Chance me, help me out please

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>I got a question, does UC look at freshment grade? do they look at only 10th and 11 grade or they consider all year?
I have a Weighted GPA 3.6 and 3.8 10th grade (1st and 2nd semester)
Weighted GPA 3.67 and 4.0 11th grade (1st and 2nd semester)
SAT 1920
Chinese Subject test 780
Math IIC 720
Biology subject test 680</p>

<p>AP:
Calculus AB: 5
Calculus BC: 5
Environmental science: 4
Chemistry: 3
Human Geography:3</p>

<p>Clubs:
Key club for 3 years
Formosa cultural club for 3 years
Young Republican for 3 years</p>

<p>EC:
Community Basketball for 3 years
Band for 1 year
Volunteer hour for around 200 hours</p>

<p>Can anyone chance me? I am looking for majoy: Business</p>

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<p>No they don’t look at your freshmen year grades. First of all, UCSD doesn’t have a “business” major and 2nd of all, both your SAT scores and your GPA are awfully low. I would say UCSD is a reach.</p>

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<p>^ Your SAT scores are not low.</p>

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<p>Try taking the ACT; I did much better on it. Your GPA is a bit low, but you can make up for that with your test scores. Try to get leadership positions in your ECs, as well. Right now it’s a slight reach, but you could make it a match if you really improve your SAT or take the ACT. Subject tests look fine.</p>

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<p>The average SAT score for Fall 2010 for UCSD was a 1808. However, the average 10th and 11th gpa was a 3.78. Since your gpa falls below this, you’d need a significant boost from your test scores and at the moment, a 1920 isn’t going to cut it, hence my saying (@SGS333) your SAT scores are low. You also have to remember that UCSD is a points system, not holistic like Berk or UCLA, with 4500 points coming from your uncapped gpa and another 3200 points coming from your SAT scores. The amount of points needed for Fall 2010 was somewhere between 7500-7700, not sure on the exact number. Look at this link if you’re curious: <a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/freshmen/eval-process.html[/url]”>http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/freshmen/eval-process.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I have leadership on the two club i join:
VP for club Formosa
Activity coordinator for young republican.
Community Basketball my team won first place once, with a trophy</p>

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<p>I have a tale of two sons-both had @3.8 gpa at end of Junior year and identical class schedules. Son A had 1920 SAT Son B 2040 SAT. Both attended pre-college program at UCSD. Son A was not admitted to UCSD. Son B was. Moral of this tale? Boost your SAT-take an improvement course if you can and try to squeak out another 100-150 points. The way budget cuts are in California the number of spaces are less and less each year therefore more and more competitive.</p>

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<p>I had a slightly lower SAT/GPA and got in. But i also had ELC and other extracurriculars stuff. I would take an SAT class and start your personal statement now.</p>

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<p>askoh, how did you get that data? Especially since fall 2010 stats haven’t even been released yet. The most recently released stats are fall 2009, according to the official uc website: [University</a> of California - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/camp_profiles_ucsd.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/camp_profiles_ucsd.html)</p>

<p>High School GPA: 4.08
SAT Critical Reading: 637
SAT Mathematics: 677
SAT Writing: 650</p>

<p>SD is a slight reach, but as other have said your best shots at improving your chances are boosting your SAT score to at least above 2000 and writing a good essay.
good luck! :)</p>

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<p>lol. you will make it without a doubt.</p>

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<p>@fruitytart
ah I screwed up, those were the application statistics, not the admission statistics…</p>

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<p>@khoagng</p>

<p>Wow really? -_____- “Without a doubt” seems kind of too certain don’t you think?</p>

<p>In my opinion, it’s probably really important to take as many “rigorous” courses in HS as you can, and maybe even a couple CC classes. My unweighted GPA for 10th & 11th grade was really low (about 3.55), but I took a lot of AP classes. When you apply, focus on showing colleges how you really challenge yourself in HS. As of now with the statistics you’ve given, I’m thinking slight reach. But you still have some time to improve your stats even more. [:</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance</p>

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<p>got it thanks, so far i got 5 ap classes, in my senior year i am going to get 2 more, so it will add up to be 7 AP.
By the way, can anyone show me or help me calculate how the point system works? cause i heard if you are low income you get more points and if your parent die then you get more points als ( My mom died when i was 8 yrs old :frowning: so yea )</p>

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<p>just wondering…how many Cs (if any) do you guys have those of you who got in to ucsd? GPA is kinda confusing</p>

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<p>son had only one C one semester. 5 AP’s senior year. 2 junior year. The point system does give points for low income and for hardship.</p>

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<p>@uchogwarts</p>

<p>I got one C in the 1st semester of junior year ><" and still got into ucsd. I guess it helped that I took like 12 ap classes throughout my highschool career.</p>

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<p>whoa…i got 2 Cs…
this is interesting…'cause when i see people’s posted gpas, my gpa is often higher for either weighted/uc/unweighted, but I didn’t think it was that reliable 'cause i kinda believed i got lucky
more replies please:) question was for those of you who got in ucsd how many Cs did you get(if any)?</p>

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<p>I received 2 Cs (one per semester) in AP Chemistry…</p>

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<p>I had one C each semester my senior year for AP Calc AB.</p>