University of California, Santa Cruz? (+ other UC's and CSU's)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! </p>

<p>I finished all my CSU's and UC applications. (Thanks to all the help in the past btw!) In addition, I got a lot of guidance from my college counselors and even some help from people from UCLA and UCI for my prompts. </p>

<p>I'm in love with UC Santa Cruz. Just the campus alone wins it for me. I applied for sociology as my first and community studies as second. </p>

<p>This is my info:</p>

<p>California High School Student</p>

<p>3.7 UC GPA, 10 AP Classes in total
1500+ hours of community service hours
Volunteer Mentor / Volunteer Educator at the zoo and aquarium here in LA
24 ACT / my SAT was not strong so I'm not going to post it up for people to shame me
2 official awards of achievement for community service from the White House - Gold Level<br>
1 award from the House of Representatives for a national poetry contest (it spoke about how the sea ports developing in our world today)- 1st Place
5 Leadership Positions on campus ( Key Club, French Club, California Scholarship Federation, etc) all which I have been in since Freshman Year
Co-founded the first cultural club of its kind on campus </p>

<p>Other things:
First generation, first person in my family to go to college
2 Part-Time Jobs </p>

<p>Demonstrated Interest: I visited the campus and I participated in their online chats they had with the admission officers. Signed up for their newsletters. I have emailed outreach offices multiple times with questions. </p>

<p>Side Note: I have a lot of experience in working with sea animals... People often comment why I don't major in Marine Bio and why I want major in Sociology. First off, Psychology is a very competitive major at UCSC. Although I was involved with sea animals and marine experts at my fingertips, I love working with people. Working at local attractions that attract so many diverse kinds of people really exposed me to all kinds of individuals. So I thought sociology would be the best fit for me. </p>

<p>SO...</p>

<p>What are my chances for UCSC? </p>

<p>(Also applied for UCD, UCI, and Cal - I realize those are out of my reach, so for the rude moms out their trying to show off their kids stats to me, please don't shame me for trying, ok?) </p>

<p>I also applied to SFSU, Cal Poly Pomona, CSUMB, Chico (already accepted), and CSULB (pretty much already accepted because I'm local and they lowered the index score for us).</p>

<p>Please only honest opinions! Realistically, I know I'm not the worst candidate out there. People get into UCSC with 1400 SAT scores and 3.3-3.5 GPA's... and it's right on their common data sets. I just want your honest opinion about my chances, basically.</p>

<p>Thanks! </p>

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<p>Common datasets use unweighted GPA, so what is yours?
UCSC is a Match/High Match. You are below the average UC GPA of 3.82 and SAT of 26, but you are smart in applying for Sociology vs. Psych, so I think you have a good chance.</p>

<p>UCI: High Match
UCD: Low Reach/High Match
UCB: Reach
CSULB/CPP: Match
SFSU/CSUSM/Chico: Safety</p>

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<p>@Gumbymom‌ typo on my fault. my UC GPA is for sure 3.7, Weighted is 3.79, Unweighted 3.65. I’m not be exact but it’s closely enough to what I should have. I don’t have a transcript with me on hand. </p>

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<p>Like @gumbymom said, you’re slightly below their average, but your GPA and course rigor should help you. I’d say it’s a high match/match for you.</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1714536-what-are-my-chances-cmu-emory-northwestern-usc-and-georgia-tech.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1714536-what-are-my-chances-cmu-emory-northwestern-usc-and-georgia-tech.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks everyone! anyone else with feedback?</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Bump pls help! </p>

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<p>help please? </p>