I am an out of state student (Arizona).
Sophomore Year: No ap’s all honors.
Junior Year: 1 Ap, all honors
Senior Year: 1 Ap. all honors. calc III, honors linear alg.
Ap: Ap Calc (self studied) 3, AP Comp Science: 5
I understand that I can only put classes as honors if they are DC or AP/IB
unweighted gpa (including freshman year, which was b’s and c’s with 2 a’s): 3.56
UC Gpa: 4.1
Sat: 1460 (690 reading/writing, 770 math)
Essays: Thought they were good
EC:
Cross country since 10th grade, track since freshman year
Run an actual business (sold and made chocolates) from sophomore year and still run it, wrote about this in essays
Invested (hobby) and turned $400 into $1100 from 8th grade to middle of freshman year.
Boy Scouts up to sophomore year (did not become eagle scout, got involved with Young Entrepreneurship Academy and stopped Boy Scouts to peruse business)
Young Entrepreneurship Academy sophomore year.
Member of math club this year
I put my major as physics under the college of letters and science (not creative studies)
Actually only AP/IB courses get the extra weighting for OOS applicants. DC or DE courses along with Honors courses do not. Class rank not considered. 10-11th grades for a-g courses only in the capped weighted calculation. So only 1AP class gets the extra honors points.
I think your UC Capped weighted GPA is a bit high with only 1 weighted class. Your SAT is well within range but UC’s tend to be GPA focused. I would put your chances at 50/50. Will you be able to afford $65K/ year to attend with little no FA?
I understand that you have a lot of experience with this, so your saying that duel credit does not count, but do college credit courses that were taken for college credit but not necessary AP or IB classes count? “Transferable college courses are eligible for the honors +1 points like high school AP courses are.”
From the UC Website: How do you calculate an out-of-state applicant’s GPA?
UC calculates an out-of-state applicant’s GPA the same way it calculates the GPA of a California resident. The campus would use all courses the student took to meet “a-g” requirements from the summer before 10th grade to the summer after 11th grade. In calculating a nonresident’s GPA, UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses.
The college courses have to be a-g courses that are UC transferable to get the extra honors points.
Junior year I took AP Computer Science, Honors finite/brief (which will be transferred for 1 sem college credit), Honors physics (same thing here), honors chemistry (same here). So I would qualify for 7 honors semester points. My new UC gpa is 3.78.
I really appreciate your help! Please let me know if I still have a shot! Thanks Again!
A portion? What does that mean?
You realize that the UC’s do not fund OOS students? Nothing. The UC’s are public universities funded by the State of California. They don’t have the money to fund the hundreds of thousands of students applying to the UCs who want or need funding.
Where will you get the money to pay $65K per year?
What exactly will they pay? The reality is being full pay is an advantage at even UCSB. If you fulfill UC criteria and you have decent test scores and are not aiming at a highly desirable major, you may well get in. Your parents have just informed you they are not paying your 65K a year. You should get a real figure for the rest of your options. This is NOT the time to be unsure of how the money works. Sit them down and ask for a figure. Show them the COAs of all your schools.
The Honors classes Physics and Chemistry were taken at a community college? What is finite/brief since is definitely not a a-g course? Non a-g coursescould be transferable but not used in the GPA calculation.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79 based on capped weighted UC GPA and not major specific:
UCSB: 10.1%
You have a competitive SAT but if your GPA is correct, UCSB will be a tough admit. If you do get in, you will be full pay so make sure your parents are Ok with this amount since you will get no financial aid other than any federal aid you would be eligible. You as a student cannot take at more than $27K for 4 years in loans. The rest of the costs will up your parents.