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05-04-2008, 12:44 AM
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#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| do i even stand a chance at getting into UCs?
i feel like i missed out on a lot of opportunities with clubs and sports for freshmen and sophomore year-which is the year i am in now
my gpa is 3.6 unweighted with all honors and ap biology. i'm in badminton (1 year), a few clubs like speech and debate that i rarely go to, as well as about 40 service hours from my local hospital. i plan on taking about 2-3 aps next year and hopefully more particpation in clubs
so anyone want to share some ideas? =[ | 
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05-04-2008, 12:47 AM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Gender: Male
Threads: 12
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| You have an excellent shot at gaining admission to a UC (based on the limited info provided). You probably aren't looking at the upper tier of UC's though... | |
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05-04-2008, 01:03 AM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Posts: 327
| Are you kidding me? Id say apart from UCLA and UCB you have a gooooood chance. Look into service stuff this summer you lazy bum (totally kidding but ecs are awesome) | |
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05-04-2008, 03:42 AM
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CA Gender: Male
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| uhmmmmm yeah??? | |
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05-04-2008, 12:29 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas Gender: Male
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| Assuming all your lesser grades are freshman year, then you have a shot at all of them... thats if you get good SAT.
If you have 4.0 GPA UC GPA and 2000 SAT score or higher then you'll have fair-good shot at all of them instate or out...
if your out of state and you GPA stays the same, I would say you onlt then have a shot at UCI, UCSB, and UCD. I would Consider UCR, UCSC, and UCM easy shots then too...but yeah... UCR, UCM, and UCSC for sure if your instate. | |
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05-04-2008, 03:58 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nowhere USA Gender: Female
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| Yeah you've got a good chance. I know a girl who got into UCLA with less than a 4.0 and she got a $10,000 scholarship. | |
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05-05-2008, 06:58 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
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| whyw ould she not get into an ivy league...?
That seems like good grades... | |
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05-05-2008, 07:45 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles Gender: Male
Threads: 26
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| Maybe mid UCs if you're good. Higher UCs if you do really better junior year.
Work on your SATs and your ECs. Go volunteer somewhere or something... | |
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05-05-2008, 08:21 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida Gender: Male
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| Get about 200-300 volunteer hours. | |
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05-06-2008, 03:05 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
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| Are you from California? | |
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05-06-2008, 05:48 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Yes. A lot of badminton players get accepted into UCs. | |
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05-06-2008, 07:26 PM
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#12 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California
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| Honestly, I feel like for California residents, with the exception of UCLA and Cal, the UCs aren't very selective at all. My friends have done roughly the same as you and they all got accepted into UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, etc. | |
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05-06-2008, 09:48 PM
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#13 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, CA
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| i got into ucsd with an unweighted 3.7, 1900 sat, and a few ecs
therefore, if i can, u can
depends on how well u do junior year i guess... | |
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05-07-2008, 09:54 PM
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#14 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| wow thanks for all the encouraging replies =]
my only concerns are that since UCs only select a few students from each high school, i'm also competing with my peers, whom take a lot of the same classes as i do, share pretty much the same e.c. and gpa, etc.
is there anything i can do to stand out and look better?
oh and i do live in california
thanks in advance | |
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05-08-2008, 03:52 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NORCAL. Gender: Female
Threads: 39
Posts: 224
| I SHOULD BE THE ONE WORRYING ABOUT GETTING INTO A UC, not YOU! | |
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