<p>UCs have one common application, and CSUs have another (though two campuses have additional stuff needed). One set of test scores can be sent to each system. None require transcripts or recommendations on application (final transcript is required after matriculation to verify self-reported courses and grades and senior year performance).</p>
<p>UCs and CSUs use FAFSA and federal methodology for financial aid calculations.</p>
<p>Other states have common state university application arrangements, right?</p>
<p>I am talking about the FA forms – to be fair, private schools are going to require a lot more paperwork than a public school will – but the OP definitely has private schools on the list. I am not discouraging them from applying to a fair number of schools, but 34 is going to tempt you jump off a cliff that is NOT over water…</p>
<p>I started to lose my mind around school #8 with my son. Hoping to have only a handful to deal with for my younger child. 34 seems insane. Not to mention, at our resource-strapped public school the guidance counselors start to get a little annoyed when one student monopolizes their time…they have hundreds of kids to send recs and transcripts for.</p>
<p>I was assuming that, for the OP being a California resident, many of the 34 or so schools would be UCs (up to 9) and CSUs (up to 21; 2 others have additional stuff to add to the application), which would be just two applications, two sets of test scores, FAFSA, and no burden on the high school at application time, for the whole set.</p>
<p>Of course, it is entirely possible that one private school could require more application work than 21 CSUs or 9 UCs.</p>
<p>Sensible??? what?? who? that would NOT be 4 in high school at the same time with an 8th grader!!! leading to 4 in college at the same time, FUN!</p>
<p>To be fair as a Pell eligible family with many FAFSA only schools and limited docs for idoc it really wasn’t time consuming. And after the first one the data transfers year after year to the siblings. GCs were MORE than happy to do their LORs, SAT forwards as that their public hs had been the red-headed stepchild for DECADES. To have students that motivated so many others to strive and have big dreams was contagious, well at least that is what the sign with their names on it at the front of the school says!</p>
<p>Son with the 34 apps was kiddo #4 so they had an idea of what the game plan was, they had lots of practice! 34 apps, 33 acceptances, 1 wait-list.</p>
<p>24 Med school apps was more time consuming and expensive, have to interview at each locale if you want an acceptance at that school. </p>
<p>I just wanted to briefly share my experience in case it helps. I am a URM and California resident who applied last year. I had a 3.45uw/3.95w GPA and 2110 SAT. </p>
<p>In state, I was accepted to SDSU, UCI, UCLA, and Berkeley…I was rejected from Cal Poly SLO,USC and Stanford.</p>
<p>^ To keep perspective, remember that in OP’s son’s school district, 40% never graduate high school, and for those who do, the most common grade is a D, with only perhaps 15% reaching a 2.5 GPA - although results are better in OP’s magnet school. he also has a 3.2 UC GPA.</p>
<p>I’m curious about two things:
since OP’s son “made” those grades “up” through summer school, were the Fs replaced by the new ones, or were the new grades simply added to the total GPA?
what’s his junior/senior GPA? Since he’d have had time by then to recover from the problems plaguing his family/situation, this jr/sr GPA would give us a good idea of his actual academic potential.
(BTW, the GC should highlight the jr/sr GPA if possible).</p>
<p>Note that UC/CSU admissions GPA does not include grades from 9th grade, although a-g (academic subjects) courses in which D and F grades were earned in 9th grade must be repeated or (for some subjects like math and foreign language) validated by passing higher level courses. When D or F grades are repeated, the higher grade is used to calculuate UC/CSU admissions GPA.</p>
<p>Thumper, I wasn’t exactly comparing our situations. I was just letting the OP know my results because I thought it might be helpful since I was a low GPA/high SAT URM. I understand what you are saying though :)</p>
<p>I believe the OP said that the failed courses did need to be retaken…but that some were not identical courses…so the new grade did not replace the old one.</p>
<p>Dear SlymLady, I hope you’ll come back to CC periodically, to let us know how things are going with applications, admission news, financial aid, etc.
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