UCLA Class of 2029 Official Thread

Yes! It definitely does. I’d put a LOCI in the box, and then the updated grades

Thank you!

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My daughter was accepted for Aerospace Engineering!

GPA was high but not straight As.

Took 13 AP classes including Calc BC and multivar, Physics C

Ranked 11/980 kids at public high school

In state

Varsity sport, Physics Club president, good essays imo.

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D25 is understandably upset at the waitlist, but accepted the waitlist offer but didn’t fill in the text. I said “what are you doing?? This is your chance to shine!”

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Bummer, Hope she hasn’t sent it yet….

Always sleep off a disappointment before taking action.

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Accepted in-state for electrical engineering

3.97 UW/4.25 W/4.48 UC GPAs

ELC (top 9%)

44 A-G classes with good course rigor
6/8 AP classes offered at school with ap scholar

accepted to ucsd, uc davis, cal poly slo, merced, riverside
rejected from stanford (rea) and waitlisted at carnegie mellon
waiting on uc Berkeley, princeton, cornell, columbia, and upenn

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Go over to berkeley portal astrology now….

Decision: Accepted

Major (and division if applicable) applied to: Biology

ACADEMIC STATS::

UC Unweighted GPA: 3.98 (one B+ on transcript, rest As)

UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.23

UC Fully Weighted GPA: ?

ELC (top 9% CA HS): Yes

Comments about course load (including senior year): 12th – 4 APs, one DE; 11th – 4 APs, 2 DE; 9th and 10th – lots of Honors (only one AP available at her school for those grades)

Number of a-g courses: 28

Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 10

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): 4 exams with 4s

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars: 4 year swimmer; leadership; 4 years of photography; service clubs; Mock Trial (two year captain)

Job/Work Experience: Yes, summer plus some year round

Volunteer/Community service: Yes, including service club leader

Summer Activities: WORK!

Personal Insight essays (details): Very well rounded, good sense of voice/personality

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): Nor Cal

Country (if international applicant):

Applied for need-based financial aid? Yes

First Generation? No

REFLECTION::

Strengths: Authentic kid

Weaknesses: Maybe could have more leadership?

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted LMU, SCU, Cal Poly, Gonzaga, Fordham
WL SDSU, BC
Waiting to Cal and Georgetown …
But doesn’t care – Will be a Class of 2029 Bruin!

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Decision: Rejected
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: English
ACADEMIC STATS::
UC Unweighted GPA: 4.0
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.29
UC Fully Weighted GPA: 4.36

ELC (top 9% CA HS): No

Comments about course load (including senior year): All the hardest courses in humanities, plus Model UN and Creative Writing. Honors Chemistry and AP Calc AB, but Astrophysics instead of AP Physics.

Number of AP courses/exams (scores in parentheses): AP HUG (5); AP Euro (5); APUSH (5); AP Calc AB (5); and AP Eng Lang (5)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best Delegate and Outstanding Delegate at multiple Model UN conferences each year

SUBJECTIVE::

Extracurriculars: Starting varsity water polo player on Division 1 high school team; multiple awards at Model UN conferences and related experiences

Job/Work Experience: staff at scuba diving shop - sales and rentals

Volunteer/Community service: none other than ocean lifeguard

Summer Activities: In addition to above, took English 4W at UCLA last summer (grade: A+)

Supplemental/Augmented Review: No

DEMOGRAPHICS::

State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): CA

First Generation? No

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: University College London (UCL), King’s College London, UC Irvine (Honors program), UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: UC San Diego
Rejected: UCLA, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics

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She can edited it until April 15.

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I believe the student can continue to update the text box and resubmit a number of times until April 15. It says “select or modify your waitlist option below by 11:59 pm PT on April 15 2025”.

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Rejected
3.94 UW/4.47 W/4.03 UC
Design Media Arts - by far my biggest reach with a 2.9% acceptance rate, Portfolio required

Not surprised at all but am still incredibly pleased with UCSD ICAM, UCD Design, and UCSB CCS. We take what we got!

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So happy to hear this.

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rejected -
4.27 W UC, 4.0 UW UC, 10 APs, OOS,
applied for comp and systems bio

2 papers in ieee, 3rd place at an international comp bio conference, won a national engineering comp, started an org with 100K students taught

not sure what else i really could have done, i was limited by my school curriculum for APs, so my GPA wasnt the highest

waitlisted earlier today at JHU, this process is so frustrating

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D25- Accepted!
OOS: 4.0 unweighted
Film- School of TFT

Very excited. 1 % acceptance rate

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D25- Accepted
OOS- Comp science
No email yet

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Keep your head up, kiddo. It is a frustrating process, as I told my D25 today (waitlisted). You’re going to get into a fine school, no doubt.

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D25 rejected, but it was expected. Most of her friends rejected also.

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Accepted! In state for pre business economics. Unweighted 4.0, Weighted 4.66

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Accepted for MechE!! So blessed <33

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