<p>Anyone willing to be honest about my chances?</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.3</p>
<p>Sat:
CR:660
M:720
W:590
Total:1970
SATII:
610 Math 2
550 Lit</p>
<p>Ap's: None offered by my school, taking most advanced courses of math+science at my school however.</p>
<p>EC's/CI: Math team (co-capt. =D), Rock climbing club, Theater Tech, International community involvement trips, standard CI, Work exp. as prep chef for a restaurant+camp counselor.</p>
<p>Ill say. . . .you’re in. </p>
<p>But take my words with a grain of salt. Which major are you doing?</p>
<p>I chose electrical engineering</p>
<p>That’s a pretty competitive major in any UC really and your stats are below average. Solid SAT score. It sucks you don’t have AP classes. Do you have IB? It could go either way for you so good luck!</p>
<p>Not to make you feel bad but I went to UCSB and talked to the admissions people and they told me that the engineering department is very hard to get into. I have the following stats and they said I might not get in</p>
<p>Math 750
Reading 680
Writing 680
ACT 34/36</p>
<p>GPA 4.25</p>
<p>I had thought UCSB would be a “fall-back” school but the admissions counselor changed that idea really fast</p>
<p>For engineering you should shoot for at least a 4.0/1900. I know Mechanical and Chemical are the hardest of the engineering majors to get in to. So since you’re applying for electrical you might have a decent chance.</p>
<p>33dmjjm: I think you’re looking pretty good. I wouldn’t say it’s a fall back, but you’ll probably get in.</p>
<p>your sat scores are good, but your gpa is on the lower end, esp for the engineering school/dept. But if they dont even offer AP’s at your school, im sure the admissions ppl will take a note of that, bc who knows, your gpa may have been much higher if you had a chance to take those AP’s. Also good ec’s </p>
<p>The college of engineering is excellent here, and is in the top 10 according to the NRC (national research council) which ranks based on hard data and 20 criteria, and not opinions, as US word and news report does. I have a few friends in engineering who have chosen ucsb over even schools like berkeley.</p>
<p>Meh, I wasn’t a Chemical Engineer my first year but switched into it my second year. It really wasn’t as hard as people are making it out to be. If you wanna be an engineer, take the right classes, get good grades, and you’ll get in by the start of Sophomore year no matter what. If you can’t take the rigor that it takes to get into engineering, you can’t take engineering itself; although I’m sure you’re more than capable, that’s just something to keep in mind.</p>