Chances For A UC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Grades: Freshman
Lit/Writing B B
Geo Enriched B B
JAVA B C
PE 9 A A
Bio B B
Chinese 2 B C
Drafting B B</p>

<p>Grades: Sophomore
World Lit B B
World History B B
Alg 2 Trig D C
Weight Training A B
Chem Honors B C
Chinese 3 C C
AVID B C</p>

<p>Between Sophomore and Junior year summer.
US History A A</p>

<p>Grades: Junior Year
Brit Lit B B
Pre Calc Honors B B
Bio AP B B
Photo A A
Teacher Assist A A
AVID B B(or an A not sure)</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes
Calc AB
Physio
Physics
Contemp Lit
Gov
Econ AP
AVID Senior Seminar</p>

<p>SATs:
SAT 1
January 07: Math 670 Writing 420 Vocab 600
June 07: Math 700 Writing 600 Vocab 630</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Badminton second semester of Soph + Jr year.
Intro to Psych taken at local community college (Final Grade: B)
Octagon (community service club) at least 80 hours
MV Digital Animation Officer
Community service done at church including local + out of state mission trips (total of ~ 240 hours)
Summer 07 Spent studying Psych and Sociology at UCSD</p>

<p>Extra Info:
California resident.</p>

<p>Do I have a lick of a chance of getting into a UC? I am looking to study Psych or Bio. The school I would really like to get into would be UCSD or UCI. Also, would the admissions officers notice my improving trend in grades?</p>

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<p>Anyone willing to reply?</p>

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<p>bump up my post?</p>

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<p>from what iv heard...iv had slightly higher grades than you, but your SAT blew mine out of the sky.</p>

<p>People have said that i may get into UCSB with a
3.6 GPA
Math : 590
Writing:550
Reading:570</p>

<p>Subject tests
Math II: 600
US History: 570</p>

<p>A few less EC than you...but yah.</p>

<p>UCSB?</p>

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<p>If you can get your writing and CR up to 640-650, you should get into UCI. I know someone who got in the honors program there with a 1940 cumulative SAT. UCSD is more competative, but a 1970 or so should make you more competative. Good luck! Oh yeah, you really should take more APs though. Not taking 5-6 could look bad at UCSD. And get As in them if you can!</p>

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<p>Yes, you will get into a UC. Your SAT scores are low, but I think that's okay if you aren't looking to get into Berkeley, LA or SD. I'd say you're good for UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Merced, it'll be tougher (but doable if you bump up your SAT score) to get into Davis, Irvine, and Santa Barbara. Go take some SAT classes or something, or even take the time to practice over the summer. You <em>will</em> get in to a UC, though.</p>

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<p>Oh let me add that I got a 4 on the AP Bio Test, and that the second year of AVID in junior year was an A</p>

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<p>Your UC GPA is 3.08 if you got an A in your second semester of AVID, and if both your AVID and photography courses count as academic courses at the UCs.</p>

<p>If you check out this website:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>you'll see that it says you need at least 210 points (using the table shown at the bottom of the site) to qualify for a UC campus. Since you already have 222 from your three SAT I scores, you should get into at least one campus. (Although you are still required to take at least two SAT II tests in October or November). In my view you should apply to three of the campuses (Santa Cruz, Riverside, and Merced) and expect to get accepted to Riverside and Merced.</p>

<p>Merced is brand new, and while the student body is small now, it is growing quickly as new buildings are completed. Riverside has been around a long time and has a lot of good programs. Being UCs, they both have lots of interesting majors to choose from and top-notch research programs.</p>

<p>Best of success.</p>

<p>P.S. Very important--see this website:
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/subject_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/subject_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Note that it says you need three years of math. However, it also says that the UCs won't accept anything where you got less than a C in the class.<br>
(Note the following does not apply if you took geometry already in eighth grade--which you probably did.) </p>

<p>If you didn't already take geometry, this means that you have to retake your first semester of Algebra (where you got a D), or some other one semester math class in addition to the Calculus class or else you won't qualify for the UCs at all--so be sure to retake this in your senior year--and make sure you put this on your UC application--or they will disqualify you.</p>

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<p>UCSD/UCI: reach</p>

<p>And it isn't "Vocab" on the SAT; it's critical reading.</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley/UCLA: Huge Huge Reach
UCSD: Huge Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Reach</p>

<p>With around a 3.0 GPA and 1930 SAT, forget about UCSD UCLA and UC Berkeley. Those are not going to be realistic schools. Their average admits have GPA averages way over 4.0 averages. Work hard to get those A's and focus on trying to get into UC Santa Cruz. UCI/UCSB/UCD are also going to be very difficult because of your GPA. Your SAT is well above UCI/UCSB/UCD averages, however your GPA is deff going to severely hurt you as it is way below their averages.</p>