UCSD and others, low SAT

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I think UCSD might be my best match for california schools, but I will be applying to many of the other UC's and Cal states.</p>

<p>Junior at a competitive high school in Southern California.
UC GPA: around 4.2
SAT I: 1890 New SAT = 1260 Old SAT
class rank: top 10% of 600 students
AP's: World History, U.S. History, Spanish, Biology</p>

<p>EC's: 400 hrs. community service at summer camps and animal shelter.
Lot's of art classes, Maybe Leadership next year.
2 yrs- MESA club, 4yrs- Interact club: Secretary, 4yrs- Art Club, 2 yrs- Spanish club: Historian. NHS/CSF- 4 yrs. Devoted member to all of the above clubs.</p>

<p>*Does my SAT score totally screw me up, or do I have a chance? Also can anyone recommend some good private schools in California for me?</p>

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<p>apply to uc merced ... their student-faculty ratio is 8:1</p>

<p>like a private school experience but its a public UC</p>

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<p>Caro:</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCD/UCSB/UCI: Safe Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safety
Cal States: Safety</p>

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<p>Some good private schools you may want to check out are University of San Diego (USD), Pepperdine, and Occidental.</p>

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<p>UCSD depends on your major. You would have a shot for majors not impacted, but your SATs wou;d be low for a science major. Tell us more of what you're looking for as far as privates go.</p>

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<p>are those AP classes from sophmore and junior year? are you planning to take any senior year?</p>

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<p>The AP's are from Sophmore, Junior, and Senior years</p>

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<p>UCSD doesn't take major into account, unless it's engineering. your test scores are a bit below UCSD's average, so I say it's a slight reach.</p>

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<p>Ooh, Caro, you'll like what I have to say. Well, regarding the SAT score, I mean.</p>

<p>Got in UCSD with a 1260 SAT equivalent on my ACT. The bulk of my AP classes are on-going; US History was the only AP I took junior year. The rest of my underclassman years consisted of just honors classes.</p>

<p>Didn't take AP Calc this year, either. :) You have a chance @ UCSD. Seriously. I mean, the numbers I gave them are pretty average compared to the top-notch digits they received from other students, but you have a chance.</p>

<p>So what contributed to my admission @ that school? Probably my essays. But I sure wish I did better on those standardized tests.</p>