<p>Chance please. I would really, very appreciate.</p>
<p>In-state junior lady of Chinese heritage.</p>
<p>I’ve received C’s in my high school career (sophomore year) so I shouldn’t even think about Berkeley and LA. How about UCSD?
With ideal 2nd semester grades I can finish my gpa at a 3.73 UC weighted.
My school is ranked 152 of 1,200 top U.S. schools according to Newsweek’s most recent 2006 list. I want to believe that means it’s within the 4th and 5th quintiles. </p>
<p>The classes I’m currently taking are not “too challenging”
Of 6 classes: 1 AP, 1 Honors, and 1 non a-g
Do UCs even see non a-g courses? – The grades in particular.
Can I better my image by taking several AP’s senior year?</p>
<p>SATI: 1990 (retaking in May)
SATII: taking math iic and biology in June</p>
<p>40+ a-g courses
10 years of outside school choir
Attended regional and national choir conventions (“honors/awards”?)
Editor-in-Chief of random newspaper (“major leadership role"?)
2 years Tri-M Music Honor Society
2 years CSF
3 years Christian Club
Working on community service</p>
<p>your stats are actually quite close to mine wen i applied to the uc's. i got 2 C+'s in sophomore year, pretty much the same gpa, n really similar sat 1 score. i would strongly suggest to take more ap's senior year (i took all ap's senior year - 5 classes). make sure you get at least 700 and above on your bio and math sat II too. and obviously make sure your essays for the uc app are solid as well (make ur english teacher go over it or something). but yeah, pretty much, i think you're in good shape :].</p>
<p>You should be fine. UCSD should be no problem with your stats, particularly since you are from MV. Of course, do well on Math IIC and Bio. Your SAT I is decent enough.</p>
<p>Try not to overload yourself with AP's your senior year, just chill out. You've been through 2 rough years, let yourself relax. I've been through that place and it's nice just taking 3 AP's in senior year.</p>
<p>You might find the following info interesting:</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from Lowell High in San Francisco (ranked 26 of 1200 top public high school by Newsweek, CA API 948.) Her high school UC GPA was only 3.75 but scored 2310 on the SAT. She was accepted by all the UCs except UCB. She is attending UCLA and is doing extremely well (3.78 cumulative UCLA GPA with double majors) and also really enjoys the school.</p>
<p>My son graduated from Lowell High with 4.0 UC GPA, 2070 SAT1 (800 Math, 650 Reading, 620 Writing), 760 SAT Math 2C and 730 Chem. He had very good ECs and just fair essays. He was accepted by all the UCs except UCB and UCLA. He is attending UCSD and is also doing very well. His current UCSD GPA is 3.8.</p>
<p>I run my choir's newspaper. Are you referring to "The Dirty Brick"? I haven't had any impression of its existence this year. To my knowledge, it died sometime early 2006.</p>
<p>I discovered the point system but the "Personal Characteristics and Achievement Factors" section really bothers me. Those points are essential for passing the cut-off and I don't know if either being "Editor-in-Chief" of my choir newspaper or attending a national convention will be 300 points.</p>
<p>My son’s best friend graduated from Lowell High with 3.75 UC GPA, 1940 SAT1, 780 SAT2 Math, 680 second SAT2 subject. He had fair ECs and essays. He was accepted by UCD, UCI and denied by UCB, UCLA, and UCSD. His appeal to UCSD was also denied. He is attending UC Davis.</p>
<p>I do recommend study very hard for your SAT2 subjects and taking more APs senior year if you think you can handle the load. My son passed 11 AP tests, received 52 credits at UCSD, and will graduate in 3 years. APs do make a difference!</p>
<p>dad8888, what majors are your daughter and son in at UCLA and UCSD, respectively? Are they in the easy majors or the difficult majors? That does make a huge difference. </p>
<p>I agree with you that certain “Impacted Majors” are definitely more difficult to get in.</p>
<p>Daughter: English. She has also applied and was accepted by UCLA Communications Studies Department. So she now double majors.</p>
<p>Son: Mathematics and Economics. My son called and was told by UCSD he had received a little more than 8000 points. The cut off point was 7460. He probably still could get into an “Impacted Major”.</p>
<p>Yes, I was referring to "The Dirty Brick." Mmh, it makes sense that it has died. All of the writers have gone off to college and it wasn't that interesting in the first place to be passed on.</p>
<p>On the extracurricular section of your UC application, be sure to explicitly write down those roles as described by the comprehensive review. It's all a numbers game for UCSD; use the comprehensive review to outline your application. Make it as obvious as possible that you deserve those points in the extracurricular section of your UC application and you'll get the points.</p>
<p>Between now and the beginning of your senior year, start doing community service hours. You should get around 210 hours to play it safe. A place close to MV that counts for community service hours is OSF: Organization of Special Needs Family. It's on the intersection of Stelling and McClellan.</p>
<p>Great advice from TheRighteous about getting those UCSD points for EC and community service.</p>
<p>Hi Trace0i2,</p>
<p>I don’t remember all the honor classes my children took.</p>
<p>AP classes they have taken:</p>
<p>Daughter: US History, European History, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, Calculus AB, English.
Son: same as above, minus English, plus Calculus BC</p>
<p>I believe that attending a very competitive high school and taking tough classes affected my children’s high school GPA a little bit. But they were definitely well prepared for the challenges in college.</p>
<p>I am also from Monta Vista, and am curious as to whether being from a school like this is actually to our benefit, admissions-wise. Because so many people from MV have such high stats, do you think they would decide to draw the line a bit higher in favor of "diversity." Just a thought.</p>
<p>roflradar, I don't think so. Applicants are compared to the entire applicant pool, not just the high school that they are from. The only downside is the immense difficulty of getting ELC. Other than that, the academic rigor at MV is an advantage. MV is recognized as a top California high school that churns out strong applicants. To colleges, graduating from a tough high school means you have essentially passed a high QA (quality assurance) of some sort that ensures you are prepared and qualified to study in higher institutions of education. Even with stats that are lower than the "average students" at MV, the academic intensity at MV should prepare you more than well enough for college.</p>
<p>Ya there are no set SAT score for admission. The average sAT score for accepted was around 1930 for UCSD last year. 50% had higher, 50% had lower.</p>
<p>"The average sAT score for accepted was around 1930 for UCSD last year. 50% had higher, 50% had lower."</p>
<p>The average SAT score is around 1930, but that doesn't mean 50% scored higher and the other 50% lower. That's called the median, not the average.</p>