Do I have any chances of getting in? Chances please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>UC GPA: 3.7
Strong Upward Trend
2.2/2.4 Freshman Year - 3.16/3.83 Sophomore year - 4.0/3.8 Junior Year</p>

<p>APs:
AP Calculus AB - 4
AP Biology - 3</p>

<p>My current senior class schedule:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus BC
AP Government/Economics
Computer Programming 1
Regular English
(As you can see only 5 classes, will this hurt me?)</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2140 (700R, 720M, 720W w/ 8E)
Subject Tests:
Math IIC - 780
Biology/M - 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: (dismal)
International club 2 years and Treasurer for 1 of those years
One Million Ways - Vice President (newly founded club this year!)</p>

<p>Community Service:
128 hours volunteering as a research intern at a USC hospital, worked on a project and performed various lab procedures such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, invasion, culturing cells, etc.</p>

<p>36 hours volunteering at the local library, shelving books. </p>

<p>I'm thinking of retaking my reasoning score in December to get a 2200+ even though SD doesn't really care about testing scores all that much it seems. </p>

<p>Yeah, I'm really worried about my GPA, because I know it's really low. :"(</p>

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<p>slight reach.</p>

<p>To give you an idea - I got a 3.72 UC GPA / 2290 SAT I / very good SAT IIs / average ec, and I'm a winter admit heading in this January.</p>

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<p>Reach-slight reach.. as stated the gpa and the ec's will hurt you.</p>

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<p>Has UCSD gotten this competitive?</p>

<p>I got in here and LA with a 3.4 UC-GPA and 2280 SAT I</p>

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<p>@tisthemorning, then should I retake my reasoning in december? O_O
Not that it matters....I just think I can do better and I already recognize the lack of important SD places on the SAT and the extreme focus placed on GPA.</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty good chance with a good essay.
I think the stats are there. 3.7GPA may seem a bit low, but I know plenty people here who got a similar or even lower GPA. In fact, their SAT's were lower than yours too..</p>

<p>Having said that, I'd say UCSD has gotten really competitive.. I know a couple of cases where a guy got accepted into Berkeley and rejected from UCSD.. Something completely unimaginable a couple years ago..</p>

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<p>^ happened to 5 people in my class last year. (berkeley and ucla)</p>

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<p>I know a guy who got rejected from Irvine but got into SD...weird...</p>

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<p>i say you have a pretty good chance of getting in.
don't stress.</p>

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<p>You answered your own question. :)
Don't worry and don't stress so much!</p>