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AltoPalo · 10-13-2009, 02:05 AM

What are my chances for UCSD? I plan to major in Computer Science/Computer Engineering.
I am a Filipino male.

GPA: 4.14
SAT I:
CR: 610
WR:580
MA:640
(Still waiting for October scores)

SAT II: Literature: 650
U.S. History: 660
Math II: 590 (retaking)

Extra Stuff:
40+ A-G Courses
ELC
Low Family Income
First Generation
CSF Seal Bearer

Extra-curricular:
Academic League Captain
Vice-President of Asian Drama Club
Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper
UCSD COSMOS 2008
Top 10% of class
Qualcomm internship
Global Leadership Conference Scholarship Winner

200+ hours of community service:
Teacher assistant at Sunday School
Senior Peer-to-peer tutoring (co-founder)
Volunteered at local recreational center
Cosmos Research Center

Rigorous Senior Schedule:
AP Calculus
AP Art History
AP English Literature
AP Computer Science
Journalism
College-level Political Science class

Past APs:
AP U.S. History
AP Environmental Science

AltoPalo · 10-13-2009, 09:05 AM

please, chance! bump!

miriam841 · 10-13-2009, 10:55 AM

you definitely have a good chance! you shouldn't even worry

Forcetactic · 10-13-2009, 12:12 PM

Your chances are ok. Improve SAT 1 and 2 to drastically improve your chances

AltoPalo · 10-13-2009, 03:13 PM

any more? please! i'll chance back!

MiniatureDrone · 10-13-2009, 04:01 PM

you have a good chance. only things that need improvement are your test scores

AltoPalo · 10-13-2009, 06:12 PM

Anyone else? How are my chances?

the bunburyist · 10-13-2009, 06:37 PM

Listen to the people who've already chanced you! You have two perfectly decent, unprofessional opinions. If you really want to correlate data, you're going to want to just look at other people's chance threads, or the data threads for those who were rejected/admitted last year. Getting more people to tell you their opinion on your record is only going to be as useful, if not less useful, as that.

That being said. You've got a really great shot, so long as you bring up your SAT scores.

AltoPalo · 10-13-2009, 10:08 PM

What do you believe would be the minumum score I need to increase it to, considering my GPA and all the ECs?

the bunburyist · 10-14-2009, 01:21 AM

Aim for a 2400. If you study for a 2400, then whatever you get will probably be just fine.

Schw1ng · 10-14-2009, 05:05 AM

Don't freak out about things if you don't get in, the SAT isn't as huge as a lot of people think it is. You have a nice amount of GE's and a fairly high GPA.

Here are two of my suite mates' stats:
One got a 1600 on his SAT with a 3.4 UC GPA
One got a 2100 on his SAT with a 3.3 UC GPA

Both had mild EC's.

Thus said, if you score in the 1700-1800 range on your SAT, you shouldn't be worried; however, in the unlikely chance that you are rejected, and believe that UCSD is the school for you, just appeal. Chances are they will approve it the second time (I know a lot of people who appealed UCLA and UCB and got in).

Fill out your application correctly, try your hardest on the essay (I mean really work on it), and you should be fine.

Again, don't stress out too much, you can always appeal.
Thus said, the worst case scenario is to go a CC and transfer (and this really isn't that bad).