<p>hello im a jr. right now and i was wondering what are my chances in getting into the colleges that i named UCSD/UCD/UCB/UCLA/UCSB/UCI. I am a resident in california. I am asian. I have taken all honors courses and 1 AP. This year i am currently taking 3 AP's. I recieved a 4 on AP World History. I havn't taken the SAT's yet bet lets jus say i have around a 1850. i hav an unweighted gpa of 3.9</p>
<p>any body? u can just help me on any one of those if u can</p>
<p>more stats needed</p>
<p>like what?</p>
<p>info besides the numbers.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach-Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match</p>
<p>This is off of GPA and SAT alone.</p>
<p>well here is more info
im asian
i have been on the honor roll all the years i hav been in hs (2 years)
rite now i am about #3 in my graduating class of 2008</p>
<p>umm not sure what else to put can sum one please tell me what other information they need?</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA Reach
UCSD Slight Reach
UCI/UCD Good Match</p>
<p>you have a good class ranking. </p>
<p>if youre asian you probably play piano. include that~ wow im so steriotypical</p>
<p>surprisingly i dont lol i used to play violin but i stopped a long time ago
well here are some more info
i won a spanish award both years for mastery of spanish
i participated in AIDS Walk LA
i volunteered at Miles of Smiles
i hav 120 hours of community service so far (planning to get 160+ hours)
Been in Key Club for 2 Years (Right now Sgt. Of Arms, Running for VP maybe next year)
In Alcuins for 2 years
City Finalist in Swimming 2 years
Recieved Frosh/Soph Swimmer of the Year Award
In HOSA this year
Nominated for Honor Court Prince twice</p>
<p>UC Berkeley/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match</p>
<p>from what everyone has said UCI/UCSB/UCD are the only ones im matching. I'm glad because UCD is my second choice, but UCSD is my first choice. What do i need to do in order to match for UCSD?</p>
<p>if your uc gpa is above a 4.0, bring your sat up to 1950+ and you will be a match for UCSD. As of right now you are a slight reach-reach.</p>
<p>i am not sure how to calculate my UC gpa but here are my classes if any one can help me</p>
<p>Summer before 9th grade
Health A
Life Skills A</p>
<p>9th Grade
Honors English - B, B
Honors Geometry - A, A
Honors Biology - A, A
Honors Spanish - A, A
PE / Swim Team - A, A
Humanities - A, A
Saturday School - Woodshop - A</p>
<p>Summer before 10th Grade
Drafting - B
Guitar - A</p>
<p>10th Grade
Honors English - A, A
Honors Algebra 2 - A, A
Honors Chemistry - A, A
AP World History - A, A (got a 4 on the AP exam)
Honors Spanish 2 - A, A
Drawing - A, A
Swim Team (1 semester "0" period) - A </p>
<p>Those are my grades so far and my goal for the SAT's is a 2000; if i reach that what % chance do i have getting in UCSD?</p>
<p>EDIT: also i am on a swim team outside of school. i hav been on it for about 4 years.
and by the way when i said "rite now i am about #3 in my graduating class of 2008" i meant the people in my school graduating in the year 2008. my class is about 100 people...and im like 3...is that good?</p>
<p>Okay, let me explain how admission to the UCs work (seems like I've posted this 100 times, but what the heck?).</p>
<p>First of all, the UCs don't count your freshman grades at all.</p>
<p>Second, the UCs only count the 15 key course areas (they refer to these as the a-g courses).</p>
<p>Third, the UCs compute a separate UC GPA which is computed by counting the grades in the 15 key course areas and then adding in 1 point extra for honors or AP or IB courses. However, they "cap" this at 8 semester hours. Meaning that if you take 5 year-long honors courses, they only count the first 4 year-long honor courses as ones that you can get the extra 1 point for. </p>
<p>Here's an example--in 10th grade, you take 7 courses like you did--one was Swimming (which the UCs don't count). Of the other 6, 5 are honor courses. You get As in all of them. Therefore your UC GPA at the current time is 4.667. This is computed by taking the 12 semesters times 4 grade points in each class for As, plus 8 extra points for the honors. This gives you 56 grade points/12 classes = 4.667. However, the one B in drafting taken during the summer also counts, so your average is actually 59/13 or 4.538.</p>
<p>However, it is impossible for you to maintain this average. Why? Because next year, the best you can do is 4.0 for an average, since you will get no additional points for honors. Thus, the best you can do overall is 4.269. No problem, though, since this total will get you into the top UCs anyway as long as you get at least a total of 2000 on the SAT Is, and about a 1300 total on the two SAT IIs.</p>
<p>Thus your chances right now (without knowing your SAT scores) is still:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD: Match
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Safe Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safety</p>
<p>However, you need to continue to take a tough courseload, since that is looked at by the admissions officers, and you need to have some decent extracurriculars to put on the resume to get into the top schools--but I see you apparently have these as well.</p>
<p>And in answer to your last question, yes 3 out of 100 is quite good. Usually it takes top 3% or so to qualify for schools like UC Berkeley and UCLA, and also for the Ivy-league schools. So keep up the good grades and congratulations on the results so far.</p>
<p>o ic thanx a lot calcruzer! </p>
<p>well currently i am taking
AP English Composition
Honors Math Analysis/Calc A (2nd semester)
AP US History
Honors Spanish 3
AP Chemistry
Service (Teacher's Assistant)</p>
<p>Next year im planning to take
AP Macroeconomics
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Psychology
AP Statistics (Maybe)
Honors English</p>
<p>hey i was also wonderin if i volunteer at a place that has to do with my career and major wuld it help strengthen my application? i want to be a pharmacist and im considering volunteering at a pharmacy.</p>
<p>o ya im also going to be the first in my family to go to college (parents didn't go to college)</p>
<p>aznspiker516:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI/UCD/UCSB: Match</p>
<p>well basically every1 has been tellin me the same thing thnx every body well i also hav one more question: What do you guys think of my chances of getting into UoP (University of the Pacific) in their pharmacy program?</p>
<p>any help would be appreciated =D</p>
<p>i hav also gotten 4 awards so far for academic acheivement in school for maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA per semester (9th grade - an award for 3.833 GPA for both semesters and 10th grade - an award for 4.025 GPA for both semesters)</p>