<p>so, here are my stats.
I am an Asian senior from a top 100 high school in California. My UC GPA is 2.85, however, if you count my freshman year it is 3.5. I will also most likely get a 4.0 this semester. I am aiming for a business-related major, and want to go to law school later on.
SAT 1- 680 CR
600-M
610-W
SAT 2- Literature-600
US History-630
I plan on taking the SAT 1 again, with hopes of a 2000 or above.
APUSH- 3
Sophmore/Junior Year
Honors English 2- B,C
Alg. 2/Trig- C,C
French 3-B,A
Honors World History-A,B
Chemistry-B,C
Athletics(PE)-A,A
Junior Year
CP English 3-B,A
Pre.Calc Honors-D,D(Super hard class)
AP Bio-D,C (Also difficult for me)
AP French 4-C,C
AP US History-C,B
Athletics-A,A
ECS
MUN
4 years varsity tennis
9 years piano
1st degree black belt in tae kwon do
National Honor Society
100 hours from red cross volunteer
Schools I am applying to (from the one I want to go to the most to the least)
USC
NYU
UCR
Indiana-Bloomington
Cal Poly Slo
Arizona State University
Cal State LB</p>
<p>oh, i forgot to add that i will be applying to oxford college, to transfer to Emory junior year.</p>
<p>You’re applying to Oxford in England? </p>
<p>And, then why to Emory?</p>
<p>But, that said, </p>
<p>I apologize in advance - this is a bit rough - your grades are not going to get you accepted to many of your listed schools. Your grades suggest that you would find many college classes to be difficult.</p>
<p>Your grades this year won’t count (or won’t count for much).</p>
<p>USC is not going to accept you with those grades. I don’t think NYU will either.</p>
<p>Also, very doubtfull that Cal poly SLO or Long Beach will accept you either if your UC GPA is what the Cal States use, too. Those schools pretty much require 3.4 GPA’s </p>
<p>UCR won’t work because you don’t have the 3.0 minimum required.</p>
<p>Why did you put so many schools on your list that won’t work with your GPA?? I don’t get it.</p>
<p>@ mom2collegekids: The OP is referring to Oxford College in Georgia, a two-year college whose graduates graduate with an assoicate degree and transfer to Emory College their junior year.</p>
<p>@ OP: mom2college kids is right in the sense that your grades most certainly aren’t stellar. Many colleges don’t consider your freshman grades, and by your post, I am inferring that you have had a downward trend in grades, which certainly won’t look very good. However, if you really do earn a 4.0 this term, you should be able to send that to colleges, in which case you might have a shot. Be sure to stay realistic, though.</p>
<p>^^^ ahhh…that makes sense about Oxford. but, is that expensive for OOS?</p>
<p>Since the OP is applying now, his senior grades would only be 1/2 a year, not a term. And, many don’t use senior grades for that reason.</p>
<p>Since you posted your UC GPA, I’m guessing that that is for grades 10 & 11. It sounds like your freshman year grades were much better. Why is that?</p>
<p>Do the Cal States use the same rules for figuring GPA ( certain classes during grades 10 and 11)?</p>
<p>yeah, I guess i did well freshman year and then I tried to pile up with the hard classes and failed. Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>It’s hard to make suggestions without answering the question…</p>
<p>Do the Cal States use the same rules for figuring GPA ( certain classes during grades 10 and 11)? Is your UC GPA also your GPA for cal states?</p>
<p>Also, is money an issue? Have your parent told you that they will pay full freight for any college (roughly $25k-50k per year)? If not, what is their EFC? And, how much will they pay?</p>
<p>I’d highly recommend putting UM-Twin Cities on that list, and also consider some midwestern LAC’s like Wittenberg and Ohio Wesleyan (with a free online application until Nov. 30th) if the plan is law school in the future.</p>
<p>well, from what it looks [CSULB</a> Enrollment Services](<a href=“http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/admissions/res_eligibility.html]CSULB”>First-Time, First-Year Student CSULB Index | California State University Long Beach), i do qualify for the cal states. They do use the same gpa system as UCs though.</p>
<p>I believe I will be applying for financial aid, but I think my parents will pay for college if they think I am receiving a good education. Honestly, I do not know what an EFC is but I have two brothers and my parents’ total income is 105,000 combined.</p>
<p>bump please</p>
<p>Ok…</p>
<p>Your family’s anticipated EFC is what FAFSA will likely determine how much your family should contribue to your education each year. Expected Family Contribution.</p>
<p>Have your parents told you how much they will spend on your education each year? If not, find out and come back.</p>
<p>You need to be dealing with real numbers, not just guesses.
