<p>If you really dislike UCI, then you shouldnt apply.</p>
<p>I would just caution against Miami. If for some reason you change gears during college regarding your career decision, then it would have made much more sense to have gone to a California school for many reasons. This is if you plan on settling back down on the west coast.</p>
<p>you must have really good grades to call san diego state a safety, so cal. that place has become a lot more selective lately for applicants not from san diego county. they have an outstanding sports management graduate program. if you want more of the big school feel your list probably should have san jose state as your safety. they are in the WAC conference which is light years ahead of the league that davis and SLO are in. and the academic programs are very solid. santa barbara is in a great location but in that same sorry league with those other schools on your list. and you must list USC if you have the grades for UCLA unless money is an obstacle.</p>
<p>In all honesty, if you are so indecisive about what 7 schools to apply to, why don't you apply to 8 or 9? For the UCs, it's one big application. The difference between applying to 2 UCs vs. 5 UCs is three check marks.</p>
<p>...and 60 bucks per check mark. Still, I think it's worth the price considering you get an extra five months to decide. =)</p>
<p>Here's the BIG question: Go to UCI for 4 years...OR..... go to a community college for 2 years and THEN transfer to a "better" UC like UCLA or UCBerkeley ? (assuming you get rejected from ucla/cal during your senior yr in high school)</p>
<p>yes, you may want to think about transfering to the elite UCs</p>
<p>you're worried about 60 bucks for college? Let me tell yah, your first breadth class book may vary well cost you $150.</p>
<p>The more kids that apply to your school the better it looks on paper too. ;)</p>
<p>SPOP was freakin awesome. i wouldve chosen UCI over BERKELELY. man, innnsane.</p>
<p>Why miss out on two years of college for a JC and TRY to make them up at a top UC. Thats just pointless - you couldnt possibly make the friends or have the experiences you can have during a 4 year UC stint.</p>
<p>I've been looking forward to college for the longest time. Giving up the first year is just plain insane.</p>
<p>Wow this board got pretty big. But I think I've decided on where I want to apply. It may change, but right now I think it is the perfect list.</p>
<p>Well I was planning on applying to UMiami, UW-Madison, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, SDSU.......and either UC Davis or UC Irvine or maybe both???</p>
<p>But then I decided since I don't like those schools I shouldn't apply there so I replaced Davis and Irvine with USC and Arizona State (Another Safe Option).</p>
<p>So as of now my list is: UMiami, UW-Madison, USC, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, ASU, and SDSU</p>
<p>But if I ever were to substitute a school out, I would replace it with UCI</p>
<p>Can you really not afford to apply to UCI and UCD?</p>
<p>This is your college career. If it really is a matter of money, you can probably find a way to get the extra funds.</p>
<p>It isn't a money issue, bc I look at paying for applications like this: (If you can't afford to pay for an application then how do you expect to pay for college?) </p>
<p>It's just that if I also apply to UCI and UCD, that is applying to 10 schools. I just think 10 is too many, but maybe that is a good amount??? I don't really know. I thought most people only applied to about 5 or 6 schools, or does that only work out if you aren't applying to competitive schools? </p>
<p>I just thought applying to 10+ schools was a College Confidential thing, not what most people do.</p>
<p>What are your guy's thoughts on this?</p>
<p>Applying to more schools is always favorable to a student as long as money is a factor (and money should not be a factor in education). I'm sure you already know there are possibilities you may not get accepted to some of those schools. There is a possibility you may rethink about the schools you denied about applying to. You may end up building an interest for UCD or UCI during the college app season due to the increased appearance of that subject in conversations among you and your friends/family. Apply to both schools and continue to check them out. Visit schools such as UCD (since you're from socal) if you can. You might end up liking it. Applying to 10+ colleges isn't just a CC thing. It's a thing for people who care =].</p>
<p>Well maybe applying to 10 schools is a good thing in case I don't get in to my favorites. Well now that you know my schools maybe you could share your thoughts on my chances....
GPA
9-11 = 3.76/4.03
10-11 = 3.69/4.08
UC gpa = 4.00
SAT
2000
Math2 = 700
Chem = 650
RANK
Top 3-4% out of ~700
EC's
Tennis (4 years, "most consistent player", co-captain), Volleyball Club (3 years, treasurer), Sign Language Club (3 years), Journalism (2 years, features editor), Foreign Foods Club (2 years, vice president), Key Club (4 years, vice president), Relay 4 Life (5 years, big thing bc 2 of my immediate family members have cancer), Recycling Club (2 yrs), CSF (all of high school, vice president), Early Academic Outreach Program (3 yrs.)
CLASSES
Senior Schedule: Journalism, AP English, AP Gov/Econ, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Statistics
Other AP/Honors = HL Pre-Calc, AP English, AP Calculus, HL Spanish 3, HL Chemistry</p>
<p>I look at my schools like this.</p>
<ol>
<li>UMiami - I'm good here bc I'm elligible for either a 24 or 16 thousand dollar scholarship.</li>
<li>UW-Madison - 80-90% according to their chart thing.</li>
<li>UCSB - Match</li>
<li>UCI - Match</li>
<li>UCD - Match</li>
<li>UCSD - Match/Slight Reach - I'm around 1000 pts. over the cut off on their point system.</li>
<li>UCLA - Reach</li>
<li>USC - Reach</li>
<li>ASU - 100% sure I'm in</li>
<li>SDSU - I should get in. Only 20% of the students have a 3.75 or above.</li>
</ol>
<p>Am I ranking these correctly? What's your opinion?</p>
<p>I don't think USC is a reach for you dude. This year UCLA gave a lot of consideration for kids w/ hardships. I would say having two family members with cancer is definately a true hardship. I think you under rate yourself. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>In a general sense, you have enough firepower to get into all of the schools listed. Be careful about impacted majors. Make sure one of your major choices is not impacted when you can pick two. From the friends I have who've gotten into USC, it doesn't seem like it would be a full "reach" for you. And, yes. Ever since the Vietnamese admissions director came in, UCLA has favored hardships a LOT... Would you apply for UCB for ego reasons =]? </p>
<p>You have a pretty good chance at all schools. Now, make your application and just get that cup of tea while you wait.</p>
<p>if you live in san diego county then SDSU is a safety. at worst, it's a match. you have a nice file with a good assessment of your chances. ASU is a slam dunk/safety. would place USC as a slight reach rather than reach and place that first on my list.</p>
<p>Thanks for you guy's opinions. I don't know how I would rank these schools, but I know Miami, Wisconsin, UCSB, UCLA, and USC are my top 5 and I would love to go to any of those schools.</p>