<p>UCSD is my dream school. I'm currently a junior in high school and I've been wondering if I have any chance at all at getting at UCSD. My counselor told me that I should apply next year but I don't know. Here are my current transcripts.</p>
<p>Freshman year<br>
English 9) A,A
algebra 2) B- ,B-
Biology) A-
Guitar) B+,A
Intro to computers/Health Ed.) B,A
P.E.) C,B-</p>
<p>Sophomore year<br>
English 10) A+,A+
Geometry) A-,A+
P.E. 2) A,A
Spanish 1 native) A,A
World History) A+,A+
Chemistry) B,A</p>
<p>Junior year
AP ENG LIT) A
AP SPAN LIT) A
U.S. History) B
Culinary Arts) A
Precal) B
Physics) A</p>
<p>Next year
AP ENG LANG
AP PHYSICS
AP CALCULUS
Government/Economics
ROP CAD</p>
<p>ECs
Not much. AP Club. some community service, not much. planning to get into MESA. I play the piano,will be taking some lessons during the break. I can finish a Rubik's cube, if that counts. I don't know what else counts as extra curricular activity.</p>
<p>GPA:3.67 total. 3.92 10-12 grade.
I'm applying to UCLA and SDSU also. I'm Thinking about UCB, but I don't think so.</p>
<p>SAT score? Can’t really tell without haha. I think you can pull off SDSU…perhaps UCSD with some luck and an epic essay (GPA meets for this)…the others…not looking so good just because you have no real outstanding ECs…If you don’t mind me asking, what ethnicity are you?</p>
<p>See if you can find some sort of EC/something you’re good at so you can emphasize it. What type of community service? Maybe you could do something this next summer…I mean, it’s not what you should do ideally, but it can work…I honestly think that was what pulled me though haha</p>
<p>I’m Hispanic, and I don’t mind. The thing is I didn’t know EC’s were that important for college applications. I was barely told this year. I haven’t taken the SAT nor the ACT, I’m taking the m next semester.</p>
<p>Although they aren’t allowed to use race/ethnicity as criteria for admissions, it does play a role if they know you are a URM - meaning higher chances for you haha, so who knows? You may actually get into UCLA or UCB (don’t count on it though). Find some EC that you can get really into this last year - maybe write about it in your statement.</p>
<p>Thank you. I’m wondering what else can count as EC’s. I know it’s mostly activities that are not school-related, such as community service, clubs and sports, but is there anything else?</p>
<p>It’s difficult to determine your chances without an ACT or SAT score. Currently, your GPA is very low for UCSD. You’ll need a 2100+ ish to be considered. UCSD is strictly point system. They don’t care (at all) about ECs, so you’re safe there considering your weak list of ECs. I’d say get a 2100+ SAT or 32 ACT and you have pretty good chances!</p>
<p>hmmm…idk…what else are you thinking off? Any jobs? The great part about the application process is that you can manipulate/word things to turn them into ECs haha. It’s ok to exaggerate a bit. (but there are people that lie up front, which realllllyyyyy ticks me off). Have you ever helped kids in your class with hw on a regular basis? That could be tutoring. Took after pets/neighbors occasionally? Babysitting. Think about little things that you have been doing for a while that get pushed to the back of your mind. Sometimes the most random things could look nice on apps.</p>
<p>Did your school offer honors classes freshmen and soph years? They will be looking for you to have taken the hardest classes.</p>
<p>You need to calculate your UC GPA, which is only A-G classes in grades 10 and 11 and have SAT scores before anyone Can give you any real feedback. ECs are not so important at UCs.</p>
<p>not entirely, my professor at ucsd says that the evaluation process is focused on mainly grades this year and less strongly on extracurriculars. However at the ivy league schools, it’s a much bigger deal.</p>