:)</p>
<p>ok, i spoke with them and it is clear that money is no option to them. They will spend up to $40,000 a year for a good education.</p>
<p>If USC is your top choice, a good way to get there is the transferring from a cc route. There are articulation agreements whereby cc students who take certain courses and receive certain high grades are able to transfer into USC or into one of the UC’s. If this is something you want to consider down the road, speak with someone in the USC admissions office and get all the details.</p>
<p>Another thing to be aware of is that the CSU’s would appear to be tightening their admissions policies this year. I am pasting in an entry that just appeared on the Parents’ Board:</p>
<p>Bad News for those Students thinking Cal State System Schools were your Safeties </p>
<hr>
<p>Northstarmom posted a good article a couple of days ago about how long it takes to graduate if you are in the California State University system. Well the news is worse in terms of evening trying to get into the school if your grades are 3.1 and below and even 3.4 in the case of SDSU. I posted this over in the admissions section but thought parents could use the info below to demonstrate to their children the importance of getting good grades. Many students in my son’s school for various reasons don’t have a 3.1 or higher but they could always count on the CSU schools as their safety school. With our horrible budget problems., that option is now closed to them. </p>
<p>This is what I posted in the other forum. Out here in California, it is simply one of the worse years to be applying to college. Practically every other week the regents/chancellors are raising fees and tightening admissions even further. There have been protests on the various campuses throughout the state. California parents such as ourselves have strongly been encouraging our children to apply outside of California. Yesterday we received the email listed below from our h.s. college counselor informing us of the latest admission changes for CSU schools:</p>
<p>“Hello Seniors and Parents,
As you know there has been a lot of media coverage about San Diego State and the CSU system admission policies this year. I have waited until now to contact you about this, as I needed to gather more information. I now have that data, and want to inform you of the following. SDSU and eleven other CSU campuses are considered impacted and therefore will be more difficult in terms of admissions. The others are Chico, San Francisco, San Jose, Northridge, Pomona, Fullerton, Long Beach, San Marcos, Fresno, and Sonoma. If any of these schools are on your list, I strongly recommend that you have a back up plan of an application to a CSU that is not impacted if your gpa is under 3.1 For SDSU, the restrictions will be even tighter, although there will still be some local preference given, but if students are under 3.3, it will be difficult. At SDSU, students must also select a major in order to be admitted. It has become even more important that students get their CSU applications in sooner rather than later, and that they have backups.”</p>
<p>CSU schools have long been considered great schools for those students with GPAs 3.0 and below which I believe is 50% of my DS’s class. Looking at last year’s numbers for the 2009 class at my DS’s school, 38 of the students (approximately 25% of the class) went to the impacted CSU schools. I am sure many of them were 3.1 and below. Here in CA, I believe these students are left with few options, They can try to get into small LACs but those bring high costs, they can try for out-of-state schools but those have high out of state tuition, or they can go to community college which really isn’t an option. Community colleges are impacted worse that the CSU and they are turning students away and if you get accepted it takes more than 2 years to get an AA which further raises the costs. </p>
<p>I guess the lesson is try really hard to have good grades above 3.1 so that you have more options. I used to think education was possible for everyone but this makes me very sad for this years class of 2010. I hope this year’s freshman and sophomores take note of this info. Circumstances for admissions can change during the course of high school as it clearly has for the class of 2010, do it’s a good idea to advise your students not to be caught off-guard.</p>
<p>well i am considering going to cc,but cal state fullerton is another one of my choices for business shcool.</p>
<p>getting financial aid for me is going to be hard because my mother alone make 125,000 a year. I’m applying to SFSU which is my reach 3.52=uw and a weighted of 3.72( didn’t have any honors or AP). You should be able to get accepted to some CSU’s. You should apply to way more csus than privates requiring a high gpa.</p>
<p>PS- Most schools don’t count freshman year</p>
<p>ok so my final list after doing research is
- NYU
- Oxford College
- USC
- UCR
- Indiana-Bloomington
- Cal Poly SLO
- U San Diego
- San Diego State
- Loyola Marymount
- Cal State Fullerton
- Cal State Long Beach
- Arizona State University(hopefully Barrett for the honors program)
This list from my top choices to last. Any comments?</p>
<p>bumpp anyone? any comments, suggestions, insults lol?</p>
<p>D’ in pre calc? mayb u shouldn’t major in business…</p>
<p>yeah that was a bad year for me, but I’ve shaped up and now have an A in AP Calc AB.</p>