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GOT IN TODAY FOR B.S. PUBLIC HEALTH!! DONT LOSE HOPE!!! IT IS POSSIBLE

Does one need to post scores for all ap exams taken ? Or can he/she be selective?

Demographics/background info:

Taiwanese/Canadian/American citizenship, asian girl raised in a slightly above average income family, number one public school in my city (Canada). In my school's mini school program for music and literature.

im hoping to get in ucsd as it's my dream school. but ucla or ucb would be absolutely amazing too, it's just so hard to get in those.

Grades:

AP English: 94

Chem 11: 96

French 11: 94

Physics 11: 92

Pre-Cal 11: 100

Bio 12: (estimated grade 95, taking online currently)

AP Psychology: 97

AP Chem: 92

Law 12: 92

Pre-Cal 12: (estimated grade 93+, taking online currently)

CLC 12: 94

Marketing 11: 95

Band: 96

Senior jazz band: 92

Leadership: 95

EC's

Student Council Vice President (was an executive for three years before that, used to be my school's senior representative at the district student council)

Student organization (not founder, but started off as a volunteer, got promoted through executive roles during my three years with them, now the head of the whole organization. Increased our social media following from 1k to 6k, has real impact, interviews with government officials, BCIT, etc)

Summer UBC Student Research Assistant for the Dentistry department

Summer Junior STEM Instructor at UBC Geering Up

Summer neuroscience research program with a professor from Dartmouth

Volunteered during summers and during the school terms at the local pharmacy and a dentist clinic

Vice Chair (Chair this upcoming year) of my city school district's sustainability initiative/student organization

Music experience (piano for 13 years, finished RCM 10, flute for five years, violin for six: I teach piano and host biannual piano recitals)

Soccer D3 Girls team for three years, we won Provincial Silver last year, Gold this year

(also starting a psychology passion project this summer)

Hi everyone! I’m an incoming Berkeley student, and after going through the college application process this year, I realized how much of a difference having someone to ask questions to can make

I was really lucky to have older college students who were willing to hop on random 10-minute calls, answer my questions, review things, and give advice whenever they had time. Those small conversations helped me a lot, especially when I felt lost about extracurriculars, essays, and the overall process.

I wanted to create something more structured so other students can have that same support, but in a way where I can actually dedicate enough time and attention to each person. I’m opening a small cohort of around 15–20 high school students where I’ll personally help with:

-Weekly Meetings, with the option of having additional 1-1 sessions if needed!
-Building a strong application strategy over the year
-Brainstorming passion projects and leadership opportunities
-Finding internships, competitions, scholarships, and programs
-College essay brainstorming + feedback
-Resume/activity list review
-Choosing majors and creating a story around your application
-Unlimited 24/7 DM/texts and 1-on-1 calls whenever needed

Since I want to give everyone enough attention, I’m keeping it small (around 15–20 students). The cost is $75-100 for the entire year because I want to keep this accessible compared to traditional college counselors who charge thousands for less help

If you’re interested or have any questions, feel free to comment or DM me and I’ll send over the application! :)

Hey, looking for some advice here....what are my chances at top UCs with the below stats?

Asian Male

unweighted GPA 3.88

capped weighted 4.22

uncapped weighted 4.35

10th & 11th grade APs (7 APs): Chem, Calc BC, Pre Calc, Bio, HUG, Psychology, Comp Sci Principles)

12th APs: Environmental Science, Physics, Stats, Computer Science A

Summer internships at UC schools

34 ACT

SAT tutor

Officer of one club

At last, the gray lady speaks.

"When the university’s regents adopted the test-blind policy in 2020, some understood that they were choosing not to follow the science. On social media recently, Jelani Nelson, a former chair of electrical engineering and computer sciences at Berkeley, published video clips from the decisive 2020 meeting, at which several regents said they were uncomfortable rejecting the evidence. “I am a believer in data and science,” one said. Another said: “Facts matter. And data does matter.” Ultimately, though, they deferred to their colleagues who wanted to ignore test results. As Professor Nelson wrote, “They succumbed to the fad of the moment.”

When the regents meet this month, they will face a choice. They can acknowledge their error and restore the test requirement, or they can adopt a classic bureaucratic dodge and appoint yet another committee to study a problem that has an evident answer."

