UC Santa Barbara Class of 2028 Official Thread

I’ll let you know if my son is able to check his.

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D24 accepted! Waiting on CCS Art major decision.

Accepted at UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCSC

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accepted for physics as an international studying in the US!

STATS

Decision: accepted

Major: Physics

ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Fully Weighted GPA: ~4.7

Course load (including senior year): 3 APs as a soph, 3 APs as a junior, 4 APs as a senior

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10 AP, 10 H
DE courses: multivariable calc, British lit

ECs:

  1. Research at a well-known summer program, presented findings, unpublished
  2. Guided research under Oxford prof in high energy astrophysics, being published
  3. Research at a less-selective program
  4. Passion project in blockchain, combining arts with technology to support the Ukrainian families affected by war
  5. 100+ volunteer hours
  6. Internship at a chess academy, promoting chess among women and young girls. Representing during various chess tournaments (placed high at a national tournament).
  7. Competitive (high-level) sport
  8. NHS

AWARDS:

One big award (international) for an experiment proposal
Various awards in small STEM/chess competitions as well as scholarships for essays.

Accepted: UCSB, UCSD, Northeastern, Georgia Tech, WPI, U of Toronto
Waitlisted: MIT, UCLA
Rejected: UChicago (after EA deferral, did not chose to go ED 2), Caltech

Waiting on some ivies +

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Denied
Major: Sociology

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.86
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.05
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.11

ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes

Comments about course load (including senior year): 4 total APs: Spanish, Lang, Calc AB, Enviro Sci
Number of a-g courses: 24
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 4 years ASB/class officer, travel softball, 3 years school softball team (1 yr varsity), 2 years yearbook
Job/Work Experience: dog sitting, current job at a restaurant in lieu of softball
Volunteer/Community service: minimal

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state - Sacramento County

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: Cal Poly, SDSU, CSULB, CSUF, SJSU, CPP, LMU, Chapman, St. Mary’s, UCR, UCI (alternate major)
Waitlisted: U of San Diego, UCD, Pepperdine
Denied: UCSB
Still waiting: Occidental
99% sure she will end up at SLO! :slight_smile:

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Admitted CS

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oh whoops I didn’t mean to reply to your specific comment my bad. I thought I commented in the general reply

I believe, in the past, CCS acceptances were sent a day or two after regular acceptances.

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Please remind me what is the COA out of state?

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S24 is collecting UC waitlists (4th) :smirk:
Waitlisted Economics & accounting

In-state public school, SoCal, 3.9 UW, 4.4W
7 APs, 5 UC approved Honors, 3 CC summer classes

ECs- 3 yrs varsity soccer, mostly community service volunteer, work.

Admitted:UCI, UCSC, UCR, Pepperdine, USD, LMU, Santa Clara Leavey, UO Lundquist, UIUC Gies, IU (waiting for Kelley), UW Pre Major (rejected Foster)

Waitlisted: UCD, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB

Deferred:USC

Rejected: UT Austin, Notre Dame

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Around $74K/year.

Approximately $74K

DD accepted to UCSB, UCSD, LMU
Rejected: UCLA, Pomona
OOS east coast
English/undecided

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Another Waitlist :grimacing: :grimacing:

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D24 ACCEPTED :tada: (1st choice)
Major: Environmental Studies

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.95
UC Capped Weighted GPA: unsure
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.3

ELC (top 9% CA HS): no

Comments about course load (including senior year): good rigor, 4 APs in senior year
Number of a-g courses: lots
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 7 (a lot in Sr year not in GPA above)
AP Courses/exams : 7 total, 3 tests so far (scores 5,4,3). Plus CC English class

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 4 Years Varsity sport/team captain, ski team, started/ leadership in school club
Volunteer/Community service: tennis instructor, tutoring, volunteering at food shelter, animal shelter, etc.
Summer Activities: none

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state - San Diego area
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: UCSD, CalPoly Slo, UC Davis, UCSC, Point Loma, San Diego State (early), U of Oregon, U of Utah, Santa Clara, Boulder, Univ of WA
Waitlisted: UCLA
Deferred: none
Denied: UNC

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My daughter’s letter doesnt say anything about CCS. May be she is not in and your kid is in.

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DS23 was a CCS admit; that decision came out one day after the UCSB acceptance. However, if the UCSB acceptance came out for second choice major, presumably that means CCS for first choice major is not happening. Just IMHO but congrats on the acceptance!

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I was accepted!

Not sure about UC Weighted GPA, but my UW is a 4.0. I am also one of my schools valedictorians.My school is an IB diploma school and is ranked within the top 60 high schools nationally.

Strong essays about personal growth and artistic expression through dance, most of my extracurriculars occurred within my school! This includes being Spanish Honor Society President, part of Science Olympiad, Creating a website about local politics, creating a free mini library and more.

I also attended as ALA Girls State, my school chooses one girl per year, but I thought this was relevant due to my political science major.

Other Acceptances: Georgetown, UNC Chapel Hill (OOS), UMich (in-state), University of Georgia, UCSD and some other safety/target schools

Waitlist: UCLA

Rejection: Northeastern

Still waiting on Vanderbilt, Bowdoin, and Berkeley, hoping for a positive outcome with at least one.

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In state, Daughter rejected from UCSB. Crappy day. So far:

Admitted:

  • UC Santa Cruz
  • Univ. of Oregon
  • CU Boulder
  • U of Denver
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana Univ.
  • Univ. of Montana, Missoula
  • Penn State (2-2 program, Berks)

Declined

  • UC Davis
  • UCLA
  • Tulane
  • still haven’t heard from SLO but assumed it’s a no

Wait list

  • Univ. of Washington

Deferred

  • Univ. of Michigan

TBA

  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • George Washington
  • Berkeley
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Are there admitted student days?

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