UCSD Class of 2016 Official Decisions Thread

Cedarpoint · March 20, 2012, 3:54pm

Decision: Rejected

SAT I: 2210 CR: 670, Math: 750, Writing: 790
SAT II: Around 700s
Unweighted GPA: 3.3
AP: One 5, two 4s.
Extracurriculars: Varsity basketball (4 yrs, captain), Varsity football (2 yrs), Varsity Baseball (3 yrs), 4 yrs. orchestra, 2 yrs chorus. Leadership in all activities
Intended Major: English Lit. or Poli Sci
State: Los Angeles, CA
School Type: Private, Highly Selective and Competitive
Gender: M
Ethnicity: White
Hooks: none

General Comments: Disappointed. Maybe I should have gone to my local public school.

ucsdveteran · March 20, 2012, 4:12pm

Nice! Thats me two years ago lolll congrats

Fanatic16 · March 20, 2012, 6:01pm

Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): 2070
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: History 780 Math II 650 Chem 630
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[ *] UC GPA: 4.05
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5
[ *] ELC?: Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): History (5) English Lang (3)

[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Calc AB, Eng Lit, Physics

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Church Group
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Painting, Landscaping
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Missions’ Trip
[ *] Personal Statement: Showed them who I was authentically

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Definitely
[ *] Intended Major: Comp Eng
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Cal

[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: W
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: >30,000
[ *] Strengths: Balanced kid; Sports, Grades, etc.
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs probably
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Honest surprise to me but grateful. Will likely be going to Cal Poly though.

berriliciouss · March 20, 2012, 9:38pm

Accepted

With around a 3.0 unweighted gpa though ( and barely 3.0 uc gpa) O.O

Bstel9 · March 21, 2012, 6:08pm

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

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Writing: 760, Critical Reading: 620, Math: 690
Overall SAT: 2070
SAT Subject Tests: Biology: 730 United States History: 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.2
UC GPA: unknown
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
ELC?: yes
AP (place score in parenthesis): Language (5), Biology (5), US History (5)
Community College Courses :None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Literature, AP Spanish 4, Economics/ Government CP, AP Calculus BC, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble A, Marching Band
Major Awards: AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Flute Section Leader) , Wind Ensemble (Concert Band representative), Jazz Ensemble A (principal pianist), CSF, National Honor Society,Church Choir Ensemble Flutist
Job/Work Experience: Los Angeles Pediatric Society Mentorship
Volunteer/Community service: Rescue Mission Soup Kitchen, Elementary School, Preschool
Personal Statement: My first one was okayish, not the best. My second one was on being in all 3 bands for all 4 years… and colleges love band and dedication.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Human Biology/ Pre-Medicine
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Half White, Half Korean
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Divorced parents
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Band, Mentorship, Grades
Strengths: Grades, band
Weaknesses: My essay wasn’t the greatest, my SAT score also wasn’t that amazing either. Also, band drags down my GPA. I should have a 4.3 but I have a 4.2… which is extremely unfair.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have gotten all A’s except one B, I take a good amount of AP’s, and I’ve been in 3 bands for the past 4 years which shows dedication.
General Comments: I’m really happy I got in! Now I just have to pray for UCLA… that’s my first choice!

TealSteel · March 22, 2012, 10:54am

GOT INTO WARREN, my first choice! Strongly considering UCSD but waiting for Berkeley mostly as well as UCLA. UCSD is probably tied for second choice!

giasanku · March 22, 2012, 5:28pm

Decision: Accepted - Eleanor Roosevelt

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 31
SAT II: Maths II (700), Biology:(710)
weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.66
AP (place score in parenthesis): - World History(3), Gov and Pol(4), Biology(4), Lang and comp(4), Micro Econ(4)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): - Essay competitions+ JSA awards
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior Statesman of America(Chapter founder, regional CIA Director, National Expansion Director), Illinois High School Democrats(Presidentof state), Global Citizen Corps(National rep), Debate team(Varsity member), Youth Symphony of Dupage(VIolin 1), Campaign Internship Coordinator, Bharatanatyam
Job/Work Experience: Internship at Rush Medical Center
Volunteer/Community service: ~ 150
Personal Statement: Good
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Public Policy
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: homeschooled
Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: -
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research, extensive leadership
Reflection
Strengths: Essay. Leadership, research, volunteerism, GPA
Weaknesses: Low ACT, low SAT IIs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have a really different kind of package since i am homeschooled and it definitely stands out since most homeschoolers try to do more solo activities but I pushed more into leadership and social activities.
General Comments: Good Luck!! :]

