<p>Hi
i was just wondering if anyone understood how the GPA vs. SAT score thing works... i have a 4.33 weighted GPA so what score would i have to get on the SAT based on my GPA? i'm slightly confused on how the scale thing works. I tried looking at UCSD's website, but i got even more confused. </p>
<p>thanks a bunch</p>
<p>gpa gives you more poitns for ucsd.</p>
<p>UCSD gives you 4330 for your GPA. the cut off is around 7600. Aim for 8000+ though. </p>
<p>GPA x 1000
(New SAT + SATII + SATII) x 0.8
33-39 A-G courses is worth 250pts
40 A-G courses is worth 500pts
ELC worth 300pts
Educational Environment worth 300pts
Parental Income < $60k worth 150pts
under federal TRIO low-income cutoff worth 300pts
Parents: Some college = 150 HS or less = 300
Leadership: 150pts for 2 minor roles, 300pts for a major role (President or VP of class, editor-in-chief, eagle scout, girl scout gold award)
Special talents, achievements, awards : 150 single, 300 multiple
Comm. Server <200 is 150pts, >200 is 300
AVID, EAOP given some points
Single Parent household = 250pts
working 20hrs+ week = 250pts
Life altering event = 500pts
Less severe event = 250pts</p>
<p>hi, thanks for the replies...</p>
<p>Sympathy: what do you mean the cut off? if i don't make 7000 does that mean i can't get in?</p>
<p>Use the formula above and tryto achieve 8000+</p>
<p>Your GPA gives you 4330. If you got 3500/4000 SAt + 2 SAT2 you will have 7130 already. If you got EC, etc, you can add more points to your total...</p>
<p>UCSD mainly uses this formula to base upon who will get in and who will not although I am sure that certain people below 7.6k has gotten in as well.</p>
<p>wow i had no idea that they used this formula? how do you know they use this?</p>
<p>thanks again Sympathy... i'll recalculate now...</p>
<p>Hi Sympathy:
one more question though... what are the 33-39 A-G classes... just my normal classes at hs? i'm 99.9999% sure that i will have all the a-g classes when i send in my transcriptnext year...but here's where i'm confused: if i take 6 a-g classes a year, for all four years of hs, doesn't that give me only 24?... how can it be possible to get 33-39 or even 40? or did those numbers mean the grades we get in the classes.. like 4 pts for an A, 3 pts for a B etc.... sorry to bother you again but i'm kinda confused! =)</p>
<p>the A-G courses have to be UC approved classes
The 30-39 are the semesters, so if you have 6 classes per year that makes 24 total times 2 for each semester. SO technically you will have 48.</p>
<p>here is the list of all approved a-g courses that the uc accepts.</p>
<p><a href="https://pathways.ucop.edu/doorways/list/%5B/url%5D">https://pathways.ucop.edu/doorways/list/</a></p>
<p>If you are out of state, try this list:</p>
<p>sweetheart: the comprehensive review is explianed here :</p>
<p>what's educational environment worth 300 points mean??</p>
<p>How good is your school.....if it is well beow par of the national average (test scores, etc), you will get the 300 points.</p>
<p>thanks ln17 and Sympathy! it makes sense now! =)</p>