A safety for me (out of state)?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Cruz
1

<p>Applying for computer science; out of state.</p>

<p>ACADEMIA:</p>

<p>Freshman GPA: 3.52
Sophomore GPA: 3.52
Junior GPA: 3.75 W, 3.7 UW
Overall GPA: About 3.6</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 610
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 680
Total: 1970</p>

<p>My School does not rank.</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Biology (This year)
Computer Science A (Next Year)
Economics (Next Year)</p>

<p>3 letters of recommendation (math teacher, club advisor, guidance counselor)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR:</p>

<p>President of Support our Soldiers Club (10,11,12)
-Interviewed WW2 Veteran, contributed to National Archive</p>

<p>Red Cross Volunteer (8,9,10,11,12)
-Office management, computer database organization, phone duty, etc.</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming (9,10,11,12)
-Not a recruit!</p>

<p>Member of School Atmosphere Committee(11,12; Club was founded this year)
-Group of students selected by faculty
-Helped create a video to send to New England Board of Accreditation to display information about our school
-Spread word about school ideals and beliefs in various ways</p>

<p>HOOKS:</p>

<p>I am of Hispanic descent.</p>

<p>I will not be applying for financial aid (?).</p>

2

<p>Yeah, UCSC is definitely a safety school for you.</p>

3

<p>The brutal honesty is that as a minority in computer science, you’ll get a boost in priority. Not to mention UCSC has been looking to bring in more out of state students. Safety school indeed.</p>

4

<p>It only seems natural that they would want the high OOS tuition.
Thanks for the input.</p>

5

<p>The hooks aren’t actually hooks for a UC. Need blind schools and affirmative action is illegal in the state of California. They won’t see whether you’re applying for aid or not and they are not allowed to base a decision on your ethnicity alone. The OOS pay is a pull, but not a guarantee.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t consider it a safety school for you.</p>

6

<p>Don’t out of staters have to have better credentials than those in state? I think I’ve seen a ton of posts with higher stats for in staters…</p>