UCSC as a safety?

College Search & Selection
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<p>What kind of scores/GPA/ECs would make UC Santa Cruz a safety? </p>

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<p>SATs above 630 in each category, unwtd GPA of 3.7. </p>

<p>safeties have to be absolutely affordable as well.</p>

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<p>You would want to be at the 75th percentile for GPA and SAT/ACT scores and what @jkeil911 ^ said about affordability.
<a href=“http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/counselors/high-school-counselors/freshman-student-profile.html”>http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/counselors/high-school-counselors/freshman-student-profile.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Are you a California resident? If so what is your approximate rank in class?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://ugrad.soe.ucsc.edu/admissions”>http://ugrad.soe.ucsc.edu/admissions&lt;/a&gt; implies that engineering majors may be more selective than the school overall.</p>

<p>Due to the reading of essays and holistic evaluation, it is hard to see UCSC as a 100% sure thing, although for some high stat ranges, it is probably pretty close to that.</p>

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<p>I am a California resident. I’m not sure of my class rank but my UC GPA is 4.39. I have not taken the SAT/PSAT/ACT yet but I will be taking them soon. (I’m a junior)</p>

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<p>Class rank is not used directly by UCs. A related concept, Eligibility in Local Context (basically whether your UC-recalculated GPA is in the historic top 9% of your high school’s UC-recalculated GPAs) can give you UC Merced as a safety, or be a favorable factor in the holistic review.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks for the information :)</p>