<p>Junior Transfer from CCC
UC GPA: 3.34
Major: Economics
ECs: President of Bboy Club (hip hop dance), volonteer dance instructor at rec center
Essays: Very OK personal statements
Race: White
Family Income: High
TAP certified
IGETC and Major Requirements done by end of spring.</p>
<p>I think im in UCLA and UCSD for sure... what do u think?</p>
<p>UCB: Reach
UCLA: Reach-Slight Reach (average into UCLA is approx 3.5)
UCSD: Slight Reach (average into UCSD is approx 3.4)</p>
<p>I had similar stats other than I had a 3.65 CCC GPA and was originally denied from UCB and UCLA but got into UCSD. I appealed at UCB and UCLA and then got into UCLA, but UCB upheld their original decision. This was a few years ago though, and I have heard it has gotten just slightly easier to get in these schools this past year or two from CCC. I chose UCSD however as their poli sci department was very good. Best of luck! CCC admissions to these three schools can be random. A guy on my golf team got into Berkeley with a 3.3 but got denied and SD and LA. So you never know.</p>
<p>were u TAP certified?</p>
<p>I was IGETC certified... im not even sure what TAP is? Can u explain it to me? Is it an honors program? Thanks.</p>
<p>TAP is the transfer alliance program availiable at participating community colleges. members of this program benefit from priority admission to UCLA. at my school (CCSF) the program requires a minimum gpa of 3.0 and 15 units of honors classes.</p>
<p>do u get made fun of because u like to dance hip hop and u are white, u should talk about that in personal statement</p>
<p>with tap i would say your a match with UCLA.</p>
<p>reach- UCB
match- UCSD</p>
<p>good luck :)</p>
<p>haha well i talked about how i teach dance in an afterschool program and how i volonteer to teach at a recreation center. i am a bboy not a coreo dancer but no i dont get made fun of cuz i also do jiujitsu so if i get made fun of ill choke out the person</p>
<p>just wondering, do income and race have anything to do with whether or not i am admitted? isnt affirmitive action illegal?</p>
<p>also, where else should i apply? i havent done much research on private schools, what are some schools decently ranked that i am a match for?</p>
<p>your race will help you. race is a very small factor at ucs, but still a factor. the worst race to be is chinese adn then all the other asian races.</p>
<p>AA is banned but UC can use it just a bit by getting around the law by assigning bonus points to participation in prep program that are mostly minority, and other things that happen to have a correlation with race.</p>
<p>Asian are not discriminated against obviously, but that idea persists since some believe admissions should rely only on SAT * GPA * Hours of EC or other objective numbers. Asians aren't rejected at a higher rate, and pretty obviously have a huge advantage.</p>
<p>how do asians have a huge advantage?</p>
<p>Obviously, Hrvrdpwnsj00 doesn't know what he's talking about.</p>
<p>Asians are not minority at UC's. They are the majority. Look at Berkeley and LA and other UC statistics and you will see that there are more Asians than whites. Thus being an Asian can be a disadvantage because, even though affirmative action is banned, UC probably doesn't want to get dominated by Asians.</p>
<p>ya they dont want to get dominated by asians, but THEIR HANDS ARE TIED because as far as i know AA is banned. on the other hand minorities (meaning minorities in the overall US population) can participate in all the same programs that are availiable to whites and in addition they have programs and organizations just for minorities, so in that way they have an advantage.</p>
<p>but it is my understanding that AA is banned, ... not sure.</p>
<p>For one thing, UC gives points to SAT II which include Chinese and Korean. AA for Asians.</p>
<p>Asians on average in the US have $10,000 higher family income which leads to a much higher benefit in high school preparation, SAT scores, college counseling, than the UC low income bonus. Ideas that groups like Asians have a genetic advantage on the SAT have been discredited, so the gap mostly reflects Asian privilege in education.</p>
<p>Prop 209 banned AA, but UC has found a few ways to compensate, but it's nothing compared to the AA that private schools can use. E.g. comprehensive review which allows them to assign points to anything that isn't race. There's only one legal foundation out here who wants to test these things in court, and as far as I know nothing UC has done has been overruled. If AA bans become more national, then they'll be more attention.</p>
<p>hey Hrvrdpwnsj00, y dont u shut up u dont even know how to spell Harvard correctly. also where do u get ur statistics from, also u are racist and probably hate america and freedom</p>
<p>I like your style Andrew Le, LXIX.</p>
<p>haha. so what are my chances to UCLA UCSD UCB and oh ya UCSB</p>
<p>what do you guys think</p>