AM i on the right track for UCSD

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Hey guys, I realize I was just wondering how my chances at UCSD are right now.</p>

<p>Freshmen GPA: 3.5uw school didn't weight, no honors courses offered so all I had was Geometry H anyway.</p>

<p>Sophomore GPA: 3.85uw 4.44w. Taking/took PreAP Chemistry, PAP Geography, PAP English 2, PAP Algebra 2, AP Psychology.</p>

<p>Junior registered courses: AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP English 3, PreAP Physics, PreAP Spanish 3, PreAP Precal (Possibly AP Calc AB/BC if I can take PreCal in the summer at a college, AB and BC are one semester each.)</p>

<p>Senior courses expected: AP Biology, AP Physics, AP European History, AP English 4, AP Spanish 4, AP Spanish 5, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics.</p>

<p>ECs:
Habitat for Humanity, running for office next year.
Math Honor Society
Piano and guitar, performing on piano since age 4, guitar since age 12.</p>

<p>Community service: 40 hours so far at Christian Community Action and Beach cleanups with the surf club when I lived in California. I'm going to end up with like 400+ hours though.</p>

<p>So what do you guys think, am I on track for UCSD, am I doing well, what can I improve on?</p>

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<p>you look like you're in good shape; try to get high test scores and you're in most likely. you might also want to add a few more ECs just to be sure.</p>

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<p>Yeah the thing is, this year I didn't qualify for NHS due to the budget cuts at my old school that stripped all my classes of the honors title and the weighting. And I missed the mandatory meeting for EHS because I was gone.</p>

<p>Next year I'll do NHS and EHS as well as MHS, and I will continue Habitat for Humanity. I may run for office in HFH but I'm new so it may not work because there are a lot of people in the club that already know each other.</p>

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<p>just rememember that they only weight a total of 8 semesters of your honors/ap classes during 10th-11th grade. honestly, i almost think you're too good for ucsd. my best friend (who had a 4.2 and a 1400 sat) got into UCLA, but got rejected from UCSD. then little old me (with my 3.9 weighted, 1330 sat, and no extracurriculars except for a whole bunch of playing and coaching soccer) got accepted into UCSD and into my #1 choice college, Muir.</p>

<p>i see that you're from texas, so i guess that's why you're obsessing so much about whether or not you'll get in. us california folks have it easy i guess.</p>

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<p>I'm from California, living in Texas for like 8 months now, lived in CA for 15.5 years.</p>

<p>What do you mean you have it easy?</p>

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<p>its easier for california residents to get into california public universities. only 6% or so of ucsd are out-of-state students. out-of-state students just have harsher standards. </p>

<p>u're out-of-state. u have to have lived in california for the past 12 months to consider yourself a resident. so not only will it be a little harder for you to get in ucsd, u'll have to pay at least $10,000 more a year for tuition.</p>

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<p>Absolutely not true. We still own our California house and I'm coming back summer after junior year. You should probably make sure of these things before you tell me I'm out of state.</p>

<p>What makes you think it's easier for in state people to get in. It's not convincing that there are just more in state students.</p>

<p>Look up the residency stuff, as long as you own a house, it's all good, and even if it's not I'll be back anyway.</p>

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<p>wow, ok. how did i know that you still owned a house in cali? jeez. don't have to get all ****y. i was just trying to be realistic. i'm relaying the information that college admissions people at cali schools have told me during tours and such. </p>

<p>no one is guaranteed admissions. you can take a million ap/honors classes and have the highest gpa and sat score possible, and still not get in. its about being well-rounded. my good friend got into ucla, but not ucsd. it IS harder for out-of-states to get into the UC system, especially a school as competetive to get into as ucsd. out of state people are held at a higher standard. did you know that there is a minimum gpa requirement for out-of-state people applying for uc's? probably not. u haven't yet started FULLY researching and visiting colleges, so u have no right to tell me i'm wrong.</p>

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<p>I actually did know there was a minimum GPA, another incorrect assumption you've made. Sorry if I sounded a bit stern on the last post.</p>

