UCLA Class of 2028 Official Thread

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It’s a weird world.

Son accepted to UCLA, waitlisted at UCSD, rejected by UCSC.

As an aside, last year he was accepted to UCSC with a scholarship and an invitation to college scholars program but he decided to take a gap year. Nothing really changed on his application.

I mention this only to say that this whole thing definitely has some luck to it, and everyone should be proud of their accomplishments regardless of what school accepts them.

For anyone interested, 4.0UW GPA, 4.6FW GPA, 42 Dual Enrollment Credits, Homeschooled, Part Time Job, Nationally ranked in a quirky competitve game.

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Decision: Daughter accepted
Major: Pre- cognitive science

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.97
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.2
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.8

I will update her AP/honors classes later tonight.

We are so excited. I’ve been a nervous wreck all day and was really hoping for a yes here. Thank you to Gumbymom for always being so receptive and awesome to all of us on here. I so appreciate your patience. It’s been a very difficult 6 month, losing my dad unexpectedly, but today I know he was right by my side and had my daughter’s back.

All of these amazing kids will have great choices and will land exactly where they are meant to be.

Updated list:
Accepted: UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly SLO, Michigan, Wisconsin, SCU.
WL: UC San Diego

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They most likely didn’t calculate the UC values and just put down their regular weighted GPA.

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I used UC Weighted GPA calculator posted somewhere in a CC forum. I know that some HS provide weighted GPA on transcript, but not the HS of my D.

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Decision: Accepted, Civil Engineering

ACADEMIC STATS:

UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.4
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.8

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses:
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 12 (All 5s)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses:

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

SUBJECTIVE:

Extracurriculars:

School Paper, 3 yrs. Editor-in-chief, DEI Program for 2 years at a UC, Varsity Swimmer and Water Polo Player (4 years, captain, awards), Club Swimmer (way too long, haha)
Job/Work Experience: Swim Coach community swim team (3 years)
Volunteer/Community service: Ecology Club, Service oriented club
Summer Activities: Factory Farming Awareness Fellowship, Environmental Conservation Leadership Program, Swim Coach

Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): No idea how these are evaluated but she at least edited them well. Lol.

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): In state
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? yes
First Generation? no

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:

Acceptances: UCSD, UCSC, UCD, Purdue Engineering/Honors College, SLO, Oregon State, University of Washington, ASU/Honors College

Denials: Stanford, MIT

Waiting: UCB, UCSB, Williams, Middlebury

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Decision: Waitlisted (D24)
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Psychology
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Fully Weighted GPA: 4.95
10 Aps plus many Honors Courses

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars: two instruments, All State, regional music Scholarship/International performance, honor society president, club presidents, horseback riding
Job/Work Experience: CIT,
Volunteer/Community service: 250 hours
Summer Activities: International Tour, NYU Pre-college

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No

Other results:
Accepted to:
UCI(scholarship), UCDavis(Filmore scholarship), UMD College Park honor program, U Washington, U of Miami, Parson’s school of Design

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S24 accepted for aerospace engineering.

UW: 4.0
Capped UC: 4.3
Weight UC: 4.7

NMF
ELC 9%

He took a combination of lots of AP and IB courses and definitely took the most difficult combination of classes he could at his large SoCal public school. He had special ecs including being an accomplished astrophotographer and creating a Astro related 3d printing business.

So happy for him after the MIT rejection yesterday. He is thrilled!

Accepted also at UCD, SLO, UCSD, Purdue, mines, CU Boulder.
Rejected from GTech, MIT, Caltech
Waiting on USC, Michigan, Berkeley and a few others but don’t think he cares one bit now that he is in at UCLA.

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Accepted!!!

Academic Stats:
4.0 UW, 4.38 Capped, 5.0 Academic GPA, 4.86 GPA
A-G courses: 38 (if counting per semester not year)
Top 9 percent: School does not use class rank
Course load senior year- AP Research , AP English IV, AP Calculus BC, AP Stats, AP Bio
UC approved honors? 33 (again, per semester)
AP tests- just a handful so far. 5’s is the math and sciences, 4 in english, 3 in French
Major awards: some leadership positions like Link Crew at school but no major awards.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars- Song dance team
Job: Two jobs- hostessing at a restaurant and CEO – Tutors (no, she did not create this company but it is a students teaching students company with about 20 tutors where she managed the schedule, and tutored Math, History, and French).
Volunteer: National Charity League and Lymphoma Society - maybe 20-150 hours per year depending on the year.
Summer activities- 3 college courses through community college - Econ, Gov and US history

Essays: I read them. They were real, quite basic, had some heart and clearly written by herself who is stronger in math than writing. A typo or two.

