<p>1] State your graduating HS class year.....</p>
<p>2] What were your GPA, SAT, EC when u got admitted to UCSB?</p>
<p>3] What other additional factors that the admission officers saw that led you to be admitted to UCSB?</p>
<p>4] Any extra tips you can share with us that will boost a future applicant applying to this school?</p>
<p>I'm probably a unique student because I was actually admitted twice!</p>
<p>Freshman/Fall 2003
High school: Prestigious public high school in San Francisco
GPA: 3.2 UW
SAT: 620 M/660W
SAT2: 570 M1/650W/590 USHistory
EC: 2 years Volunteer Club, 1 year fencing, 2 years Governors Scholar, nothing else major
Essay: Extremely good
Major: Computer Science
Applied: All of the UCs
Accepted: UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside; Rejected at all others</p>
<p>Reason why I got in: My essay. UCSB accepts about 15% of people in my GPA range, so for me it was like applying to an Ivy. I got rejected at all the high and mid tiers except UCSB (and UCD and UCI both have higher acceptances)</p>
<p>My tip: write a great essay! It saved me. I actually passed on UCSB though. A combination of wanting to be with my friends (who went to Davis), and not being ready for college in some ways, I decided to go to a CC... read below for more. Going to a CC was not an ego thing about not making it into the top 3 UCS. </p>
<p>Transfer/Fall 2005
School: Community College in San Francisco
GPA: 3.23
ECs: Pretty much none, though I attended a few
Essay: Extremely good
Major: Political Science
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCSB
Accepted: UCD, UCSB (both on guaranteed transfer agreements); rejected UCB, UCLA</p>
<p>...At CC, I had a terrible first year where I realized that I wouldn't cut it for computer science, and I switched majors. My CC really sucks socially. There are good teachers, but it's filled with adults (no offense intended), there are virtually no clubs, it's a 100% commuter school. I've had some great teachers, but I've been waiting to get out.</p>
<p>When decision time came between UCD and UCSB, I had a hard time deciding were to go (see here</a>), and sent my SIR on the last day. Ultimately, I thought UCSB would give me the opportunity to enjoy a different part of California, allow me for more personal growth and independence since I'd be far away from home, and also give me a great college experience. I'll never get my two years I spent at a CC back, so I might as well have an enjoyable college experience for the rest of my undergrad period.</p>
<p>In terms of my advice, only pick a CC if you got rejected almost everwhere, or if you have a good CC you can go to. The Guaranteed Transfer programs to the lower/mid UCs are incredible and take off a lot of stress during the application period.</p>
<p>so if i have 4.0 gpa, 1870new(1250old), 760 french, 700 math2c, good ecs, essays and want to major in CS or engineering i can get in.??</p>
<p>Your GPA and SAT are close to UCSB's average in Fall 2005 (3.99 GPA and 1260 SAT), so just write a great personal statement and I think you'll have a very good chance.</p>
<p>For me, the essay made it for me. I was a reach for middle tier UCs with my GPA, and it seems that UCSB really considered by essay and boosted me just above the borderline.</p>
<p>HS Grad Year: 2003
Admitted as: Fall Freshmen 2003
Major: Computer Science
HS GPA: 4.33
SAT I: 1270 (I forgot exact Verb/Math)
SATII: Math IC: 760, Writ: 6xx, Chem: 530?
EC: Treasurer in CSF, best buddies, book club, debate club, 3 year varsity x-country, 4 year varsity swimming, 10 years of piano.</p>
<p>Applied: All UCs, San Jose State, Calpoly SLO (All with Computer Science as choice of major)
Accepted: All but UCLA and UCB</p>
<p>I think my extra curricular activities, GPA, and essay got me in the school. Your personal statement is a big factor, i'm sure you already know this, but write it around engineering/cs if you're going into the field.</p>
<p>As a third year CS major at UCSB if you have any questions about the courses and such, feel free to contact me. :)</p>
<p>2005
3.6 (3.95 weighted), 1280, 710bio/680writing/690math1c,
APs: Calc:4, US History:4, Bio:4, Psych:5, English Language: 3
took AP Calc BC senior year but no ap test</p>
<p>student government, french club treasurer, was on homecoming court, youth group leader, vacation bible school volunteer for 4 years, freshman mentor, etc... essay was not very good</p>
<p>rejected: berkeley, ucla, ucsd
accepted: ucsb and irvine </p>
<p>it's pretty random who gets in. at my school, a lot of over-qualified people were rejected (some 4.0's) but when i went to orientation, i saw and met a lot of under-qualified people, so you can never be too sure. it's a sure bet if you want to go to cal, ucla or ucsd and it's your backup like it was for me... but i dont think it's incredibly tough to get in, although sb is getting more difficult to get in these days. </p>
