I have good board scores (1320) but only a 3.1 GPA (unweighted) and 3.3 (weighted) I am taking lots of hard AP’s and getting mostly B’s I really screwed up in 10th grade and got some C’s - but none since. I am a Californian so I will probably get into a few UC’s but not the top ones. Does anyone have any suggestions or think I have a prayer for either Univ of Wahsington or NYU? What could I do to improve my chances? Any tips to get into UCSD or UCSB? I want an urban school with diversity and quality.
<p>You have to get your grades up.</p>
<p>What is your junior year gpa, weighted and unweighted?</p>
<p>The grades listed are my junior year. I brought my grades up from below a 3.0 at the end of 10th, to 3.1 unweighted and 3.3 weighted (B's in AP Bio, AP Hist, AP Spanish, Honors English, Math Analysis, A's in Jazz Band and Jounalism) I am really trying for an A in an academic solid but it just isn't happening so far. The competition in the AP classes in my high school is super-intense. Assuming these are the grades at the end of 11th grade, - am I stuck with the less desireable UC's at best? Would UW take someone with my numbers since my boards are decent?</p>
<p>I think you will sqeeze into Washington. Are these grades good for your school? If not, most of the UCS are going to be tough. You are taking a very hard schedule which is good.</p>
<p>Do you have a college counselor at your school? You can ask the counselor where people with similar stats at your school end up.</p>
<p>I am from the state of Washington, so I can shed a little bit of light on the admission process. The state of WA does not weight any grades. The only thing they say is that they will give "consideration" that you took harder classes. They give us an Admission Index. SAT vs GPA. Yours is 57. The highest (1600 vs 4.0) is 108.
They also weight some Important Criteria.
I will give you the percentage of these in this order (forgive my typos not=100% maybe):
Considerate Moderate Limited None
Grades in college Prep Courses 81% 11% 3% 5%
Test Scores 50% 36% 10% 4%
Grades in all subjects 41% 41% 13% 5%
Class rank 34% 32% 24% 10%
Recs 20% 47% 21% 12%
Essay 18% 34% 27% 21%
Also, college prep doesn't neccessairly mean AP or Honors here.
Most people at my school only take about 3 AP classes altogether.
I don't know if it is harder to get in out of state.
Unfortunately, I don't know the cutoff for AI acceptance or what is considered a hopeful one for that matter. A small frame of reference; mine was 86 (1290/3.8UW) and I was accepted. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks so much - really good info to consider. We (w/parents) are going to Seattle on Friday to do the tour and orientation. Do you have any suggestions on other things to see or do? (I assume they don't do interviews) I have also heard they have higher expectations for out-of state apps, but I am going for it anyway - it seems like a good fit for lots of reasons. I guess I will find out.</p>
<p>You can do a lot of shopping downtown and there's a shuttle that regularly goes to the Seattle Center - where the Space Needle is located. The SN is a bit overrated though and pricey. It might be nice to stop by Pike Place Market. :) The Seattle Art Museum is within walking distance from PPM. Consider stopping by Pioneer Square too.</p>
<p>Oh! and check out Suzzallo Library @ the UW. It's very cozy and nice. :)</p>
<p>I would suggest the new downtown library.
At least drive by it from the outside, it has this really crazy architecture.</p>
<p>The Seattle Center is the standard tourist area: Space Needle, etc...but it did just open up a new Sci Fi museum. Paul Allen donated a lot of his stuff, like Captain Kirk's chair, Alien creature, 1st edition books. If you like that sort of thing. Next to it is the music museum. Costumes from famous rockers etc...</p>
<p>Pike's market is pretty close. World famous for its flying fish guys.
Good food, t-shirts, etc...</p>
<p>It's hard to match anything driving across the floating bridges, Mt Ranier (only on clear days, it's disappearing mountain), and city skyline!
There also is the new SeaHawks stadium for rah,rah.</p>
<p>Oh, one last thing before I have to get going.</p>
<p>The underground tour is the best (reservations!).</p>
<p>A little history. Seattle was the last stop over before you made the trek to the Alaskan gold rush. Too many people were dying, not realizing the harsh environment in Alaska that they made a mandatory $300 pack requirement to go there. People would show up here and not have the money or just decide they didn't want to go and stayed here. So the population soared. That and Seattle has one of the best conditions for ships to come into the harbor.</p>
<p>Anyways, they built the city and didn't account for the tide and the sewage kept backing up. They had to actually build the city, buildings and all, one level up. So we have an underground city. If you go to some of the street corners you can see glass blocks and look through to the floor below that was the original city. The underground city tour meanders you through it and Pike's Place market actually uses some of the underground for shops now.
The tour is really funny.</p>