<p>1] State your graduating HS class year…</p>
<p>2] What were your GPA, SAT, EC when u got admitted to Davis?</p>
<p>3] What other additional factors that the admission officers saw that led you to be admitted to Davis?</p>
<p>4] Any extra tips you can share with us that will boost a future applicant applying to this school?</p>
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<li><p>'05</p></li>
<li><p>3.9 W, 1440, 160 Hours Volunteering at UCLA Medical Center among MANY others</p></li>
<li><p>Mainly my copious amount of varied EC's, tennis four years, committment, etc</p></li>
<li><p>It's not extremely hard to get in, but is getting harder by the year. Be committed, consistent, and show a passion for a certain area(hopefully the area of your major ;) )</p></li>
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<p>Why didnt you accept me SD, why!?</p>
<p>1] '05</p>
<p>2] 3.45; SAT: 1330; SAT II: 710 math 1c, 650 writing, 600 literature; No ECs (literally)</p>
<p>3] Nothing that particularly stands out (that I am aware of).</p>
<p>4] Keep the selection process in mind during HS and when submitting your application: <a href="http://why.ucdavis.edu/admissions/froshAppCritSelProc.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://why.ucdavis.edu/admissions/froshAppCritSelProc.cfm</a> (I didn't discover this until after my application and probably could have received a few more points here and there if I did. Fortunately I was still accepted.)</p>
<p>1) 2005</p>
<p>2) HS GPA 4.33 Top 3% UC GPA 4.2 SAT 1240 SAT 2s 640 Avg.</p>
<p>ECs- 9 UC Honors semesters in 10-11th grade, 5 college classes 3.9 GPA, Academic Decathlon 2 years, 2 years of sports, leadership positions in a few clubs, worked 20 hrs a week in 11th grade, worked 15 hrs a week in 12th grade, NASA SHARP during summer of 2004 at Boeing Satellite Systems at Cal State LA </p>
<p>3) Hard work, goal orientated, Plans for the future</p>
<p>4) Look at the point breakdowns for UC Davis and UC San Diego. Know what you want to major in, and know what you want to do after college. </p>
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<li> I was admitted as Engineering major at UCD, UCSD, UCI, UCSB, but rejected as Engineering at UCLA</li>
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<p>awesome, looks like davis gives an extra 250 points (difference between my 3.15 and 3.4) for ROTC</p>
<p>r2b2, when you go to your link: <a href="http://why.ucdavis.edu/admissions/froshAppCritSelProc.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://why.ucdavis.edu/admissions/froshAppCritSelProc.cfm</a></p>
<p>and add up your score, what do you get? i got 7590</p>
<p>1] 2005</p>
<p>2] 4.58, 870 SAT, Played Football, Water Polo, Basketball, Baseball, and ran Track. Also was in WHITE POWER club, Interact, Gay-Straight Alliance, LULAC, and Debate Team.</p>
<p>3] I am probably one of the only rednecks who applied. Like i love nascar and i emphasied that in my application.</p>
<p>4] be unike!</p>
<p>^^^White power club? What the hell?</p>
<p>Also, I'm surprised you got in with that 870, thats like two quartiles below average. I guess your GPA made up for it, but still.</p>
<p>No hard feelings, just surprised. You got in, so who am I to say anything..</p>
<p>taffy, I calculated 7990 points for my total, which includes "First Generation College Attendance" and "Marked Improvement in 11th Grade"(went from a 2.8 to a 4.0), among other things. However, I'm not sure I got all of these points during admission. Still, I think you have a fair chance at admission depending on your SATs and whatnot. Admittedly, I don't know what constitutes a good point total.</p>
<p>GPA: 3140
SAT: 3300
8 semesters over 35: 400
ROTC: 250 (air force)
leadership: 250 probably, VP of Interact club, founder and pres of comp club, member of math club.. so maybe 500 if im lucky?
improvement in 11th grade: 250 (2.4 to 3.8)
total 7590 or 7840 if i manage to get personal difficulties points, 8090 if i get the extra 250 for leadership on top of that..</p>
<p>What does ROTC stand for? How will it boost your chances?</p>
<p>reserve officer training corps
there are air force, army, and navy ROTC programs. you take an extra class in college that teaches you leadership and the history of the branch of the military, and then once a week you have leadership lab where you practice the skills youve learned. if you see people in camoflage on a college campus, they're usually going to be rotc. after being in rotc for 4 years, you commission into that branch of the millitary, in my case air force, and become an O-1, second luetenant in the AF. </p>
<p>as for why they give extra points to rotc cadets, im not sure. it probably has a bunch of history behind it.</p>
<p>do you guys know if you have to be on ROTC scholarship or just have rotc intentions to get the 250 points? i just started my afrotc scholarship application so hopefully ill land the type 7 scholarship, get my whole UCD tuition covered :D</p>
<p>taffy, I've read from news articles that the personal difficulty and leadership points are very difficult to recieve. I wouldn't want to count on getting any of those myself. Still, I think you have a fair chance because you seem to be getting a lot of additional points from non-GPA sources. Honestly, I do suggest retaking the SAT tests even though your score total is very good. You may be able to grab an extra few points which will help your chances at any college you apply to. If I had the opportunity, I would have done the same, but I wasn't very college conscious until there were only 2 SAT dates left for admissions consideration(and I did the normal SAT by standby and didn't prepare at all).</p>
<p>Also, it looks to me like the ROTC points are only rewarded for those who recieve a scholarship.</p>
<p>Taffy I received a 4 year scholarship for Davis for the AFROTC. I was told you only get those points (250) for obtaining a scholarship. 3 year, 4 year , whatever type , but in order to get the 250 points you scholarship application must be in as soon as possible that way it is reviewed by the board first board. Then hopefully you will receive notification before you send in your UC application. If you get notification about receiving a scholarship after you have already sent your UC application in then all you have to do is fax and call UC Davis so they ca update your file. </p>
<p>I didnt apply for the scholarship until November and found out I got the scholarship in early January. I didn't send anything into Davis though because I wasn't worried.</p>
<p>I am sure you have already seen this but the Average Scores
of Recipients for any high school scholarship for the afrotc last year was: Class Rank Top 12%
GPA 3.77
SAT 1260</p>
<p>And the GPA is worth more than anything.
The average 4 year scholarship stats are much higher. The officer that interviewed me said 4 year recipients on average have a 1360 SAT and a 4.1. Thats just what he told me so Im not saying its true or not.</p>
<p>not looking good for me, lol</p>
<p>You have a shot at a 3 year high school scholarship</p>
<p>If you dont get anything dont worry. YOull have to pay for your first year but as long as you get at least a 3.0 during your first year you shoul dbe able to pick up a 3 year .</p>
<p>One thing to remember when applying to Davis is that you're admitted based on your major. Some majors are more difficult to get into than others. Make sure you specify a noncompetitive secondary major in case you get rejected in your first major. Then, you can change to your first choice major later. How easy this is varies based on the major you intend to change to.</p>
<p>thanks for the tip, william</p>
<p>i think i'll apply for environmental policy with a backup major in viticulture or crop science</p>
<p>Do you really want to learn anything about that s hit . </p>
<p>What WIlliam said is true in that when you apply to certain majors/schools within a UC some are harder than others. THe schools/ majors that are typically harder to get into are engineering and Art/drama/journalism .</p>
<p>If you apply to any other major they all go in to the same pile. So pick a major that you would want to do.</p>
<p>i looked through the whole list of their majors and couldnt find finance, and the curriculum for environmental policy looked interesting, and i cant imagine many people putting down crop science heh.</p>