Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>GPA: 3.2
SAT: 1700 (Math-510, CR-570, Writing-620..Essay-10)
*First time taking it...will take again in October(expect to bring it up into 2000's and above)
SAT II: *Spanish-760, US History-660
Rank: School doesn't rank
Schedule: Taking almost every AP I possibly can
*I go to one of the hardest high schools in the nation...Ranked 26 in Newsweeks Top High Schools and Ranked 3rd in the state.
-Essay:Should be Excellent
-Recs: Should be excellent as well</p>

<p>APs Taken/Will be Taken: World Hist(3), US Hist, Psychology, US Gov't, Comp Gov't, Macroecon, Microecon, Span Lang, Span Lit, Human Geo, Eng Lang, Art History</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Gov't
-AP Econ
-AP English Langauge
-AP Spanish
-Adv. Dance
-Pre-Calc
-Health Ed(Grad. req)</p>

<p>ECs
*La Raza Unida Club (4 yrs- community liason and sec.)
*Spirit Committee(Skit Leader for three years)
*Mock Trial (2 yrs)
*Red Cross Volunteer (since 9th grade, actively engaged with summer camp program-staff for 2 years, Serving on Board of Directors as Youth Representative)
* Internship summer before Senior Year at San Francisco International Airport</p>

<p>Race/Ethnicity-Hispanic
Location-California
*First to go to college, Parents are immigrants to the US and never attended college.
* Would need as much financial aid as is possible</p>

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<p>hmm, I think it's a big strech, even though you said it is like the best high school, your GPA is too low, since UCSB avarage freshman high school GPA is around 3.76</p>

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<p>Is that your unweighted GPA, weighted GPA, or your UC GPA?</p>

<p>If it is unweighted, then you might have a chance. It it is weighted or your UC GPA (sophomore and junior GPA with capped weight), then it is going to be a real stretch. Especially if your SAT scores don't change.</p>

<p>Since your parents never went to college, that will be a plus for you. I hate to say this, but being hispanic might help as well. I wouldn't expect a lot of financial aid, since the UCs generally are not known for that.</p>

<p>BTW, although you say that you're from California, the 26th rank school on Newsweek is actually in New York. Being in-state resident helps.</p>

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<p>Lowell High School is #26. Check out the URL:
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>i got in with a 3.3 gpa and a 1950 SAT. so i think you've got a decent chance.</p>