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

bzong20
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:31:37 +0000

Decision: Accepted College of Letters and Science

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 34C (35E, 34M, 32R, 33S) writing: 10
[] SAT II: 800 Japanese with Listening, 790 Math 2, 730 Physics, 710 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.91 (school uses scale of 5 instead of 4)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank and don’t know percentile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CalAB (5), CalBC (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Micro (5), Macro (4), Comparative Gov (5), Japanese Language & Culture (5), Physics B (4), US Gov (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Korean Writing, English Composition, World Literature, AP Calculus BC, Chinese, AP Macro, AP US History, AP Comparative Gov, French Reading, Project Study on History, History of Mathematics, Advanced English Composition, English via Comparative Cultures
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): awards in multiple MUN competitions in Korea, four first place class honours, Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N1 (highest level)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): chief of school’s English newspaper, manager of school orchestra, member of school’s swimming club (won one silver and two bronze medals in state championships), vice president of school’s judicial council, member of school’s Office of International Affairs, member of school’s MUN club, member of school’s French club
[] Job/Work Experience: interned at the external affairs department of APCC
[] Volunteer/Community service: taught English to underprivileged elementary school kids in my area, tutored peers in Calculus, French, and English
[] Essays: #1 was about how living in Korea, Hawaii, and Japan helped me to become trilingual and learn to see the world from diverse perspectives, #2 was about how music influenced my life

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major **: Pre Global Studies[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: dorm school that offers AP classes and college level courses
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: around $75000-$80000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): not much except for the fact that I lived in three different countries and am fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese, and began learning French and Chinese in high school

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: being fluent in Korean, English, and Japanese, solid test scores and GPA, good counsellor and recommendation letter (I think), good work ethic
[] Weaknesses: not many major awards
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?: Accepted to Georgetown SFS, Notre Dame Colleges of Arts and Letters, UNC, UCLA, UC Berkeley
[] Schools you were rejected from?: None yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for?: Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hope this helps, especially to international applicants!