Percentages!

<p>Ok, so i made my official college list the other day and i was wondering if you could just put percentages next to the schools so i can see my chances. Im hoping to trim 4 or 5 schools by the time i do apps.
My Stats:
- 3.0 Cum GPA
- 1980 New SAT (Reading: 690 Math: 630 Writing: 660)
EC: - Newspaper
- a few clubs
- 300 Hours community service
- 3 week immersion program
- Highly regarded private jesuit highschool</p>

<p>Safetys:
- UC Riverside
- UC Santa Cruz
- University of Arizona
- University of Oregon
- SF State</p>

<p>Match: (at least i think)
- Gonzaga
- Portland
- University of Iowa
- LMU LA
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</p>

<p>Reach:
- Santa Clara
- UC Davis
- University of Texas, Austin
- Texas A&M
- Colorado College
- UCSD
- UCSB</p>

<p>Feel Free to offer any other options or to be brutally honest with the ones i shouldnt even apply, cause i am aware my gpa is pretty comical. Thanks!</p>

<p>Are you a Cal state resident? If so, what are your UC and Cal State GPAs?</p>

<p>3.0</p>

<p>i havent been able to take any honor classes cause i am literally a Straight B student and you need a 3.3 average to get into any honors/aps at my school.</p>

<p>godisnowhere:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCSD: Reach
UCSB/UCD: Slight Reach
UCSC/UCR: Match</p>

<p>UCSD--big reach to no way (average applicant accepted has taken 16 honors courses)
UCD--reach (average GPA is 3.74)
UCSB--reach (average GPA is 3.76)
UCSC--match to slight reach (average GPA is 3.46, but SAT is only 1137)
UCR--match to slight reach (average GPA is 3.42, but SAT is only 1074)
CS SLO is a reach (average GPA is 3.7),
Oregon is a match to slight reach (definitely not a safety despite their high acceptance rate--their average GPA is 3.49--but the SATs total 1156 (573/583)), which is why you have a good chance,
Gonzaga is a reach (their average GPA is 3.63),
Univ of Iowa is a reach (their average GPA is 3.55),
Loyola-Marymount is a reach (average GPA is 3.6)
Univ of Texas--no way (hard for people with 3.9 GPA and 1375 SAT to get in from OOS)
Texas A&M is a slight reach
Santa Clara is a reach (3.6 GPA)
Colorado College is a reach (3.5 GPA and SAT 1295 (645/650))</p>

<p>And the good news:
Portland State is a match
SF State is a match
University of Arizona is a match</p>

<p>If I were you, I'd also apply to Sonoma State (3.2 GPA and 1040 SAT)--so you should get it, yet it's better than the stats show--and it's in a beautiful part of California. </p>

<p>Also, consider other Cal State Colleges--for example San Jose is great for engineering, Fullerton and Long Beach have good business and humanities programs, and San Diego State is the best of all for business and has unusual programs that are unique--like the only degree in Homeland Security offered in the entire US.</p>

<p>As you can probably tell by the statistics, anything you can do to get your GPA up to 3.2 from the current 3.0 would greatly increase your chances at about 3-4 or more of the colleges listed above.</p>

<p>Summarizing--(and adding a few schools), here's where I would considering applying if I were you:</p>

<p>Off your original list--
UCSC (slight reach), UCR (slight reach), Portland State, SF State, Oregon, Santa Clara (reach), Texas A&M (reach), UCD (reach--I chose them over UCSB because they get fewer applications) and Univ of Arizona (safety)</p>

<p>Not on your original list--
Sonoma State (safety), Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State, San Jose State, University of San Diego (also a Jesuit school--and a reach)</p>

<p>You should probably limit to these down to about 7 or 8 total--with no more than two reaches/slight reaches, and one or two safeties.</p>

<p>Best of success with your applications and your college education.</p>

<p>Here's what I think your list should be:</p>

<p>Arizona State, University of Arizona, UCR, UCD as a reach, and a bunch of cal states.</p>