katebell · March 23, 2012, 10:40am

can you post your essay id love to read it

katebell · March 23, 2012, 10:54am

Admission Decision for UCSD.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 CR 690, M 700, W 730
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Lit 730, Spanish 770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] UC GPA: 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?:
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit 4, Lang 4, Spanish Lang 5,
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish HL 6
[] Senior Year Course Load: No senior year, I graduated early and went to South America
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold on the National Spanish Exam
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list] Hearing Impaired, fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 3 years, won state all three
[] Job/Work Experience: Secretarial assistant realestate company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 1,500+ hours I currently volunteer teach kindergarten in Ecuador
[] Personal Statement: My essays were good
[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Cognitive Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): Alaska
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, competitive
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Mostly deaf, but multilingual, tons of volunteer experience
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, essays, hooks
[] Weaknesses: GPA, rigor of secondary school record (since I graduated early I missed out on a lot of APs)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: same as my strengths[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

mangopie · March 23, 2012, 10:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160; Reading 680 Writing 680 Math 800
[] SAT II: MathII 800 Biology E 640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[] ELC?: nope
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[li] Senior Year Course Load: (not in the US) Math, Biology, English, Chinese, World Geography, World History[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team(captain), Model United Nations, Swim Team, Elite Science Club
[] Job/Work Experience: English tutor, Math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer
[] Personal Statement: I went to high school in Taiwan so i talked a lot about how the different emphasis between Taiwanese and American education, and also about what I did during the two years waiting for my green card to come through.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Biology, Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >$80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Score, essays
[] Weaknesses: low SAT II, ethnicity(lol)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays were out of ordinary
[/ul]General Comments: I also applied to UCLA, Cal, Harvard and Duke. I feel like UC’s generally puts more weight on score? get a high score! But the one of the good things about American colleges is you never know, so don’t spend too much time worrying about chancing, just work hard and good luck!

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aliabuelhassan · March 25, 2012, 4:34pm

Accepted

College: Warren

Objective:

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1890, Math: 660, CR: 570, Writing: 660
[ *] ACT: 26 (not submitted)
[ *] SAT II: Chemistry: 570, Math 1: 610, Math 2: 680 (Oh the irony)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] UC GPA: 4.2
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/780
[ *] ELC?: Yes
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3) English (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English, AP Government, AP Statistics, AP Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few regional medals for Science Olympiad

Subjective:

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Vice President) Muslim Student Association (President), California Scholarship Federation-CSF (President), National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, ASB-Student Government (Technical Representative)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: All community service done through clubs
[ *] Personal Statement: Teachers, friends, and counselors all loved it. I’m Muslim, so I talked about my post-9/11 experiences and such.

Other

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, didn’t get any.
[ *] Intended Major: Bioengineering (Bioinformatics)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Egyptian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

Reflection

[ *] Strengths: Although, grades are whatever, I’m very proactive.
[ *] Weaknesses: I have trouble grasping any type of material in school.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I personally believe that I submitted a very solid application. I think my essays are what saved me, given that many applicants like me did not get in.

General Comments: Accepted to UCR, UCI, UCSD, Pepperdine, Occidental, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly SLO,
Rejected from UCLA (never liked the school to begin with, so it’s fine)
Still waiting on USC and UC Berkeley.

shoeman6 · March 25, 2012, 7:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Warren

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): None
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unknown Weighted, 3.85
[ *] UC GPA: Unkown
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~20%
[ *] ELC?: ?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics
AP Pysch
AP Biology
AP Calc AB
AP Environmental Science

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Had a few unique but nothing outstanding.
[ *] General Comments: Accepted as undeclared. Terrible GPA and class rank, glad I got in!

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tsukiyami · March 25, 2012, 10:53pm

