Hari11296
Hari11296,
UCSB
B.S., Chemistry
I am Indian, born in Kenya, living in GA, and going to college in CA.
Features Included
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Essays
3
Schools
3
Scores
1
Advice
2
ECs
0
Sports

Background

Hometown Chester, Georgia
GenderMale
EthnicityAsian
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2019
English First Language No
Other Language(s) Spoken Gujarati, Hindi, Swahili, English

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • University of California - Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
  • University of California - San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
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University of California - Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Applied for a B.S. in Chemistry

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

School Specific Advice

More Essays

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Personal Statement
493 Words
Creative personal story, Career aspirations
I was born in Mombasa, Kenya and lived with my mother and father. We shifted to The United States in 2004 and shifted back to India around 2008 mainly because he was an alcoholic and couldn't hold down a job; The frustration from that caused more drinking and eventually physical abuse to mom. My father kicked us out of our home there, so my mom and I came back and lived with our relatives in California. Eventually my mom found a stable...
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General Admissions Advice

What I like about my school’s location and culture
34 Words
The place is near a beach, and the weather is...
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High School Performance

GPA
4.00
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 10%
 
High School TypePublic
Academic Performance in High School Steady

Test Scores

Highest SAT
1170
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
1620
 
SAT Score Details
 
Original SAT Score1620
SAT Prep

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Details2 classes and scores

Sports

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesFrench Club, Spanish Club

Experience & Awards

How Spent Summers

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