chance me for UCSD??

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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considering i get decent letters of recommendation and write a good essay, what would you say are my chances of getting accepted into University of California, San Diego? I live in NJ (so i would be out of state), neither of my parents went to college, i am half brazilian (mom from brazil), and POSSIBLY majoring in communications. Also, if you think i would get accepted, how much money, if any, do you think i could get from them?

weighted GPA: 4.032
unweighted GPA: 3.98
SAT: 1350
Class Rank: 10.4 (just made top 10% in my class)

Grades:
FRESHMAN:
Basic Foods
A – 95
Communication in
TV and Social Media
A – 97
English I CP
A – 94
French II CP
A – 97
Geometry CP
A – 95
Health 9
A+ – 98
Physical Ed 9
A+ – 98
Physics First CP
A – 97
Theatre Arts I
A+ – 98
World History 9 CP
A – 96

SOPHOMORE:
Algebra II H
A- – 91
Chemistry Lab H
B+ – 87
Driver Theory
A – 96
English II H
B+ – 89
French III CP
A – 95
Physical Ed 10
A+ – 100
TV Production I
A- – 92
US History I H
A – 93

JUNIOR (so far-1st quarter):
AP US History
A – 94
Biology H
A – 96
English III H
A – 95
French IV H
B+ – 89
Physical Ed 11
A+ – 100
Pre-Calculus H
B – 86
TV Production II
A – 97

Extracurriculars:
Freshman: volleyball, relay for life participant, Renaissance academic achievement award
Sophomore: relay for life participant, Renaissance academic achievement award, HOWGlobal Fundraiser volunteer (3
hours), babysitting on my own time
Junior: Key Club member (volunteered for 2 events so far), Student Council member (helped set up for school dance so
far), volunteer at retirement home, relay for life participant, thinking about getting a job soon
Senior (plan): key club member, student council member, thinking about starting a film/TV club at my school

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UW GPA looking good, try to take more APs. If you get scores up, then it will be a solid match

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Can your parents afford $60K/year or $240K for 4 years to attend UCSD? UC’s give little to No financial aid to Out of state students. Run the Net Price Calculator to see the estimate.

https://sa-web.ucsd.edu/aidEstimator

You need to calculate your UC GPA (capped weighted) at the end of Junior year. Your Honors classes will not be considered for the extra weighting. Out of state students only get extra honors points in the UC GPA calculation for AP/IB or DE courses.

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

Your SAT score is within range for UCSD. You will want a UC GPA (capped weighted) in the 4.0+ range for the best chances. Also UCSD has a record # of applicants this year, so it will only continue to get more competitive.

Admit rate — Overall 34.1%
Admits: 30,204
Applicants: 88,463
California Residents (% of admits): 61.3%

GPA and test scores of middle 25%-75% students

High School GPA (capped weighted UC GPA): 4.04 - 4.28
ACT Composite Score: 29 - 34
ACT English Language Arts: 27 - 31
SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing: 620 - 710
SAT Mathematics: 630 - 760
SAT Essay: 16 - 19

If you want to come to California for college, then look at the Private schools which would be more generous with Financial and Merit aid. California Publics (UC’s and Cal states) give good aid to in-state students.