<p>@rayman399 – what was your first choice major? And have you been accepted anywhere else in your first choice of major?</p>
<p>@defying – my D15 is interested in editing, but she’s not sure if it is a life passion yet. There are so many film studies programs, but not so many production ones. I’ve been reading that CSUN actually has a really good up and coming film production program-- not widely known yet, but is winning lots of awards and getting grants. Maybe you will find other like minded students at UCSD and inspire each other to make cutting edge films!</p>
<p>My son is in ERC, but has friends in sixth and they like it just fine. The dorms are really nice and there is plenty going on. I’m not familiar with the GE requirements but it isn’t that isolated-it’s just not that far to other parts of the campus. </p>
<p>@thehomiealan
Yes, I realize my GPA isn’t the highest, but there are plenty of people on this thread who got accepted that had lower GPA and SAT than I did. </p>
<p>And I know what a supplement is for. I didn’t get one for UCSD so I’m just saying I feel a little safer. </p>
<p>And also I didn’t mention this on my hooks but I also had a family hardship and depression in soph. Year so MAYBE you shouldn’t just judge someone by their GPA. </p>
<p>@Zanelol
my gpa isn’t the best uw - 3.7
act is: 35 m 35 w 33 r 30 s
but i think it is my e.c.s and essay that got me in!</p>
<p>sorry for the REALLY late reply</p>
<p>edit: if it gives you an idea, my e.c.s include 400+ hours of volunteering at a science center as well as being the drum major for my school
also, i don’t know my UC weighted gpa, but most of my classes were weighted sophomore-senior year</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 math, 800 writing (2330)
[</em>] SAT II: 720 US history, 790 math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not impressive. 3.82
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.18
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP english, AP calculus, econ/civics, AP mandarin, AP art, AP euro
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit letter of commendation. some stuff for art, idk
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): coxswain for rowing club, head graphics artist for school newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: self-employed via online retail, helped customers in n. america and europe order from chinese shopping sites
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at rowing club at summer learn-to-row camps, generic club community service
[</em>] Personal Statement: didn’t work too hard on them but apparently i’m a good writer so ok
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: not sure. 130k?
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: strong test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: apathetic application, mediocre/lazy essays, lack of passion for school
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above![/li][/ul]General Comments: SD was a safety for me considering numbers alone so i was a little surprised to get waitlisted. probably wouldn’t go so it’s not bothering me, but my parents were pissed lmao.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to Human Biology for Revelle College. Plan to be Pre-Med</p>
<p>GPA: Unweighted: 3.96
Weighted: 4.1 (I think i only ever got two B’s in my transcript)
School Doesnt have AP/IB classes, so I took community college courses instead. I took 5: Psychology, Sociology, History of the US, PreCalculus College, Nutrition
ELC: Yes (6th percentile)
SAT: 1840 ( M: 590 CR: 590 W:660) Super bad but goes to show, its not all about the SAT scores
ACT: 23 LOL
Didnt take any SAT II Tests</p>
<p>Essays: They were stellar. They were probably why I got accepted. I worked very hard on them, started on September, and went through numerous revisions.
The world I came from talked about how my youth group shaped me and my dream of spreading my service to others. (very detailed and sincere)
My second essay was very personal and it talked about me fighting obesity and how I discovered myself through the experience.
Extra Info: I talked about my school not having a lot of resources and using what I have</p>
<p>EC’s: Interfaith Ministries Volunteer for two years, Teacher Assistant for Spanish 2, Piano for five years (won three awards consecutively; Certificate of Merit Piano, Qualified fo Convention twice, and National Guild Audition for 10 pieces), Youth Group Leader, CSF club for Four years(seal-bearer), Volunteered at Sutter Hospital as an Escort
Cross-Country Varsity and J.V.; Track and Field at Club Team</p>
<p>Summer Programs: NYLF Medicine at UCLA and Decision Medicine( super competitive out of 1000+ applicants chosen to be one of 24 applicants to participate, funded by San Joaquin medical Society) </p>
<p>Awards: 3 from Piano listed above and other academic awards( honor roll; academic recognition in certain classes)</p>
<p>Reflection: I posted this for people to have hope because if they only saw my grades and test scores I wouldnt even be considered. But it was great for them to see the real me and I probably got in because of my strong essays. I also had extracurriculars that matched my dream not just a hodgepodge of EC’s. So I hope this gave people hope, even though this isint my first choice college, it is definitely validating; I literally cried when I saw I got admitted!! </p>
<p>@iamnotready damn im not judging you. i was giving a possible reason as to why you weren’t accepted. just trying to provide some perspective. good luck on your other schools.</p>
<p>My son doesn’t want to find out the result right now because he is so tired that he’ll search the result of acceptence tomorrow. he already accepted CAL POLY SLO , University of washington, UCR…</p>
<p>Accepted into Reville for Molecular Biology.</p>
<p>Info: Male/Chinese/Illinois
GPA Unweighted: 3.88
SAT I: 2320(800/800/720)
SAT II: Math II - 800/Biology - 700
ACT: 36 (35/36/36)
ACT Writing Subscore: 10
Essays: Excellent
EC: President of 3 clubs and 800 documented service hours.
Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Presidential Scholar Candidate, Illinois State Scholar
Hook: From prestigious and rigorous magnet school with a heavy focus on math and science. Year-long student research at Fermilab on PET detectors.</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>@SixthyUCSD Thank you for your input. We selected physical sciences as his second choice as it had the Mathematics and Computer Science major. Do they accept everyone to Physical sciences as undeclared?
In my son’ case, he applied undeclared.
Do you know how UCSD Mathematics-Computer Science compare with the computer science in (1) Jacobs CS
(2) UCI CS from the college of computer science and (3) UCD CS.</p>
<p>He also applied to UCB and UCLA undeclared natural science (they both have computer science within these departments). If they get in to these two, he would have difficult time deciding.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Warren Sociology-Sci Med</p>
<ul>
<li>Info: White male from NY</li>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (800 CR 710 M 720 W)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 790 World History, 730 Math 1, 720 Math 2</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):15/180</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World History</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Diploma Candidate</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: 4 HL’s (English Lit, Econ, History, Chem)</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi</li>
<li>Extracurriculars: Head Del of MUN, Editor in Chief of Lit Mag, Tour Guide</li>
<li>Essays: Really good…poorly edited (wrote them the night before)</li>
<li>Hook: OOS? Full pay?</li>
</ul>
<p>I got a call on 3/10, but I’ll post again now that the portal is official.</p>
<p>Accepted to Muir College for Aero Engineering
4.0 GPA (for both, at time of application)
SAT 2230 (690CR, 740M, 800W)
AP to take in May
Rank 1 of 68 (at time of application – there are only 64 or 65 now)
Senior classes: English 12P, Government P / Econ P, AP Calculus AB, others (not a-g though)
CSF Life Member
ECs include Student Council, Sci Fair, and others
Essays were pretty decent I think</p>
<p>Science Fair (and similar senior project) might have helped me lol.</p>
<p>Edit: Filipino and first-gen college, if that counts as any helpful information</p>
<p>Accepted to Muir College for Environmental Sciences
3.58 GPA (I know…)
SAT 1940 (540 CR, 720M, 680W)
Rank: top 10%
Essays: Best I’ve Done
Hook: Out of State, Dual Nationalities French and US
Decent EC’s
Most Challenging Amount of AP’s offered at my School</p>
<p>Also got accepted at UCI, UCD, UCR and wait-listed UChicago</p>