White Male, So Cal Resident, Competitive well-known high school, Family Income ~$150,000
UC GPA: 3.62(Upward trend, never have gotten anything below a B)
ACT: 33(35 E, 35 R, 32 S, 28 M)
AP: APUSH(3), AP Stats(currently taking), AP Gov(currently taking)
Major: Probably Economics/Economics and Accounting
ECL: Not much…Around 30 hours of community service and am a member of 2 clubs on school. Soccer and volleyball all 4 years.
UCSB should be a high match for you.
How many people does your school send to UCSB each year? How does your UC GPA compare to those admitted?
UCSB I heard does like high test scores so that is definitely a plus for you.
Definitely have a shot. Pretty decent chance I’d say. Make sure to nail essays
UC’s rely mostly on GPA. I’d say it’s a high match/reach depending on your school
I think your UC GPA is a little low, 2015 for SB was 4.05
With a difference of about 0.4 from their typical admitted freshmen GPA, its going to be pretty rough to get in. Your test score is amazing, and compensates a little for the GPA, but it’s known that the UC’s value GPA over anything. With very strong essays, an unimpacted major choice, and some decent extracirriculars, I would consider UCSB a low reach, and possibly a high match.
@lomokuan is economics & accounting an unimpacted major? I understand UCSB is more of a science school
@rdeng2614 I’d say around ~5 kids per year. UCSB isnt too popular among kids at my school since most choose Berkeley over the other UC’s. We had like 21 kids go to Berkeley lol.
@Northwood16 I believe economics and accounting is right about “Medium” for competitiveness in UCSB. It isn’t as difficult engineering for admissions so I would consider it more as an “average major” at that school. Thus, at least a 4.00 UC GPA would put an applicant in a good spot to be considered.