Chance a Sunny San Diego Kid for UCSD: Biomedical Engineering?

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<p>White Male, Dutch ancestry.
California (3rd Generation) Resident
Attending Private School in San Diego, CA</p>

<p>Major: Biomedical Engineering
Alt. Majors: General Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology...</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.96 (One B in sophomore math)
Weighted and Capped GPA: 4.29 (What CSU System Uses)
Fully Weighted GPA: 4.46 (UC GPA)</p>

<p>SAT I
Overall: 2200
Composite: 1470
Math: 730
Critical Reading: 740
Writing: 730</p>

<p>SAT II
Chemistry: 600 (Took honors chem two years ago and haven't touched since…)
Math Level II: 790</p>

<p>ACT
Composite: 33 (33.5 => 34 if you super score)
English: 35
Math: 31
Reading: 34 (35 if you super score)
Science: 33
Writing: 31</p>

<p>PSAT: 2011 National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>School didn't offer APs, took UC and CSU transferable Community College courses instead.
11th Grade Fall
-Spanish 1: A
-Calculus 1: A</p>

<p>11th Grade Spring
-Spanish 2: A
-Calculus 2: A</p>

<p>11th Grade Summer
-Calculus 3: A</p>

<p>12th Grade Fall
-Linear Algebra: In Progress…Guaranteed an A
-Physics 1 (Mechanics and Heat): In Progress…Guaranteed an A</p>

<p>12 Grade Spring
-Differential Equations: Planned for Spring of Senior Year
-Physics 2 or 3 (Still deciding): Planned for Spring of Senior Year</p>

<p>Senior Year Course load
-Advanced Orchestra (7th year Violist)
-British Literature
-Competitive Forensics III (Lincoln-Douglas Debate)
-Differential Equations (College)
-Economics
-Linear Algebra (College)
-Physics 1 - Mechanics and Heat (College)
-Physics 2 or 3 (College)
-U.S. Government</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities
- Member of School's Speech and Debate Club (10, 11, 12)
- Member of School's Speech and Debate Team (10, 11, 12)
-Traveled across California to 6-7 Statewide Tournaments every Spring
-Qualified for National Tournament 2010 held in San Diego, CA
-17th Ranked Lincoln-Douglas Debater in National Forensics League</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Soloist Bass in School's Patriotic Show Choir (9, 10, 11)
-Performed in Washington, DC (In front of multiple members of Congress + 2000 member audience), Marine Base Camp Pendleton, Navy Medical Center San Diego, Disneyland (CA), U.S.S. Midway (Raising Support for Soldier's Families), and the Official U.S. Military Naturalization (Citizenship) Ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Midway for 800 new citizens.</p></li>
<li><p>Suzuki-Trained Violist for 7 years. (…9, 10, 11, 12)
-Member of Youth Orchestra (9, 10, 11)
-Violist in the Grossmont College Symphony Orchestra (12)
-Performed in front of the Chairperson of California's Community Colleges
-Performed Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" with the San Diego Ballet</p></li>
<li><p>Member of School's Chapter of the Eta Sigma Alpha National Honor Society (11, 12)
-Elected Public Relations Chairperson (12)</p></li>
<li><p>Participated in Several Neurological Research Studies with Faculty of UCSD as a Subject. (9, 10, 11, 12)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Please Chance me for UCSD: Biomedical Engineering!</p>

<p>I would really appreciate any feedback, Thank You!</p>

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<p>In.
Happy Thanksgiving!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!</p>

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<p>I think your Dutch ancestry will hurt your chances. :(</p>

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<p>I know…can’t have too many tall, blonde, tan dutch men walking around ;)</p>

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<p>bbuuummpppp</p>

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<p>what can i say… its obvious youre in! congrats…</p>

<p>but can you post how you calculated the UC GPA… in case something went wrong or something :)</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Here’s what I found to be the most helpful…it gives the breakdown of UW, W & Capped, and the UC GPA. [Transcript</a> Evaluation: How do I figure out a student?s GPA?](<a href=“http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/resources.php?cat_id=51]Transcript”>http://collegetools.berkeley.edu/resources.php?cat_id=51)</p>

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<p>thanks for the link… but that isnt what i meant… sry for being unclear… i meant the numbers YOU used and all-ur classes and all…</p>

<p>but here is a link that does it automatically… you can check it using this:
<a href=“http://edweb.sdsu.edu/compact/UC%20GPA%20Calculation.pdf[/url]”>http://edweb.sdsu.edu/compact/UC%20GPA%20Calculation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>hmmm…according to the link I laid out, UCB uses Fully Weighted GPA and the rest of the UCs use weighted and capped (8 semesters) GPA. In that case, my “UC GPA” would be the weighted & capped = 4.29ish </p>

<p>Thanks for the clarification!</p>

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<p>UCB and UCLA use fully weighted GPA :slight_smile: but nice a 4.29 is very good, congrats… its not like the 4.46 which was above and beyond.
with that being said… your chacnes at UCSD are NOT slaughtered. in fact you should be in…
however let us “confirm”
[ucsd</a> score](<a href=“http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pKB1yD5iQn_8wqH5bhMkhZw]ucsd”>http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pKB1yD5iQn_8wqH5bhMkhZw)</p>

<p>use this link and as FutureNTSurgeon had advised me: grade yourself conservatively… dont give points you are not 100% sure about…
the cutoff for this year is about 7800ish +/- (most likely minus, less likely plus…
so IF YOU GET 7800-8000 YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE… IF YOU GET 8001+ YOU HAVE AN EXTREMELY DEFINITELY GREAT CHANCE… (BUT THIS IS NOT 100% IN/OUT… SO DONT go about shouting im in UCSD… :D)</p>

<p>*PS: im sry about hte caps… i am not yelling … i accidentally pressed Caps Lock and im too lazy to type it out and for some reason im typing this message :slight_smile: LOL!</p>

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<p>thanks…I used the sheet and came up with a 8200ish and a 7800-8000 conservative estimate. I didn’t know about the point system earlier, so this really helps!</p>

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<p>Note that UCSD doesn’t have biomedical engineering. We have a bioengineering department with 4 different tracks. Which did you apply to?</p>

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<p>lol apply to stanford or brown or something your level</p>

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<p>High Match for UCSD. Stop stressing!</p>