Can I get into UCR?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am junior in high school and a Californian resident. I am really worried that I wont be able to get into any schools! The top four schools I want to go to are UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Long Beach, or Cal State Fullerton. But I don't think I have a chances because of my grades. </p>

<p>I want to major in Media and Cultural Studies. </p>

<p>I will list below my grades throughout highschool so far. </p>

<p>FRESHMAN- First Semester
Engineering Design Tech: B
Spanish 1: A
English 1: B-
Algebra 1B: C+
P.E.: A-
Earth Science: B- </p>

<p>FRESHMAN- Second Semester
Engineering Design Tech: A
Spanish 1: A-
English 1: B-
Algebra 1B: C-
P.E.: A
Earth Science: B </p>

<p>SOPHOMORE- First Semester
Advanced Computer Design: A
Spanish 2: B
English 2: B
Geometry: D (made up in summer school and received a B)
P.E.: A
Biology: B-
World History: B- </p>

<p>SOPHOMORE- Second Semester
Advanced Computer Design: B
Spanish 2: C+
English 2: A-
Geometry: C
P.E.: A
Biology: C+
World History: B </p>

<p>JUNIOR- First Semester
Spanish 3: C
English 3: A
Algebra 2: C
Art: A
P.E.: A
Chemistry: C
U.S. History: A (I AM TRYING MY BEST TO GET A 4.0 ON MY NEXT REPORT CARD) </p>

<p>SAT Score: 1900
ACT Score: 28 </p>

<p>CLASSES FOR SENIOR YEAR:
-AP Econ
-AP Gov
-AP Psychology
-AP Humanities
-AP Art History
-Pre Calculus
-Health </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Soccer (one year)
-PR Director for youth group
-Spiritual Director for youth group
-Internship at MPAC (public service agency)
-Volunteer at CAIR
-Volunteer at MPAC
-Director of meetings for JSA (school debate team)
-President of Three Hopes (community service club)
-Anti-Bullying Panelist for LA City Hall
-Started another youth group
-Speaker</p>

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<p>The good news is that none of these four schools take freshman year into account. So I assumed 3.0 UW.</p>

<p>UCR: Match
Cal Poly Pomona: Low match/Match
CSUF: Low match
CSULB: Match</p>

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<p>Your test scores look good but your GPA will be a problem. Are any of the courses you listed World History or US History etc… AP or Honors classes? For UC/CSU you can have an additional 8 points added to GPA if they are AP or Honors which would increase your GPA. I would work on getting better grades and retaking either the SAT or ACT to compensate for the GPA. At 3.0 GPA I think you are still a low reach for the schools.</p>

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<p>As noted above, freshman grades are largely ignored by the schools you list. They also don’t count your non-college prep classes like PE. Even if you bring your 10-11 college prep GPA up to 3.0, I think you’ll find most of the schools you listed to be out of reach. </p>

<p>The CSUs only look your M&R SAT scores. Assuming your score was reasonably balanced - Cal Poly Pomona would probably take you. I encourage you to apply more broadly. Be sure to include some less selective CSUs. Maybe Sonoma and Channel Islands?</p>

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<p>They’re all high matches.</p>

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<p>I have not taken an APs
-So far my non weighted GPA is 3.1</p>

<h2>-I am not allowed to go out of Southern California besides Santa Barbara</h2>

<p>(What does high match mean?)</p>

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<p>IDK. </p>

<p>FWIW, my son got waitlisted, then got into UCR with a very similar profile in 2011. Got into CPP, but no LB. ME, no AP’s before senior year. We are from NoCal.</p>

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<p>You could consider the following CSU’s: Northridge, San Bernadino, Channel Islands, San Marcos if they have your Major and are still in Southern California.</p>

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<p>majoring in media and culture studies is probably the stupidest thing you can do. Read the book Worthless by Aaron Clarey, and youll see why.</p>