<p>wow, did not expect all those schools to be so difficult. What if i took the SAT again? I think i can get in the 2000 area if i take it again. If I get in the 2000 area would i have a slightly better chance at any of those schools?</p>

<p>yah Cal Poly San Luis is a real reach and I don't think UCR and UCSC are necessarily safeties. but i do think you have a good chance of getting into them. Look at some more cal states.</p>

<p>Your problem is not your SAT score, your problem is your GPA.</p>

<p>If you showed for even one semester that you could do well in the classes, then you would have a better shot. Presuming that you won't be applying to some of these colleges until late next semester, I would put a lot of effort into the Fall Semester next year, and try to find a college where they don't make a decision until after January (so you can submit next semester's grades). This is good for the Cal States, since many of them don't require an application until around February or March.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, this won't work for the UCs--which require submission by November. </p>

<p>If you think you could do real good for one year, you may have the option of waiting a year and then applying to some of these colleges--like the UCs--but that would require you to sit out a year.</p>

<p>Your last shot--and a good way to go in my opinion is to go to a community college for a year. Get really good grades your last year in high school and your first year in college. Then retake the SAT at that time and apply as a transfer to some of the UCs and other colleges you are interested in. They are likely to discount your grades up to this point and rely more on the recent grades (and the SAT score) which would then get you in. This would especially work if your essay was about how you figured out you needed to do better--and buckled down in the classes as a result.</p>

<p>Your GPA isn't bad, your SAT is great (don't take it again, it's not worth the 4 hours)... i think your GPA may hurt you a little but you should be able to get into a good state college, just be sure to apply broadly, and write great essays and have good teacher rec's. you should be good to go. If you don't get into college you want, just do well your freshman year of college and transfer out. i wouldn't even think about community college at this point. my brother got into penn state berks and another good state college for their spring semester with a GPA significantly lower than a 3.0, and he spent no time on his applications. just go for it, apply early decision to your first choice colleges and good luck. :)</p>

<p>I actually have been trying harder this semester (spring semester junior year) and i am getting a 3.3. Also fall semester senior year i am aiming at a 3.5. I also should note i am an ADD kid. I know thats cliche but i have struggled with it my whole life. I cannot for the life of me focus on something i dont want to be doing. However i have been doing homework club after school and thats why im doing better. If i applied LD would i have better chances? Im pretty sure my good/reach school chances are shot at this point.</p>

<p>Penn State Berks is good? Better than a community college, I suppose...</p>

<p>Start out at a high cal state (such as Long Beach), perform well your first semester, than transfer to a UC.</p>

<p>Yea, I think i might do the transfer thing. BUT, i do have pretty good chances at Gonzaga University because my brother goes there and my counselor is really good friends with the dean of admissions. He got my brother in with really crappy stats.
Also, I heard that you can get into cal poly if you apply to a really non compounded major, and then once in, you just get really good grades and then transfer into the major you do want. </p>

<p>I want to major in psych and minor in philosophy though, so im not sure a polytechnic school would be good for that sort of thing. UCSD has a pretty great psych program i hear, so i might want to aim to transfer there.</p>

<p>Yeah...Cal Poly wouldn't be good for anything non-tech...</p>

<p>Your plan sounds good. Start off at Gonzaga and transfer to UCSD.</p>

<p>While on the subject of percentages. Is a class rank of 18 out of 176 close enough to be considered top 10%? D is all ready accepted and graduates Thursday so it's inconsequential really, just wondered. BTW 18/176 = .10227 Yea or nay?</p>

<p>I have heard Cal Poly SLO has a good Psych program. It shouldn't be ruled out completely...</p>

<p>In answer to Melsmom, I would say yes, it's close enough (since rounding makes it 10%)</p>

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Your plan sounds good. Start off at Gonzaga and transfer to UCSD.

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I heard that it is much harder to transfer from a 4 year state university then from a community college. If you are denied from your top choices, and really want to go to a top uc, I recommend going to an honors program at a comm. college, and then transfer into a top uc. Good luck.</p>

<p>You can not transfer from a Cal State to a UC, the californian education system does not allow it</p>