No he he!
Applied Mathematics in College of Arts and Sciences.
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S24 waitlisted Pre-business Economics
In-state public school, SoCal, 3.9 UW, 4.4W
7 APs, 5 UC approved Honors, 3 CC summer classes
ECs- 3 yrs varsity soccer, mostly community service volunteer, work.
Admitted: UCI, UCSC, UCR, Pepperdine, USD, LMU, Santa Clara Leavey, UO Lundquist, UIUC Gies, IU (waiting for Kelley), UW Pre Major (rejected Foster)
Waitlisted: UCD, UCSD, UCLA
Deferred:USC
Rejected: UT Austin, Notre Dame
unlikely to join S22 at UCLA. Moving on.
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You can apply for College Honors at the end of your freshman year. UCLA | Honors Programs | Joining the College Honors Program as an Incoming Transfer Student
They also have College Scholars, and to do that, you need to join a Cluster.
https://www.honors.ucla.edu/college-scholars-program/
https://www.uei.ucla.edu/academic-programs/ucla-cluster-program/
(Clusters will help you satisfy 4 General Education requirements, including Writing II).
https://www.uei.ucla.edu/academic-programs/ucla-cluster-program/benefits/
If you do a Cluster, you will also get to join one of the Living Learning Communities: Living Learning Communities | Residential Life
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Because FAFSA is delayed you cannot see that yet. They need to receive FAFSA.
Others have addressed your main question about how to find FA (which may take a while to be available).
But, are you OOS or CA? If OOS, your FA will be limited.
Waitlisted for Neuroscience…
S24 checked portal late last night. Accepted to both UCLA and UCSD! We are so emotional and thrilled for him. Was not expecting UCLA admit based on all we have been hearing regarding the low admission rates. Congrats to all and good luck wherever your students end up enrolling! Will submit stats shortly.
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Accepted
Major: pre-Mathematics
UC GPA: 4.2? I’m a parent, I don’t know exactly but I know it’s capped
GPA(W): 4.6?
Unweighted 9-11 GPA 4.0
Top 9%- Class Rank 3/325
12 APs, 3 Honors, 2 DE (this was every possible AP& Honors offered at his high school.)
AP Scores- 10th grade Comp Sci A(5)
11th grade Calc BC (5), Calc AB subscore (5) Physics 1 (5) Physics 2 (5) Eng Lang (4) APUSH (4) AP Span (5)
12th grade AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Stats plus DE Engineering & Computer Applications and MultiVariable Calculus
EC- UCSC Summer Science Internship Program (SIP) in Astrophysics
Team member of an award winning Robotics Team, High School Theater performer, Euler Circle Summer Math Research, Summer UCLA Game Lab, Stem Club President
Job-Paid Tutor at his high school
PIQ- he wrote about collaboration in his Robotics Team, friendships made in the UCSC SIP program, and being an Understudy in his school play.
Acceptances:
For Mathematics major- UCLA UCSD UCSC UC Davis UC Irvine Cal Poly.
For Physics- UCSB-Early Acceptance with major still pending (Applied to CCS Physics and L&S Physics)
For Engineering- UC Merced-Electrical Engineering SJSU Electrical Engineering OSU-Corvallis Electrical Engineering
Denials -Stanford CalTech MIT
Awaiting - Cal-Berkeley, UCSB College of Creative Studies in Physics, Yale, Harvey Mudd
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Same here. Son has 42 units from community college with a 4.0 GPA. I think some schools (UCLA being one of them) weight that pretty heavily. We have another friend who got in last year with similar stats.
Maintaining 4.0 is perfectly fine. I was just astonished that they get 140k+ applications but a small percentage of them have UW GPA hovering around 4.0. But because of holistic criteria for admission everybody thinks they have a chance.
Makes sense from a business point of view to take people who will graduate in 3 years if they wanted to. Improves the school stats like 5-year graduation rate …
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I read the website for the honors program. It says “If you are a student in the College of Letters and Science, and have taken at least 12 graded units, you are eligible to apply.” Does this mean students of the college of engineering can’t join the honors program?
Sorry about UCLA but congrats to Cal. I’m with you on things happen for a reason. My S24 from UCLa in EE didn’t get into grad school there is now at UCI grad for EE. It all works out in the end.
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Decision: Waitlisted
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Mechanical Engineering
ACADEMIC STATS::
Calculate your GPAs with GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub 8
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.2
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.85
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses:
Number of UC Approved Honors courses:
AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 6 (physics 1: 5, physics 2: 5, french: 4, compsci: 5, biology: 5, world history: 5)
IB courses/exams (score in parentheses): 6 (only taken two exams so far, 7 on French SL and 7 on Environmental Science)
DE courses: French 101 and 102, Calculus years 1 and 2, Chemistry
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, Varsity Mock Trial captain, volleyball/track and field
Job/Work Experience: Worked at a local restaurant 8-12 hours/week for junior and senior year
Volunteer/Community service: Did tutoring every week for past two years, lots of community service projects through Boy Scouts
Summer Activities: Attended a mock trial summer camp
Personal Insight essays (general details/topics): Talked about a passion for the environment and how I want to use engineering/physics to fix those issues, how I’ve grown as a project organizer/leader using my Eagle project as an example, how I stuck with French despite challenges, and my leadership on the mock trial team.
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): In state, high stat public high school
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials: Got into UCI, UCD, UCSC, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO. Waitlisted at Northeastern and UCLA. Waiting on UCB, UCSB, and Cooper Union.
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same here - but I’ve heard story student got rejected at UCLA and accepted at Berkeley. Not sure how this “holistic” review works. Never loose hope!
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Your kid sounds amazing!!!
Where does this data live? I checked CDS but only see percentage by GPA range listed. Thanks.
Here is the link: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/freshman/freshman-profile/2023
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S24 Accepted
Major: LAS / Pre-Statistics & Data Science
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.9
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.19
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.44
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year):
Number of a-g courses: 33
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 24 (a lot in Sr year not in GPA above)
AP Courses/exams : 6 total, 3 tests so far (scores 5,5,4)
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: 4 Years Varsity Basketball
Volunteer/Community service: math tutoring, volunteering at special education HS
Summer Activities: Syracuse-pre-college program and other self-directed certifications related to desired major
PIQs - I finally got to read them after this acceptance. Simple, solid straightforward descriptions of interest in major, what he took away from more intradisciplinary pathway at HS, overcoming a personal physical challenge and developing a new strength for time management. What stands out to me is the honesty and humility about perseverance to correct some academic shortcomings. No bragging about achievements (which I would have suggested he emphasize/add but glad he didn’t want my advice!)
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): in state - LA County
Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes
First Generation? No
Other acceptances/waitlists/denials:
Accepted: PennSt, Purdue(honors), Indiana (honors), Wisconsin, UConn(honors), UCDavis, UCSD
Deferred: UMichigan
Denial: UC Irvine
Waiting for UC Berkeley Syracuse and UCSB
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