brownman777

UC GPA - 3.96
SAT - 2120
SAT 2 - 800, 720

A LOT OF ECs
GOOD Leadership (eagle scout lol)
Taken over 40 semesters of a-g
Over 200+ volunteer service

chances?


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my own assesment using point system:

UC GPA - 3960
Standardized testing - 2912
40 or more a-g courses - 500
200+ volunteer hours - 300
leadership - 300

TOTAL: 7972

last year i think the cutoff was ~7800

do i look good?

i am applying as biomedical engineering major, but my back-up is computer engineering

brownman777

bump ppl come on

brownman777

wow........

VehementBehemoth

Be sure your leadership roles are two HUGE leader roles. President of ASB and captain of a sports team are huge. Being a secretary of NHS isn't that big of a deal. Your community hours need to be 200 hours within a two year span to get the full set of points. Otherwise, you have a pretty decent chance. Just improve that GPA.

You live in San Diego, right? If you went to a school like Morse or Lincoln I think you might get extra points for going to a school in the lower 40& tier, giving you an extra set of points (not sure exactly what schools--ask your counselor), and if your family makes under $60,000, then you might get even more points.

Radiance

I don't think many people have commented because your post is a bit ambiguous. What classes did you take? Can you give us more information about your extra-curriculars? What SAT II's did you take? Did you take a lot of honors/AP classes? Ethnicity/gender/etc?

brownman777

SAT 2s were Math 2 and Chemistry

Leadership - Eagle Scout, Co-founder of Math Tutoring Club ( I was told being ealge gets you a LOT of points)

Volunteering - Library and Temple Volunteer - have 250+ hours

Family Income - circa 75K

Special Awards - Black Belt, National Merit Commended

I will have taken 10 AP classes upon graduation

I am a male Indian living in San Diego

Radiance

Should've included that in your original post :P
After your second post, you seem like an extremely good candidate.
I'd say you're in. You have strong SAT II scores in subjects pertinent to BioE

scootypuff

BioE's heavily impacted. There's no guarantee, so make sure you write good essays.

brownman777

thanks guys!

i want to hear more opinions on this

Comp Sci Guy

First of all, the applicant's choice of major does not enter into addmissions decisions so the fact that a major is impacted does not change the chances of admission although the applicant may be admitted to a second choice major or as undeclared. Secondly, the quality of the essay is irrelevant at UCSD. To be a "good" essay for UCSD, the essay should reference life circumstances that add points to the formula. The writing quality of the essay is specifically excluded from consideration.

i_lose

i had the same-ish stats and got in a couple years ago, but not as a bioE major. (~4.2, 2120, 800/780, but less major leadership and no special circumstances)