Virtue signaling Regents caved to Napolitano. She has been quoted as saying "Unless we're getting sued, we're not doing enough affirmative action." Even then this was violating California's Prop 209. Now UC is also violating SFFA ruling. And hey Janet, plenty of lawsuits now.

So my AP scores came in today. I am a first year incoming at UCI. Despite looking on College Board and them saying that the scores were sent, they have not shown up on my portal. Should I just send them in again, I don't wanna miss the deadline and I can pay the $15. I already emailed my admissions counselor and they haven't gotten back to me. Should I wait longer to see if they update or nah.

were all still waiting right 😵

I know there are 20 spots for ECs and awards but I feel like I can't nearly fill them all up unless I use a bunch of filler ECs...

can someone show how the recent rejection email look like and do they have an option to appeal the waitlist offer???

hello, so i am a rising sophomore and i really want to go to ucla. i was wondering if I could get some details about what ecs to do and how to imporve what i already have. Intended major: comp bio/neuroscience/biochem. I really want to go to ucla just because of the events that happen at ucla, i went to like lab tours and stuff, theres just so many random events happening that I just enjoy it a lot.

1. Science Fairs - regional level this year i got honorable mention, so 1 spot off of states, i do want to do like research a lot and maybe isef one day. will start cold emailing in august.

2. Science Olympiad - my school isnt really crazy with science olympiad, but i enjoy the basic structure and how it works. I am going to be secretary for my school next year. we were really close to states this year but hopefully we do make it to states.

3. Environmental Club Founding Member - Helped like remodel an overgrown landscape part of my school into a functioning garden

4. going to make neuroscience club next year

5. I was a volunteer at the red cross last yr and this yr im a leader

6. i volunteered at kumon last year, idk about this year but i did 45 hours last year.

Coursework (main ones):

9th grade: alg 2, hon eng, ap bio

10th grade: ap chem, ap precalc, ap world, hon english, hon chem (its weird)

11th grade: ap lang, ap physics c, calc bc, apush, apcsp, and a couple dual enrollemtnets

12th gradeL ap lit, ap env, ap stats, ap gov, honlinear algebra, (maybe honors discrete math)

Does anyone know any like cool ucla events or lab to check out? Or like any other competitions for high schoolers that UCLA likes?

Hi I’m an incoming junior looking to hopefully get into NYU or any of the UC’s as I am in Socal. Any tips or improvements would be greatly appreciated!

UW: 4.0 W:4.57
haven’t taken sat
Projected 11 APs and 3 DE
Low income, first gen, mixed race (half hispanic)

Ecs:
Planned: 100 hour passion project through Girl Scouts for Gold Award
Co- President for schools GirlUp club
Civic engagement youth chair and social media manager for local organization to get women to vote. Also on their youth council
Planned: Girl scout Girl Advisory board
Girl scout for 11 years
Planned: Civic seal of engagement project where I went to district to try and change policy
Planned: Editor in Chief and founder of school newspaper
3 years indoor volleyball
2 years beach volleyball
3 years national level club volleyball
mock trial member (most improved award and personal recognition from a judge)
planned part time job at local family owned cafe
Planned: Seal of Biliteracy

Please

Hi guys, so I’m US Citizen and moved to CA when I was 6th grade and went to all elementary, middle, high school here. I’m transferring from CC to UCSD this year and UC classified me as non-resident, so I don’t receive any FAFSA or grants.

So my dad works here and pays all the taxes to CA (me too from part time job) and my mom is just housewife. But recently within a year my mom was out of CA, over 6 weeks for just vacation in her home country. Because of this, I was classified as non-resident. It says I can still treated as CA resident in tuition purpose but this means I don’t get any extra FAFSA grants and possibly limited for some scholarships.

I was wondering if anyone with similar situations was able to re-classified as CA residents.
I just feel like this is really unfair that how can I be classified as non resident due to my mom’s status who doesn’t work and pays all the taxes to CA with my dad.

Thank you for your help 🥹

Hi everyone! I took a look at the UCLA common data set, and I saw that work experience was marked as important, which is the same level as extracurriculars and volunteering. I just wanted to know if you guys found this to be accurate based on your results, and if it puts you at a big disadvantage to not have a job. Thank you!