ahhh. i calculated my cp weighted gpa wrong and now i'm freaking out.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>yep, pretty much what hobo said.</p>

<p>I've saved about 20K going to a JC instead of straight to a UC. Also, it gave me time to feel around for what I might like to study without spending crap loads of cash doing so.</p>

<p>Only downside is the lack of college life, but hey, I used that time to cement relationships back home. Also, you'll have at the minimum two years to establish relationships with folk at UC. If you can't do it in that amount of time, well, you must not be a very interesting person...</p>

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<p>why is it that on the UC's booklet it says the avg gpa for UCSD is like 4.03 but alot of people (those above) don't have anything near that? Btw, what years did you guys get in since it's alot harder to get in now. :(</p>

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<p>also, anyone care for a quick chance?</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT I: 2110 (Critical Reading: 710, Math: 690, Writing: 710)</p>

<p>•SAT IIs: Biology (740), Chemistry (720), Math IIC (760), Chinese with Listening (750)</p>

<p>•GPA: 3.57 UW, 3.88 UC GPA</p>

<p>•AP courses taken: Biology (5), Chemistry (4), English Language and
Composition (4), U.S. History (3)</p>

<p>•Senior AP courses: Comparative Government, Calculus AB, English Literature, Physics B</p>

<p>Other:
•Extra Curriculars:
hospital volunteer (4 years, 150+ hours)
marching band (4 years)
Boy Scouts (soon to be 10 years, Eagle Scout, leadership awards)
California Scholarship Federation (2 years)
Sign Club (1 year)
Media Club ICC representative (1 year)
Principal Honor Roll
Big Brother Big Sister Organization (1 year)</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying as a biochem. But a few days ago UCSD announced that all bio majors were to be impacted and that there would be a maximum of 700 students. So i guess that hurts my chances ALOT. :( enrollment</a> management</p>

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<p>biochem's not limited to the biology department, for one thing.</p>

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<p>I saved the UCSD chancellor's life. It was in all the papers, didn't you hear about it?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know how I can delete this thread- sorry, it's just a little freaky how almost 400 people have viewed it and only 24 people have responded, and it's also getting a little off topic.</p>

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<p>You can't delete threads on CC</p>

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<p>if you're worried about things like that, you're definitely new to CC ;)</p>

<p>(i've given out enough information on this site - both in UCSD and other forums - that you could pretty much track down my name and the lab in which i work and show up at my desk tomorrow ... kinda unsettling thought, but whatever. your stats aren't enough for stalkers to find ya.)</p>

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<p>I wouldn't say all that. I think if someone were motivated enough, they could easily track her.</p>

<p>Hell, I managed to track a user on here down to their income level with just a few minutes of work.</p>

<p>Moral of the story kids, be careful what information you put out into the world wide web.</p>

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<p>I'll see you at your lab tomorrow, Astrina. =)</p>

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<p>couple of points here:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>ACT 32 is correlated to 2130 SAT, so they disregarded your 2030 score. <a href="http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/report.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.act.org/aap/concordance/pdf/report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li>
<li><p>UC San Diego uses a formula of assigned points to determine admission. You exceed the minimum point level, or you don't. Up to approx 2000 points (approx. 25% of the minimum score approx) are added to the SAT/SATII/GPAstregth of ECs, etc. point total by being from: single parent home, 1st generation college, lousy high school, and a few more enhancers to help low SES students. This point bumping for all the above makes it impossible for two applicants to compare their stats... you'd have to list not only SAT/GPA/SATII, but also the number of bonus points earned by being low SES.</p></li>
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<p>In short, with UCSD nobody can compare stats with another unless you know all the bonus points.</p>

<p>I would venture to say an applicant <em>not</em> from 1st gen, lousy high school, single parent home, etc. would need to be in the top 75th or 80th percentile of UCSD stats to get over the minimum threshhold of points.</p>

<p>This from the UCSD website:</p>

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<p>" Selection process
Drawing upon the broad guidelines established by the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), the UCSD Faculty Committee on Undergraduate Admissions has approved the following procedures for freshman selection which are implemented by the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools.</p>

<p>Step I: Academic review Maximum Consideration
Uncapped Grade Point Average (GPA) 4,500
Scores of all required exams 3,200
Number of "a-g" courses beyond the minimum 500 </p>

<p>Step II: Additional academic factors<br>
Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) 300
Educational environment 300 </p>

<p>Step III: Socioeconomic factors<br>
Low family income 300
First generation college attendance 300 </p>

<p>Step IV: Personal characteristics and achievement factors<br>
Demonstrated leadership 300
Special talents/ achievements/ awards 300
Community and volunteer service 300
Participation in academic development preparation programs 300
Special circumstances/ personal challenges 500 </p>

<p>Step V: Computing a Comprehensive Review score<br>
Eligible applicants will be assigned a comprehensive review score by totaling the scores from each category listed in steps I through IV. Eligible applicants are then ranked based upon that assigned score. Applicants with the strongest combination of academic, personal characteristics and achievement factors will be admitted in sufficient numbers to meet campus enrollment goals."</p>

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<p>From the above you will see that two identiacally statted applicants can easily differ by 2000 points due to those 2000 points being added for Steps II and III and the last two points of Step IV ( ELC, crummy High school, low family income, and 1st generation, Academic enhancement programs, Personal Challenges). Basically, admissions has a way of letting in much lower stat students due to background. Not the last five words "to meet campus enrollment goals".</p>

<p>That's why at UCSD you can never compare stats in order to be chanced unless you know the Step II, III, and last 2 Step IV points, along with the usual stats. 2000 points means a student with 1500 SAT and 3.3 GPA could have more admission points and get in ahead of a student with 4.0 and 2150.</p>

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<p>Ran out of time on the last post --</p>

<p>Student A has:
4.1 gpa = 4,100 points
700 on each SAT section/test = 2,800 points
3 a-g courses beyond the minimum = 300 points
checkmark on Leadership, talents, volunteerism = 900 points.
TOTAL: 8,100 points.</p>

<p>Student B has:</p>

<p>3.3 gpa = 3,300 points
550 on each SAT section/test = 2,200 points
3 a-g courses beyond the minimum = 300 points
checkmark on Leadership, talents, volunteerism = 900 points.
Section II and last two Section III points: 2000
TOTAL: 8,400 points</p>

<p>You see, that 2000 points means two applicants cannot possibly compare stats in order to determine chance of admission.</p>

<p>ShavingCream66 - you can do your own calculation. Assuming you have none of the 2000 bonus points, its not really a match.</p>

<p>Staneda224 - I think you also didn't have any of the 2000 bonus points, since you didn't get in Fall with your huge stats.</p>

<p>All - do you happen to notice that # of AP courses, rigor of curriculum are not considered outside their affect on unweighted GPA? I could take the easiest classes (no honors, no AP) possible to get 4.0 and still get 4000 points for my gpa, compared with a max 4,500 for a person taking 8-10 honors and AP classes. Rigor of curriculum is not a part of any portion of UCSD's formula.</p>

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<p>Last post on this, I promise --</p>

<p>The group of people most hurt by this formula at UCSD is the group that takes an Honors track curriculum at competitive CA high schools (with the exception of Honors Chem and I think Honors Physics, UC does not award a bonus point for honors classes). Such students could be very accomplished students with weighted gpa of 3.6, or 3.7 or 3.8, and yet get no "points" added for having taken Honors vs. regular classes where they would have been assured of 4.0.</p>

<p>Seems UCSD should add another bonus section for Honors to account for this.</p>