March Acceptances!... Come on in
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Anonymous
Go Blue Hens!! |
Anonymous
Go Spiders! Congrats. |
Anonymous
Please share stats! 🙏🏻 Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA… |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, the UC system will remain a perplexing lottery system until standardized testing returns as part of their calculus, but for now: 3.85 - 3.88 unweighted / 4.38 - 4.42 weighted / capped, weighted UC GPA was on the low end for UCLA - I think ~ 4.12 (grade 10 - 11) 14 AP classes (score of 5 on all AP tests taken through last May) 6 honors classes (but only one is UC weighted) 1600 SAT (test blind, so that didn't factor into it) 4-year varsity team sport, CIF champion, team captain Multiple research ECs that perfectly align with lived experiences and intended major Multiple school club ECS (1-2 with leadership roles) that mostly align with intended major Multiple volunteer ECs PIQs were pretty good At the end of the day, there's little rhyme or reason that I can see in the UC decisions. It's truly a lottery, at least from my perspective. It's also a risky strategy to "lock on" to a particular UC in the first tier (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD) when those schools are receiving around 400,000 applications for maybe 20,000 freshman seats. That said, good luck to your junior! |
Anonymous
| Fordham, American, and Villanova! Going to be a tough choice! |
Anonymous
Have a similarly stat-ed child. Are you waiting on Ivys or have locked in to top UC (granted Cal yet to come)? |
Anonymous
Congrats! My DC is a senior there and has loved it! |
Anonymous
There are actually quite a few decisions yet to arrive, but I expect the vast majority to be unfavorable. However, yes - at this point, there are a few (e.g., a few of the Ivy League variety, Berkeley, and a Top 10 private or two) that would get his attention enough to at least have a conversation. Intended major happens to be unusually highly ranked across most of the Top 25 schools, so the net was cast very wide. If a conversation comes to pass, and excluding Berkeley for the moment, I would expect that such a conversation would center around the Goldilocks aspects of a UCLA college experience vs. the raw potential of life after a college experience in a Top 10 private environment. |
Anonymous
Haha! My DC was kind of annoyed by the Sage Hen and liked the Red Cardinal (Wesleyan) much better. |
Anonymous
It may feel like a lottery (esp w/ a high test score that doesn't count and mediocre GPA), but it really isn't that random. There's lots of data there -- your kid has some impressive experiences. And, reinstating test scores won't make it less a "lottery" as so many kids score well. A school is not going to say a 1550 is a lesser student than 1600 by test score alone. |
Anonymous
| In at Rochester!! Very surprised! (Very high stats kiddo got rejected at UMD in state so confidence was lowered.) |
Anonymous
Congrats! That's fantastic! |
Anonymous
| Congratulations to all your kids!! Hopefully there are feeling happy and relieved. |
Anonymous
DC area UCSD alum here - best 4 years of my life. Congrats! |
Anonymous
| Anyone know when Berkeley will come out? |