<p>i found that if you get A's and B's in difficult classes like all AP and Honors, and you have decent SAT's, you'll get in... i took 7 AP classes in HS, but then i got a lot of B's... i still got in. if you have a 4.0 in easy classes, even if you have good EC's, it'll be tough. i know a lot of people like that who didn't get in. then again, at orientation there were a lot of ... let's just say not so smart people... haha. so i dont know what's going on. </p>
<p>i hope this helps. dont stress too much, just do your best.</p>
<p>Grad Date: 2004
GPA: 4.40
SAT: 1220
SAT II English: 510
SAT II Math: 550
SAT II French: 620
EC: Track, Cross Country, Drama, Student Council, Volunteer work
For me, I was admitted at the start of my senior year b/c of the ELC program.</p>
<p>Here is a tip: Focus more on grades, and not so much on SAT. The only reason why my SAT 2's are pretty bad is simply because I was admitted already. So for me, what was the point in taking them seriously? If you are in the top 2% or so of your high school, you will automatically be accepted.</p>
<p>Grad Date: 2005
GPA: 3.60
SAT I: 600 M/620 V
SAT II: 670 M/640 W/800 Spanish
Major: Business Economics
EC: Robotics, CSF, Church youth treasurer, multimedia academy, Church music group (piano)
Essay: I'd say it was okay</p>
<p>Applied: 7 UC's and SF State, SJ State, Sac State, Sonoma State
Accepted: All CSUs and UCB, UCSB, UCD, UCSD, UCSC
Rejected: UCLA, UCI</p>
<p>Advice: Get good grades, decent SAT I scores, really good SAT II scores, and write a really good essay. Don't wait until the last week to start writing it. Get the teachers(preferably english teachers) that know you the best to look over it and have them tell you if your personal statement really sounds like you. Don't make it generic; remember, it's a PERSONAL statement.</p>
<p>Sadly, I won't be going to UCSB...Berkeley offered a full ride so I accepted. But now I'm thinking I won't be happy there...I'm actually thinking about transfering to UCSB in two years or so.</p>
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<li>class of 2005</li>
<li>3.78 (UC) GPA, 1290 (660v/630m) SAT I, 740 writing, 650 lit, 640 math ic </li>
</ul>
<p>-go gauchos 09! i will be going to ucsb</p>
<p>I befriended you on facebook, awaken :D</p>
<p>1] 2005
2] 3.5ish weighted (=x), 1340 (650 math, 690 v), 650 math 2c, writing and biology, APs were... 3s in history and english lit, 4s in biology, macro econ, english lang, american gov, 2 quarters of calculus at a calstate, and one quarter of spanish at a JC
Some minor club positions.. some community service.
3] Good essays? Kinda
4] um. My GPA was way under average accepted, but I have pretty good scores and I wrote a decent personal statement. I guess you should know if your GPA happens to kinda suck, other stats can compensate for it and get you accepted.</p>
<p>2005
GPA: 3.9
SAT: 1170
SAT 2: US History 720
Writing 640
Math Abismal
going to UC Davis though go Aggies!!</p>
<p>Got into UCSB but going to UCSC for the silicon valley connection.</p>
<p>1210 SAT
3.8 GPA</p>
<p>Computer Engineering major</p>
<p>The truth: At UCs (except perhaps Berkeley and UCLA), essays don't mean squat.</p>
<p>The UCs go by a point system. The rubric is very specific. Points are awarded for various things, such as "leadership", number of a-g courses, GPA, SAT/SATII, economic situation, school ranking on standardized tests (you are awarded points for going to a school that performs in the bottom 40%), ELC, volunteer work, etc. Writing a good essay is not one of them! In fact, the rubric states specifically that no points will be awarded for have a good personal statement. They are merely checked off for things like "Oh, his mom died--xxx points". Certain educational outreach programs also give you points (See Educational opportunities essay).</p>
<p>By agreement, all UCs use the same point system, but the point allocations differ among them. </p>
<p>I used to have links to the UCSD and UCSC selection criteria, but since, the UCSD one has been taken down, and it had had the link to the UCSC. If you call up the Admissions office, they may describe the point system to you. I know UCSD does after admissions decisions are received, and it was explained in detail, exactly as the website had stated. In short, you receive a number of points for each criterion, and they are added up. A number of points is chosen, and if you have more than that, you're in; if not, you're not. (This year it was something around 7854 for UCSD) The two big point criteria are of course GPA and SAT. If I remember correctly, GPA = 1000 x GPA (up to 4.5) and SAT = .8(SAT + 2 (3 SAT IIs)). If all of that is maxed, you would have 7700 points. And with the points you would automatically get for being ELC and a lot of a-g courses you would have over 8000, which is shoe-in. The others have the points done a little differently, but what they're for is the same.</p>
<p>UCSC gives you 200 points for writing a good essay ...........</p>