* *ucsb, davis, cal poly chances? * *

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here's the scoop. So Cal resident at highly competitive high school where these stats look pretty average-
GPA 4.0 wt 3.67 uw (don't know UC gpa)
AP's -Chem, Eng, us hist, art, pysch, world hist
sat 1680 (ugh! retaking)
act 26 (also retaking)
2 varsity sports
2 clubs - VP in both<br>
tutors at HS
volunteer coach at middle school
charity fundraising
teaching internship </p>

<p>Do I have a chance if I can't improve my sat/act scores? What do they need to be minimum?
thanks!!</p>

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<p>Cal Poly Pomona- Match
UCSB- Reach
UCD- Reach/ Match</p>

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<p>thanks- i meant Cal poly- SLO though.</p>

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<p>UCSB and UCD are very close in selectivity… match/reach for both… closer to match. </p>

<p>Cal Pomona match/Safety…
Cal Poly SLO - match (by which I mean 50-60% probability of getting in).</p>

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<p>I really dont know anything about most Cal State’s up North besides ther are easy to get into, just like the rest besides SLO, Pomona and SDSU, but since both are Cal Poly I think your probably a match for SLO as well, and even a better chance if your within the area.</p>

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<p>ron – the SAT/GPA stats of admitted students to Cal Poly SLO are higher than those at UCSB/UCI/UCD, and 150 points higher than Pomona…</p>

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<p>Wow never knew that. </p>

<p>Anyone want to chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/994552-chance-me-uc-others.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/994552-chance-me-uc-others.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>um… im sorry but i dont think you will get into any of them as of now. The average at most of those are a 4.0W gpa and a 1800 SAT, so your gpa is average but your SAT is way low. there is a shot, you could get in, but none are safteys are matches. </p>

<p>What are your SAT 2’s?</p>

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<p>570 on all three subject test i took. i think my only hope is increasing my scores across the board. thanks for all of the feedback from everyone.</p>

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<p>UC Davis is a reach for a 1680.
UCSB, although a lot of websites show high 1860-1950 for the SAT, it really isn’t. I would say it’s more like 1730-1850. Work hard and try and get your score to a 1800’s and you have a great shot. The EASIEST way to increase your score is simply by improving your essay. This means preparing a good list of facts about historic figures/events and also preparing some “sentence starters”, which are pretty much plug-in phrases that you can use in the beginning of paragraphs/topic sentences. I raised my score by 100 points by just improving my essay. Also, consider raising your ACT, which may be easier because your ACT is, in my opinion, “higher” than your SAT score. You would need to raise your ACT score by about 2 points which is doable. The great thing about the ACT is that if you do good on two sections and poorly on the others, it’s averaged. So if you think it about it this way, all you need to do is aim for at least two high scoring sections (which the easiest for most people would be reading and english.)</p>