What California colleges Can I get into/Can I get into these UCs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>These are the schools I am considering applying to, what are my chances?: UCD, UCSC, Sacramento State, San Jose State, UOP, University of San Francisco</p>

<p>What would you reccomend applying for/what else can I get into?</p>

<p>(Resident of Caliornia)
GPA: 3.75 weighted, 3.67 unweighted
SAT: Critical Reading-620, Math-520, Writing-660 (Total SAT 1800)
SAT II: I haven't taken them yet, but I'm going to take US History and Literature</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
8 Years of club soccer
4 Years of High School Soccer, 2 Years Frosh/Soph 2 Years Varsity. The team won the championship in my second year, I recieved "Second Team all League" award.
Started a volunteer/fundraising based club and donated proceeds to homeless shelters
Went on a 10 day academic trip to the south following the civil rights movement
Link Crew (guiding freshman)
Had Poem published in "The Stanford Anthology For Youth"
Volunteer in Special Education classroom</p>

<p>Summer:
Volunteered every summer at a workshop working with special education students
Attend a Christian Camp every summer
1 Year worked as a swim aid at a pool</p>

<p>Classes:
9th Grade-
Algebra 1-2
Athletics
Biology 1-2
English Honors
Modern World History
Spanish 1-2</p>

<p>Sophmore Year-
3D Art
Athletics
Chemistry 1-2
English honors
Geometry
Spanish 3-4</p>

<p>Junior Year-
AP English
Algebra 3-4
Physics 1-2
Psychology (1st semester) Child Development (2nd semester)
Spanish 5-6</p>

<p>Senior Year-
CP English
Nutrition
Pre-Calculus
Health
Economics/Government</p>

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<p>i think you have an excellent chance at UCSC, but UCD might be a very slight reach for you. </p>

<p>As for the other schools I think you have a great chance at any of those private schools. </p>

<p>Also look into Santa Clara University, Saint Mary's College of California, Loyola Marymount, Pitzer, and Occidental.</p>

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<p>oThINKoPinKO:</p>

<p>UCD: Slight Reach
UCSC: Match</p>

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<p>How can I improve my chances for getting into UCD?</p>

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<p>You could retake the SAT and attempt to pick up your math score. The median math score for UCD was about 560 last year.</p>

<p>However, with your current stats, and if you do well on your SAT II's, I think you have an above average chance of being accepted.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a match for UCD / UCI / UCSB and a good chance at UCSC / UCR / UCM. UCSD...a bit of a reach but possible.</p>

<p>What can you do? Not much. Try to write good essays. At this point you really can't do too much more.</p>

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<p>your likely in all the UC's but Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD. Your stats are too low for the top 3 UC's. UC Davis looks to be a match for you. UCSC is a safe match. Your in all the privates and CSU's you listed.</p>

<p>UC Berkeley: Large Reach
UCLA: Large Reach</p>

<h2>UCSD: Reach-Large Reach</h2>

<h2>UC Davis/UCI/UCSB: Match-Slight Reach</h2>

<h2>UCSC: Safe Match</h2>

<p>Sacramento State: Safety
San Jose State: Safety
UOP: Safety
University of San Francisco: Safety</p>

<p>I would also recomend looking at USD and Pepperdine which are private schools in southern california not quite as competitive as the top-tier and mid-tier UC's. You should be a Safe Match for both of these schools.</p>

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<p>UCD--Slight Reach
UCSC--Match
Sacramento State--Safe Match
San Jose State--Match
UOP--Match
University of San Francisco--Match
Santa Clara University--Slight Reach
Saint Mary's College of California--Match
Loyola Marymount--Match
Pitzer--Match to Slight Reach
Occidental--Slight Reach</p>

<p>As far as getting into UCD, their average UC GPA (which is a weighted GPA where they cap the honors at 8 semester units) was 3.84 last year, with an average SAT score of 1824. UCSC was a UC GPA of 3.67 with a SAT of 1759.</p>

<p>They do add points for the following categories, however--so you can possibly get into UC Davis if any of these apply to you:</p>

<p>From a Low Income area
Faced a serious hardship or difficulty that was overcome
Have a distinctive skill or ability (for example, played piano at Carnegie Hall or can do Math Calculus problems in your head--got a 210 to 220 on the AIME/AMC)
First generation college student</p>

<p>All of this stuff counts for 19% of your total points, then they also consider your extracurricular record (11% of the total score). GPA is around 41% of the total, and SAT scores are around 29%. The number of points you get for the five SAT scores (three SAT Is and two SAT IIs) can be computed by going to this link: <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a> The number of points you get for the GPA is just your UC GPA times 1000. So for you it is 3.75 times 1000 or around 3750.</p>

<p>Lastly, if you can increase your SATs Is (combined) by 100 points you are a match for UC Davis.</p>

<p>That's it, so good luck.</p>

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<p>Does anyone here know of a approximate cutoff total points for UC admissions ? I am referring to the url posted <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...ship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.ed...ship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>I just got my SAT II scores and im a little dissapointed...I got 510 on the US History and 580 on the Literature, does this hurt my chances?</p>