Mom's betting $200 that I won't get in...Chance me!

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>True story. My mother of all people is betting against me that I won’t get into UCD just because my SAT score is just 40 points away from their average. She does not care about my extracurriculars because if “your SAT no good, you no good!” So she’s already planning for me to get into Santa Cruz. Chance me? I’m scared because my SAT II’s definitely suck and my grades are pretty so-so. </p>

<p>In state
Weighted UC GPA: 3.79
SAT I total: 1780
math: 530
reading: 550
writing: 700 (big difference, yeah I like English); essay: 11
SAT II Lit: 570
SAT II US History: 560 </p>

<p>APs/Honors: </p>

<p>9th: Biology H (BB), English H (AA)
10th: World History H (AA), Geometry H (CC), English H (AA), Chem H (BB)
11th: AP US History (CB), AP English (AA)
12th: AP gov, ap eng, ap stats </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Tutor (9th-11th), Badminton JV team (10), Key Club webmaster (11), Japanese Club publicist/historian (11), Newspaper co-editor (11), Japanese Club activities commissioner (12), Key Club secretary/treasurer (12), LINK leader (11th-12th). </p>

<p>150+ community service hours, pretty strong essays, a number of class awards, and if it helps, I’m Asian and I want to major in Humanities/English </p>

<p>Maybe they will want an Asian who wants to stay as far away from engineering and the sciences as possible? </p>

<p>I need a little reassurance. Or maybe I’m doomed and my mother is right =/</p>

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<p>It really comes down to the essay for you. If you are as good at essay-writing as you say you are, then you might have a decent shot.</p>

<p>Slight reach</p>

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<p>Davis is really not that hard to get into. Your major is definitely not impacted, so I think that you have a pretty decent chance. Your SAT I score is not that horrible compared to others who get in. Plus, you're enrolled in AP classes, you did some volunteer work, and you have a decent extra curricular list.</p>

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<p>BabyBlue,</p>

<p>Just for the record, major plays no role in admission as an freshman at Davis.</p>

<p>OP,</p>

<p>Davis: slight reach</p>

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<p>UCLAri,</p>

<p>Not so. In the past, engineering, for example, has required a higher point total than most other disciplines.</p>

<p>From the admission web page, <a href="http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/fr_selection_process.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/admissions/fr_selection_process.cfm&lt;/a>
"We base admission decisions on the ranking of applicants according to these scores and admit the highest-scoring applicants for each college/division based on the available spaces in the specific college/division."</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot. Maybe a slight reach, but you shouldn't be too worried.</p>

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<p>homerj,</p>

<p>Right, but that's a different college, not major. But an English major applicant vs. an econ major applicant will see no difference. Different colleges, however, are a slightly different issue.</p>

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<p>UCLAri,</p>

<p>Since your major determines your college, I don't see how one conclude that your major "plays no role". Also, the web site site indicates that division in which your major is a program could also be a factor. English is in the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies while Economics is the Division of Social Sciences, so at least in theory there could be a difference, though I can't say whether this has ever been the case in the past.</p>

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Since your major determines your college, I don't see how one conclude that your major "plays no role".

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<p>UCLAri's point is that you are applying for admission to a college. Once you are admitted to a college, you're in and may choose your major or double major within the college very easily. This is why people typically must apply for transfer if they wish to transfer to a major in a different college, but are able to switch majors very easily.</p>

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<p>You are filled under the major that you have signed up for. So the number of seats available for the specific program/college that pertains to your major that u applied to for ucd is filled for how many applicants that applied to that same major. Am I right? or am I wrong? Or did i just confuse people?</p>

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<p>I didn't think it worked like that. At least, I'm a transfer, and schools say they admit based on the specific college and not the major.</p>

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<p>alrighty then. I guess i can say with certainty.. I AM WRONG-O</p>

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<p>Your mother is hilarious. And a terrible person. I love her.</p>

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<p>i would say you will get in.</p>

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<p>Whats more important...what you think, or what your mom thinks?
You have worked hard, and continue to work hard judging by the courses you have chosen to study SR year. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Oh wow... And I thought my parents were bad. THey're pretty convinced that I won't even make it into UCSC D:</p>

<p>Hm. Hooray for being Asian :'D</p>

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<p>melody are you in EAOP or ELC?</p>

<p>I believe your in, I know some who got in and only took one honor class during their senior year or had a low SAT. So you have a good shot.</p>

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<p>I hope you get that $200. :)</p>

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<p>I'm proud to say that I am now $200 richer BABBYYYYY! </p>

<p>hahahahahaha</p>

<p>It'd be kinda depressing to use though, since this is the 'how much my mother didn't believe in me' money. Oh well.</p>

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<p>Don't worry about it. My parents thought I would get rejected to every college I applied to and end up at community college for a short stint before dropping out and moving into the basement.</p>

<p>Yeah my parents had/have great faith in me.</p>