UCSD Class of 2016 Official Decisions Thread

Rorschach117 · March 18, 2012, 1:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: Biology (M) 740, US History 760, Chemistry 700
[] 10-12 Unweighted GPA w/o PE (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] 10-12 Weighted GPA w/o PE: 4.48
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/521
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), WH (4), Chemistry (4), Lit (4), USH (5), Psych (5), Physics (#), Stats (#), and Lang (#)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Athletics, AP Physics, AP Language, AP Statistics, Math 150/151, Political Science 101/102
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not a whole lot of real leadership (I take issue with this criterion anyway), but I conveyed that I did ECs for fun, not for a application bonus.
[] Job/Work Experience: Interned at Kaiser.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at Sharp et al.
[] Personal Statement: Pretty good, geared just for UCSD and proofread thoroughly.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: I don’t think that it matters
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I was pretty well-rounded and my academics had no real fault.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I applied myself and did what I wanted to do.
[] Weaknesses: ECs but I don’t care.
[] Why you think you were accepted: Strengths>weaknesses
[/ul]General Comments:

sweetxcandyxashy · March 18, 2012, 2:24pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 620 CR 790 M 670 W → 2080 total
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: 700 USH, 700 Biology 730 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] UC GPA: 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd decile
[] ELC?: n/a?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 4, Calc AB 5, Lang 4, Bio 5, USH, 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Design Tech. 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: All APs (art, econ, gov, lit, calc bc, environmental science, french)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, NHS, CSF… nothing MAJOR really.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): volunteer at library, dance, art, french club pres., art club pres., artist rights activist, principal’s advisory board, Operation Smile PR for newsletter
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a floral design place last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teen Advisory Club at the Library, Operation Smile
[] Personal Statement: I thought it was very good and unique
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Art
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Public; VERY competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses: Rank. By far…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied to unimpacted major[/li][/ul]General Comments: I thought I’d be screwed over because I still haven’t heard from UCI.

BasementDweller · March 18, 2012, 2:57pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2110: 780 Math, 710 Writing, 620 CR
[ *] ACT: Didnt take
[ *] SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Chem, 800 Mbio, 800 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): like 3.99
[ *] UC GPA: ??
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10
[ *] ELC?: ???
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 chem, 5 phyB, 5 WrdH, 4 langcomp, 4 APUSH
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6chem, 6 French
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Bunch of IB and stuff
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really, lots and lots of small ones
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good
[ *] Job/Work Experience: engineeringintership
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Good
[ *] Personal Statement: Good
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yea
[ *] Intended Major: Nano engineering (how competitive is tis major??)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): A wasteland
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Kracka
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Science
[ *] Weaknesses: CR - I abhor english
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good stuff
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

CAbrownie · March 18, 2012, 3:00pm

[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2000, Math 760, Reading and Writing 620
[ *] ACT: Composite 31, Math 36, English 32, Science 30, Reading 30, Writing 25
[ *] SAT II: Math II 710, Chemistry 700
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] UC GPA: 4.21
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20
[ *] ELC?: Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): History (4), AP Lang (4), Chemistry (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc B/C, AP Lit, Econ/Civics, Ceramics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of two clubs that I started and publicist of another.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 50
[ *] Personal Statement: Thought they were good, teachers and friends told me they were great, but I guess UCSD didn’t think so.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Management Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Dad makes 150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Math, skipped calc A/B, 36 act score. My essays were good, they talked about being a leader and inspirational, and I started three different clubs.
[ *] Weaknesses: I suppose since I don’t play sports that’s a downside, but that should only matter if someone is exceptionally talented. Low amount of CS.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No sports, high income, low CS, white, not asian, just one of the unlucky ones.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! SO far everyone from my school who has much lower stats than me has gotten in. I think I was just unlucky, or just below par. My major is getting more and more popular, so admissions into that might have been rough. I will appeal, but I don’t think I will change there minds.

eddiecar · March 18, 2012, 3:14pm

Where/How do we find out if we received the Regent’s Scholarship?

coxcablee · March 18, 2012, 3:39pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: 690 on math 2, 670 on literature
[ *] UC GPA: 3.76
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (3) US His (3) AP Lang (4) AP Bio (3) AP Studio Art (4);
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, Marine Ecology, Newspaper Staff
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Graphic Media awards / Art shows
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art4Healing club (President), Free Wheelchair Mission (Historian), Newspaper Staff (Graphic Design Lead Editor), Cross country/track for 2 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 3 months in retail, currently in restaurant business. Summer marketing internship
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours, miscellaneous, mostly painting with underprivileged kids
[ *] Personal Statement: I like writing so I’d say they are decent
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] School Type: large public (3000)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: $200,000

