*******UCLA CLASS OF 2019 DECISIONS ONLY*******

mashesgaloshes
Sun, 05 Apr 2015 20:16:48 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (didn’t submit)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (English 35, math 34, reading/science 36)
SAT II: 760 math II, 790 biology M, 720 chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, weighted 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/610
AP (place score in parenthesis): human geography, euro, us history, world history, english language, english lit, biology, calculus ab (all 5s). us government & comparative government (both 4).
IB (place score in parenthesis): music sl (5), math sl (6).
Senior Year Course Load: french 4 hl, biology hl2, ap physics b, english 4 hl2, history of the americas hl2, ap calculus bc, jazz ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar with honor, ap scholar with distinction, national ap scholar, berklee college of music 5 week program full scholarship

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): first trumpet/jazz chair in OC honor orchestra, SCSBOA jazz all star orchestra, school jazz band, symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, pit orchestra, marching band

Job/Work Experience: tutoring for 2 yrs
Volunteer/Community service: playing for free at various community events–farmers markets, art galleries, etc
Summer Activities: Berklee 5 week program, online classes, college jazz camp, travel to costa rica
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 1st essay: 8; about my intense love for reading & books, and my desire to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. A little weird, in hindsight, but it stood out from the crowd & had impeccable grammar.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: jazz studies
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: impeccable grammar on the essays. Regardless of what you write, it’s VERY VERY important that your essays have good grammar.
Weaknesses: not enough academic extracurricular activities
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my audition was really good. That’s all they care about in the music department.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted to Columbia, UCB, Stanford, UCI, rejected to Harvard, yale, princeton
General Comments:
It’s really a lottery. I know plenty of people that are WAY more qualified than me that didn’t get in.