<p>The minimum GPA is 3.0, bumped up from the previous 2.8. But not many with those GPA's get in anyway so it hardly matters.</p>

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<p>oh gosh, to be honest, admissions this year was so... weird. it's probably like that every year, but people with all of these high SATs and SAT2s were getting rejected. as in, from 1300 and higher. i got in with an 1160 SAT, but i think my 28 in the ACT changed that, but wow. this was a wild year. heard from a lot of bitter people after march 19th, from my school + CC. </p>

<p>just stay dedicated with your activities. it's not too early to think about essay topics, either. some people start flaking off during senior year, thinking that it's the easy year. nope, nope. not if you want to get into the higher tier UCs, it's not.</p>

<p>OR... if you're dead set on UCSD, check this site out:
<a href="http://henry.sandi.net/college/application/ucsd_application_scoring.htm"&gt;http://henry.sandi.net/college/application/ucsd_application_scoring.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>the UCSD paranoids of this year, which includes me (shameless admission, indeed...), were crunching down our potential numbers into the wee hours of the morning. this won't make sense until you visit the site and do your own numbers, but you should know that the cut-off for admits this year was 7483 and it went up from last year's.</p>

<p>good luck! :) everyone has a shot at the UC system.</p>

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<p>Dude thanks for that thing. I get points for a life altering event, I sure have a huge one.</p>

<p>I'll figure out my total and post it.</p>

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<p>Don't worry about your freshman year</p>

<p>and you had an excellent sophomore year!</p>

<p>obviously make sure to take the PSAT</p>

<p>and get at least 200 hours of CS</p>

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<p>Yeah when I was doing my totals I put that I had 200+ hours, I don't yet but I'm sure I can get it. I love community service, it's not a chore for me.</p>

<p>My score assuming my GPA stays stable and my SATs are what I expect, was an 8,505.</p>

<p>I got 500 points for the life altering event because it's a birth defect I had that required a total of 6 surgeries, and one three surgery procedure where I had to be in the hospital for 2 months this year, and I still made good grades. They told me it was possible I would die or never be the same again after surgery, but here I am thank God.</p>

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<p>yeah, ain't the site helpful? :D it's nice to have some type of direction, which the site gives.</p>

<p>you look like a well-rounded candidate with really good numbers so far, so here's hoping that you keep up your great academic track record and not slack off! :) i heard about a student that missed this year's cutoff by a mere 33 points. apparently, he got a B in some easy class when he could've easily gotten an A. he just got lazy. that A would have probably made a big difference and he's kind of irritated with himself at the moment for slacking off a little.</p>

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<p>how adherent to that thing are they? How big a part does it play in admission?</p>

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<p>well, a A to a B would drop your GPA like .02 gpa points</p>

<p>which using UCSD's scale, would cost you some 20 points O_o</p>

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<p>Tex, it doesn't matter where your parents own a house, it matters where they pay taxes and where you are the last 12 months before school starts. If they are claiming residency in Texas...you are a resident of Texas.</p>

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<p>I'd like to see a link supporting your claim. I thought if my parents owned a house it qualified as "wanting to establish permanent residency in California" as they say you have to be.</p>

<p>Either way, I'm coming back to California quite a long time before I graduate and UCSD isn't my only choice of college anyway.</p>

<p>Not to say you're trying to discourage me, but if you are, it's not really working very well and you should stop.</p>

<p>If you are trying to give me helpful advice, then thank you very much.</p>

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<p>Tex - I hope this helps you understand what the law is here. As a christian action participant, I thought you would want to know what is right. I am not trying to rain on your picnic.
<a href="http://registrar.ucsd.edu/ver2/info/residency/new.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.ucsd.edu/ver2/info/residency/new.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>That sounds convincing, that website. What does ths have to due with me being in CCA?</p>

<p>And no problem, I'm moving back anyway as I said, most likely. If I don't however, I'm sure my parents owning a home qualifies as permanent residency intent, and my parents have the money to pay a year of out of state tuition.</p>