UCSB, UCSD, Penn State

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OUT OF STATE
Second semester Junior here--the following is subject to change. However, based off the current:</p>

<p>Freshman year S1: 4.723
S2: 4.723</p>

<p>Sophomore year S1: 4.100
S2: 2.233</p>

<p>Junior S1: 4.700
S2: ?</p>

<p>Senior S1: ?
Senior S2: ?</p>

<p>SAT Scores: ?</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: Weighted: 4.097
Unweighted: 3.323</p>

<p>Freshman and sophomore years were complete IB courses (or PIB).
Junior was purely AP (three courses).
Senior will be four.</p>

<p>Just on a side note: Sophomore year resulted in the way it did due to lack of going to class/partying like a moron.</p>

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<p>Just outta curiosity was </p>

<p>S2: 2.233 a typo?</p>

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<p>No, unfortunately.</p>

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<p>Oops nevermind didnt read the end note sorry. =]
Blah stupid 60 seconds rule</p>

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<p>UC schools look @ 10/11th grade. that 2.2 may bite u later however ur other GPA's (4.7) are very high</p>

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<p>Is this true? UC schools look at 10th / 11th grade GPAs only? It really doesn't seem logical to me...at all.</p>

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<p>Many top colleges don't calculate your 9th grade GPA.</p>

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<p>They look at your freshman grades but don't use it to calculate your GPA. UCSB and UCSD are possible, though that low second-semester GPA might hurt you badly. But the rigorous courseload might make up for that. So maybe slight reach to a high match.</p>

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<p>Yeah, they look at it for trends and such.</p>

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<p>what Arctic states is true: UC schools calculate 9th or 12th grade whatsoever. In the UC system, your GPA consists of only your 10th/11th grade GPAs. They have a system where they combine this UC GPA with your SAT/ACT and that accounts for your academic ranking amongst your competitors and then they match that up with your "personal" ranking (community service, extra curriculars, admission essay, etc.) to determine whether or not you get into the school.</p>

<p>Advice: if I were you, I would not apply to a UC school because of the way they calculate GPA. You should go for another school, and explain to them why your Sophomore GPA was so low in your admissions essay, and make sure you continue to do well junior and senior year, because it shows that you progressed from sophomore year and you are ready for college</p>

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<p>UCSD is going to be very difficult with your unweighted GPA. I would pretty much forget about it unless you score quite high on your SAT. UCSB is a deffinately possible with decent SAT's. Top UC's such as UCSD, UCLA, and UC Berkeley are gonna be very difficult for you to get into. I doubt they will be possible with your GPA. But then again you never know. So you might as well apply to them and see what happens. But you will need a high SAT to have a shot.</p>

<p>I could give you a better idea about all these schools, especially Santa Barbara and possibly some other mid-tier UC's such as Irvine and Davis if you compute your UC GPA (soph and jr year capped weighted GPA). However, its tough to compute your odds however without a SAT score.</p>