<p>That's the link to the point system grid from 2004.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I'm over the limit. Only thing I need them to give me (because it's non-academic stat) is the volunteer hours and I have more than 200 with a decent-sized non-profit so I should be fine.</p>
<p>After reading this thread, I called UCSD admission officer and asked hime. he said to ignore the point system, it's only a guideline. I told him D's borderline according to the point system and after telling him D's number, he sort of said I was crazy. He said he cannot guarantee anything over the phone but it seems that D's in the ballpark to get in .So chill, if you think you are borderline.</p>
<p>YOu know UCSD admission officers?</p>
<p>No, you can call UCSD and they put you in touch of an admission officer.</p>
<p>Well I remember when people were calling to ask why they were rejected, they were given their point total and the cutoff. Also, looking at the stats at my school, everyone down to a certain grade/stat point gets admitted and no one below it.</p>
<p>99cents, when you are talking about D, are you talking about me? lol.</p>
<p>yes and no. There are variations in the GPA. For example, if a student has UC GPA around 4.00, SAT1+2 SAT II times .8 is around 3100 and 40+ semesters from a-g gives that student 500 points. If you add all this up, it would give that student around 7600, gives and takes a few points, this student would be borderline. But what is not obvious is that this student is on honors track for 9th and 10th grade. The UC GPA only takes into account of UC honors course.
The admission officer said the average GPA is 4.01 and that means they take people with lower GPA than 4.0. He also said the same with SAT, the average SAT is 1900+. He asked about Community Service, so it seems this is important, but he said they do check for 10% of the admitted students, so student should not lie.
I called because I was not sure if a student who only has 75 hours vs 100 hours of community, what points does this student get? Is it a 0 or a fraction of the 100 points. But I did not have my questions answered, after giving this adcom Ds stats. He basically said I was way to skeptical, unlike some people that call UCSD that was too optimistic.</p>
<p>I never had tutors, SAT classes, or anything, and I got a 3.9 and 2160...and im way below their point cut off. What a lovely system.</p>
<p>I'm just curious but how do they check for community service hours for the admitted students?</p>
<p>i think the point point cut off rises eash year</p>
<p>When calculating the number of a-g courses is this 40 MORE than the 30 required for UC admission or just 40 a-g courses? The link referred to above is not clear about that.</p>
<p>It is just 40 a-g courses. Otherwise, you would need 70 a-g courses over 4 years which means almost 9 classes per semester for all four years.</p>
<p>this is random but im going to say it anyways. MAKE SURE TO APPLY BEFORE THE NIGHT OF THE DEADLINE. The servers might not be able to handle all the requests at once, and if you don't submit, you're guaranteed to NOT attend any University of Californias at least for Fall 2008. And you wouldn't want that would you? :) Best of Luck to everybody!!</p>
<p>lol jasaon...it will not crash...it load very slowly but it will not crash. but I agree that ppl need to turn it in early just in case something happens ;)</p>
<p>I did it... finally. It took a while to hit submit but i did it. then i frantically tried to add up the points again one last time... i'm doomed. I just don't know. It went sort of slow and I freaked out and then i realized i'm a nervous wreck. i need to go to bed early tonite.</p>
<p>Holy crap... with a cutoff of ~7500 one can get 1700 pts for purely "socio-economic" factors. Using their own translation scale, this comes out to an equivalent of 1.7 increase in GPA, or a full 50% of the required examinations and courses past UC eligibility. Strikes me as pretty excessive. Over the past 18 years my family has lived in anywhere from below poverty to very comfortable middle class, so I am all for giving disadvantaged kids a head start. However, this amounts to much more than a head start.... its a full-blown giveaway. A situation like that, if taken to extremes, dilutes the mission an institution of higher education, I am starting to have concerns about whether to encourage D to look elsewhere if accepted to UCSD.</p>
<p>P.S. I mostly agree with the opinions expressed here SignOnSanDiego.com</a> > News > Education -- Range of SAT scores raises questions about the admissions policy at UCSD</p>
<p>It's not just UCSD, all UCs are doing this. In fact, next year they may do away with SAT subject scores. That's alright with me. The less money is going to Collegeboard the better.</p>
<p>r u serious 99cents? do u have an article that talks more about this?</p>