Chance a Rising Senior :)?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>If anyone can take their time and please chance me for getting admission at UCSD for the fall of 2012 that would be great and much appreciated :d</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Class: Junior
State: Illinois Type of School: Public (school really isnt that much to be proud of.. our stats are horrendous)
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Possible Course of Study- (Finance and Premed)</p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores:
ACT: 30 (35 E 30M 29R 26S)
Superscore: 32 (35E 32M 29R 32S 12W)</p>

<p>AP Test Scores:
10th- European History - 5
11th- APUSH - 5</p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted (As of now) 5.22/5 ---> should be 5.5 ish senior year, Unweighted (4.95/5) ----> Senior (4.975/5)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
36/691 (competitive upper bracket(100+), rest of it is meh, could have been higher if i didnt have such poor class placement my freshmen/sophomore years)</p>

<p>Classes Taken:</p>

<p>Freshmen Year: (Due to terrible placement, i was not able to start picking up on Honors/AP Classes till my Sophomore year on up)
Physical Science 5/5
Algebra I 5/5
World History 5/5
French 1 5/5
Health/Gym 5/5
English 1 5/5
Study Hall/Keyboarding N/A / 4 </p>

<p>Sophomore Year
AP European History 5/5
Geometry Honors 4/5
Computer Concepts/Speech 5/5
Drivers Ed/Gym 5/5
Biology 5/5
English 2 5/5
French 2 5/5 </p>

<p>Junior Year
ICA (math) 5/5
English 3 5/5
Chemistry Honors 5/5
Physics Honors 5/5
APUSH 5/5
Gym/Gym 5/5
Computer Programming I/II 5/5</p>

<p>(Taking Pre-Calculus Right Now)</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics
Humanities Honors
Senior Comp./ Major Brit Writers
Anatomy/Physiology
Teachers Aid/Teachers Aid
Gym </p>

<p>As it seems, my senior year is going to be a big load on me just to be all evened out with my dismal freshmen year</p>

<p>Volunteer/EC's
North Techonlogy Club (Gonna try again(3rd times the charm?) for VP, or Sec. Next Year, free voting needs to fail some times ;/)
Model U.N
National Honor Society
Newspaper
150 hours at Hospital
200ish hours from Temple
Relay for Life (event was 6/25/11)
Apparently Teachers Aid counts as Volunteer Hours? (doin that with study hall next year)</p>

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<p>I’m not really sure how to chance you since I’m from CA and I don’t really know how your grades translate to a UC GPA since my grades were out of 4 not 5 unless they are AP classes which are weighted (so A=4, B=3, etc unless in an AP/IB/honors course where an you add an additional point to your grade, then the average of your scores equals your GPA ). Also only 10th and 11th grade grades are calculated as part of your GPA, and you would only count A-G classes ( so typically wouldn’t include gym). And I read somewhere I think that honors courses taken out-of -state are not weighted. So you might want to go re-calculate your GPA. I think your test scores are maybe a little above average and your extracurriculars are around average too. So not calculating in your GPA or an amazing personal statement, I’d say UCSD is probably a bit of a reach for you.</p>

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<p>Teachers-Aid sounds like a wasted period. Overall I think you would be qualified for UCSD</p>

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<p>right now the most sensible thing to do is go to:
[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>

<p>click on custom tables [or explore the site if you wish] and fill in the info. since they have uploaded 2009 as the most recent stat stuff, that’s the closest you will get. </p>

<p>to be honest, you have a decent shot. same with every other person who applies to UCSD. Everyone has a shot at getting admitted however, it is up to you to make it enticing to the admission’s officer. it’s great you have asked these chance questions before the last minute comes, so i suggest you work on making your application amazing. </p>

<p>My personal suggestion, since you have so many E.C’s is to pick the best ones that represent you. For example [ this is JUST AN EXAMPLE, DO NOT TAKE THIS IDEA UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING]
I personally never really understood National Honors Society. It was something you could willingly join so i was never very “pleased” with it. In fact i never even joined NHS. So when it acme to my application, i could have joined NHS and put it on there , but i decided that I wasn’t into it. 1) many other people who have high stats will have NHS too, so i felt that why should i waste 1 spot for something i could fill in with equal or greater effect. that’s the whole point. you want to present yourself to the max. </p>

<p>Now don’t follow what i did because i got admitted,etc. I had many great EC’s so NHS wasn’t really a “must put” or something and i sorta had an idea of what i wanted to put. </p>

<p>It is hard to tell your UC GPA based on the numbers [as well as the info from above poster] and you dont have to “superscore” the ACT. UCSD just does it by testing session rather then superscoring it. And that is about a littel over the average. .</p>

<p>My Chance: No idea.
When i was being chanced i kinda got bummed when i heard someone say “reach” or something other than “IN” so im not going to say what chances you have. what i will say however is you will make a good OOS applicant.</p>

<p>Good Luck, Best of Luck on your Application.
If you need help, have questions, you know who to contact :)</p>

<p>–Shyam Patel</p>

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<p>I’m not quite sure how to read you.
I cant judge your GPA as I’m not used to that scale, but I can tell you that I am an in state student with a 31 on his ACT, a 4.2 GPA, had 6 AP courses, 6 Honors courses, 21+hours of drama a week as a stage manager and lighting designer, 3 years varsity swim, participation on a cirque du soleil-style aerial dance team, among many other activities, and I was not initially accepted. It was only after I appealed that I got in.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies guys, and yes our schools GPA scale is a bit weried… and converting my GPA/grades to UC scale would have helped. UCSD seems like a reach school for me, but seeing how the Cal Budget Crisis is going on, i doubt id get little to no scholarships from the school, especially as OOS.</p>

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<p>impressive, but UCSD is getting harder to get into every year
i say slight reach, almost a match</p>

<p>UCSD c/o '15</p>