Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 34 years including 8 years of math and 8 years of science and 5 year of FL.
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:1
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses):8 (AP scholar award)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 16 courses ( 70 credits) 3 associate degrees while in HS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar/ girls state/ national recognition for athletics
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): to be honest they were amazing she worked on them for two months had 3 teachers and counselor read them and she made changes. The lead counselor was the final reader and said she had nothing to change and they were the best she has seen this year.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: NO
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state norcal
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid?no
First Generation?no
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: accepted Caltech/UCLA/ Tulane Honors/UCSC regent’s/ UCI honors/ uCD/UCSD/ Cal Poly SLO/Long Beach ( honors invite)/ SDSU/ SJSU
Awaiting: Cal and ucsb
If you didn’t get in you are not alone. This school rejects kids that are qualified due to space. I’m older. I went to a small non competitive state school in the southeast and my husband went to a top UC and he and I met in a top doctoral program. We had the same results from very different starting points.
IMO, the difficulty in UC application since the it went test blind is how to distinguish your (as in someone else) UW 4.0 from my UW 4.0.
Our approach since 2020 (basically since 8th grade) is to add 4.0 from community college. 10+ classes with a 4.0 GPA from college, and in S24’s case 15 so far. That adds a new layer to separate my UW 4.0 (HS + College) from your HS only UW 4.0. So far it is working out for S24 very well.
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): took less APs due to 3 years Pres/VP ASB and baseball (less room in schedule)
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 4 junior year, scores all 5s, 6 senior year
Extracurriculars: 3 years ASB pres/VP, 4 year varsity baseball - captain, Key club president, peer to peer suicide prevention program
Job/Work Experience: In-n-Out burger summer job
Volunteer/Community service: various volunteering
Summer Activities: UC COSMOS for math
DEMOGRAPHICS: Asian
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): so cal
First Generation? no
Other acceptances: Accepted Northeastern (Dean’s scholarship), UCI, UCD (Regent’s scholarship), UCLA, SLO, Univ. Washington (Purple and Gold Scholarship)
Deferred: Columbia, Georgia Tech
Waitlisted: UCSD, U Chicago
Rejected: Pomona
Waiting: UCSB, Berkeley, Northwestern, Brown, Cornell, UPenn
Good luck to everyone on the next few weeks. Hope those who are on the waitlist get in!
S24
Decision: Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any):
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science with Computer Science as Major
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses:
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 13
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 19 university classes (9 of them 300-level and above) are in addition to 13 AP classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): STS Scholar and ton of awards… (had to edit it out, as it might dox him)
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: It might dox him
Job/Work Experience: CS Tutor at the state university (paid position), AI Intern at Startup (paid)
Volunteer/Community service: yes
Summer Activities: Yes
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): How some issues bothered him and how he used tech to fix and empower others to fix more.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: NO
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid?no
First Generation?no
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: Stanford, Yale (Likely letter), Vanderbilt (Full Tuition), Georgia Tech (CS), U-Mich (CS), UCSD, Purdue (CS), UIUC, UMD (CS - Full Ride Merit)
Rejected: UT Austin, MIT (WL), U-Wash
Awaiting: Harvard and UC Berkeley
Hello, my son was accepted as a Pre-Public Affairs major today.
Academic Stats:
GPA - 4.0 Unweighted, 4.6 Weighted, 4.99 UC GPA
ELC Top 9 percent: School does not use class rank
APs - 15 (including senior year) Scores - All 5s and one 4.
Major awards:
CA State Assembly Recognition for Service on the Youth Council
National Merit Scholar - Semifinalist at the time of application
Mock Trial World Championship - 4th place (Team Award)
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Honor Society Pillar Award for Service
Subjective:
Extracurriculars- Mock Trial Team - VP and Attorney, Junior State of America - Co-President
Volunteer Work: Chair: Youth Council, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, Friday Night Live Peer Mentor, Middle School Mock Trial Coach.
Summer activities- Two internships with the city. One community college course.
Thanks! Congratulations to your son! Impressive background. Our son is a junior in high school and interested in this major and Geography at UCLA, so really appreciate you sharing all of this!
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 28
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 6 H, 11 AP
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): one 4, the rest 5
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses):
DE courses: 3
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Cofounder/VP of large Coding Club, published programming tutorials with a large audience, game developer, ASB with technician role, and codes/self-studies in his free time.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: SAT tutor with ~60 service hours
Summer Activities: CC
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): He talked about making/helping manage the club, working on games, his love of history and how it’s impacted him in computer science, and making coding tutorials to help young developers.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Orange County, CA
Country (if international applicant):
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
Other acceptances: Accepted CSUN , ASU, CSLB, CSUF, UCM, UCR, Penn State, CPP, UCSD
Waitlisted: UCD, UCI
UCLA loves their alums! Definitely note it on your registration. You will really enjoy Bruin Day - it will give you a great feel for the school! Make sure to stop by the Parent and Family Association table and say hello!
S24 Accepted. History Major
GPA - 3.98 unweighted, 4.3 UC weighted, 4.6 weighted
ELC Top 9 percent: Yes
APs/Dual Enrollment - Around 11. Only took 5 of the test (5s and a couple of 4s). Would have had him take more AP test in hindsight.
Awards/Extracurriculars:
National scholastic writing award
New York Times Summer writing internship (competitive)
Multi-time kid world champ Jiu Jitsu
State ranked wrestler
Flag Football Coach, mock trial, sports blog, built houses in Mexico, etc.
Essays were really strong and I feel made up for not taking as many AP classes and tests as top tier imo. He’s a writer and spent tons of time on essays.
CA High School- Private Catholic School, San Diego
Supplamentals: Yes, we were asked for this. He wrote 2 essays. In one, he elaborated on this jiu jitsu accomplishments. The 2nd one he took a chance and appealed to admissions office on how badly he wanted to go to UCLA (I think it helped since he got in).
Accepted: UNC Chapel Hill, Ohio State, Florida, UCD, UCSD, USD
Waitlisted: Georgia (so wierd as this was a safety school and dead last on this list lol)
Wife works in UC admissions which really helped with the application