Whattup · March 18, 2012, 4:26pm

Decision: Accepted
Biological Anthropology-Marshall

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 [800R,700M,580W]
[li] SAT II: Literature (750) BiologyM (690) Chinese (LOL 680)[/li][] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58
[] UC GPA: 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (Selfstudy-4), AP Studio Art 3D (3) (AP Chinese (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ Micro+Macro, AP Studio Art Drawing, AP Stats, American Democracy, American Literature, Physiology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N.A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chinese Club (PR: 4 yrs), Dragon Boat (3yrs), some other stuff…etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Current after-school job in the arts sector, summer internship at Kaiser.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much. Mostly stuff in Chinatown. I did 60h/week over one summer for this non-profit.
[] Personal Statement: Good.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physiology and Neuroscience, but I got Biological Anthropology instead.
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large, Top30, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Another Chinese kid, hahah…
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Below 20,000K (lives with Father and brothers only)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Family situation, both work in faraway cities and can’t speak English
[] Weaknesses: GPA, ECs?, awards&leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because my alternate major was Anthropology…hahah[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone! (:

light_shining · March 18, 2012, 5:25pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted, Regents Scholar[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700M, 740CR, 790WR
[ *] ACT: not taken
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Chem, 760 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] UC GPA: Not sure…
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/850
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 5s, 2 4s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 1 5, taking the rest this year
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Calc D/Differential Equations, HL Math, HL English, AP Spanish Lit, HL History, AP Psych
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major: Joint Major Econ, Mathematics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Japanese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

peacelovehappy · March 18, 2012, 6:09pm

ACCEPTED!!
From New York
4.3 GPA-1780 SAT
Plenty of ECs
Hard Course Load
Two Jobs

Pre-Med

forever1 · March 18, 2012, 6:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): IDR; highest total from one sitting 2200
[ *] SAT II: Took three all upper 600s
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): IDK
[ *] UC GPA: 4.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang + Comp (3) Psych (5) APUSH (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, Lit, Stats, Spanish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS Officer, Human Rights Group and lots of other volunteering stuff working in hospitals/hospices etc; international fundraisers
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutor since 9’th grade
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement: Really touching/appeal to emotion - my hospice volunteer experience
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope…probably not gonna go here
[ *] Intended Major: Psychology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper 100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: Um…essay? grades? rank?
[ *] Weaknesses: could have more leadership
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just cuz

General Comments: I’m really looking forward to hearing back from Berkeley/UCLA

eddiecar · March 18, 2012, 6:33pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 (700 writing, 650 math, 560 critical reading)
[] ACT: 27
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/828
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), English Literature (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): HL Spanish this year, (28 on IOC)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Gov, IB Spanish HL 2, Intro to Art, ERWC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, a lot of cross country/track awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track (Team Captain), Cross Country (Team Captain), National Honor Society, Hats Off for Cancer club (Secretary), Cross Country representative on Athletic Student Council
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 70 hours
[] Personal Statement: Very Strong.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican-American/ Jewish
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Leadership, Personal Statements, Collegiate Athletics
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Recruited by cross country/track coach[/li][/ul]General Comments: I think I’m only in because of the coach. But I think I still had a chance had I not been recruited to run in college.

madlib247 · March 18, 2012, 8:08pm

Decision: Accepted
Sixth College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 570 CR, 760 M, 700 W (2030 total)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 700 (Biology M), 730 (Math Level II)
[] Unweighted GPA: Not exactly sure, around 3.8-3.9?
[] UC GPA: Not exactly sure either…in the middle of 11th grade I was notified it was a 4.2.
[] Rank: When I applied, 35/780.
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP: Biology (5), US History (2), Calculus BC (5 with AB Subscore of 5), Chemistry (3), Physics C (both exams, N/A), Macro/Microeconomics (N/A), Computer Science (N/A)
[] IB: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Honors, 1 T.A. (teacher’s assistant)
[] Major Awards: CSF, AP Scholar…are those even considered major?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Piano for 9 years, Math Club
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church, several one-time volunteer activities with Heal the Bay and other organizations.
[] Personal Statement: Really good, one of the few in my English class to get an A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Bioengineering, but got Bioengineering: Bioinformatics.
[] State: CA
[] School Type: Public/Charter (just went Charter this year)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: More than $150,000
[] Hooks: First to study in US? I’m only 16? Calc BC as a junior? ("?"s because I don’t know if those count haha)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, GPA
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Community Service, Leadership (i.e. all the non-academic stuff)
[] Why you think you were accepted: Probably the essays. I did at least 6-7 drafts of the first prompt (had most of the 1000 word count) and 3-4 for the second one. Also the difference between drafts was not just changing a word or two, but rather adding and removing entire paragraphs.
[/ul]General Comments: I was so relieved when I opened the decision because until that point I had only gotten into my backup school. Also, a lot of my friends were hearing from colleges and I felt pretty sad that I wasn’t hearing from anyone.

