<p>Not sure, maybe not. My memory is pretty fuzzy. </p>
<p>Anyway, I think the points system is flawed. It should consider the competitiveness of high schools. I go to an extremely competitive high school (the 4th major feeder to UCSD), so consequently I have high test scores but a low GPA. </p>
<p>I have friends who go to 4th quintile high schools where the students cheat regularly on tests and manage 4.0's, and on top of that they get a 300 bonus for being in a bad school. Ugh.</p>
<p>eternally, do you go to MV?</p>
<p>Obviously. xD</p>
<p>I wouldn't consider Homestead or Cupertino "extremely competitive" at all.</p>
<p>I think I'll ask my advisor for the rubric again. Hopefully he's already gotten hold of the 2005 stats. I'm not paying $1000+ for nothing... >_></p>
<p>hey i goto GUNN..lol do u think it is competitive??, also can someone tell me how to get points for the sat is it</p>
<p>(SAT1 + SAT2+SAT2)(0.8)= blanck....iono if this is right where does it say it is done like this</p>
<p>Gunn HS in Palo Alto, which is one of two public high schools right next to Stanford University, is among the most academically competitive in California! Come on hurdlesrock, you already know that.</p>
<p>Monta Vista (2004 API = 912), Saratoga (909), Lynbrook (892), Gunn (881), Palo Alto (878) and Los Gatos (863) high schools are always the Silicon Valley publics that are on top of any list of academic competitive schools.</p>
<p>i dont think UC's care at all what high school you come from unless its really bad (educational opportunity) so it doesn't matter what ur school's API is unless its bad. Ironic huh?</p>
<p>What are you basing that on ETS? How do you know they don't care. Why would they ask what school you went to unless they wanted to know the general rigor and standards of that school?</p>
<p>Im pretty sure because i visited UCSD last summer and that is precisely what they said.</p>
<p>"Monta Vista (2004 API = 912), Saratoga (909), Lynbrook (892), Gunn (881), Palo Alto (878) and Los Gatos (863) high schools are always the Silicon Valley publics that are on top of any list of academic competitive schools."</p>
<p>Mission San Jose High in Fremont (2004 API = 922)!!!!!</p>
<p>haha, MSJ HS is 77% Asian, and families will beg, borrow and steal to move into that school's attendance area. It has a stellar reputation as well as a few skeletons in its closet...</p>
<p>**Six students at Fremont's Mission San Jose High School have been suspended for hacking into the school's computer and changing some of their first-semester grades.<a href="May%202003">/b</a> <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/12/314462/2003-03-10/2003-03-16/0%5B/url%5D">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/12/314462/2003-03-10/2003-03-16/0</a></p>
<p>What wikipedia has to say about MSJ HS
Mission San Jose students perform well in various state and national tests. Most notably the school holds the highest position in the California public high school rankings (not including magnet schools) with an API (Academic Performance Index) of 917 in 2004. A less cited ranking by Newsweek places the school 193rd among other American high schools. see ranking The school claims many achievements and honors; and, one of the school's most meaningful laurels is the high number (near the top of Bay Area schools) of students earning National Merit Scholarships. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987 and 1996. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Jose_High_School%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Jose_High_School</a></p>
<p>OK...but 922 > 912!</p>
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<p>That is so true. I've got quite a few stories to go along with that line.</p>
<p>check whitney high school. their API is top</p>
<p>To be accepted to Whitney High, a student must already be in the top 10 percent of his or her class. Whitney High officials know they have the cream of the crop, and they push students to reach their full potential.
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Whitney High has had the highest Academic Performance Index (API) of any school in California since the state introduced API measures of base scores, growth targets, and school rankings for more than 8,000 eligible California schools. This year, Whitney increased its API by eight points to 964 the state average is 668. </p>
<p>The achievement doesn't end with API measures. Every student at Whitney takes the SAT I in preparation for college admission, and each year at least one student scores a perfect 1600. The school offers nine Advanced Placement courses. Last year, more than two thirds of the students who took the AP exams scored a 4 or 5. In fact, an independent comparison of academic test scores at Whitney versus scores of similar students at schools around the country shows that, on tests, Whitney students outperform other top students by a ratio of as much as two to one. Whitney High's school leaders say their vision is to be the best public prep school in the world. The school is well on its way to becoming just that.
<a href="http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/schoolsofdistinction/ae_gretchenwhitney.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/schoolsofdistinction/ae_gretchenwhitney.htm</a></p>
<p>Does anyone know what the cutoff will be for an engineering (CS) major? And if you don't make that cutoff, will you be considered for the non-impacted major cutoff?</p>
<p>bump...I would like to know about engineering cutoffs too.</p>
<p>UCSD admission officers are looking for students from ghetto schools .........................</p>
<p>UCSD accepts first, and then they place you into your major, so they will never release their "cutoff" for engineering. If you're planning on going into bioengineering or computer science, aim high (8000+). This makes me wonder why I didn't apply to bioengineering, that way I can transfer out of the major if I want. UCSD's point system, though criticized a lot, has a way of recruiting MANY studious students. The campus is incredibly quiet, and the students are somewhat reserved. Nontheless, the students are very smart, and that's why I believe that UCSD will break the top 25 USNEWS rankings in a couple of years, that, and the school's academics are top-notch.</p>
<p>So if I reach the cutoff, but am not good enough for the engineering major I chose, I'll still be given the option to choose another major, right?</p>
<p>You'll be accepted into UCSD. I'm not sure how they will place you in your major, however. What will probably happen is that unless you picked two impacted majors, you'll get the non-impacted one.</p>