CA High school- public
Applied for financial aid
Not first generation

Acceptances: U Florida, U Georgia, U MIami, U Indiana, UC Santa Barbara (Regents scholar), SDSU, U of Arizona, Arizona State, Penn State.
Rejections: Tulane, USC (deferred), UNC Chapel Hill

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Decision: Waitlisted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to:

ACADEMIC STATS::
Calculate your GPAs with 4.19
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.96
UC Capped Weighted GPA:
UC Fully Weighted GPA 10-12:4.65

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 32-33?
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:16
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses):8
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses:

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award; President’s Volunteer Gold Award; NHS; CSF

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Dance 10+ years; Girl Scout 10+ years; Song Captain; President Culture Club; VP Service Club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Gold Award; President’s Volunteer Award; Missions 3 summers
Summer Activities: Missions 3 summers; Gold Award Project

Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Song, Dance, Girl Scouts/Gold Award, Interest in Art and Reading

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): In State
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Accepted by UCI, UCD, Cal Poly SLO, NEU, U. Richmond, UIUC, Univ. Portland, Chapman, Pepperdine, USD, Santa Clara, LMU, SDSU
Waitlisted by UCLA, UCSD, UVA
Rejected by Notre Dame

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Daughter is waitlisted. We are surprised because we fully expected a rejection. She will happily joimn the waitlist.
Congratulations to all the terrific applicants who got in. Now if you are thinking about stepping aside tho… …I’m kidding.

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Huge congratulations to all the new Bruins! :bear: :blue_heart: :yellow_heart:

I wanted to recommend that you all connect with the UCLA Parent and Family Association - it is a great resource for newly admitted students and their families as they are making decisions about whether to attend. And I also recommend attending the Bruin Day, which is on April 13th (Saturday). You will get information about it soon (your student will). It is a great opportunity to be on campus, meet other newly admitted students and families, attend some fabulous informational sessions, meet department heads, and get a goods sense of the community. Parent and Family Association - UCLA Alumni

And for parents who want to get involved on campus, consider applying to be on the UCLA Parents’ Council. It is a wonderful organization that gives you a chance to be connected with the university (regardless of where you live) and build your own connections and community on campus. Applications open for that soon,. I’m in my second year on Parents’ Council and it has been an amazing experience. I am happy to answer any questions you have about it (or UCLA). Parent Involvement & Support - UCLA Alumni

Congratulations!

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Congrats. Can you please post your stats?

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Bummer. My daughter is at Little Tokyo (Los Angeles) this afternoon with friends and she hasn’t texted me yet so part of me thinks she hasn’t seen the update yet or she has but honestly she still has to drive home and I don’t want her angry driving home if she didn’t get in. At least we have SDSU! Did you hear from Cal Poly yet (as of last night my DD still hadn’t heard yet, but kinesiology accepts 75 students based on what I have read so I am not expecting much).

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what was your major?

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Wow! Perfect GPAs! too good to be true!

UCLA will send regents information within days, you’re most likely in.

Congrats!

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Curious, did you guys get any merit at UF & UGA? If so, how much?

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Decision: Rejected
Major: Electrical Engineering

Academic Stats:

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.86
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.68

Other Decisions:

Accepted: UC Berkeley (early), UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Waitlisted: UC Irvine
Rejected: UCLA, UC San Diego

Thank you everyone for posting all the helpful resources to make applying to college a little easier. I originally really wanted to go to UCLA but fell in love with Cal after I took a tour and did research into their EECS program (my major). I just want to let everyone know it all works out in the end, it seems like you will end up where you are meant to be!

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D24 accepted

Major applied to: MechE

ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.3
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

UC Approved Honors courses: 10 (10th and 11th grade)
AP courses/exams: 11 (11th and 12th grade, 5’s)

SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: TKD master (14 years), robotics & eng clubs pres, piano
Volunteer/Community service: TKD, elem outreach.

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS: SoCal public
Applied financial aid? FAFSAed

Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted UCSD, UCD, UCI, Cal Poly Pom

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Welcome to Golden Bears!

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Yay! Go Bears :slight_smile:

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