Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): ACT Plus Writing Composite 32
ACT Subscore - English 35, ACT Subscore - Math 30
ACT Subscore - Reading 35, ACT Subscore - Science 26
ACT Subscore - ELA 31
SAT II: didn’t send
Capped Weighted UC GPA: 4.11
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4), Statistics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): History of the Americas HL (5), English A HL (6), Psychology SL (5)
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB Psychology SL, AP Statistics, IB History HL, and two electives.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School musicals and plays, five total; original student run plays, three total (wrote and directed); student-run literary magazine (Content Director, Editor-in-Chief); female student-run acapella group (Leader, Arranger)
Job/Work Experience: Hom Korean Kitchen (restaurant, worked there for nine months)
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: student-run literary magazine
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Wrote my UC essays about my experience with music, overcoming personal struggles, one of my greatest skills, and my leadership experience
Supplemental Review or LOR submission: I had LORs written by my junior year AP Calc teacher and my junior year IB History teacher
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Pre-Psychological and Brain Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public high school
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle
ELC Eligibility: no
First Generation: no
Reflection:
Strengths: Extracurriculars, AP/IB
Weaknesses: grades in sophomore year (U/W gpa: 3.4), essays
Why you think you were accepted: I feel like I’m pretty well-rounded and I devoted a lot of my time to things outside of school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: University of Washington, University of Puget Sound, Willamette University, San Diego State, Oregon State, Whitman College
Rejected: University of Southern California, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Irvine
General Comments: To be honest I hated UCSB at first but now I’m so glad I’m going here. It already feels like home :,)