What are my chances at UCSD?
I'm currently a senior in high school.
Unweighted GPA: 3.4
Weighted GPA: 4.0
SAT I: 1910 total
SAT IIs: Chinese - 800, Biology E/M - 590
UC-approved Honors/AP Courses taken - 6
Senior year classes: AP language & comp, AP environmental science, AP calc II, AP statistics, Econ/Civics
Community college courses: Gender and Communication - A, Art History - A (taken summer of 2010)
Varsity Track & Field for 3 years
Founder and President of a fashion charity club dedicated to improving lives of underpriviledged children
President of Key Club
Vice President of Best Buddies
Publicity Director of American Cancer Society
Treasurer of the Mayor's Youth Community Service Board
Soup kitchen volunteer for 3 years
Library Reading Program volunteer - Summer 2009
Won 2 awards for leadership skills/community service
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Pretty good, but you should be more ambitious. UCSD is a bit of a party school full of airheads. What's wrong with the ivy league?
Awesome extracurriculars. GPA is below average. SAT is below average. Since UCSD is looking for this:
Very important admission factors:
Application Essay
Rigor of secondary school record
Standardized Test Scores
Talent/Ability
Academic GPA
Important admission factors:
Extracurricular Activities
State Residency
Volunteer Work
Work Experience
Considered:
Character/Personal Qualities
First generation college student
I would say a better chance than most, around 60ish percent. Good luck.
Unless I missed it you didn't include the major your applying for. This is pretty important to determine if your qualified applying to UCSD in sociology is different than applying for biochem.
It's okay. My friend get in with about thay. But you won't get the scholarship that I got or the freebies that come with it.