Lazy California hippie gets expected results
Demographics
- Gender: Male
- Race/Ethnicity: white
- Residence: CA
- Income bracket: upper-middle income
- School: semicompetitive public
- Hooks: none
Intended Major(s): econ for UCs, business for everything else
Academics
- GPA/Rank (or percentile): 3.9 UW, 4.4 WGPA (though my school's really grade-inflated, so I'm not even in the top 20%)
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc: 7 APs, 1 college class
Standardized Testing
- N/A (did not take SATs/ACTs- thanks UC system)
Extracurriculars/Activities:
-Leadership in school's environmental action club/volunteer work with local climate nonprofit
-Server at local café
-Ice cream scooper at large chain
-Math tutor at tutoring company
-Volunteer work with Key Club
-Model UN participant
-Miscellaneous (other clubs/sports/investing/etc.)
Awards/Honors:
-Principal's Honor Roll with Distinction
-AP Scholar w/ Honor
Essays: (briefly reflect/rate)
UC essays: I spent most of my time discussing my environmental volunteering, which included canvassing/phonebanking, attending and speaking at rallies, etc. I also talked about my jobs and the impact I made on my community. They were OK, but they could've been better
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/RD)
Acceptances:
San Diego State University (RD)
Cal Poly SLO (RD)
UC Santa Cruz (RD)
UC Davis (RD)
UCSB (UC Smoking Blondes) (RD)- Committed
CU Boulder (EA)
Waitlists:
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UC Berkeley
Rejections:
UCLA
Additional Information:
- I am fairly happy with my results; nothing too crazy happened (I wasn't accepted into UCLA/Berkeley, and I wasn't rejected from my safeties).
- During senior year, I totally crashed out and quit almost all of my ECs, except for my jobs
- I plan to go into accounting; my main choices were UCSB, UCD, and Cal Poly SLO, which are pretty much equal in prestige. I visited the campuses and chose based on that.