<p>Hi guys, I suppose most of you are really burnt out now from the application mess that happened earlier tonight/this morning. </p>
<p>Good luck to those who applied, when I finished I got rejected for a fee waiver (I do usually get financial aid, so I was surprised). While I can still apply, it makes me hesitate. Should I? </p>
<p>I have a 3.17 GPA at my community college, and am currently taking first semester Calculus (I dropped too late last semester and got an F, hoping to get a B this semester), and will be taking first semester physics next semester.</p>
<p>The good: 59 units, ~3.2 GPA right now, I am pretty sure it will get better next semester. I started out from home school and wasn't able to get as much math as I wanted out of the way, so I've spent the past 2 years taking intermediate algebra, precalculus, trig, and that failed calculus class. (It was online, I had a very negligent teacher as you could expect in such a scenario, it didn't end well). </p>
<p>Also good: If all goes well, I'll have 1 year of calculus under my belt, 1 semester of physics (2 if you count intro), 1 semester of general chem (2 if you count into, and I <em>could</em> take the 2nd semester but I'm not sure about that)..</p>
<p>I will also be finished with my 2 English classes next semester. I took all sorts of other things, such as astronomy, speech, architecture while getting my remedial math cleared. I think my personal statement came out wonderful as well.</p>
<p>The bad: My major. I'm considering Electrical Engineering/Computer science. </p>
<p>Applying to a UC with all of this, am I insane? Is there any point hitting the submit button this year, especially if I have to pay the bill? I suppose it's like paying for a lottery ticket - you have a better chance than none if you do it, but you don't have any if you don't. Hehe. :D </p>
<p>I was thinking of applying to UCSD and UCI, possibly UCSC. I'm currently going to DVC and was born and raised outside of San Francisco, unfortunately right by UC Berkeley, the hardest and (because of that, most useless) college for me because I apparently don't stand a chance compared to all of the AP majors.</p>
<p>Sometimes, it burns me up how a dude that took AP classes gets college credit and a preferential standing in their application to a UC. I took real college classes to graduate on time (had a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school, despite having to do it in independent study), and it made me a less ideal candidate with all sorts of requirements hung over my head. </p>
<p>I've already planned taking 2nd and 3rd semester calculus, differential equations, (linear math?), and the 2-3 necessary physics classes out at DVC, in case I can't transfer next year. It'd still be nice to not have to wait as long. I understand either way I'll probably have 4 years to go (1 here and 3 there, or 2 here and 2 there). </p>
<p>I'm hoping for better. That 1 F really screwed up my record, before that it was nothing but As and Bs. :(</p>
<p>More to it: I'm a boring white guy from an english/spanish background. The only extracurricular activity I took place in was an ACM contest where our team scored fairly low (we were the only community college in our regional and had absolutely no idea what to expect except that we would need to use our C++ knowledge). It was pretty darn fun! </p>
<p>I currently design websites for fun, and do schoolwork. The prompt 1/2 in my essays were fun, it was pretty cool in 2 how I could meld homeschool and helping my autistic bro learn..</p>
<p>Sorry for the rant, it's 2am and I have been running on very little sleep lately. Thanks guys for any input you may have (whichever way it goes).</p>
<p>The lack of fee waiver was a huge blow to me and left me hanging there. Like I said, not the end of the world, just at a fork in the road in the middle of the desert. I feel as if I'd be paying to get told no, and have my dreams crushed for a year.</p>
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