<p>@lkjhgfdsa12</p>
<p>You seem fine to me, although I can’t really guarantee… >_></p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who has used the zip car thing. You need to pay initial fee just to get membership then pay each time you use it.</p>
<p>@lkjhgfdsa12; your stats seem kind of average. I don’t know how competitive UCR is at the moment. I heard that it has gotten SLIGHTLY more competitive… so I don’t know how taking only one AP class would affect you. Are you taking more as a senior? Extracurricular? What’s your overall GPA?</p>
<p>@lkjhgfdsa12: Your stats seem average. Unless you have a lot of extracurriculars and a well-written essay I do not believe that you will be accepted solely on the basis of your academic record. Due to the increase in its pool of applicants, UCR has become even more competitive. Do not let me or anyone else deter you from applying to UCR.</p>
<p>as of now i have around 200 community service hours and am planning to get more (i volunteer at the hosipital during the school year & am a camp counselor during the summer)</p>
<p>sports:
track&field: 4 years
cross country: 2 years</p>
<p>-have been in girl scouts since i was 5. completed my bronze,silver,and gold award
-a link crew leader at my school (i help the incoming freshman get to know the school)</p>
<p>i have been dancing since i was 3, and am a competitive dancer on a dance team (not for the school)
during the school year i volunteer as a dance teacher assistant (not for community service)
senior year i will be taking AP u.s government</p>
<p>@lkjhgfdsa12: Your extracurriculars will definitely increase your chances, and if your essay is well-written then you will have a good chance of being accepted. The single AP course will not have much effect on your chances of admission. Make sure you take a full course load and challenging college-prep courses (ie. Honors and AP classes), most colleges factor in the applicant’s senior year course load and grades into their decision. And most importantly, DO NOT screw yourself over by allowing your grades to slip in your final year of high school.</p>
<p>thanks for the input, if not UCR do i have a chance at csu san bernardino? that’s a school i’m thinking about as well</p>
<p>@lkjhgfdsa12: My advice is… try to take more AP’s and Honors classes in senior year if you can and most importantly, don’t have too much senioritis in senior year! I’ve seen a lot of people that got rescinded this year even after they got accepted. Two of my friends from my high school that are going to UCR already got rescinded.</p>
<p>It looks like your grades are getting better each year. improvement and lots of extracurricular activities are pluses. So as of right now, I think you’ll have a great chance of being accepted. Keep it up!</p>
<p>@lkjhgfdsa12: The number of admitted freshmen at the CSUs have been reduced as well. Despite the increase in selectivity within the CSU system, you definitely have a good chance of being accepted by CSU San Bernardino based on your stats. You can apply to CSU San Bernardino and use it as your backup.</p>
<p>Given that the university won’t rescind an admission unless you get a D in second semester you can let your grades slip a bit :P</p>
<p>IMO senioritis is unavoidable</p>
<p>How does homework work?</p>
<p>That was my downfall in high school, and if I mess up here, I’d like to know it’s because of new flaws, not my old ones.</p>
<p>Depends on the classes you’re taking. In all my math and science classes, the homework was either:
A) Done/submitted online
B) Voluntary (not turned in)</p>
<p>In my English classes, the homework was just writing essays (so there was really only one homework assignment every week or two) and reading.</p>
<p>There will not be much–if at all any–homework in college. And the homework is not in the sense that you are used to or thinking of. Usually homework is comprised of daily/weekly readings, essays, and solving problems/equations; most of which, are done voluntary, but will benefit you on tests/quizzes/pop quizzes. Sometimes your TAs might assign homework to your section as well, such as: summaries/outlines of the assigned readings. Although most of the so-called homework is voluntary, you have to complete it and be self-motivated to do so if you wish to succeed in your four years.</p>
<p>You’ll only hate the homework from English classes, since you have to write like 4-10 page essays.</p>
<p>Science hw isn’t as bad but don’t procrastinate on it lol - They said that doing all assigned work won’t really help give you a better grade (it’s only usually worth like 10% of the overall grade), but not doing it will really hurt you</p>
<p>their really isnt not much hw. It’s just a essay due here and there and online quizzes once a week.</p>
<p>if it helps most of the professors will lean towards questions where you have to think and stuff, none of that busywork BS</p>
<p>They’ll give you one of each kind of a question, rather one thing repeated like 20 times over</p>
<p>Thanks!
I’m not taking any english this first quarter so hopefully I can get used to math and science homework.</p>
<p>Does anybody recommend me getting a printer? I think we get 300 free pages but is it a good idea to buy one?</p>
<p>I lived without one… (: I mean, if you do bring one, your hall mates might take advantage of your printer more than you do. Just a thought. It is more convenient though… Iono. I lived in East Lo… and I only had to walk 2 floors down to print stuff. It wasn’t much of a hassle to me, so I didn’t bother with a printer.</p>
<p>The amount of free pages has been reduced to… (sorry can’t quite remember the exact number of pages) last year because of the budget issues.</p>
<p>Personally, I would recommend bringing a printer because of the convenience and reliability it can offer you. Generally, you will use the printer for printing out essays and notes.</p>
<p>I survived last year without a printer but I always had to get to campus about 30-60 mins early to print out my essay.</p>
<p>In fresh year my dorm hall had 3 printers, 3 people out of a total of 10 dudes.</p>
<p>generally speaking it’s best to get your own printer, although if you can’t it’s nice to have a dormmate or friend who does. Don’t rely too much on them though, ink toner can be expensive.</p>