<p>hi
i came to the united states in my junior year and my english is not that much good to get a high score on SAT reading , please chance me for all UCs and UMD</p>
<p>GPA : 3.87
Junior year GPA: 4.0
UC GPA: 3.85
SAT1:
reading: 450
math : 690
Writing: 590
Toefl: paper based : 590</p>
<p>senior year classes:
AP calc
AP Bio
AP psychology
English 10 and 11
US gov
Piano lab 2
plan to take sat 2 math and physics</p>
<p>I have good ec's </p>
<p>i wanted to know if uc's connsider my reading score since i have been here in the us just for a year</p>
<p>Some might give you a break on CR, but in general given UC GPA and other scores, you’re looking at the lower UCs like UCSC, UCR and UCM. It would not hurt to try at the mid tiers.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, if you are not a citizen and did not attend high school in CA for at least 3 years, you’ll be expected to pay OOS tuition of almost $50K/yr. If that’s the case, you may want to also look at private schools which are less formulaic in approach to admissions and may give you a bigger break on the scores.</p>
<p>They do look at your writing, they ask to read your ‘personal statement’.</p>
<p>Your SAT II scores look good enough for UCD. Adding to hmom5’s: if you are not a CA resident, you may be facing a harsher elimination. </p>
<p>My suggestion: write a nice personal statement, send in your application(s), then wait patiently for the envelope(s). Good luck, I hope you will get the big one(s).</p>
<p>yeah, i have mentioned in my essay that i’ve been here for just a year. but the problem is i’m OOS so i don’t know if in this budget crisis this is a good thig or not???</p>