Chances at UCSB, UCI, UCD

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-I'm a California resident.
-UC GPA- 4.10
-SAT- 1800 (CR-570, W-560, M-670)
-Marching band freshman and sophomore year
-Color guard freshman year
-Writer percussion freshman and sophomore year
-Established a tutoring business
-Tutored elementary kids through a school club (Mathletes) for 2 hours per week for 4 years
-30+ hour volunteering on the Tahoe Rim Trail
-Robotics and Engineering Club
-Co-President of Lincoln Lunatics (cheering section and spirit club)
-Solid essays detailing my harsh upbringing
-5 APs, 5 honors classes
-Physiology major</p>

<p>Any insight would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>UCI/UCD/UCSB: High Match</p>

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<p>UCSB: Migh match
UCI: Match
UCD: High match</p>

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<p>@bullmate‌
US News ranks UCI below UCD and UCSB, but US News is wrong. UCD and UCI are similar in selectivity. UCSB is significantly less selective than both UCD and UCI.</p>

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<p>Selectivity doesn’t make a school better than another. </p>

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<p>@Newpssenoir‌
OP is looking for chances, not which school is better. bullmate’s predictions are inaccurate because he/she thinks that UC Irvine is easier to get into than UC Davis and UCSB. I am correcting bullmate’s predictions by saying that UC Irvine is more selective than UCSB. I know this because UC Irvine has a higher average GPA than UCSB.</p>

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<p>Admission rates are very close. But UCSB seems to have the highest average SAT score.</p>

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<p>@meriks‌
Of course UCSB has the highest average SAT score. It is the only UC that is too dumb to realize that test scores do not predict college success. <a href=“http://www.theaggie.org/2008/07/21/uc-study-shows-sats-do-not-predict-college-success/”>http://www.theaggie.org/2008/07/21/uc-study-shows-sats-do-not-predict-college-success/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>My crap GPA (3.66 unweighted, 4.29 weighted, 4.00 capped UC) should have gotten me rejected by every single school I applied to. However, UCSB accepted me because it thinks my worthless 2300 SAT score means something. UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, and UCI rejected/waitlisted me because they understand that GPA is the most important indicator of college success.</p>

<p>Among the high-tier and mid-tier UCs, UCSB is the only UC that is willing to overlook an awful GPA for a 2200+ SAT score. This is the reason why UCSB will always be inferior to the other mid-tier UCs, UC Davis and UC Irvine.</p>

<p>These scatterplots provide further evidence for my argument.</p>

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<p>UC SB has significantly better reputation for engineering though. Just saying.</p>

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<p>@Mangiafuoco ^</p>

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<p>@meriks‌
OP is a physiology major. Overall, UC Davis and UC Irvine are more selective than UCSB. I am saying this as a UCSB student who went through (got screwed by) the college admission process.</p>