<p>Hi, so I'm currently a junior in highschool and I've been stressing out lately about if I will get accepted into ANY college. My gpa is not high (2.5) due to me not taking school seriously my 9th and 10th grade year, it should be somewhat higher by next year if I continue my hard work. My SAT score was exactly a 1450... but I plan on taking it again in hopes of getting a higher score. I worked really hard this year and I'm taking classes at a community college to help raise my GPA this summer. By the end of my senior year I will have taken 4 years of math, 3 years of science (1 AP class), 4 years of English (1 honors, 1 AP), 4 years of history (1 AP), 2 years of foreign language, 4 years of theater, 3 years of leadership and 1 year of journalism. You can see on my transcript that I have really improved and have been working really hard.</p>
<p>other factors that might determine my acceptance into college are: My 8th grade year I was accepted into a program at The Haas business school at UC Berkeley and I've been going ever since, I'm the first in my family to be going to college, I play volleyball, I'm a minority, I'm involved in the drama department at my school, I'm on the student government, & I'm on the debate team. I also have a part time job. </p>
<p>I live in California and my dream schools are USC, NYU, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, but I'm also interested in Long beach State, San Diego State, UC Santa Cruz and a few other state schools in California.</p>
<p>I really would like to go to school out of state but I haven't put much thought into it because I don't think I will get accepted. What are my chances of getting into college? Any suggestions on to what colleges I should apply to? My cousin is going to Vanderbilt so there is a lot of pressure on me to go to a good school. My dad is financially able to send me straight to a 4 year and because of that he does not see the purpose of me going to a JC first. Please help me! </p>
<p>You can definitely get into CSU’s, so don’t worry about not going to a 4-year college. The rest are reaches, sadly…</p>
<p>Was that “1450” out of 1600 or 2400 (ie. two or three scores)? Also, what is your UC weighted GPA? They calculate it differently, and that would determine whether you have any chance at all of admission to a UC campus. You probably know that you will need a UC-weighted GPA of 3.0 for consideration at any campus. I believe that is based on sophomore and junior grades, although they look at your entire high school record to be sure that you have fulfilled the requirements. Ask an adviser at school to calculate your UC GPA. It will probably be higher than 2.5 - if you took enough Honors and AP classes, it should be over 3.0. Have you taken the ACTs yet? Nobody here can chance you unless you inform us about the 1450 number. If that is a three-score total, then it is highly unlikely you could raise it to a level where you would be competitive at most selective colleges (especially with lackluster grades). There are plenty of test-optional colleges, or colleges with near-open admissions that would be worthwhile for you to look at. </p>
<p>@Mani510
Minimum GPA to apply for the UC’s is a 3.0 so if you cannot reach this goal by end of Junior year, then the UC’s are out. The Average GPA for the UC’s you listed are 4.0+. Also the CSU/UC GPA is based on your grades for Soph/Junior year only.
At the end of your Junior year calculate your Weighted CSU/UC GPA using the following link to see where your stand.:<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;
All Cal States use the EI (Eligibility index) for admission except for Cal Poly SLO. Using your Math and Critical Reading SAT scores and your calculated CSU/UC GPA to calculate your EI as follows: (Weighted CSU/UC GPA x800) + (SAT Math + SAT CR). For SDSU/CSULB/SJSU you would need an EI of approximately 4000 for a chance since they are highly competitive.
Cal States that you should consider would be:
- The Cal State in your service area (since you get priority)
- Cal State San Marcos, Channel Islands, Stanislaus, East Bay, Northridge, San Bernadino<br>
Google Common Data set for each campus and this will give you a breakdown of how many students they accepted based on GPA and SAT scores.
If you are interested in OOS schools, you might want to check out the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) which gives discounted tuition for the schools in the program such as Northern Arizona University and University of Oregon among many.
Good Luck and you do have a chance at several schools, you just need a more realistic list.</p>