<p>I just called UCSD today and was told that I was 94 points off from the cutoff for fall 2007. Should I try to appeal or would it be a waste of time? I have a few things that they MIGHT not have counted (Not sure since they didn't tell me what they did/did not count).</p>
<p>First is a rising gpa.
Second would be the fact that I had to attend 3 different high schools, which affected various aspects of my school life. (I did talk about it in my essay though).
Third is that my parents had attended College in Asia, but not in the US. Would this make me a first-gen college student?</p>
<p>Thanks for everyones advice, and congrats to all of those that got accepted ^^</p>
<p>I don't think that's enough grounds for appeals. Senior year grades will not affect final appeals decisions, although they might stand as a nice side note. If you mentioned moving in your essays (like I did), then you would have gotten points for it. I've heard of people using the third thing you mentioned, but it was mostly when they were doing the main application (to avoid getting caught). If you do it as a grounds for appeals, it might not be enough. </p>
<p>Obviously if you really want to go to UCSD, by all means try. Even if it doesn't work out, it's better than never knowing what would have happened if you did. 94 points is really close, and any one of your mentioned items will raise that. </p>
<p>Try, though, to find something else, like a discrepancy in the grades you submitted to the school vs. what you had. Just 1 grade change higher will lay the groundwork for appeal, in which case the other things you mentioned will come into play. Rising GPA will be mentioned in <em>hopefully</em> strong letter of recommendation by a teacher, you moving a lot will be emphasized, and you can throw a crap shoot whether the 3rd and potentially most lucrative point-wise choice will pander out to a reversed decision.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip guys, here's a thought I had for grounds of appeal.</p>
<p>Because I had transferred to three different high schools, there had been many opportunities in which I could have "raised" my GPA. For example, I was supposed to have taken pre-calc Honors my junior year in my previous high school, but because I had moved schools, I was forced to take a lesser class due to a low grade. (I knew the material, but never bothered with the homework, giving me a C overall -_-) Had I had taken Pre-calc honors, I would have been given an extra point for honors credit. </p>
<p>I also think I can get a decent/good letter of recomendation from my school counselor. Would it be better to get such a letter from a teacher whom I got a low grade from?</p>
<p>well i think that most people (esp. at the UCs) are first generation American, and thus- their parents are immigrants and were went to college in a foreign country. </p>
<p>im preeeeeeeetyyyyyyyyyy sure that it wont count for anything.</p>
<p>Well the lady that I got was pretty nice. She didn't sound irritated, but she did sound slightly rushed. I can imagine how many calls she had to go through. In order to find out how many points you had compared to the cutoff, you need either your social security or your UCSD ID, not the UC ID. She won't tell me how many points I got in each section, but I didn't really expect her to.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I was told the cutoff point was 7535. You can call and ask what your score was even if you got accepted. Except all I needed to disclose was first/last name and birthdate.</p>
<p>I think you should appeal, you might get into winter quarter at least</p>