g. local, state, national, international) and/or leadership roles: Mentor for ELD Students ( 1 Year)
Extracurriculars: 1. Went to community college for a building program
2. 100 hours for volunteer
3. Robotic Team ( 2 year)
4. Chinese Club
Job/Work Experience: No
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours
Summer Activities: Several summer classes

Personal Insight essays (details): How much I love 3D-Design
How did I distract myself from the death of my grandma - reading Chinese Literature
How did I used engineering to distract my love to a girl ( That’s the weirdest essay I ever wrote, probably that helped me)
How much perseverance I had as an English Learner

Letters of recommendation/Augmented Review: No

Demographics

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
High school type: Extremely large public school probably 10000 of them

Gender: Male

Applied for need-based financial aid?: yes
Pell grant eligible?: yes
Maximum Pell grant (FAFSA EFC = $0)?: not telling ya

Highest level of parent education: middle school
Living with both, one, or no parents?: one parent

Reflection

Strengths: Writer. Read quora frequently
Weaknesses: Yes gpa sat ecs lack of honor ap classes
Why you think you were accepted: Throughout my essay, I talked about how much my father influenced me. How did I distract from immature love to true calling. I also talked about the brillant Chinese culture ( Diversity might saved me )
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to sfsu sjsu
waiting for the rest of uc, sdsu, slo

General Comments: Good luck gentlemen and ladies. Trust me, four essays might flip you over