<p>*she is a California resident and she will be applying to university this year and she thinks her SAT scores alone are enough to get her into a decent UC. *</p>
<p>Wrong, wrong, wrong…</p>
<p>The better UCs consider GPA and rank very strongly (they do this so that students from underprivileged schools have a chance at acceptance).</p>
<p>Your niece’s rank will seriously hurt her. She won’t be in the top 4% and 8% (or whatever the latest UC rules are) that give a student an edge for admissions.</p>
<p>A high SAT cannot overcome that.</p>
<p>Yes, she’ll get accepted to UCR or UC Merced, but I doubt that where she’ll want to go.</p>
<p>I assume that her parents will pay for wherever she’ll want to go? If so, she should look at Santa Clara, LMU, and some out of state schools. Or, maybe USD where some kids without the stats for the top schools go as long as mommy and daddy will pay.</p>
<p>(As for whether an aunt would know this stuff. I’m Italian. My sisters and I share a lot of info about our kids with each other. So, it doesn’t seem weird to me that this aunt would know such details. Ethnic families do things a bit differently.)</p>
<p>I think the OP was sincere.
The UC GPA is set now that 11th grade is done.
Does the OP just want to know if the student will get into UCLA or Berkeley? OP, have her look at Naviance at her school to see what UC colleges she is likely to get into. </p>
<p>Does she want ideas for different colleges as well as
We can come up with ideas for good schools for a 3.1 GPA with high SAT’s. I was going to say, if the student really is at a tough school, a 3.12 unweighted is not a bad GPA.</p>
<p>Totally understand the parents’ POV and in response to proud_mom’s question, I’ve seen LOTS of rebellious Indian immigrant daughters. Hmm, is there anywhere she can get a scholarship based on merit? Then parents will be proud of the scholarship (brag rights) and they won’t have to pay for what they might think is a “sub-standard” education. I’m Indian too btw. Oh btw, as for aunts knowing everything about kids, my mom’s cousin knew my exam results when they came out so it’s pretty usual in Indian families.</p>
<p>My best friend in high school was a wild daughter of Indian immigrant parents. She went to college, but ended up in the family way as a sophomore, with a non Indian who was not the arranged boy her parents had picked out for her.</p>
<p>^Makes having to go to UC Merced seem like not such a bad outcome…</p>
<p>At this point I wouldn’t worry to much about whether neice can get into “better” UC schools. Without a good work ethic she won’t survive tough academics. The other problems are more of a concern, even though common to many teens. </p>
<p>Perhaps you could start to drop some hints about curfews etc. For example, in our town kids under 18 need to be home by midnight. That does make it easier for parents to lay down the law - the kid and car need to be home by mdnight. Maybe your town is the same.</p>
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<p>Good point. GPA for admissions acceptance/rejection purposes is already set. However, as another thread has pointed out, getting a D or worse in a class at any time during the senior year can lead to a recession of a prior acceptance. Something to remind the niece during the school year…</p>