Please chance me for engineering!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>Major: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>State: CA
School Type: Public charter
Race: Latina (Brazil)
Gender: F
Income: $90k
Hooks: minority, female in engineering, school is in low income neighborhood, 2nd generation American, 2nd generation college</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UC
Rank: 3 of 134
SAT: 2120 - 680 M, 730 CR, 710 W
SAT II: Took Math II and Physics, expecting 550-650 for both
ACT: 35 - 35 E, 34 M, 35 R, 36 S, 10 essay
APs, etc.: School doesn't offer, instead offers dual enrollment with local community college and 2 universities</p>

<p>Transcript: All As, took most challenging classes offered; electives include: Mock Trial, Speech & Debate, Tech Team, Robotics, Yearbook</p>

<p>Senior course load:
Calculus (dual enroll)
Political Science/Economics (dual enroll)
Anatomy, Physiology, & Disease
English Literature (dual enroll)
College Writing
Engineering Design and Development (dual enroll)
Electives: American Popular Culture, Flight School</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- FIRST Robotics Competition (10-12) Head of Strategy (11), Safety Captain (11), Team Captain (12): 300+ hours/year
- Mock Trial (10-12) Founding Member, Defendant and Arresting Officer (10), Opening & Closing Attorney (11-12) 100 hours/year
- Interact Club (10-12): ~100 hours of community service
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (11-12) Founding Member, President (11-12): 30 hours/year
- Society of Women Engineers (10-12) Founding Member: monthly 30-minute meetings + 20 hours activities/service
- CrossFit (June 2014-present): 3 hours/week
- Yearbook (10-11) Assistant Editor (10), Chief Editor (11): 200 hours/year
- VEX Robotics (11) Founding Member: 50 hours
- Ambassador Team (11-12): about 20 hours total
- Church Audio & Visual Technician (7-12): 50 hours/year
Honor clubs: California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society
Awards: FIRST Dean's List Award Semifinalist, National Merit Commended, National Hispanic Recognition
Work Experience: Boeing Internship June-August 2014; did lots of cool engineering stuff</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>UCSB: Match</p>

<p>You are a competitive applicant. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you @Gumbymom‌! Do you have any other opinions regarding the other UCs? I’m also applying to UCB, UCD, UCLA, and UCSD.</p>

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<p>UCLA/UCB: Low Reach/High Match
UCSD: High Match
UCD: Match</p>

<p>For UCLA/UCB, your SAT and UC GPA are below average, but ACT is above the average, so it could go either way. You do have a good chance at both but will depend upon the applicant pool this year. You have very good EC’s and if your essays standout, then they could give you a huge boost.</p>

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<p>Here on College Confidential, the UC GPA usually means the capped weighted 10th to 11th grade GPA. The following link provides more details on calculating the UC GPA. I think your UC GPA is a bit higher than 4.0. <a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCB - high match
UCLA - high match
UCSD - match
UCD - low match
UCSB - low match</p>