Personal Information:
Asian Vietnamese
First generation college student
Numbers:
Unweighted GPA: 3.74
UC/CSU Weighted GPA: 4.08
SAT: 1180 (6800 Math & 500 English)
Took 3 AP’s my junior year: AP World History, AP English Language, AP Calc AB
Taking 5 AP’s my senior year: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish
SAT Subject Tests: Math II (630)
Didn’t pass any AP tests.
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Baseball Team: 11th and 12th grade.
Track Team: 9th and 10th grade.
Founder of MUN and Arts and Craft Club: 9th - 11th grade.
A lot of volunteer hours (300+ hours): .Taught at my martial arts center, SPCA, local homless shelter.
Work: Worked at Trader Joes for 3 years
UCSC’s Freshman profile indicates your are around the 75th percentile in GPA and just above the 25th percentile in SAT scores.
GPA and test scores of middle 25%-75% students
High School GPA: 3.65 - 4.09
ACT Composite Score: 25 - 31
SAT Critical Reading: 530 - 660
SAT Mathematics: 560 - 700
Since UC’s are very GPA focused, I think UCSC is a Match school.
I would be concerned with your SAT Math scores if you plan to purse a Engineering/STEM major. Not passing AP tests will just not get you college credit, but it could also indicate that you may have difficulty with some college level courses. Since you did well in the AP courses, I am assuming you still did understand the AP class work just not a great test taker?
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:
UCSC: 83%
Yeah I got A’s all on my AP classes, just got 2’s on the AP test
I think you will probably get in.
Good luck