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Background

Hometown San Jose, California

GenderMale

EthnicityAsian

AdmissionRegular Decision, Accepted From Waitlist
Class of2019

English First Language Yes

Other Language(s) Spoken Vietnamese

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted

Waitlisted or Withdrew

Denied

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University of California - Davis (Davis, CA)

Applied for in English

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: Sibling

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Personal Statement

505 Words

Family member’s disability

After spending five torturous years in a Communist re-education camp, my father was determined to start a new life for his family in America. The day he left Vietnam, my father packed nothing but notebooks. That forever reminded us of the value he placed on education. After my parents immigrated to America in 1996, they insisted on having an American-born child, unaffected by the plague of poverty and war. I was born when my father was 51, an age that put him...

General Admissions Advice

Why I declined other schools

21 Words

Did not think I could handle...

My favorite course thus far, and why

16 Words

Philosophy because it makes you...

What I like about my school’s location and culture

11 Words

Davis is very...

My advice about getting recommenders

15 Words

Pick teachers you made an...

What I’d change about my application process

11 Words

I should have...

High School Performance

GPA

3.50

(no specification of weighting)

Rank

Top 25%

High School TypePublic
College Classes In High School
Academic Performance in High School Low one semester/year

Test Scores

Highest SAT

1940

SAT Score Details

Converted SAT Score1370

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Details3 classes and scores

Sports

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesRotary Club, Key Club, Asian Club / Asian Interactive Youth Association

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University of California - Davis (Davis, CA)

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