<p>What people should really be posting here is their Comprehensive Review score...</p>
<p>Add up the number of points below (out of 11,100 possible) and report your total here, plus whether you got accepted and whether you're out-of-state. (The composition of the CR score doesn't matter, only the total number of points.)</p>
<p>UC GPA
--Only a-g classes, from summer before 10th through summer after 11th grade
--Each college class counts as two semesters
--Weighted for honors/AP/IB/college, up to eight semesters
Multiply by 1000, maximum of 4500 points: __________</p>
<p>SAT SCORES
--Highest score for one sitting of reasoning test (reading + writing + math)
--Highest two scores for subject tests
--Convert ACT scores into SAT equivalents
Sum of scores, multiplied by 0.8: __________</p>
<p>NUMBER OF SEMESTERS OF A-G CLASSES
--9th through 12th grade
--Also 7th-8th grade math (algebra or higher)
--Also 7th-8th grade foreign language (equivalent number of semesters in high school)
--Each college class counts as two semesters
31-39 semesters, 250 points: __________
40+ semesters, 500 points: __________</p>
<p>ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT
Officially identified as ELC (top 4% of class, based on UC GPA), 300 points: __________
High school ranked in bottom 40% of state (based on API), 300 points: __________</p>
<p>FAMILY INCOME REPORTED ON UC APP
Below federal poverty level, 300 points: __________
Above poverty level but $60K or less, 150 points: __________</p>
<p>PARENT EDUCATION
Neither parent attended college, 300 points: __________
Parent attended college, but neither parent has college degree, 150 points: __________</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP
--Listed on UC app or mentioned in essays
School-wide position (e.g. ASB president, newspaper editor), 300 points: __________
Other position (e.g. club president, senior-class treasurer), 150 points: __________</p>
<p>ACHIEVEMENT
--Listed on UC app or mentioned in essays
--Must be higher than school-level (e.g. district science fair, regional orchestra, CIF champion)
150 or 300 points, depending on level of achievement: __________</p>
<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE
--Any volunteer work or unpaid employment, listed on UC app or mentioned in essays
--Total hours from any two years in 9th-12th grade, based on hours/week x weeks/year
100-199 hours, 150 points: __________
200+ hours, 300 points: __________</p>
<p>ACADEMIC PREPARATION PROGRAMS
--Listed on UC app or mentioned in essays
--Targeted programs like EAOP, COSMOS, MESA, Puente, UCCP, Upward Bound
--Reportedly, SAT prep classes can also count
150 or 300 points, depending on involvement: __________</p>
<p>SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
--Very hard to get these points
--Usually given for disability, death of parent, need to work, life-altering events, etc.
--Mentioned in essays on UC app
Up to 500 points: __________</p>
<p>THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER
--Grades in 7th-9th grade classes
--Grades in 12th grade classes (but if these go down too much your admission may be rescinded)
--Which UCSD college you apply to
--Which major you apply to
--Rank in class (except for ELC)
--AP/IB exam scores
--How many other students at your school apply or get in
--How "good" your essays are (content, grammar, writing style, persuasiveness, etc.)
--Where you live (unless you're out-of-state)
--Ethnicity/gender</p>
<p>In recent years, the cutoff CR score for admission has been around 7400-7500. There is a slightly higher cutoff for out-of-state applicants. Previous years' cutoff scores can be discovered by mining through old posts in this discussion forum.</p>
<p>Note: This CR score is only applicable to UCSD. There is a similar point system in use at UC Davis. Most of the other campuses use a matrix system, where applicants are grouped into cells based on academic factors, personal achievement, and special circumstances, and then entire cells are admitted or denied based on available spaces in the incoming freshman class. Berkeley and UCLA use a system similar to private schools, where each application is reviewed manually by two or three readers and grouped into "definitely admit" or "definitely deny" or "further review" categories, and then the admissions staff discusses whom to admit based on what they want the composition of the incoming freshman class to look like.</p>
<p>SOURCES</p>
<p>Official UCSD website
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2abuj7%5B/url%5D">http://tinyurl.com/2abuj7</a></p>
<p>SD Union-Tribune article
<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051218-9999-1m18ucsd.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051218-9999-1m18ucsd.html</a></p>
<p>UCSD alumni magazine article
<a href="http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm</a></p>
<p>...plus phone calls to UCSD admissions office</p>
<p>IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED</p>
<p>Official UC admissions counselor info
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources.html</a></p>
<p>PBS feature on Berkeley admissions
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats%5B/url%5D">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats</a></p>
<p>Book by former Stanford Dean of Admissions
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Questions-Admissions-Reflections-Decisions-Stanford/dp/0804731586%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/Questions-Admissions-Reflections-Decisions-Stanford/dp/0804731586</a></p>
<p>U.S. News article on Ivy League admissions
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/970414/archive_006708.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/970414/archive_006708.htm</a></p>