Ucsb cal poly slo mechanical engineering

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>In-State (California)</p>

<p>Went to average public school</p>

<p>Major: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: probably going to be CR+M 1300/1600</p>

<p>GPA Unweighted: 4.00
GPA Weighted: 4.09</p>

<p>All A's but not poor course rigour</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English 1 A-/A
PE A-/A+
Health/World Geo A/A-
Biology A/A
Spanish 1 A-/A+
Geometry A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
English 2H A-/A
World History A/A
Chemistry A/A
Algebra 2 A/A
Spanish 2 A-/A
PE/Student Assistant A+/P</p>

<p>(injured for the first semester of PE 10th grade so I am doing a semester of PE Senior year)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
English 3 A/A
US History A+/A+
Physics Honors A/A
Trig/Pre-Calc A+/A
Spanish 3 A/A
Photography 1 A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Calc A/B
AP Physics B
English 4H
Principles of Engineering
Government
P.E. for 1 semester </p>

<p>(injured for the first semester of PE 10th grade so I am doing a semester of PE Senior year)</p>

<p>I have A+'s in all my classes right now except AP Physics I have an A, might lower to B</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
JV football sophomore year (quit junior year because of repeated shoulder injuries)
National Honors Society all 4 years
Tutored several people (5 hrs/week from 10th-12th year)
Tae Kwon Do for 3 years</p>

<p>I know Cal Poly is need blind but my family income is less than $20,000</p>

<p>My parents and grandparents never graduated from college</p>

<p>I am Hispanic</p>

<p>I am not really willing to switch my major from ME</p>

<p>Chance Me UCSB and Cal Poly SLO for Mech Engineering</p>

<p>ALSO: What other colleges in California would you recommend for mechanical engineering that match my description?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>EDIT: Ranked 42/380</p>

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<p>bump thread</p>

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<p>Both are matches to high matches</p>

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<p>I don’t really think you have anything to worry about here… Both schools seem like they would definitely admit you. I would be more surprised if you got rejected to be honest, unless you totally like butcher the essays.</p>

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<p>UC Davis, Irvine. I would also add some more CSUs- San Jose State if you live
up north. Have you tried any practice ACTs? You can borrow a practice book
at the library. If you do well, you may want to take that test ASAP. Cal Poly
likes the ACT and I think your projected SAT is what might hold you down.</p>

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<p>thanks guys. i was thinking they were both high matches. i was confident in my gpa but not my course rigour. and the average freshman in cal polys engineering is 4.08. i have a 4.09 but im assuming most people have taken a lot more honors and ap classes than i have. and jbourne, i did take a practice ACT and got a 35 in math and around a 31 composite but unfortunately cal poly deadline for ACT is december 1st and earliest i can take it is december 8.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>