Anonymous
03/20/2023 10:40
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
UCSD has very low acceptance rates because of the location; it's ideal and gorgeous. Kids wanna live there so there are so many applicants. Also, it was likely clear that you were gonna accept UCLA if offered a UC spot.
Are you suggesting that the UC schools compare who they are going to accept? They can't know that someone prefers LA over SD, or Berkeley over LA purely by rankings. For my kid these assumptions would not be true and they wouldn't want UC making that decision for them.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 10:40
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
Are you in state PP will your DD likely attend UCSD? (congratulations btw)
UCSD has very low acceptance rates because of the location; it's ideal and gorgeous. Kids wanna live there so there are so many applicants. Also, it was likely clear that you were gonna accept UCLA if offered a UC spot.
ICLA gets more apps and the uc schools don’t communicate results with one another.
100% plus a couple of thoughts
When looking at GPA you need to be careful you understand the UC gpa, it includes specific classes for specific years and, for our of state, only APs and IB classes give grade bumps.
There are some students that are superstars, they will get Regents at some schools and into all the hard ones (unless CS because that is its own crapshoot). There are others that have a good enough record to get a close look and their PIQs may be more of a fit for one school or another. I suspect this student’s ECs and essays got her selected for UCLA and not for UCSD. My DD is in at UCSD and rejected at UCLA, likely slightly higher stats but probably not as good a story for UCLA.
And for the 10th time, the UCs do not yield protect at all, they estimate yield of course but manage it through use of the waitlist.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 10:31
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
UCSD has very low acceptance rates because of the location; it's ideal and gorgeous. Kids wanna live there so there are so many applicants. Also, it was likely clear that you were gonna accept UCLA if offered a UC spot.
ICLA gets more apps and the uc schools don’t communicate results with one another.
100% plus a couple of thoughts
When looking at GPA you need to be careful you understand the UC gpa, it includes specific classes for specific years and, for our of state, only APs and IB classes give grade bumps.
There are some students that are superstars, they will get Regents at some schools and into all the hard ones (unless CS because that is its own crapshoot). There are others that have a good enough record to get a close look and their PIQs may be more of a fit for one school or another. I suspect this student’s ECs and essays got her selected for UCLA and not for UCSD. My DD is in at UCSD and rejected at UCLA, likely slightly higher stats but probably not as good a story for UCLA.
And for the 10th time, the UCs do not yield protect at all, they estimate yield of course but manage it through use of the waitlist.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 09:41
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
UCSD has very low acceptance rates because of the location; it's ideal and gorgeous. Kids wanna live there so there are so many applicants. Also, it was likely clear that you were gonna accept UCLA if offered a UC spot.
ICLA gets more apps and the uc schools don’t communicate results with one another.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 08:30
Subject: UCLA decisions out
My DD was accepted UCSD w/ Regents, UCLA, waitlisted UCI. 3.99UW, school does not rank, strong ECs.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 08:24
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
UCSD has very low acceptance rates because of the location; it's ideal and gorgeous. Kids wanna live there so there are so many applicants. Also, it was likely clear that you were gonna accept UCLA if offered a UC spot.
Anonymous
03/20/2023 08:21
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
I'm not "shocked" with those stats.
Congrats!
Anonymous
03/20/2023 00:17
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
Congrats!
Anonymous
03/20/2023 00:08
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
8-clap. Go Bruins!
Thank you!
Anonymous
03/20/2023 00:08
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
I hear you but the same kid was WL at UCSD.
Anonymous
03/19/2023 21:21
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
8-clap. Go Bruins!
Anonymous
03/19/2023 21:15
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
This is what helped. Community contributions are big factors in UC acceptances, if you read the UC website it is always the first thing they mention after the GPA
Anonymous
03/19/2023 20:07
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Four years/leadership roles in 1 community based and 1 school based EC and earned 3 awards, lots of community service, rec sports, and started working in the summers at 15 years old. Applied into a humanities major.. Assuming that and the geography helped. This whole process has felt insanely random.
Anonymous
03/19/2023 19:27
Subject: UCLA decisions out
Anonymous wrote:My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.
What were the extra curriculars?
Anonymous
03/19/2023 19:26
Subject: UCLA decisions out
My kid got in. Nova public, 4.2w, 7 APs, no hooks. We were shocked.