Ucsb chance me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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ucsb is my dream school, and i’d really like to know if i have a shot at getting in! thank you for reading :slight_smile:

Objective:

SAT (breakdown): 1370 (composite), 750 (R&W), 620 (math), 16 (essay)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (composite), 25 (math), 36 (english), 36 (reading), 30 (science), 10 (writing)
GPA (from my school): 4.2 (w), 3.9 (uw)
took both SAT and ACT once, submitted both
Rank: my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP World (4), AP Lit (currently taking), AP Gov (currently taking)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, Religion (my school requires), Dual Enrollment Psych 101 & 114, Statistics, Honors Filmmaking, Special-Education Student Mentor
Awards: First Honor Roll, Father John Paul Cadden Award, Most Reverend Charles F. Buddy Award, Girl Scouts Bronze Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Political Science Club (Treasurer), Special-Education Student Mentor, Girl Scouts, National English Honors Society, Drama Tech, G.I.V.E Club, California Scholarship Federation, Club & JV Volleyball (stopped after freshman year),
Job/Work Experience: have worked at one job for ~1 year, 20 hrs/wk
Volunteer/Community service: Feeding San Diego, Animal Rescue
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably between a 7-8, wrote about mentoring a special-education student, starting a community service project for my Girl Scouts Gold Award, being a part of the LGBT+ community and how it’s influenced my academic achievement, and transitioning to private school when I was younger

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre-Communications
2nd Choice Major: Undeclared Letters & Sciences
State: California
School Type: Private
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~100k
First Generation: No

please let me know what you think & thank you!!

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I will post UCSB’s admitted Freshman stats for 2019 and the most current admit rate so you can see how you compare. UCSB does state that 50% of the application review is based on academics and the other 50% on essays, EC’s, special talents etc…

Overall you look competitive so best of luck.

You also need to calculate your UC GPA which could be different than your school’s GPA.

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCSB: 38%

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific:
UCSB: 80%

2019 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range:
UCSB: 4.16 (4.04-4.28)

2019 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for SAT totals:
UCSB: 1280-1520

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thank you for your help! i calculated my UC gpa.
weighted - 4.31
weighted and capped gpa - 4.17
do you think that would affect my chances?

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Your GPA and test scores are on target. Everything else is subjective, so it is up to admissions if they find a good a fit. Academically you are competitive.

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Currently a UCSB student. You will definitely love UCSB. Good luck!

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go to usc u got accepted there. How is ucsb your #1 when you were waitlisted there and you got into top USC. If ucsb is truly your goal rather than usc, go to community college and transfer afterwards.

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At the time I wrote this, I hadn’t gotten into USC get so I didn’t know if it was an option yet. I actually got into UCSB off the waitlist but think I will still go to USC, as I have already committed there. Thank you for the advice though!