<p>Well, last year the cutoff was 7738. I had:</p>
<p>3.95 UC GPA (4.1 Weighted)
2060 SATs
740/660 SAT IIs</p>
<p>Leadership and family hardships. </p>
<p>And I was rejected. My guess is the cutoff will be between 7800-7900 this year.</p>
<p>^ You really think it will jump around 100+ points? How much did points jump usually in the past years?</p>
<p>Last year, it jumped from 7550 points to 7738 points. It doesn’t normally jump that much, but it might again this year. 7800-7900 would be a safe bet.</p>
<p>Dang. I’m at 8152 (or 8002 if they don’t count ‘NHD regional finalist’ as an award). Goodbye impacted major(microbiology) ?</p>
<p>^EnemyUnit, I think you’ll get in. Hang in there! :)</p>
<p>@enemyunit You’re totally screwed. You won’t get in. Na I’m kidding, but really, if you wait like a week you’ll probably know.</p>
<p>Can someone calculate mine? I am rather worried after seeing a 2060 got rejected.
GPA: (10-11): 4.18
SAT: 1940
SAT II: 740 math. 680 chemistry. 650 us history.
7 College classes (22 semester units): 3.59 GPA
Decent E.C.s (3 awards, 6-7 activities)
Decent to good essay.</p>
<p>^IndianJatt:</p>
<p>Are you a first generation college student?
Low income?
Had a hardship in your life?
How many volunteer hours?
Leadership positions?</p>
<p>These all add significant points to your application. You look good so far to me, but these things can make or break you. Let us know and we can give you a more reliable assessment.</p>
<p>davidsmom & kingselite: xD yeah I think I’m just going to calm down and sit it out for a week haha</p>
<p>indiannjatt: listen to akadavidsmom^</p>
<p>for people who are curious, here’s what someone posted on college confidential in 2008.
I actually memorized the forumla since ucsd is my dream school. But the parts I remember are </p>
<ol>
<li>UC GPA x 1000 </li>
<li>( SAT 1 + first SAT II + other SAT II ) x .8</li>
<li>500 points for I THINK 40 A-G courses</li>
<li>300 points for 200 hours+ of community service. 150 points for 100 hours+</li>
<li>300 points for leadership role (must be editor in chief, president/vicepresident, etc)</li>
<li>300 points for 2 awards, 150 for 1 award.</li>
<li>300 for ELC, </li>
<li>Participation in academic development preparation programs 300
Special circumstances/ personal challenges 500 - ( i think this is like death in family, veteran status, underperforming high school) </li>
</ol>
<p>Now, add all 8 parts up for your score.
And here’s UCSD’s official, vague version of it:
[UC</a> San Diego Comprehensive Review Admission Process: Freshman Selection, Fall 2010](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/freshmen/process.html#process]UC”>http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/freshmen/process.html#process)</p>
<p>I don’t know how accurate this is so don’t hold me accountable, but maybe this will give everyone something to do for a week. good luck!</p>
<p>oh sorry wait
Socioeconomic factors<br>
Low family income 300
First generation college attendance 300</p>
<p>@enemyunit Ha ha. I know you’re excited. I was too. The one thing I will say though, if you do rejected from here for example, that it’s not the end of the world. Not that you’ll necessarily think that but, there are so many great universities out there and we wouldn’t want you to think that you just had to settle on some crappy place. I think wherever you go you’ll be a happy and successful person. That being said though, I still think you’ll get in here and we all hope you do. :)</p>
<p>I think the main problem with this point system being used by CCer’s is that they calculate their points wrong, by giving themselves too many when in fact, UCSD adcom’s wouldn’t award them such points.</p>
<p>Results will be out in a couple of weeks, good luck everyone!</p>
<p>And I’d assume the point cutoff would indeed increase by a good 100-200 points considering California’s terrible declining economy/public education situation. A lot of students can’t afford to go elsewhere (private universities), and admissions numbers have been increasing, thus increasing top UC’s yield rates of admitted freshmen.</p>
<p>yeah I agree with Radiance on the point cut off increasing and that we always over- calculate ourselves. I hope it stays below 7850 though.</p>
<p>how much (if at all) do they consider your essays?</p>
<p>^ From what I’ve heard/read, admissions only scans the essays for items that can qualify you for more points (such as a hardship, etc); anything that might have been missed on the rest of the application. You don’t get points for writing well or being creative; they are looking for information only.
My son’s essays aren’t the greatest, but he was trying to get certain information across. Not sure if it will be enough for him or not, but we’ll find out soon. :)</p>
<p>^I personally don’t think the admissions people are looking for something that’s necessarily eloquently written but rather really tells them something about the person. I could be wrong, but that’s what I think.</p>
<p>“I think the main problem with this point system being used by CCer’s is that they calculate their points wrong, by giving themselves too many when in fact, UCSD adcom’s wouldn’t award them such points.”</p>
<p>Probably the biggest problem. I think that’s why they actualyl created a “Point Chance Me” thread (that is huge) for SD on the UC-General page</p>
<p>when I went for college visit, one of the adcoms explicitly told me that the only thing they care about in the essays is if you elaborate on a leadership position (that would garner you more points) or talked about special circumstances/tragedies that would get you more points. </p>
<p>ALSO: for volunteer work, it is 300 pts for 300 hours, and 150 pts for 200 hours. Earlier it was 200 hours and 100/150 hours, but at least this past summer when I asked, that’s what they said.</p>