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

redwall1521
Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:02:23 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (710 CR) one sitting
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 800 Chem and Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] UC GPA: somewhere close to 3.8? don’t know for sure
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/295
[] ELC?: n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on AP Biology, Chemistry, Physics C: Mechanics, Human Geography, Calculus BC, Computer Science; 4 on Euro History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin Vergil, AP American Government (fall), AP Macroeconomics (spring), AP Physics C: E&M, “Accelerated” English, AP Statistics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Mathematics Competition 10/12 school winner (2012,13,14), American Invitational Mathematics Examination participant 2013, 8th Place FBLA States 2012 (Word Processing) and 2013 (Business Math)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA 9-12, Math Olympiad 9-12 (co-prez 11,12), Science Olympiad 11,12 (VP 12), YMCA Swim Team for 10 years, HS Swim team 9-12 (Varisty 9-12), Video Game Production Club 12 (founder, project lead 12)
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at Y (2013-now), work about 20-30 hours per week during summer, 4 hours per week during school year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital (Escort)
[] Personal Statement:

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[li]** Intended Major **: computer science (HSSEAS)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Large enough
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first gen in U.S. if that counts?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: my essays - these are what set everyone apart from everyone else and I think I did a really good job of tailoring it to what I wanted to study and the UC system (since it’s all 1 application)
[] Weaknesses: GPA (my freshman year GPA was rough but I showed improvement throughout my sophomore and junior years)
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Georgia Tech, Case Western, Pitt (safety), Penn State (safety)
[] Schools you were rejected from? Berkeley
[*] Schools you are waiting for? Michigan, CMU, USC (appeal)