<p>I’m really thankful for anyone who replies and all opinions would be amazing. I have pretty low test scores and am hesitant about applying to UCD…but I really would like to attend!</p>
<p>AP Tests:
APUSH:4
AP Language:4
AP Environmental Science:4</p>
<p>GPA: unweighted:3.9/weighted:4.19
Rank: 14 out of ~300</p>
<p>AP or Honors classes: (grades by semester)
Junior Year:
APUSH ( grades: B and A),
AP Environmental Science (grades: A and A),
AP English 3 (grades: A and A),
Honors Pre-cal (grades: A and A)</p>
<p>Senior:
AP English 4
AP government and politics/economics
AP Spanish
AP World History
AP Calculus
Honors Physics
(the reason why there are that many more AP’s senior year than junior year is because AP Gov and AP World are newly offered courses)</p>
<p>EC’s/Clubs:
Accounting/Data Analysis/Finance Internship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (80 hours)
Volunteer at local hospital (~300 hours)
Volunteered for the city (~250-300 hours)
Varsity Tennis
LINK Crew
AFS (American Field Studies)
World Village Film Festival
World Without Borders
MAOS Academy (a math and science academy within the school)
NJROTC
NJROTC Honor Guard
NJROTC Physical Fitness Team
NJROTC Drill Team (both with and without arms) </p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
President’s Volunteer Service Award
AP Scholar
NJROTC Rank of Cadet Lieutenant Commander (in the running for the highest possible position of Cadet Commander)
300 Hour Award Pin at local hospital
NJROTC Honor Guard XO</p>
<p>i think you have a pretty good chance for economics. i’d say match, low reach (but i usually don’t do these chance threads, so what do i know). we don’t have a business major - we do have managerial economics, though, which is close. man econ is more impacted than econ though.</p>
<p>Apply to a lot of colleges… it’s only $50 a pop… chump-change considering how much college costs. Don’t do what a lot of people do by only applying to colleges on your wish-list… also apply to some 2nd and 3rd choice colleges. There are some great State Universities out there, like Cal Poly SLO… has a great econ program.</p>
<p>That said, as the previous poster mentioned… UC Davis is not really a Business school… it’s more of a Math and Science school. Do a lot of research on your colleges you are interested in. Use US News Colleges web site… lots of good stuff there.</p>
<p>The 30 ACT score is equivalent to around a 1980 SAT. So submitting a lower SAT
score than 1980, I think would be counter-productive. Also my opinion - since the
SAT II’s are not required anymore, I wouldn’t submit them unless they were at least
650 and/or ‘recommended’ for your major. Keep in mind that if you submit anything from the college board (meaning SAT score), all SAT scores will be submitted. You can’t
pick and choose just one subject test or one particular sitting.</p>
<p>I got in off waitlist with an SAT 1 score of 1780.
Our ECs are basically the same (minus the JROTC).
I would say that it would be best that if you did some extracurriculars under the category of national or state, then put it over local. Also, make sure to pick a good, unique topic for the personal statements. Don’t make them too cliche also because I’m sure the admissions board gets tired of reading the same thing over and over again. </p>
<p>Also, your major plays a huge factor in admission. If you pick a large major like psychology, then your chances diminish because of the competitive candidates. That being said, I would say economics is one of the more popular majors.</p>
<p>All in all, scrap the SAT scores, go with the ACT scores, then write phenomenal personal statements.</p>