Drautuna · March 18, 2012, 8:31pm

Decision: Accepted
Warren College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (750M/690W/600CR)
[] ACT: 28 (not submitted)
[] SAT II: 780 Chem, 750 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] UC GPA: 4.2 (with 8 semester cap)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/550
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP Chem (5), AP Stats (5), AP Euro (5), AP Eng Lang (3), APUSH (4); Calc BC, physics B, bio, macro, gov, eng lit this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, physics B, bio, macro, gov, eng lit (all APs, highest rigor)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] no real MAJOR awards[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Taekwondo, badminton club, Key club (was club secretary and then club co-president, 3 years), MCJROTC (was Platoon sgt and then Platoon cmdr, only in for 2 years), part of one of school’s tutoring club
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer over 450 hours total; volunteers with Key Club, MCJROTC, school tutoring organizations, and a local aquarium over the summer
[] Personal Statement:[/ul] first one was good about my father with cancer, second one was okay about developing confidence in one of my EC’s

Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biochemistry and cell biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): In state
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Azn
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~120k/yr
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul] [/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: above av on gpa
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] i was a qualifying applicant[/li]
General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in! I might go here if I don’t get into UCLA; UCSD is one of my higher choices

kittypurry33 · March 18, 2012, 8:44pm

Decision: Accepted
Revelle

Objective:
SAT I:N/A
ACT: 29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA: Not sure 3.9? W-4.6
UC GPA: Not sure 4.3?
Rank: 2/170.
ELC?: Yes
AP: US History (3), Environmental Science(3)
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP English, Computer Graphics, TA
Major Awards: CSF, NHS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Cheer, Yearbook, Science club, Piano,
Job/Work Experience: Summer Research -Biochemistry lab
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours, hospital, school, many others
Personal Statement: pretty good

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biochemsistry
State: CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks:First in family to go to college, research at the university level

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Essays, community service/EC involvement
Weaknesses: scores
Why you think you were accepted: Probably the essays and involvement including research opportunity.

General Comments: UCSD is a pretty good school. I am not sure if I will end up there but I am excited to be accepted!

v8raspberrytea · March 18, 2012, 9:08pm

Decision: Accepted
ERC

Objective:
SAT I:1860
ACT: 30
SAT II: never took them
Unweighted GPA: 3.68
UC GPA: Not sure 3.85
Rank: none at my school
ELC?: no
AP: US History (3)
IB: none
Senior Year Course Load: Gov, Trig PreCalc H, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, Anatomy and Physiology, Symphonic Wind Band 5H
Major Awards:

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Track and Field, Cross Country, Marching Band Leadership, NCL, Girl Scouts
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: a lot with NCL but I don’t know how many exactly
Personal Statement: good

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Cognitive Science
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/ Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks: Overcoming physical disability (exercise induced asthma) and still excelling in sports, being a person of multiple ethnicities

Reflection
Strengths: Essays, sports
Weaknesses: scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted: not sure really

General Comments: I am so excited to be accepted to UCSD, it’s my top choice! Can’t wait to see some of you there and congrats to everyone who got accepted.

MatthewR · March 18, 2012, 9:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2020: 690 CR, 700 M, 630 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: US: 640, World History: 610, Math II: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] UC GPA: 4.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] ELC?: Yes
[] AP: World History (4) US (3) European History (2) Chem (1) Calculus(taking) Lit(taking) Gov (taking)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Honors, 1 required religion class, Video Production
[] Major Awards: Capital Valley Conference Scholar Athlete, Christian Service Award, Scholars Path member, Honor Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars :Asian Pacific Club, Wrestling Team 3 years, Student Ambassador, Interact Service Club, Ski and Snowboard Club (President and founder)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Homeless ministry, nursing facility,Christian service corps, altar server, plus several one time projects I was involved in
[] Personal Statement:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Undeclared (want to change to Bio major)
[] State: CA
[] School Type: Private, Parochial
[] Ethnicity: Filipino
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks: not sure, essays were about starting a huge school supplies drive for poor kids in the Philippines and also living with my grandmother (taking care of her and stuff)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: dedication to community service, committed to a wide variety of ECs, high GPA
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[/ul]General Comments: Was accepted into Eleanor Roosevelt College, my 5th choice out of the 6 colleges…my app might have been on the weaker side

kellybkk · March 18, 2012, 9:15pm

This is a biased thread, no doubt, but what the significant differences between UCSD and San Diego State University. I know that one is a “UC”, but is that really a big deal?

purplet1ger · March 18, 2012, 9:35pm

It kind of is due to the fact that it is more prestigious and more well known.
However, it does not guarantee your success because it just all depends on you.
You can still go to a cal state and be successful as well. It just depends on how hard you are going to try and get your head into it

Warrenfreshman · March 18, 2012, 10:07pm

US News & Report college ranking: # 37 and # 164.

More prestigious and more well known because it is a better school?

Yes, you can be successful if you work hard at SDSU. But if you are going to work hard, why not do it in a better school.

AceAites · March 18, 2012, 10:41pm

KellyBKK: UCSD has more “opportunities” I guess. It’s a bigger research institution, and so undergrads have more of a chance to do some research. The environment is also much more competitive.

SDSU’s profs would teach better, imo because UC profs care more about research than teaching while state universities are more focused on teaching than research.

How well you do depends on you.

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