Chance me for Cal States and UC's! [please!]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey guys, Im currently a senior and would like some honest chance-gives for the following schools: </p>

<p>Cal State Long Beach
Cal State San Deigo
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly Pamona
UC Santa Barbera
UC San Deigo
UCLA
UC Berkeley (ha!)
UC Irvine
Georgia Tech
Texas Tech
Purdue </p>

<p>The major I'd like to pursue is civil engineering. maybe double major or minor in economics. I'm a hispanic in southern california (whats new) and live in a low income household and go to one of the worst schools in the state. </p>

<p>here are my (very poor) stats: </p>

<p>Acad 9-12 GPA: 3.19 [weighted] 2.69 [non weighted]
Acad 10-12 GPA: 3.23 [weighted] 2.77 [non weighted]
Total GPA: 3.28 [weighted] 2.83 [non weighted </p>

<p>SAT
06/11 -- CR: 500 // Math: 400 // Writing: 550 // Essay: 8
10/11 -- CR: 550 // Math: 460 // Writing: 560 // Essay: 8</p>

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<p>ACT
06/11 -- Comp: 19 // English:20 // Math: 18 // Reading: 19 // Science: 19// Writing: 9
^ garbage I know. I am retaking it this Saturday, however. </p>

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<p>AP </p>

<p>AP US History [1] -- 10th grade
AP Biology [1] -- 11th grade
AP European History [1] -- 10th grade
AP Spanish Language [3] -- 11th grade
AP English Language/Comprehension [3] -- 11th grade
AP Physics B [taking]
AP Calculus AB [taking]
AP English Literature [taking] </p>

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<p>EC's </p>

<p>-Varsity Volleyball
-MESA for 3 years
-AP Council Class of 2012 Adviser
-Art Academy in the 10th grade
-Squires [a community service club]
-Forum moderator on various forums [not sure if this counts] </p>

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<p>Awards/Certifications </p>

<ul>
<li>Certified National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Machining Level I Drill Press Operator </li>
<li>RC-1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Judge (not sure if this falls under here)</li>
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<p>CSULB is probably going to be your best hope of getting in…</p>

<p>All the schools are high reaches :frowning: (maybe CPP could be a low reach)</p>

<p>consider going to a CC and then transferring!</p>

<p>chance back please <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1225356-compsci-schools-students-bad-stats-like-me-uc-chancers-please-look.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1225356-compsci-schools-students-bad-stats-like-me-uc-chancers-please-look.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>They are all high reaches…You really killed your gpa there.If it brings your grade that much down it’s better to do regular classes. Your sat is not very good either.</p>

<p>try csu san marcos instead. You might get in csulb but I don’t think any of the others:(</p>

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<p>the low gpa is due to dumb classes like health, french [took 1-3], philosophy, things like that. </p>

<p>and yeah my sat is pretty bad too :/</p>

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<p>Yes, but the fact that you did not succeed in classes that are considered ‘shoo ins’ doesn’t really help:/, besides the fact that you go to the ‘worst school in ca’. Are you saying you had As/Bs in the ap classes?</p>

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<p>yeah my ap classes were b’s for the most parts, and a couple of a’s.</p>

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<p>All of those schools are super high reaches (not including the out of states). With your major, I’d almost have to say there’s no chance at all. </p>

<p>To be honest, you really should just go to community college and work your butt off there. Even if you do get into a CSU/UC out of HS, it doesn’t look like you’ll succeed in the curriculum. You’ll find that once in college, you’re going to have to deal with all those “dumb classes” again, except with more competition. So go to a CC and get used to the difficulty.</p>

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<p>I was considering that, but how long will it take me to finish the units? </p>

<p>I mean, I already have 7 UC/CSU transferable units [took some summer courses, which would push my gpa higher] and I have a 3.8 college GPA, and I passed 2 AP tests, and hope to pass more this year, on top of a robotics class im taking which could also give me college credit. Roughly how long am I looking at for CC?</p>