<p>Weighted GPA: 4.025 (no weighted classes offered by my school 10th grade)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>ACT:30
Math2C:670
SAT 2 Bio: 710</p>
<p>Difficult course load senior year</p>
<p>-250 service hours
-Had a business
-Football team
-Coached our HS freshman bball team</p>
<p>Decent essays…</p>
<p>What gives? :</p>
<p>waitlisted too</p>
<p>unweighted:3.87
weighted:4.13</p>
<p>SAT:2260 CR730 M760 W770
SAT II: Physics 800, US history 700</p>
<p>AP: CalcAB 5, Physics B 5, world history 4, planned bio, calcbc, english lit</p>
<p>EC: sports - school and outside soccer, outside swim
188 documented hours community service (American Studies, Key Club, Salvation Army)
piano - 1st at a state comp, collegiate preparatory by the national guild
silicon valley science fair championships - first place in physics, state runner up
IRC - one year, with award</p>
<p>senior yr: econ/gov, ap bio, ap bio lab, art1, english lit ap, calculus bc ap</p>
<p>waitllisted too
Unweighted 3.8
Weighted 4.2
SAT 2170
Varsity Water polo 4 yrs Varsity Swim 4 yrs Varsity diving 2yrs Runner up boys state
8 Ap’s Art History, Physics, Chemistry, English Junior and senior yr. Psychology CalcAB,Gov,Econ,
Volunteer camp with Down Syndrome kids every summer</p>
<p>waitlisted too. what are the chances??? do they review your application again if there is an space or do they just admit you from an order in the list?</p>
<p>bump please</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>shayant chill out no one knows i believe this is the first yr they have done it.</p>
<p>and taylor 29, your stats beat out so many others… so many sports and great academics… wow.</p>
<p>i hope they messed up their emails and they waitlisted the wrong people… i hope i hope i hope…</p>
<p>Waitlisted too</p>
<p>3.85 UC GPA and 2230 Sats</p>
<p>=/</p>
<p>This is fishy. Why are waitlisted stats higher than accepted stats?</p>
<p>no idea sarah, none.</p>
<p>i hope really hope they messed up the acceptances like they did last year. i pray. please.</p>
<p>if not, im calling the admissions office</p>
<p>how many people usually get waitlisted?</p>
<p>my friend got waitlisted with 4.3 uc GPA and 2200 SAT, but my other friend got in with a 1840 SAT and 3.6 GPA. I have no idea anymore.</p>
<p>Although shocking that some people get rejected/waitlisted with higher numbers, SAT and GPA, than someone with lower numbers, it really should not be. As they have said the academic portion only constitutes 74%, that means another applicant can easily make up that difference. </p>
<p>Since this is the first year of waitlist, no one knows anything about how it work, so hang tight. Waitlist here at UCSD might and probably is the exact same thing as being a Winter admit, which is what they used in the past.</p>
<p>Selection process</p>
<p>Step I: Academic review Maximum Consideration
Uncapped Grade Point Average (GPA) 4,500
Scores of all required exams 3,200
Number of “a-g” courses beyond the minimum 500</p>
<p>Step II: Additional academic factors<br>
Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) 300
Educational environment 300</p>
<p>Step III: Socioeconomic factors<br>
Low family income 300
First generation college attendance 300</p>
<p>Step IV: Personal characteristics and achievement factors<br>
Demonstrated leadership 300
Special talents/ achievements/ awards 300
Community and volunteer service 300
Participation in academic development preparation programs 300
Special circumstances/ personal challenges 500</p>
<p>Consider this someone with a 4.5 garnering 4500 points, and someone having only 3.6 which would give you 80% of the possible 4500 points, 3600 points. This difference could easily be made up and surpassed by only taking 2 classes beyond the “a-g” requirements. This seems more than fair because this means someone who went above and beyond the required courses is getting credit for classes they did not even have to take. Maybe the person with the 4.5 GPA just took the bare minimum, and the other applicant with the 3.6 took a math, science, history, performing arts, and electives every single semester they were in high school for all 4 years. It’s pretty obvious that the 3.6 applicant would quickly surpass the applicant with a 4.5.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8 UW 4.0W
SAT: 1930
SATII: 800, 740
AP: 4,4,5,5
Volunteer: 300+ hours
Sports: 3yrs, 2 sports
Multiple awards</p>
<p>I knew my SAT’s were lower than the average, but my friend got in with an 1860, same GPA (non-ELC both of us), less rigorous courses, and same volunteer work. I’m going to call tomorrow to see how many were offered the waitlist option. :(</p>
<p>tell us after you called, also ask them about the chances for waitlisted people. thank you</p>
<p>They said they didn’t know ><
shayant, please try calling them too. Maybe you’ll get a different answer because the admissions officer I got didn’t seem to know what he was talking about.</p>