Anonymous
03/17/2024 13:06
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Anyone know when Berkeley will come out?
Anonymous
03/17/2024 12:59
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Anonymous wrote:UCSD Muir College
DC area UCSD alum here - best 4 years of my life. Congrats!
Anonymous
03/17/2024 12:18
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Congratulations to all your kids!! Hopefully there are feeling happy and relieved.
Anonymous
03/17/2024 10:33
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Anonymous wrote:In at Rochester!! Very surprised! (Very high stats kiddo got rejected at UMD in state so confidence was lowered.)
Congrats! That's fantastic!
Anonymous
03/17/2024 01:51
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In at Rochester!! Very surprised! (Very high stats kiddo got rejected at UMD in state so confidence was lowered.)
Anonymous
03/16/2024 23:52
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UCLA, baby! In state …
Please share stats! 🙏🏻
Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA…
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!
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
03/16/2024 23:29
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Delaware engineering!
My kid too, from early action, and he’s going!!
Go Blue Hens!!
Haha! My DC was kind of annoyed by the Sage Hen and liked the Red Cardinal (Wesleyan) much better.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 21:26
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UCLA, baby! In state …
Please share stats! 🙏🏻
Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA…
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!
Have a similarly stat-ed child. Are you waiting on Ivys or have locked in to top UC (granted Cal yet to come)?
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
03/16/2024 21:07
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Anonymous wrote:Bates!
Congrats! My DC is a senior there and has loved it!
Anonymous
03/16/2024 21:01
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UCLA, baby! In state …
Please share stats! 🙏🏻
Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA…
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!
Have a similarly stat-ed child. Are you waiting on Ivys or have locked in to top UC (granted Cal yet to come)?
Anonymous
03/16/2024 20:28
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Fordham, American, and Villanova! Going to be a tough choice!
Anonymous
03/16/2024 20:24
Subject: March Acceptances!... Come on in
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UCLA, baby! In state …
Please share stats! 🙏🏻
Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA…
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
03/16/2024 19:58
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Anonymous wrote:UCLA, baby! In state …
Please share stats! 🙏🏻
Parent of in state junior with eyes on UCLA…
Anonymous
03/16/2024 17:43
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Anonymous wrote:In at Richmond and Rochester tonight!
Go Spiders! Congrats.
Anonymous
03/16/2024 17:12
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Delaware engineering!
My kid too, from early action, and he’s going!!
Go Blue Hens!!