<p>Hi Guys,
I am wondering how can you apply for UCSD(University of California San Diego).What about SAT, GPA, AP and essay?
Is it pretty hard to go to that college??</p>
<p>Hey,
I’m going to be a freshman at UCSD in the fall. The average GPA to get into UCSD is a 3.8 unweighted and a 4.08 weighted. The average SAT is 1964, and the average ACT is a 29. As far as AP classes go take as many as you can to boost your GPA and exempt you from certain GE’s, plus UCSD like to see a rigorous senior schedule. All the UC schools have the same to essays. The first one usually asks you to describe your community and how it has it has community and how it has shaped your goals and dreams, and the second one asks you to describe an event or experience and how it relates to the person you are. UCSD’s acceptance rate is around 38%, but if your are ELC then its around 90%.
I hope this helped, and good luck</p>
<p>Thanks for your help///
But what is ELC???</p>
<p>ELC= Eligibility in Local Context
ELC is the top 4% of students in their high school class if you live in California. If you are eligible then at the end of your junior year you will get a form to fill out letting UC schools no that you are an ELC student. UC Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Irvine, and Davis will automatically accept you if you are in ELC, and you are almost guaranteed admission to UCSD and UCSC.</p>
<p>Also, you should now that UCSD accepts applicants on the point system. ELC adds 100 points to your application. You should also do community service. UCSD will only count you community service if you have 100 hours. 100 hours= 100 points 200+ hours= 200 points</p>
<p>What does school use to rank students…I mean does school use students’ GPA to rank???
Or they have some other standards???
And different student will choose different classes, so is it gonna be hard to differentiate students ability>> For example, if one student chooses all AP’s and the other student chooses all regular High School courses, then what should the school executors do???</p>
<p>Your school uses your college GPA(sophmore and junior year) to determine if you are in the top 4%. Most schools give you an extra point to your GPA if you take an AP class as an incentive. Even if you get straight A’s both years you probably won’t make the top 4% unless you go to a bad high school. I knew a girl who made all A’s throughout high school and was nowhere near the top 4. UC schools want students who take challenging course and do well in them. All UC schools except Merced and Riverside( maybe UCSC) are considered public ivys so they want the best.</p>
<p>This might help too. UCSD and the rest of the us determine whether or not to except you by your GPA, SAT/ACT, class you took(ap honors accelerated), the rigor of your senior schedule, leadership, activities, awards, community service, any jobs you have had, if your first generation to go to college, special circumstances- your essay and how well you write- also your essay, and if you are in ELC.
Hope this helps</p>
<p>Why can’t she be in the top 4% if she gets straight As?</p>
<p>@KingsElite$ Sorry, I meant to say she made all A’s in regular classes and never took any AP or HN classes to add the extra point to the GPA. Hope that clears things up.</p>
<p>nichole, i have no idea where you got your point values for admissions, but i dont think thats right… </p>
<p>i’ve always used the following to calculate my points last year, and have seen the same rubric everywhere. hope it helps.
<a href=“https://www.stevensonschool.org/data/files/news/CollegeCenterNews/UCSD_Point_Scoring.pdf[/url]”>https://www.stevensonschool.org/data/files/news/CollegeCenterNews/UCSD_Point_Scoring.pdf</a></p>
<p>I don’t think I got a ELC form and I am def top 4% and in state</p>
<p>Does your school give them out or does the UC system mail it? And do you mail it back or give it back to your school.</p>
<p>Is there a way to check if I have signed up?</p>
<p>@nicholep</p>
<p>Ok. That’s what I thought you meant but I just wanted to make sure. :)</p>
<p>@xUCSDx Sorry my point values were off. It’s been a long time since I’ve looked at the site. 100 hours of community service= 150 points 200+= 300 points and ELC= 300 points sorry about the confusion. I mainly wanted to stress that those aspects are important.</p>
<p>@e5volcano Your school will send out the form but I remember my parents and I had to sign the form- this was in June of my junior year. If your school did sent the paper the UC in either August or September you will receive a letter from UC saying that you are in ELC. Then in September you will get letters/postcards from UCSB UCD UCI UCR and UCM saying that if you apply you will be accepted. You will also receive a letter from UCSD strongly encouraging you to apply(you are not automatically accepted). Hope this helps.
*Also in case you guys didn’t know you need to take 2 SAT subject test in 2 different subject and it can’t be math level 1</p>
<p>By the way, what is so-called “Hugh O’Brien award” and what is “Eagle Scout” and “Girl Scout Gold Reward”???
Thanks</p>
<p>@nicholep, hmm I am entering senior year and I vaguely remember getting a letter about ELA towards the end of my junior year, but it was just a paper explaining what the thing is. Didn’t need to sign it at all.</p>
<p>Maybe I was already put into the program then?</p>
<p>@evolcano
I did not have to sign the ELC that came to my house explaining what ELC was. At the end of my junior year the counselors called in all the students that qualified for ELC into the counseling center to introduce the program. Then they gave us a form for us and our parents to sign and give back to them. We had to do this before we got our letter form UC. I guess every school is different in how the notify UC.</p>
<p>ELC qualified or not, you had to sign a form to release your GPA to UCs and the Cal Grant program. So people could be qualified for ELC but if you don’t sign the form then you’re not counted in the top 4% even if you are. </p>
<p>Google what those awards are. Eagle Scout is basically a grown up boy scout. Not too sure about the other two.</p>