Hello CC, please help me out by chancing me…
About me:
Caucasian
Male
OOS
Public High School
Academics:
UC GPA: 4.11
New SAT: 1400, should I retake?
AP Scholar, haven’t scored less than a 4
Taking another 5 AP’s this year
EC’S:
DECA (2 years, won 2nd place regional, went to states)
Science Club (4 years)
Chess Club (4 years)
Science NHS
NHS
French NHS (waiting for acceptance)
Two internships related to medicine (110 hours)
Youth Group Coordinator (3 years)
Concurrent enrollment at local community college (does this count?)
HS Basketball (1 year)
Want to major in neuroscience at UCLA or UCSD
UC GPA, I haven’t heard this since High school.
If you are a High school applicant, there is a forum for you - “What Are My Chances”
As an OOS you are capped on honors points. http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/out-of-state/
Honors courses are calculated differently. In calculating an out-of-state student’s GPA, UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses. The weight is given to letter grades of A, B, or C. . . . .
“We limit the number of honors points to 4 courses (8 semesters), with no more than 2 courses (four semesters) from 10th grade”.
Remember that it is $55k per year for an OOS student.
If you have not taken any college courses after high school graduation, you are a frosh applicant, not a transfer applicant.
Yes, out-of-state costs at UCs will be expensive.
Those are very competitive schools and, despite your qualification, it could go either way at both campuses.
As others note above, OOS UC tuition is not a good value and there will be no need based aid.
Check out USD, LMU and Santa Clara - all will probably offer you merit money, making their tuition much less than OOS UC.
Good luck.
@ucbalumnus Alright!
@NCalRent Thank you for your advice, I appreciate it!
@IanuariusPanther
You really need a new list. Going to a Calif univ as an OOS premed is just crazy …and too expensive. If you’re serious about med school, the last thing you should be doing is going to a Calif univ as an OOS student.
I wrote more in your other thread…with some questions…Please answer them