A Saftey or No?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Riverside
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<p>I am going to be a senior next year, I am worried about where I might end up. So please help me out to get an idea of where I stand. Well here it is...</p>

<p>Ethnicity/Sex: Indian Male</p>

<p>State: CA</p>

<p>Parent's Income: My parents BOTH lost their jobs this year, most of my junior year was on my parents savings and unemployment. My mom recently got her job back, my dad just got his as well; he works in Boston now, and now I am living with my mom and my brother. But, as I said before, they both lost their jobs this year; which was my worst year GPA wise (If that helps at all). When they both have a job, I think they make around 100k-130k.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.417
UC GPA: 3.65ish
W GPA: 3.7ish</p>

<p>=(</p>

<p>Class Rank: 70-80/ 515 Top 20% for sure, UC wise, maybe top 10%?</p>

<p>SAT: 2050
Math: 680 =/
Writing: 680
Reading: 690</p>

<p>SAT 2:
Math: 670. (Retaking aiming for 800)
History: 630
Chem: In Oct. (Going for 800)</p>

<p>AP/HON:</p>

<p>My courses have been very rigorous. I have taken 3 or 4 Hon/AP out of 6 classes every year. We cant take AP classes till our Junior year... So, One AP Junior year, 4 next year. Total Hon/ AP classes: 14</p>

<p>USH: 3
Calc AB: Next Year
Stats: Next Year
Gov: Next Year
Ecom: Next Year</p>

<p>EC'S:</p>

<p>Summer Classes:</p>

<p>Took Psychology at a CC my Sophomore summer and got an A</p>

<p>This Summer, I am taking Chem 1A at UC Berkeley through the pre-collegiate program. It is a Undergrad class offered for High school students with a better then a B average. My parents had to bust out a lot of money for this, they insisted I go here, instead of a CC. Its basically a Berkeley class, you get 4 UC credits, a Letter of Recommendation and so on. Hoping to do well in this and get an 800 on Chem SAT.</p>

<p>Clubs:</p>

<p>Mediocre here... CSF 3 years.</p>

<p>Volunteering:</p>

<p>I have worked at a local community center for a program called Teen Leadership Academy. They say working there is as good as being on ASB, Boy Scouts,etc...</p>

<p>Freshman Summer: 88 hours
Sophomore Summer: 80 Hours
Junior Summer: I hope to do 40+ hours, will have to try to do this with my summer class.</p>

<p>I tutored math at my school for 30 hours my Junior year, 2 hours a week through the course of the year.</p>

<p>Total: Before summer: 198. After Summer: Prob will have 235-250.</p>

<p>Major: Engineering, any of these three will suffice: Electrical, Chemical, Bio.</p>

<p>I would like to go to a mid tier or high tier UC if possible. </p>

<p>Could UCR be a safety for me? Should I bother applying to UCM, or not even to UCR?</p>

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<p>I dunno
i had
3.7UC GPA
2040 SAT I 780 MATHII 800 Korean
AP Classes: Calc BC, Government, US History, Euro History, Composition, Literature, Computer Sci
IB Class: Physics
and every other classes have been honors
And i was in top 10% in school and within top 8% in CA(almost ELC) yet I got denied from UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCB, and even SLO</p>

<p>So I wouldn’t regard UCR as safety as the admission will only get harder next year because of budget cuts</p>

<p>And also I am an EE major</p>

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<p>you will generally speaking need at least a gpa of 4.2+ to get in the mid to top tier UC schools… along with the ap scores, etc and etc.</p>

<p>Your Sat score is actually good, in my opinion, your standards seems higher than the lower UCs (Riverside, being one of them). </p>

<p>Seems like you will be able to get in a mid or possibly a top tier UC school.</p>

<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>you would defiantely get in. for sure</p>

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<p>[MyUCR:</a> Paths to Admission](<a href=“http://www.my.ucr.edu/admissions/paths.aspx]MyUCR:”>http://www.my.ucr.edu/admissions/paths.aspx)</p>

<p>I highly recommend you fill out the GAP (The Guaranteed Admission Program). It is a free app, and our admissions counselors will review it and tell you how you are in terms of being admitted - such as what classes you need and etc - or will tell you that you’re guaranteed a spot! </p>

<p>[MyUCR:</a> Guaranteed Admission Program](<a href=“http://gap.ucr.edu%5DMyUCR:”>http://gap.ucr.edu)</p>

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<p>I think you’re fine…</p>

<p>the only way you could, like, be rejected is if you turned into a serial killer or something…</p>

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<p>and dont mention that UCR/M is you safety they will reject and they will lift the big finger at you and you ll join the very exclusive club of UCR/M rejects. actually happened to this guy</p>

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<p>“you would defiantely get in. for sure”</p>

<p>Don’t say that. You never know what will happen</p>

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<p>will get in UCR for sure 100 percent. Might be harder in the other UC’s though.</p>

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<p>yea UCR is probably 99%
so are UCSC and UCM
rest are iffy</p>

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<p>Dude it’s all gooooooooooood.</p>

<p>I had a 2.97 UW and a 1800 on my SAT and I still got into UCR, UCM, and UCSC. You’ve got nothing to worry about man. </p>

<p>You may get into UCSB, that’s about the highest UC you can get into…possibly Davis, but that’s a bit of a longshot.</p>

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<p>actually UCD was really weird this year they took ppl with 3.2</p>

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<p>yea it depends
like how UCLA will accept people under 3.0 GPA if they are good in sports</p>

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<p>I had somewhat same stats as you, I was accepted to UCI and UCR</p>

<p>Only difference is that I was a bit more involved(sports and academic clubs)</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies!</p>

<p>Will take everything to consideration. As I said, I am hoping to end up at Davis,Irvine, SD or above. So Ill see what happens.</p>