Chance me 3.23 UC weighted GPA planning on philosophy or chem major

Colleges & Universities University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>So I will be filling college applications next month or so, so I though id ask you guys for you opinion.
Here are my stats.
Hispanic/Polish decent
CA resident
University G.P.A. 3.23 aka weighted (I know its horrible had the DGAF adittude so stupid!!!)
And lucky for me I’ve heard philosophy is a unimpacted major.
SAT first time got a 1600 didn’t study =( , have been studying I expect a 1900+ on my next SAT.</p>

<p>ECs
Volunteer at the aquarium of the pacific 100+ hours
Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer for a local church
Member of many clubs at my school
1 year Football freshman year
Online job @ 16 CPA/PPD sites( needed to lie about age to get these jobs though)
Property manager ( managed and ran a 14 unit property while my dad went on a trip for 3 month) @17
Might start philosophy club my senior year.</p>

<p>Honors courses (was lazy and immature here to )
Chemistry Honors(Sophomore)
AP Physics (Senior)
AP Psychology (Senior)</p>

<p>If you don’t think I can get in what do recommend doing ?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Anyone ? I know it may be hard, but I thought do to my unimpacted majors, things might be different thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, but your stats are way low for UCSB. I guess it doesn’t hurt to apply (other than the application fee) but I’d consider instead taking two years of community college and rocking those classes and then transferring to UCSB if it is your dream school. Or, check out the Cal State system. Good luck!</p>

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<p>yea sorry to disappoint you, but what with all these decreasing acceptance rates, you’re gonna find yourself forced to reconsider what colleges you can get in to. i suggest trying to apply uc santa cruz, uc merced or uc riverside, if you’re interested in a UC college education!</p>

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<p>Philosophy is in the college letters & science. they admit w/o taking major into consideration. So don’t expect a break there. I think your chances are low. Apply to other UCs such as Merced. If UCSB is where you really want to attend then go to a CC and xfer; if going that route look into SBCC because then at least you’ll live in thr SB area for 4 years</p>

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<p>Hey mikemac, do you know much about sbcc, like is it hard to get classes and transfer out in two years?</p>

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<p>Sorry, I don’t have recent experience that can answer that for you. But I do know they are by far the biggest source of xfer students to UCSB according to the table at <a href=“http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/TransferPathwayChart.asp?Inst=A0008A[/url]”>http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/TransferPathwayChart.asp?Inst=A0008A&lt;/a&gt; ; since the SB area is a lot smaller than northern or southern CA, it seems clear a lot of kids go to SBCC from out of the area intending to xfer to UCSB. I have a thread about the approach of first attending SBCC, see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-santa-barbara/468098-backdoor-way-get-into-ucsb.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-santa-barbara/468098-backdoor-way-get-into-ucsb.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You might want to start a new thread to see what answers you get to your questions. Even better, if you have the chance, is visit SBCC first-hand to get a feel of the place and to talk to current students. A lot, too, is going to depend on what happens to the ballot measure that Gov. Brown put on the Nov. election. If that doesn’t pass, expect more state cutbacks.</p>

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<p>how do you create a new thread?</p>