**Decision: Accepted **
Eleanor Roosevelt
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1730 Superscore 640M 570R 520W
[] ACT: 26
[] SAT II: 680 US Hist, 640 Bio M, 620 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
[] UC GPA: 4.15
[] Senior Year Course Load: a lot of AP’s/Honors for programming
[] Extracurriculars: Academic Decathlon 4 Years (President), Robotics Club 4 Years (President). JV Volleyball 3 years, 4 years Student Council
[] Job/Work Experience: Over 1000 hours working part time
[] Volunteer/Community service: 360 Hours tutoring
[] Personal Statement: Outstanding
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Comp Sci & Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely my essays, my background and commitment to ECs
[] Weaknesses: my SATs & ACT D:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed a lot of interest in Comp Sci
[/ul]General Comments: Test scores aren’t everything, my SAT scores and ACT scores were pretty low but I got into my first choice of a school & major

iabass · March 27, 2012, 1:34am

Decision: Accepted (Regent’s Scholar) - Thurgood Marshall College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (760 CR, 790 M, 790 W), 800 M in another sitting
[] ACT: Didn’t send.
[] SAT II: 800 Biology M, 790 Math IIC, 790 Chemistry, 780 U.S. History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.98 weighted)
[] UC GPA: Unknown.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/600
[] ELC?: Probably should have gotten it, but never received the documentation.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language & Composition (5), Calculus BC (5, AB Subscore: 5), Psychology (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), Comparative Government and Politics (5, self-studied), European History (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics/AP Government and Politics, Physiology Honors, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, regional medals in Science Olympiad, National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad, Tutoring club (Treasurer), Math Club (Treasurer), MUN (President), NHS
[] Volunteer/Community service: Private tutoring in various subjects (~100 hours), Hospital volunteering (~200 hours)
[] Personal Statement: Modified Questbridge essay and recycled Stanford essay. I’d say both were at least decent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low enough to be a Questbridge Finalist.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Questbridge.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of awards, weak extracurriculars.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores.
[/ul]General Comments: Received a full ride but will not be attending.

bboyed · March 30, 2012, 10:50pm

kind of late but i will just post it
Decision: Accepted - Revelle College
Major: Physics w/Specialization in Astrophysics

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1970, Writing:630 CR:560 Math: 780
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math II: 800 Physics:780 Chinese: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] UC GPA: 3.49?? this might be wrong, but because i moved from Taiwan and i actually repeated my junior year while i was supposed to be a senior(otherwise i wouldn’t have time to apply to colleges) So i had to include my crappy junior year grades I got in Taiwan. Basically I have ‘two junior years’ and one of them has couples of C’s.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] ELC?: NO
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(5) Physics C-Mechanics(5) Chinese(5) Calc BC, Stats, AP Chem
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem(2 periods), Calc BC, Stats, English 4, Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any major awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Breakdancing (lots of stage experiences and some award including national finalist of a showcase competition) Class Leader, MESA(vp), COSMOS, NSLC
[] Job/Work Experience: Diabolo Summer Camp Instructor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Gear-Up, tutor at a summer school
[] Personal Statement: I thought they were between good and ok. One is about a dance competition, the other is about my academic interest. Rewrote them a lot of times and got help from a lot of people before I turned in my UC App
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: poor as dirt
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation, immigrant??
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT II?? special experiences?? COSMOS??
[] Weaknesses: GPA!!! SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: EXTREMELY LUCKY …[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was so hyped when i found out that i was admitted since i just got rejected by Davis the day before. Congratulation to everyone who got in! If you did not get in don’t be too disappointed! There must be other colleges that will see your talents!

candlelightkva · March 31, 2012, 1:06am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260: 700M, 760CR, 800W
[] SAT II: 770 USH, 770 Chem, 790 Bio, 800 MathIIC
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.34
[] UC GPA: 4.1
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No idea, not high.
[] ELC: No.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Bio, 5 Chem, 5 USH, 5 Calc BC
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Super easy. Became easier, too
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Martial Arts

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Basic Environmental, Music & Taekwondo
[] Job/Work Experience: Taekwondo Instructor, Receptionist, Clerk intern
[] Community service: Basic Environmental, Music & Taekwondo
[] Personal Statement: Cheesy, related to self-identity and commitment to balancing San Diego economically, academically.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course.
[] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Private, Public, Public
[] Ethnicity: Vietnamese / Japanese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores. VERY sharp upward trend in GPA (2.5->5.0).
[] Weaknesses: Essays, a bit too intuitive, pie-in-the-sky
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: San Diego mentioned in Essay, Test scores[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Colleges are shoe types. At a certain tier, it’s the runner that determines the difference.

20jt20 · April 1, 2012, 9:56pm

I was accepted into Revelle for human biology. If my acceptance letter didn’t say anything about merit scholarships, should I assume I didn’t get one? (A number of other schools have sent specific notification that I did NOT receive any sort of scholarship). The UCSD website says notification of scholarships can come any time between March 30 and April 30, but I would prefer to know sooner so that I can make a decision about which college I’m attending next year…

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