<p>i'm a senior in hs, i've taken 3 AP classes, (including 6this year &3 college courses 2 which were of higher math)
i have all my ec's done
i'm first gen &come from an extreeemely poor background.</p>
<p>but my GPA isnt that great, its at probably about 3.2 under the UC grading system. </p>
<p>here's the catch! my high school doesn't offer honors courses! my school has extremely low test scores, on the verge on getting into government hands, my principal did away with honors classes,saying we were discriminating against the other students. (hah!) </p>
<p>my teachers managed to somehow group the advanced students together &we took the class as if it were an honors class, but we didn't get the honors credit on our transcript, &sooo we can't get the extra honors credit under the UC grading system.</p>
<p>i dont think its fair, that other students who were able to take honors courses have higher GPA's when i, who didnt have the chance to take an honors class, have a much higher GPA than i do. otherwise my grade would be MUCH higher.</p>
<p>P.S I really want to get into a UC, or San Luis Obispo what are my chances!! :-(</p>
<p>I think I will leave the chance part to other people since I am not sure this kind stuff, but I can share some of the stuff I know with you.
For UCs, I have heard that they do compare you W & UW GPA to see how you are doing and whether you have high gpa because of the boost.
I would say you definitely need to write your situation in your essay and express it in a well concise manner.
Another point is that, if acdemic is not your strong area, then perhaps you need to show your talent in other area. For example, working would be an good idea.
I have a friend who's a cal student now. I believe he was in the same situation like yours. He told me that he only got 1200 on the old SAT, but he got in because his ECs was great and he worked during school year, althought his gpa was straight A....(this's the only difference). If you are not thinking about cal or LA, then I believe you still got your chance of getting into other UCs.
This's just my opinion, other people please correct me if I am wrong.</p>
<p>First of all, don't panic. If you have a 3.0 UC GPA or above (this needs to be in your sophomore and junior years) and you have a 1700 SAT I score--and you can get at least 500s on two SAT II subject tests, and you go to a high school in California, you are guaranteed a spot at one of the University of California campuses. </p>
<p>It may not be at one of the premier campuses (UC Berkeley or UCLA), but fortunately the UC system is a great one and almost all the campuses are good. In fact, every campus in the UC system except Merced ranks as one of the top 40 public universities nationwide.</p>
<p>If you notice, many of these campuses take into account your situation, and add points if you come from a poor or "disadvantaged" area. They do not take any race or ethnicity into account, though. </p>
<p>Forget about UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley. Those are large large reaches. UCI, UCSB, UC Davis are reaches. UCSC, would likely be a slight reach, and UCR and UCM might be a slight reach/match.</p>
<p>Yes going to Community College and transfering into a UC is easy. In fact it is much easier to transfer from a California Community College into UC Berkeley & UCLA then to apply as a Freshman admit.</p>
<p>I actually think that might be more challenging, as since it's a university, it's harder to keep your grades up and you're dealing with the stress of college and whatnot. It happens, but not as often as one might think.</p>
<p>Possible, though it is much harder to transfer from UC to UC then from a CA CC to a UC. </p>
<p>It really depends on your major for the school you are applying to. </p>
<p>No matter how good your College GPA is if they don't have spots for transfers then nobody is going in. However, all UCs set a percentage of spots for Junior Transfers from CA Community Colleges and that is why it is easy to go from JC/CC to a UC, due to a state mandate.</p>
<p>I have spoke to the dean admission at cal before. She told me that attending a community college then transfer would be much easier then go to some other 4 year university because they want the diversity in their campus and they want to give the delegent students a chance.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that getting into a UC via community college is easy, but getting into the program you want is not. For example, if you want to go into the business program (Haas) at Berkeley and you are coming from a community college, you first have to apply to Berkeley and then to Haas--which is kind of tough since the dates overlap. You could probably also try and transfer mid-year sophomore year and then apply to the business school at the end of the sophomore year right before starting your junior year, but you might be at a disadvantage to those who were already at Berkeley the entire time. </p>
<p>Also, it's possible you won't do so well in community college--and then what? You won't get into the UC you want, anyway.</p>
<p>This is why you need to consider your major before deciding to go the community college route--and why some people decide to go directly to the UC campus they get into as freshmen.</p>
<p>P.S. I will admit this is the exception--and that many diligent students get into both the school and program they want from community college--but I just want the OP (and others) to consider all the ramifications.</p>
<p>Well, the problem with Haas is that most of the transfer applicants automatically have their applications thrown out as they haven't taken the prequisite classes for admission consideration. Still, the admit rate of eligible applicants is still low. However, some majors at Berkeley have over 50% transfer admission rates.</p>
<p>For 2005-6 Transfer Cycle to Haas:</p>
<p>1176 Applications Recieved
500 Eligible Applicants
90 Offers of Admission (18% Admission Rate of Eligible Applicants)</p>
<p>yes, i've also taken that into consideration. i want to become a math major which is why i dont think its such a great idea going to a community college first, as i've taken classes there &theyre not much of a challenge. Going to a university straight on i know will be much more of a challenge.i want to major in math, computer science or in engineering.</p>
<p>do you know of any good universities that i should consider?</p>
<p>oh! also, i need to take the SAT sub test and retake the SAT, but the only test dates i can are in oct what should i do? =/ should i try to take it in november? most app are due on Nov 30th and they arrive on dec 2.</p>