Last Chancing

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Cruz
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<p>W GPA: 3.31
UW GPA: 2.68
UC GPA: 3.24
Not sure if any of these are correct, correct me if i'm wrong</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Algebra I: A C
English: A A
Debate: B A
Spanish: A B
Pathways/Heath & Safety: B B
PE: A A</p>

<p>Summer: Geometry: B B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
English: A A
Spanish: B B
Algebra 2: C C
Biology Honors: B B
AP World History: C C
Tennis: A A</p>

<p>Summer: Chemistry: B B</p>

<p>Junior Year
Spanish: A A
AP Art History: A B
AP Chemisty/ TA: C P
AP US History: B B
Trig/Pre-cal: C C
AP Language: B B</p>

<p>Senior Schedule
AP Government
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Physics
Spanish 7/8 (4th year)
Elementary Calculus</p>

<p>SAT:1620 (CR:540, M:570, W:510) Retaking
SAT IIs: Math II: 580, US History 450 (Retaking Math II and Literature)
ACT: taking end of Oct</p>

<p>AP Tests
AP World History: 3
APLanguage: 3
AP US History: 2</p>

<p>Planned AP Tests
AP Government
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Physics</p>

<p>EC's:
Tennis (3 years)Co-Captain for JV Tennis 1 yr and 1yr of Varsity - 300hrs
Debate (1 year) - 220hrs
Key Club (3 years predicted) - 130hrs
CSF (2 semesters predicted)
Internship at Kron Communications (4 years) (Business related) - 416 hrs
Chinese Tutoring (8 years) - over 800 hrs</p>

<p>1st gen college
Low income
Family issues (Passing of both Grandfathers during junior year - made me drop AP Chemistry)
Single working parent - Dad is disabled and cannot work anymore
Sick and absent frequently during Sophomore year.</p>

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<p>You are in-state.
I have your UC GPA at 3.26, below the UCSC average admit of 3.56 or so.
I have your SAT I at 1620, slightly below UCSC's average of 1680, but well within the middle 50% which is 1530 to 1890.
Your SAT IIs are fairly poor at 1030.</p>

<p>You will get extra points for your low income status
You will get extra points for your 1st generation college status
You will get extra points for your parent being disabled
You will get extra points for a particularly challenging courseload
Your ECs are excellent considering the family situation.
They probably will give you a slight break for two grandparents having passed away in the same year</p>

<p>You will not get extra points for having a single parent working</p>

<p>Based upon all of this, you will probably be accepted, but it's not a guaranteed thing. I'd try to write some good essays taking about your family from a first-person point of view--and also talking about what you hope to accomplish in your career ahead (tie this in with the major you choose).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>