This is INSANE! Congratulations!!!
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How are you in berkeley already?
They let in a select number of applicants on Feb 9th
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I love Golden Bears more than Bruins.
Just my personal preference, golden bear is looking further.
I do, too, although I’m a wee bit biased as both a Cal alumna and now a Cal parent 
UCLA is, of course, a fantastic school, too - so no shade there. We are so fortunate in California to have so many great schools - both the UCs and the CSUs. But I do love the Bears on the Bay
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@Gumbymom I got into UCLA! I have a quick question while registering for Bruin day it asked if any of my guests were UCLA alumni, and the funny thing is that my dad is an alum, do you know why they ask this? Go Bruins!
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Congratulations on your acceptance. I do not know why they ask about UCLA alumni’s but hopefully someone with some knowledge will be able to answer your question.
Thank you thank you 
Thank you thank you!! 
I also like Cal, but without Bruins you wouldn’t see blue horses and purple cats.
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S24
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): No
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Chemical Engineering
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.33
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.92
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Y
Comments about course load (including senior year): All classes in 10th and 11th were UC Honors or APs except Spanish 3. 15 APs, including 6 senior year. 5s on all APs except one 4.
DE courses: 2 including Multivariable.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors at one of the science olympiad competitions (not Scioly), Scioly medals, and several other county and school level awards. NM Finalist.
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience: VP and President of Scioloy & Math Club, Academic Decathlon and other academic competition clubs that are not science based but he was pretty good at. Eagle Scout.
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring and volunteer at a niche service that he wrote about a lot in his essays but I don’t want to out him. Research at UCI in a lab for 1.5 years, but it was rather limited because of the assigned grad student’s limited availability.
Summer Activities: COSMOS and substantive research at a university through a pretty competitive summer program. But no published paper (yet).
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): OC
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Denied at CalTech. Accepted: UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCD, UCSB (regents) and Carnegie Mellon. Deferred at Yale and WL at MIT. Waiting: UC Berkeley, Cornell, UPenn, Yale and Michigan.
Congrats to all admitted. My S23 is really enjoying his time at UCLA.
To those who didn’t get the news you’d like, it’s hard but this doesn’t define you. I know it stings but you’ll end up somewhere great for you. I promise you in 20 years no one will be saying my life would’ve been great but for the fact that I didn’t get into XYZ college. No one cares about 3-5 years after you leave college.
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And, if they are still doing it, consider being a Move In Assistant (MIA). You get to move in a week or so early, free room and board, meet some people and familiarize yourself with the campus in exchange for working a few shifts (helping with move in). Your parents might appreciate your fixed move-in date. I think it was on the weekend too.
Daughter (OOS, International but US citizen) accepted to UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Davis (waiting on UCB and Santa Barbara), other acceptances UVA and UF (honors with scholarship), rejected UT Austin , deferred Duke and waitlisted UNC
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Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Marine Biology
ACADEMIC STATS::
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UC Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.5
ELC (top 9% CA HS): No, but she did have Statewide.
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 15
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), Lang (4), Calc BC (IP), Gov (IP), Physics (IP)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):HL Bio (IP), HL English (IP), SL Spanish
DE courses: Envir Science Class at UCSC, Envir and Indig Studies Class at UAS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cheer (4 years), Marine Bio Club (secretary and then president), Science Explorer’s Club (historian), Girls in Ocean Science, Attended Marine Bio/ Cultural camp in Alaska, SEA Quest Research Class (online), Civics Engagement project about the environment, UCSD Pre-college Marine Bio class,
Job/Work Experience: She babysat and house sat but didn’t include on application.
Volunteer/Community service: , NCL (400 + volunteer hours and lots of leadership), PAWS club at animal shelter, Church nursery (200 + hours)
Summer Activities: Scuba diving with Shark Conservation class
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): She spent all summer perfecting them so I think they were good.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: Yes or No: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Southern California
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Accepted CSUMB, CSULB, UC Berkeley, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, SDSU, Cal Poly Slo, UCSC
Waiting on: UCSB
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UGA was an out of state traditional scholarship per year of $9520, and UF $6000/ yearly.
$9200 at UGA and $6000 at UF.
oops $9520 and looks like I already responded.
Decision: D24 Accepted … Whole Family is delighted.
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Physics
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.88
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.54
ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: close to 40
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6+
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): Cal BC(5), Physics 1(4), Euro(4), Psych(5), 6 more in progress.
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist.
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Club founder president, Varsity Debate team
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Fundraised and worked for local food pantry.
Summer Activities: COSMOS, ASDRP
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Pretty Decent
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS:: Asian
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Nor Cal
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: UIUC ,TAMU ,Purdue, Twin Cities, Boulder , ASU , UofAz, SJSU, UC-M, UC-R, UC Davis , UCSC, UCLA
Rejected: Georgia Tech , UCSD , MIT, UT Austin
Waitlisted: UC Irvine
Awaiting: UCSB, UCB, Cal Ploy, USC and some Ivies.
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S24 Accepted Statistics and Data Science, UW GPA 4.0, UC Cap GPA 4.31, weighted GPA 4.5 something, 11 AP, 4 Honors, 2 college courses, ELC.
Accepted: All UCs, USC EA, Cal Poly SLO, UIUC, UW Madison, U Washington
Rejected: Georgia Tech
Waitlist: Northeast
Awaiting: UCB, UCSB, NYU, Stanford
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D24 rejected international / oos
Accepted: UCD, UCSC, UVA, Toronto
Awaiting: 5 reaches
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