Calculating points for admission

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>So according to this site, (<a href="http://www.geocities.com/kisasong/UCSDComprehensive.htm)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.geocities.com/kisasong/UCSDComprehensive.htm)&lt;/a>, 150 pts is given for two or minor roles in minor leadership position and it specifies minor leadership roles (President or VP of club, captain or co-captain of team,
secretary, treasurer of class or school). Can i get 150 points in leadership for being a secretary in key club, co-founder/vice-president of vounteer advisory board at a hospital i vounteer? Also can i get 150 points for playing varsity basketball 3yrs and playing for a traveling basketball team 3yrs that won several top 3 finishes in local tornaments? Also i took 36 semester courses in high school and 8 transferable college courses from 9th to 11th, which gets me 44 total semester courses. Does adding those 8 college courses enable be to get max of 500 points for the A-G points? if i can get these points, i can safely make the cut (7866).</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Nobody here would know the answer to that. We are not the admissions people. I'm sorry.</p>

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<p>wow...i'm so glad i didn't know about the point system when i applied. otherwise i'd be stressing over every little point just like most of you are...ignorance is bliss sometimes haha</p>

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<p>stop stressing about numbers that no one understands besides the admissions people...just keep you gpa as high as you can and do whatever ec's float your boat and i'm sure you'll be fine</p>

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<p>good advice edhawk...i mean the site listing the point system is by no means official, so don't take it TOO seriously</p>

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<p>???</p>

<p>Do NOT lie on your application.</p>

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<p>...</p>

<p>I hate it when people lie on their application. Dyu know why? Because it totally undermines people who have actually spent a lot of time on their activities and passions, and who have the dedication and ambition to actually become officers and leaders in their school. Freaking. I hate that. I HATE IT.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I didn't lie: I didn't do any ECs. And I'm in. HOTT.</p>

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<p>do people actually blantantly lie? I never thought so. I just figured everyone exaggerated..A LOT..well not a lot...but a plump amount</p>

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<p>well UCSD checks approx. 10% of accepted peoples non-academic "things" (didnt know how else to word that). Basically they'll check around 10% to see if they were really president of this club or did this many hours with whatever organization. So lying will work 90% of the time but id rather tell the truth than risk it.</p>

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<p>I've seen someone lie and got into both UCLA and UCSD. Someone asked to see my friend's resume and actually copied down that her EC's word-by-word. As for the point system, try to give yourself a lot of room for error. You don't want to be a borderline candidate...</p>

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<p>Wow, that's stupid.</p>

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<p>i wouldn't lie, but perhaps stretching the truth at some certain areas could be beneficial.</p>

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<p>Why would you even stretch the truth? You guys disgust me. Just tell it like it is.</p>

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<p>i wasn't talking about myself in my post, i meant in a broader sense that lying and stretching the truth could definitely help you.</p>

<p>as for slorg, if lying or cheating disgusts you, you're far too morally upright.</p>

<p>it happens everywhere and everyday. </p>

<p>idealists amuse me.</p>

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<p>
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morally upright.

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<p>Well, I've been called worse things before.</p>

<p>Anyway, lying would be incredibly stupid. UCSD factchecks a percentage of applications every year. If you are already in UCSD when they do this, you will be expelled.</p>

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<p>of course i wouldn't lie, it isn't worth it in case you get caught, but if you get away with it, as most people do, it can of course help.</p>