Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>The good:
4.0 UC GPA
Upward grade trend.
URM
First Gen. College Student.
ELC
Good essays.
In state
Really good EC's
low income?</p>

<p>The Bad:
only 2 AP's and one honors class between 10th and eleventh grade
3's on Both AP tests [US and Art History]
Only 4 AP's senior year
Pretty competitive HS [Most UCLA acceptances in the United States]</p>

<p>The Ugly
3.75 UW GPA
1840 combined SAT score 2nd try.
Taking again in november [will prob. break 1900, maybe 2000]
730 Spanish sat ii
630 us history sat ii</p>

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<p>I'm gonna go with:</p>

<p>No chance?</p>

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<p>High match. Getting the SAT above 2000 will make it a match.</p>

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<p>eh..better stats than me and im at ucsd as a freshmen..just make sure that your essays are really good LOL</p>

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<p>From what I saw at my school, ECs matter a lot. My friend had a higher GPA (over a 4.0 weighted UC GPA) and SAT score (like a 2250) than me because he had no ECs. And then my other friend had a higher GPA than me (because he took easier classes, and he had 3 AP classes his junior year and 3 his senior year) and higher SAT scores (like a 2280 I think) and had similar ECs as me and got regents. </p>

<p>The Good: AP test scores don't matter, and my friend who got regents only took 5 AP classes, and my high school is extremely competitive as well. Also, I think only your UC GPA matters. </p>

<p>The Bad: your SAT scores are kind of low. My friend who got rejected had a 690 in chem and a 750+ I think in Math, and I'm pretty sure he did better in others. And his SAT score was a mid to high 2200. </p>

<p>The Ugly: college acceptances are pretty arbitrary, and this next year is apparently the toughest ever. So good luck.</p>

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<p>EC's do tend to matter more than you'd think.</p>

<p>While AP scores only dictate how many credits you'd receive (it's nice to have a lot, btw) the actual number of AP classes you take is looked at in the context of how many your school offers. My school offered many and I ended up taking 9 tests. If someone attended a school where only 5 classes were offered and they took all 5, that would impress admissions officers with regards to rigor of courseload.</p>

<p>I say if you get your SAT to at least 2000 and you've taken most of what your school can offer than you're in for sure. Otherwise, it's no guarantee.</p>

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<p>id actually say pretty good...idk based on your hs how rigorous your schedule is, but id say you have a fair chance to get in here :)</p>

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<p>you should be fine, i had 600/450 on SAT2's and 1940 sat1. my gpa was 4.3 though =/</p>

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<p>It's a match. Admissions should be a tad easier this year, and low income / ELC is huge.</p>

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<p>A letter from ELC UCSD came in the mail today, and asked me to apply, however, it did not mention I had guranteed acceptance into my first choice major, like the UC Davis letter that came in the mail the other day said. Does this signify anything?</p>

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<p>its just because of impacted majors and such</p>

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<p>that wasnt very clear lol...its bc if you applied under an impacted major you wont be automatically placed in that major, you have to go through another application review for placement with everyone else</p>

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<p>haha, I should clarify, it siad I didn't have guranteed acceptance at all, lol. It wasn't explicitely stated as in the UC Davis letter, but then I got a UC Merced letter today, and they didn't explicitely say so either, so do you guys just think that its just the way in which they write them, and I will get ELC letters from them later? Or better yet, is there a way I can check, with my ELC number, which schools I got guranteed acceptance to?</p>