Chance at UCs

coolman25
Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:56:14 +0000

Well, applications have been submitted and I guess I need some more opinions so I’ll ask the kind people on this board once more so I don’t drive myself mad guessing where I’m going.

Applying to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD, and UCR

Applying as a Computer Engineer

UC GPA: 3.6 (competitive school which is why my grades suck)

SAT - Verbal: 620 (sucks) Math: 730

SAT II - Writing: 770 (you won’t believe this, but I wasn’t taking it seriously and I wrote about Bush and how he messed up America. The readers must’ve been Democrats 11/12 on the essay)

Math IIC: 720

Physics: 620 (ugh)

7 Honors, 7 APs, 3 college courses including Calculus.

AP US - 4
AP Eng - 4
AP Euro - 3

ECs:
25 hours community service (woah, that’s over a day!)
Varsity Tennis #2 singles. Success story (kind of). Cut freshman year, #2 JV sophomore, #2 varsity junior, duno what I’ll be this year.
Web Design for my school, Administrator and Athletics Editor.
Went to a local chinese school to learn chinese. 3 hours each Sunday for 11 years. Graduated Junior year. Glad to be out.

Awards:

Ap Scholar
National Honors Roll
Certification of Completion of Chinese School (wow)

Nothing significant unfortunately.

Work Experience:
Theater Maintanence (10th grade)
Culinary Intern (12th grade, it’s a really random hobby)
Panda Express (12th grade, still in training, but thankfully I started before the app deadline)

Extra commentary on UCSD if possible. I kinda really want to go there because I live in Irvine so UCI isn’t really appealing to me.