<p>I'm a junior right now and I want to major in mechanical engineering. My weighted gpa right now is around a 3.3. I plan on getting a 4.0 weighted next semester and getting A's in a summer course at a community college. This will hopefully bring me up to a 3.66. I took the SAT's and i got a 1900 on it. I was in wrestling for 1 and a half years. I quit halfway in the season because one of my relatives was going through chemo and it was a very hard time for me. I was in key club and fit club for 1 year. I have around 200 service hours. I also started working part time at an auto shop i don't know if that helps.</p>
<p>The GPA is going to make it a reach.</p>
<p>sorry about your relative.</p>
<p>What is your “UC GPA”? That is a-g courses (no PE, no “life skills”, etc.) only in summer <em>after</em> 9th grade through summer after 11th grade. 9th grade grades don’t count. Unless you are a recruited athlete, URM, or have overcome tremendous hardships, the GPA is going to be well outside the “un-hooked” applicant range for UCSB. Ave. weighted-capped UC GPA for UCSB is about 3.9, and ave. SAT is about what yours is – around 1800 SINGLE sitting. </p>
<p>All I can say is try to get the best grades you possibly can 2nd semester Jr. year and in the summer.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, in the UC’s internal admissions criterion weighting system, GPA is #1 in importance. For Engineering, the Math portion is weighted more heavily than CR or W… so I hope your Math is over 700 just to give you a chance, and that you’ve gotten As in most of your math courses. Unlike some private schools that will take a 3.3 weighted GPA if the SAT is very high (i.e. 2200), UCs don’t normally risk that.</p>
<p>I haven’t finished my junior year yet so right now it’s a 3.3</p>