Do i have any chance of getting into a california univeristy or calstate?

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<p>Hi, i'm a high school senior who is an electrical engineering major (theres a chance i may get an associate's degree in music) from California. The bad news is that i'm a 3.0 gpa student whose has taken ap classes, 4 years of every subject, is a 4 yr band member, experienced the death of an important person, and has an SAT score of 2300. What universities would take me? (please include california university as well as out-of-state universities) What calstates would accept me? (I really dont want to go to a calstate so please provide the best calstates for my position) AND, the 2-year plan with community colleges is OUT OF THE QUESTION.</p>

<p>Im really looking the schools that can support my electrical engineering major. I've been hearing alot of crap from others that i wont be able to get into any school with that major of mines. Please help me......i'm close to losing my mind.</p>

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<p>I must admit, I don’t understand where you are ( CCC or high school), but I’ll link the “3.0 thread” when I find it. There is also a high SAT, low GPA thread, but not west coast. Keep in mind, GPA is a big deal for Cal publics.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/939933-3-0-3-3-gpa-parents-thread-2011-hs-graduation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/939933-3-0-3-3-gpa-parents-thread-2011-hs-graduation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/907349-western-schools-3-0-3-3-kid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/907349-western-schools-3-0-3-3-kid.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>also</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/988009-underachievers-3-3-gpa-less-2000-sats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/988009-underachievers-3-3-gpa-less-2000-sats.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/988253-high-sat-low-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/988253-high-sat-low-gpa.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/915936-where-your-3-3-3-6-gpa-child-going.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/915936-where-your-3-3-3-6-gpa-child-going.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/987479-advice-nephew-3-1-gpa-near-perfect-sat-satii-act-ap-scores.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/987479-advice-nephew-3-1-gpa-near-perfect-sat-satii-act-ap-scores.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It sounds like he’s a current high school senior.</p>

<p>Is that your weighted GPA? Or, is that your UC GPA? </p>

<p>What is your UC GPA?</p>

<p>What is your weighted GPA that includes all classes (including PE/electives)</p>

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<p>Your major choice is going to make this a challenge.
Are you so set on that choice that you would rather not go to a UC than consider other majors?</p>

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<p>Sac State has a good engineering program that you could get into</p>

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<p>The key issue is GPA. The UCs look at GPA from the summer after 9th grade through the summer after 11th grade. The UCs measure two critical GPAs:</p>

<p>1) Capped UC GPA: Core courses only (no PE, no Health, no LIfe Skills, etc). AP courses are capped at 8 semesters of +1 credit, where an B is +1 to an A.</p>

<p>2) Uncapped UC GPA… same as 1) above but no cap on AP semesters.</p>

<p>The Capped UC GPA is the most commonly used. To see exactly where your stats would compare at the admitted class at each of the nine UCs, go here:</p>

<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/statfinder/default.aspx]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/statfinder/default.aspx)</p>

<p>Then go through the prompts… pick the first prompt choice for the first 7-8 pages, then pick

  • All Campus (reported separately), then pick
  • COMPLEX TABLE for the report format, then pick
    1. High School GPA weighted-Capped and 2) Total SAT Reasoning Score as the two metrics to use in the report. </p>

<p>You can then see the % who were admitted within your SAT and GPA ranges, for each of the nine campuses. </p>

<p>Your SAT is the intriguing stat. You clearly have the processing power to do well at just about any UC including Berkeley, but perhaps you have not been motivated or interested in non-science courses? How else to explain top 0.5% SAT and only top 50% GPA??</p>

<p>Without knowing what your UC GPA is, I would say that UC Riverside is a strong match/safety for you… and UC Santa Cruz is a reach.</p>

<p>UC Merced has a degree in Computer Science and Engineering, but has not yet opened its planned degree in Electrical Engineering. Plus, it’s in Merced, but is your super SAFETY.</p>

<p>For the Cal States, Cal Poly Pomona is great but might be a reach, as would be San Diego St. and Long Beach State. They are each about as difficult to get into as is UC Riverside. Along with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (a very high reach for you), those are the four most known Cal STates.</p>