<p>I got a 1350 on the SAT and I have a 3.71 GPA. However I have great leadership (Health Academy Ambassador for 3 years, Church Youth leader for year, Church first service director for a year, As well as super intendant for church. Not if sure this mattered). Also been active in a few clubs such as National honor Society, Asian Student Association, and College Club. I have a little bit more than 100 hours of volunteer and I am also working at Starbucks currently. </p>
<p>I am planning to apply to the following: UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCR, La Sierra University, and USC. What are the chances of me getting accepted? I know I don't have a high GPA or SAT, so what do you guys think? </p>
<p>I'm a be going to a few of these colleges to talk to admissions about this and also any scholarships of
Grants I qualify for.</p>
<p>with sat 1350 do not waste your time with listed UC schools, maybe only Sierra.</p>
<p>Try these test optional Unis</p>
<p><a href=“ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest”>http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional</a></p>
<p>Your GPA is very good if it translates to 90% on a 100 scale, but it can be improved. Increase your GPA as much as possible and look at test optional schools. Don’t waste your time applying to any of those schools aside from La Sierra. USC is a dream for you right now. If you can increase your SAT score to 1800, that would open so many more doors.</p>
<p>So SATs matter a lot I guess /: I was talking to a college counselor and they were telling me SAT score matters but not so much? </p>
<p>What if I take the ACT and get a decent score on it?? I’m planning to do that soon</p>
<p>@Richmondc how many times have you taken the SAT? your SAT score doesnt reflect your GPA score, so im sure with some study you can score much higher! </p>
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<p>that is NOT true. Certainly competitive for UCI and UCR…and maybe UCSD. </p>
<p>OP…is that your UC GPA? If not, what is? The UCs care more about GPA.</p>
<p>is that 1350 out of 2400? </p>
<p>@thegrant I’ve taken it 1 time and I know I can take it 2 more times however I’ve been taking practice SAT classes and test and I do horrible on standardized test.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids I honestly do not know. I got an unofficial report of my high school transcripts and it said 3.71 weighted GPA. I can find out from my counselors, I will be having a meeting soon about all my college stuff. </p>
<p>@jkeil911 yes, it’s bad </p>
<p>Is 1350 on CR+M (out of 1600) or CR+M+W (out of 2400)?</p>
<p>Yes, you can take the ACT, and colleges will accept that instead of the SAT. Some students do better on the ACT than the SAT (and vice-versa).</p>
<p>That weighted GPA is too low for upper-tier UCs, unless you are a CA resident who qualifies under the “local context” admission system. I do not see you qualifying for any UCs other than Merced or Riverside with that SAT score and the 3.71 weighted GPA. Possibly UCSC, but certainly not UCSD, and probably not Davis, UCI or UCSB. Is that your UC-weighted GPA? They have their own weighting system. It might be higher, but it also might be lower (if, for instance, your GPA includes high marks in non-academic courses). With strong test scores, you might be competitive, but I recommend that you apply to more CSUs, along with less competitive colleges like Whittier. </p>
<p>@woogzmama thank you for the information and I will take that into consideration. </p>
<p>Another question, I have a friend that got 1350 on SATs and also a 3.8 weighted GPA in high school, not UC GPA and he was able to get accepted into UCI and not UCR? Anyone have ideas why he was able too? Personal statement maybe?</p>
<p>comparing yourself to one other person’s admissions success–that way lies madness. There are all kinds of exceptions to all kinds of rules, but it is best to approach one’s chances by looking at averages. For instance, your SAT score is suggesting you are quite a bit below the national average, which is about 1500. That’s going to scare off the above average admission schools. </p>
<p>So you need a below average admissions school to increase your chances over the schools you’ve selected. OR you need a school that doesn’t consider standardized test scores. Even this option is not all it could be because although a school might not consider your SAT score they’ll turn around and expect more of your GPA. This is why we need to know your unweighted GPA before we suggest application strategy.</p>
<p>It’s time to get real. Either you submit a better standardized test score (a re-take or an ACT) or you apply to schools with average to below average test score expectations.</p>
<p>I know that California replaced its former Affirmative Action system with a policy of guaranteeing admission to at least one UC campus to in-state students who rank near the top of their high school classes. This helps to slightly balance the inequalities among students from inner-city or poor rural districts who lack access to Honors and AP classes (thereby losing the advantage of a weighted GPA), or who simply never had the competition or the push to excel within their communities. As I understand it, those students are likeliest to be admitted to a nearby campus, which could give someone from the South Coast an advantage at UCI if that student were statistically ineligible for UCLA or UCSD. UC Riverside draws a lot of students from this system, and I don’t know how all individual determinations are made. </p>
<p>If you are in the top 9% of your HS or top 9% in the state (ELC), then you are guaranteed admission to a UC if they have room. You cannot pick the UC and in the past few years it has been UC Merced.
Regarding UCR vs UCI admission: There are many factors that go into admission at both schools including essays, GPA, test scores, course rigor etc… and there a number of students that may get into 1 school over another. In my younger son’s class this past year, he had friends that were denied UCD/UCLA and Cal Poly SLO, but got into UCB/UCI and UCSB. My older son was accepted into SLO/UCI and UCD. Denied UCSB and UCSD. You just do not know what will click with the adcoms.</p>
<p>You should try the ACT. Some students do better on it. In your case, I doubt it’d be worse.
Would you be willing to attend a university outside of California? Are you first gen (your parents didn’t get a degree from a 4-year college)? </p>
<p>Explore the following colleges on the West Coast:
Whittier, CSU Chico, CSU Sonoma, HUmboldt (if the culture doesn’t scare you it’s a pretty good school), SOU (Ashland - TERRIFIC town!), St Mary’s of California.</p>
<p>Outside the West Coast (some of those are test-optional, others are reachable if you can increase to an average score of 1500-1550 since you’d bring geographical diversity.)
Emory&Henry, Wabash (if you’re a boy), Beloit, Hendrix, Lynn, Eckerd, Brevard, Wartburg, Davis&Elkins, Dillard (HBCU), Morehouse (HBCU), Tuskegee (HBCU), Hiram, UDubuque, Westminster (MO), Westminster (Utah), Guilford, Luther, Albion, Alma, Baldwin-Wallace, Bradley, Caroll of Montana, College of Idaho, Centenary of LA.</p>
<p>CSU East Bay will be glad to take you in, also maybe SFSU</p>
<p>Alright thank you everyone for the information. I’m a be retaking the SAT as well as taking the ACT to get a better score. La Sierra University is my backup college however if I am able to get my test scores up as well as my GPA then I hope to be able to attend a UC. My unweighted GPA is 3.5 if that helps in any way. I’m a be having a meeting soon with my counselor to discuss my UC GPA as well as other colleges I may consider. Thank you again everyone! If you have anymore information or advice please let me know :)</p>
<p>Here is a link to calculate your UC GPA and depending upon how many AP classes you have taken (maximum 4) for the calculation, your UC GPA could be anywhere from 0.1-0.4 higher than your unweighted.
<a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/</a></p>