I couldn’t agree more. @Gumbymom , please keep up your good work. You have no idea how helpful you are, especially to me. Thank you for your selfless work on multiple threads.
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S24 Accepted
Decision: Accepted
Major: Computer Science
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.31
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.76
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Y
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 52
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10 H, 20 AP
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): three 4, three 5
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 0
DE courses: 0
SUBJECTIVE::
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Bay Area, CA
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Deferred USC, Accepted UCD, Declined UCI.
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@Gumbymom I could not agree more! You helped calm me with D22 and here I am again with S24. You should write a humorous book about all of us crazy parents and students. Some of the comments have left me in stitches and tamed my anxiety! I hope they pay you well…you’re invaluable!
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I think she does it out of goodness of her heart. I don’t think she gets paid by CC for this (I may be wrong)
No, I volunteer my time and not paid.
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Son accepted for robotics!
4.14 weighted gpa, 3.8 UW.
ELC: yes
Rejected: Irvine
Waitlisted: Davis
Waiting for UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, SDSU
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Yay Robotics!!
My son just reminded me it’s Robotic ENGINEERING. Lol.
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My Son
Decision: Accepted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Computer Science
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.94
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA:4.65
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Y
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 28
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6 H, 11 AP
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): one 4, the rest 5
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 3
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cofounder/VP of large Coding Club, published programming tutorials with a large audience, game developer, ASB with technician role, and codes/self-studies in his free time.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: SAT tutor with ~60 service hours
Summer Activities: CC
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): He talked about making/helping manage the club, working on games, his love of history and how it’s impacted him in computer science, and making coding tutorials to help young developers.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Orange County, CA
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances: Accepted CSUN , ASU, CSLB, CSUF, UCM, UCR, Penn State, CPP
Waitlisted: UCD, UCI
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My daughter admitted in the early round but got email today that she got Regent’s scholarship. In case people were wondering about regents. No mention of honors yet.
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S24 Accepted: Physics
ACADEMIC STATS:
UC Unweighted/UC weighted GPA: 4.0/4.2
AP: Enviro Sci, AB Calc, AP Gov., AP English Lit., AP foreign lang.
UC approv. honors: 2
SUBJECTIVE:
Extracurriculars: excellent EC’s all 4 yrs. (3 leadership positions includ. Pres., & VP), several awards/honors, summer programs
Volunteer/Community service: 230 hours
In-State
Other acceptances: Northeastern, Penn State, U Colorado Boulder, U Arizona
Waitlisted: UC Davis
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Gumbymom gives so much of her time to helping all of us parents, and of course the student applicants. I’ve been on CC since 2010 (I think began reading in 2007) when I first began helping my oldest kid. This year, my youngest (of four kids) is going through the admissions process. I appreciate all the help we’ve received here on CC, but special shout out to Gumbymom!
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S24
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.75
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.08
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.08
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Number of a-g courses: 44
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 16
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 9 (2 x 4, 3 and 2 (Calc BC, got a 3 on the AB subsection))
Extracurriculars: Some School Clubs, highlighted informal leadership
Job/Work Experience: No
Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
Summer Activities: preCalc through U Utah (Online)
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Strong, worked quite a while on these and gave insight into some unique experiences and his personality
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Northern CA, Peninsula
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Accepted: CU Boulder, UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, SJSU, UCSC
Declined: UCI, UCD, UW
After a week of rejections from Davis, Irvine, UW and no news from SLO and SDSU, this definitely raised our spirits!
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Congratulations to everyone who is accepted, and I wish the best to those on the waitlist. I was giving up after rejections by UCI and Davis, but very happy to receive a good news today.
Decision: S24 Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): not sure
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Computer Science
ACADEMIC STATS:
(below does not include 1 AP outside of school (5), 1 CC class (A), and 1 UC summer institute credit (A)
Unweighted GPA: 3.63
Weighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted and Capped GPA: 3.88
ELC (top 9% CA HS): not sure
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 16
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 5
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): AP Japanese (5/5) - not in school GPA
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CS award at school, nothing national or regional
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Advanced level tennis player, 1 coding competition
Job/Work Experience: 1 internship for a week
Volunteer/Community service: not a lot
Summer Activities: 10th: Summer institute (Rocket at UCLA), 11th: Calc 1 at CC and a research paper related to sports analytics
Personal Insight essays (details): Good, reflective essays around tennis, CS, and bringing up in two countries
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern CA
Country (if international applicant): No
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
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Decision: D24 Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: biochemistry
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA:4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.28
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.28
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): AP Calc, AP Physics, AP English, AP Gov, and AP economics in progress senior year.
Number of a-g courses: 27?
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): AP Literature (4), AP Enviromental Science (4), and AP Chemistry (4)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 5?
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 4 years Orchestra, Founder of pre-med club
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Elementary school tutoring
Summer Activities: NA
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): She would not let me read them. Writing has been her strong point according to her teachers. I believe this was her carry.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): High Desert
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Denials: Likely denied at SDSU and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have not heard a response.
Accepted: CSUSB, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego
Waitlisted: UCLA
Waiting: UC Berkeley
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Decision: D24 Accepted, early wave on 2/29
Merit scholarships awarded: Dean’s Award ($10,000/yr)
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Biology
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.85
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.15
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.38
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: a lot
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 12 (4 AP, 8 IB)
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Varsity XC and track (recruited athlete); student gov, NHS
Job/Work Experience: PT work throughout school year
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer youth track coach
Summer Activities: work
Personal Insight essays (details): Good, growing up in Montana, struggling with math, IB Sports class inspiring career interest, Patience and perseverance in running
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): OOS/MT
Applied for need-based financial aid? yes
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted with merit money: Cal Poly Humboldt (WUE), Oregon State (WUE), U Oregon, Lewis & Clark, Chapman, Montana State
Accepted no merit: SDSU
Awaiting: UCSB, Santa Clara, Occidental
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I got an email about ucsc regents, how competitive is that? Cause on the website it says on 50 people get it but is that true??
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Congratulations.
Regents is very competitive usually top 1-2% of applicants.
The Regents Scholarship carries the highest honor awarded by the University of California, Santa Cruz to entering undergraduates. Award amounts for New frosh are $20,000 paid over 4 years, and transfer students receive $10,000 paid over 2 years. In addition to a monetary award, scholars receive priority enrollment and priority University housing placement provided, all housing requirements and deadlines are met.
Note that for all continuing students UCSC is going to a housing lottery system which includes Regent Scholars.
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What does it mean if I got ucsc regents but flat out rejected by sd and la, is it all random??
Not random but school specific since each school may use the same 13 areas of criteria for their application review but each campus can weight all these factors differently so your decision results will vary by each campus.
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