<p>wow wasupieboy, its hard to believe you were rejected! Why not attend Stanford/USC? I’d like to know what about UCSB has you hooked.</p>
<p>Boba^</p>
<p>I didn’t mean anything by my comment. It just floors me that you were accepted with below average stats. I mean the average gpa is like 3.9 at UCSB. You must be part of that <10% of students who apply with that gpa who get in.</p>
<p>Sorry for disregarding your comment, then. Took it the wrong way.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was pretty surprised that I got into UCSB as well. Perhaps it was my personal situation that swayed them into offering me admission. After all, the stats aren’t the only deciding factor in the admissions process as I’m sure you know.</p>
<p>I really don’t know what’s up with UC admissions this year. There are so many students that got into UC campuses where (I personally believe) they did not deserve to. I’m also including myself in this. I’m very grateful for the chance to go to UCSB, and I am going to take advantage of it.</p>
<p>stanford and usc are really expensive and even tho my family could afford them, id feel selfish taking that much money just for my self, cuz i am a person on conscience…and half my friends are going to UCSB and the other half to UCD, and besides i like like 30 min from Stanford and i HATE LA, its so superficial…and ionno when i went to UCSB i fell in love with it…</p>
<p>Wassupieboy: You should forsure go to Stanford, you can set up a financial plan so that you wont have a huge debt after college. It’s also one of the top 5 colleges in the world. Seriously, you would rather go to a community college than Stanford??</p>
<p>Mr.Boba- Right on, thats definately the way to look at it. You were obviously given a gift, and you have to take full advantage of that, but definately enjoy yourself socially down there.. But you must be a little bit liberal with your G.P.A.. Im pretty sure UCSB, and Davis base admission on a point system between applicants. I bet you had about a 3.4-3.7. You might not have weighted your 9 AP classes</p>
<p>i dont really care for undergrad…ill be looking at stanford again when i apply fo rmed school, besides if i go to stanford for undergrad it will be harder for me to get into their med school</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you’ll get it. I do agree that some undeserving people got into top-notch schools. I got into UCSB with a 1410 SAT score, for my subjects one I got a 680 and the other like a 400ish but with a 3.8 gpa and about 5 hrs of community service (hehe), 4 years of being involved in a youth group, 2 yrs cheerleading (one in which i was a co captain) and 1 yr of jv soccer.</p>
<p>I think you can sooo get in too…</p>
<p>Best of Luck!!</p>
<p>…wow i feel so cheated while reading this thread…</p>
<p>I’d kill for your USC/Stanford admissions though. You really have an amazing record, why let all of that hard work go to waste? Don’t go the route of community college; well, it’s your choice, but personally I would just go Stanford. The campus there is beautiful as well, but I guess it’s different for everybody. The beach environment at UCSB is beautiful as well, but if I had to choose between the two, it’d definitely be Stanford.</p>
<p>And Oop, I am being truthful about my GPA. My counselor weighted it for me. I passed most of my AP classes with a C grade, which is a B if you weight it. And, as you know, a B average is a 3.0 GPA. All my other classes were honors, which were also C grades, which also come out to B’s in the end after weighting.</p>
<p>Thats reaaaally sick. I would be soo stoked if I got in. Do u think Midieval Studies or Undeclared would give me the better shot. Thanks boss</p>
<p>yea…i prolly will end up at Stanford but i wanna go to UCSB for undergrad or UCD…=(</p>
<p>Medieval Studies? Are you really interested in that, or are you taking advantage of the free space they have in that major?</p>
<p>I’m really not so sure about the whole “apply to an easy major” thing. I haven’t heard of too many people who do it. The thing is, when you apply as undeclared, your high school grades are put against other applicants as undeclared, meaning that you are directly competing against other high school seniors, and only their high school record.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you were to apply with a major, I believe you are compared to even the sophomores who are applying to that major who are already enrolled at UCSB for the available space. Also, you’d have to meet the minimum requirements for that major. For example, the hot Bio major at UCLA is difficult to get into as a freshman because the minimum for that major may be a 3.7 or higher. Same for engineering at Cal Poly. </p>
<p>After all, that’s how the idea of “applying for an easy major” came up. I honestly do not know which one is the easiest major to apply for. It’s up to you, and you should ask someone else (admissions officer?) for more information on that. Don’t ask “what is an easy major that I can get into,” just say you’d like to know which majors at UCSB are the least impacted.</p>
<p>My sister’s friend got into UCLA with a 3.5 UC Weighted GPA four years ago by applying as an Astronomy major.</p>
<p>Also, you may not want to go through the hassle of changing majors. It could turn out to be troublesome for you.</p>
<p>Yeah definately true.. Do you know anyone else that had a similar GPA to you that got in, or like below a 3.6</p>
<p>There are 5 other UCSB admitted freshman that I know at my school. One of them has a 3.4, the other four I have no idea.</p>
<p>I understand where Wusupieboy is coming from. Spending between 30k and 50k a year on tuition is rough regardless of the school. If you really want to go the CC route it doesn’t seem like you would have much further to go given the amount of AP courses and CC courses you already have. </p>
<p>Santa Barbara CC would be my suggestion if you go since it’s so near the UCSB campus. The first two years of college are mainly an advanced repeat of high school courses anyway. Many of the profs from UCSB also teach as adjunct profs. part-time. Don’t feel bad if you save a little money while getting the same education as your future peers. I went to SMC and I had Profs from USC, UCLA, LMU, and many other schools from the area. It really isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be.</p>
<p>Another plus is that if you do well enough you may make yourself eligible for a regents scholarship, or some other academic merit that can help you with your upper division costs.</p>