<p>Hey guys, I'm just wondering what colleges would accept me? I got 1730 (apparently this isnt so good) on my SAT 530/reading 580/writing and 630/math. I'm a hard worker, just really bad at testing. I have 4.1 gpa weighted and 3.95 gpa unweighted. I'm a captain of the wrestling and I've received plenty of awards for it, I'm also in the cross country and track team (nothing special though). I don't any other ECs except LAHS which is just a knock-off of CSF since my school isn't WASQ accredited yet. My main goal is UC Davis, but do any you guys know what colleges could accept or consider me in California (preferably a UC)?</p>
<p>Your GPA is great, which in my opinion is the important thing. There are a number of LACs here on the east coast that do not require, and even discourage, submission of SAT scores. That doesn’t sound like where you want to go however. Alternatively, you can take one of the SAT prep courses that “guarantee” to raise you score by x hundreds of points. Many, many people do it. (Full disclosure: I personally think raising the score this way is distasteful, but I know I am in the minority.)</p>
<p>If you are a California student, then your own guidance counselor should be able to tell you whether or not it is likely that you can be admitted at UC Davis and the other public universities in California.</p>
<p>Are your GPAs calculated on a 4.0 scale? If so, they are very good. Have you always been bad at taking standardized tests? Do you have a particular difficulty that you can pinpoint? That would be something worth discussing with your guidance counselor, because that kind of discrepancy between the classroom grades and bubble-answer standardized exams can indicate that the student has an undiagnosed dyslexia/dyscalculia or other processing issue. This is especially true when the student can can be described as a “hard worker”. Students with processing issues usually study longer and harder to master what they are learning. If something like this is going on with you, your guidance counselor and the school psychologist can help you learn how to study “smarter”, not just harder, so that you are ready for college.</p>
<p>Uhm no, I’m pretty sure I don’t have any diseases that impair me from learning. I guess you could describe as a try hard who gets job at the same time as everybody else. But aside from that, are there any colleges in California that anybody could suggest. Oh and btw I don’t know if this is important but I’m ranked 4 (soon to be 3) in my class of 320.</p>
<p>Do a search for SAT optional schools in California. You sound like a great student. You just need to find a school that will look at you and not the numbers.</p>
<p>The following can help you figure out if your stats make you a likely, possible, or unlikely admit at the various UC campuses. Make sure to consider your GPA the way UC wants it (10th and 11th grade a-g subject courses only, +1 for up to 8 semesters of honors courses with a C or better grade).</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Freshman admission profiles](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/profiles/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/profiles/index.html)
[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu)</p>
<p>If you are a California resident, your class rank may make you UC [eligible</a> in local context](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/local-path/index.html]eligible”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/local-path/index.html), though this does not mean that you will be accepted to the campus of your choice.</p>
<p>There are likely various [url=<a href=“http://www.csumentor.edu%5DCSU%5B/url”>http://www.csumentor.edu]CSU[/url</a>] schools that will accept you (note that CSU high school GPA is calculated in a similar fashion as UC high school GPA).</p>