<p>gpa soph and junior- 3.50
sat- 1470 but i know i can raise it a lot for the oct one
I am part hispanic
i live in oklahoma (good or bad? barely anyone in my school is appling out of state and how many oklhoma applications do they get? but out of state has a small percentage though....???)
captain of my lacrosse team
lots of volunteer (distinguished service graduate)
president of earth club, young democrats club, spanish club, fccla, and student council
very good teacher rec.
very strong and unique essay
i want major in film, and my school has an awesome film class
what are my chances??? details?? no answers like just send them and see</p>
<p>The UCs don’t use race or ethnicity, nor do they care much if you are instate or OOS. Thus, UCSB is a reach. </p>
<p>fwiw: UC finaid ain’t great for OOS, so if that’s a consideration you might want to look at a private college.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter that you’re hispanic. Good teacher recs don’t matter because they don’t take that into consideration. And uniqueness of an essay only matters for UCLA and UC Berkeley, every other UC just looks for places in the essay to give you points.</p>
<p>Its good that you have a lot of extra stuff, but you really need to raise that SAT score. Its too late to raise your GPA, so I would say if you REALLY want to get into UCSB, you’re gonna need to raise that to an 1800+. Even then, my friend had a 3.5 and a 2020 on his SAT and got rejected, although he didn’t have as much extra stuff as you. Just something to take into consideration though. Not to mention nobody knows how selective the UC system might become next year. UCSB was spared this year, but might not be so lucky next year, since I heard they overenrolled by about 450 people above their goal. </p>
<p>Anyway, all that being said, good luck to you! Just keep trying to get as many things to beef up your college app as possible, like more community service, awards, etc, and you might just get in.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, the UCs use a formula to see whether people are eligible for their schools.
[University</a> of California - Counselors](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/admission/scholarshipr.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/admission/scholarshipr.html)
Even if you meet the minimum you may not get a place in their school, though if you are able to pay for full tuition, with these financial times it might push you to the top of the pile.</p>
<p>You really need to get the SAT up a lot. Also try and raise your GPA as much as you can, almost nobody with a 3.5 gets in.</p>
<p>I forgot, is 3.5 your UC gpa? If not figure out what the UC gpa is.</p>