<p>Thanks cadave and Shrinkrap. Some comments/questions:</p>
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<li><p>Her SAT score is from the same sitting, her most recent one. Her other two scores are also above 2k but are older. Should we be concerned about those two? I think we can just ask CB to send the latest one, right?</p></li>
<li><p>How can she boost EC at this point and have it still make a difference? It would be obvious ‘packing’, no?</p></li>
<li><p>Re the major/minor age thing… Urk! This could be a big deal. Anyone know the definitive answer here? I will search as well.</p></li>
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<p>Who is a California Resident? If you are an adult who is not an alien present in the U.S. … Physical presence within the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence under state law, regardless of the length of your stay. In addition, the Financial Independence requirement must be met. Your residence cannot be derived from your spouse nor, since you are an adult, from your parents. </p>
<p>Sounds like what Shrinkrap said. But then, a little further down the page:</p>
<p>Financial Independence Requirement If your parents are not residents of California for tuition purposes or if you were not previously enrolled in a regular session at any University of California campus prior to Fall 1993, you will be required to be financially independent in order to be a resident for tuition purposes. If you are an adult student and your parents are not California residents, you must demonstrate financial independence, along with physical presence and intent, when seeking resident classification for tuition purposes. </p>
<p>Is it just me or do the two statements above contradict each other, at least partly as indicated in bold italics?</p>
<p>The way I understand it is, if you are over eighteen when you move here, you must establish legal residence on your own, which includes being able to demonstrate financial independence for a specified period of time before becoming a student.</p>
<p>OTOH</p>
<p>" General Rules Applying to Minors</p>
<p>If you are an unmarried minor (under age 18), the residence of the parent with whom you live is considered your residence. If you have a parent living, you cannot change your residence by your own act, by the appointment of a legal guardian, or by the relinquishment of a parent’s right of control. If you live with neither parent, your residence is that of the parent with whom you last lived. Unless you are a minor alien present in the U.S. under the terms of a nonimmigrant status which precludes you from establishing domicile in the U.S., you may establish your own residence when both your parents are deceased and a legal guardian has not been appointed. If you derive California residence from a parent, that residence must satisfy the one-year durational requirement."</p>
<p>Divorced/Separated Parents*If you want to derive California resident status from a California resident parent, you must move to California to live with that parent before your 18th birthday and establish the requisite intent and remain in California until school begins. Otherwise, you will be treated like any other adult coming to California to establish your legal residence."</p>
<p>regarding your initial question, I’ve definitely known people with rather low stats who have still gotten in. My roommate got in with a 3.67 GPA (unweighted) and a 1900 SAT score. She told me that the primary reason she got in was her passion to the debate team, and it was clear through her resume, recommendations (for the supplemental if you receive it), and essays. I got in with a 2010 SAT score and graduated top 37% of my class (and that was with a class of 1000 people so my ranking was pretty terrible), i played to my strengths. I am out-of-state, and i played that as a strong factor on why i wanted to get into cal. While people who have higher GPAs than you will probably fare better off, if you display any kind of passion towards an activity, you definitely have a shot. Just emphasize the better parts of your application and good luck!</p>
<p>The difference between the CSU and UC admissions GPA calculation is that CSU includes 12th grade course grades if available, but UC does not. For most students applying during 12th grade, this makes no difference.</p>
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<li><p>I forget whether UC asks for all SAT scores. Regardless, her highest score will count.</p></li>
<li><p>Your daughter should focus on ECs that shows her passion and interest over time. With the number of applications that they have to sift through, I think they can figure out if anyone was just trying to ‘pack’ it in.</p></li>
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<p>Please don’t worry about the SAT scores. My son is going to Berkeley (also got in UCLA, UCSB) with a lower SAT (2200). What his school councilors in a San Diego public high school told him was having one or two EC over several years of participation is much better than ten EC with one or two years. My son used four years of track and cross country, and his eagle scout program. Also, they are looking for examples of leadership and community service.</p>
<p>I’m entering this Fall, and I definitely didn’t expect to get in.</p>
<p>I had a 3.56 UW, maybe 3.7 W? No Honors, ever
Extremely competitive HS, wasn’t in the top 10%
I’m not an athlete, and I’m Asian, pretty typical.
My SAT was a 2080.</p>
<p>I’m pretty nervous now, only a few weeks left!!</p>
My cousin got into Cornell and UCB with an 1850 SAT and around a 3.8 GPA, she obviously ended up going to Cornell, but I think her’s is an actual miracle story. She was rejected from Stanford and UCLA, is UCLA generally more into academics than UCB? Which is shocking to me because UCB has a lower acceptance rate than UCLA.