its a 4.0 on the calculator. im not decided on a major but your right, what I choose will make a difference. Any recommendations?
The UC calculator should provide the 3 GPAs used for the CA schools (UW, Weighted, Weighted-capped). Would you please provide that so the UC/CSU experts can provide more specific guidance?
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No issue. We can see if your list works as if after.
What many learn is that education is a luxury and not all families can afford the places of interest or in many cases donât want to afford.
Youâve got a great profile and will have great choices. USC is $95k or so a year full pay - so we are aiming to find out if thatâs your cost or if you qualify for a need grant.
He can do the same with other schools on your list. They all calculate need a bit differently.
Looking forward to hearing back in a week.
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4.0 Capped weighted, Unweighted or Uncapped weighted? All 3 are important.
You can select any major as long as you complete the medical school requirements. Pick a major that you are interested in studying and that will be a good backup if Medical school does not happen.
If you like Psychology or Business, both are fine but it will be challenging to fit the Medical school requirements in with a Business major over Psychology major. Psychobiology might be an option or Neuroscience. Maybe a Math/Statistics major vs Business.
Be sure of that before you invest the time in the application. Itâs a lot of work so make sure itâs not for nothing.
In my experience, Cal seems to like figure skaters 
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okay so I only included honors not apps or dual credit
unweighted- 4.0
weighted-4.28
capped-4.14
also thank you
unweighted- 4.0
weighted-4.28
capped-4.14
I really really appreciate your help. thank you so much
As an illustration, a relative of mine majored in Chinese while completing all the pre-med requirements. (Then like many, took a good look at the med school road ahead and decided she didnât want to do medicine anymore. Ended up working as a financial analyst.)
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OOS Honors are not weighted in the UC GPA calculation only AP/IB and DE courses that are UC Transferable. From the DE courses listed, I would say that all the DE courses look UC transferable.
Regardless, overall you look competitive. UC Berkeley is the only UC that accepts LORâs by invitation only.
Below are some UC admit rates based on your Capped weighted GPA and not major specific along with overall OOS admit rates. You still have the issue of budget since none of the UCâs will be affordable.
| Campus | GPA Capped weighted 4.00+ | OOS admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 17% | 7.3% |
| Irvine | 42% | 50% |
| Los Angeles | 14% | 9% |
| Santa Barbara | 46% | 38% |
Good luck.
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My radiation oncologist with an MD from Harvard Med did a BA in English literature 
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Please plan on keeping undergrad costs to the minimum possible. You can get into med school from any four year college, with a high GPA and a high MCAT score and the other ECs that med school want to see.
If you have to take a gap year, for whatever reason, you should plan on doing clinical work and shadowing during that gap year. Scribing in an ED is best, I think, because it exposes you to many different specialties and conditions, plus you learn a tremendous amount. Working as an EMT, a CNA, a med asst, a phlebotomist are all okay, too. You should do as much shadowing of different specialties as you can, too, all of this to figure out if this is really what you want. You might want to plan on U Nevada in Reno as your cheapest option, and during that gap year take comm coll gen eds that UNV will accept, also CLEP out of gen eds that they will accept.
You want your parents to be able to preserve as much of that tuition money as possible, to put towards med school.
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For need based aidâŠNO!
There is a small amount of competitive merit aid, but this cannot be counted on.
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Iâm really not sure about medicine, its just out of my extracurricular so I thought it would be strong to apply that way
hi! okay so I did all the tuition calculations using my stepdads stuff. however recently I started living with my other parent so I think my list price may go down, however im not exactly sure. I will update you on that in a week
UCLA- 70,000
UC BERKELEY- 80,000
UC IRVINE- 70,000
UC SANTA BARBARA- 70,000
BU- 66,000
NORTHEASTERN- 60,000
CHAPMAN-
COLUMBIA- 45,000
CORNELL- 60,000
DARTMOUTH- 41,000
DUKE- 58,000
HARVARD- 53,000
PRINCETON- 35,000
UT AUSTIN- 32,000
TULANE -70,000
UMICH- 80,000
U OF MICHIGAN- 80,000
NOTRE DAME- 46,000
U OF PENN- 53,000
USC- 47,000-69,000
VANDERBILT- 53,000
YALE- 40,000
For most (all?) of the private schools on your list, you need to include both parentsâ finances in the net price calculator, since they require both parentsâ finances for financial aid.
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my situations a bit complicated, never together nor married. they asked for the parent who supported me as well as how much the non custodial parent would contribute. also I used to college board ones where I already added information from both parents. so I do think its accurate
Be prepared for OOS public schools to offer little to no need-aid, regardless of your financials. Most prioritize their own state residents for need-based aid.
Along those lines, Iâm surprised at your UT-Austin result. I wasnât aware they offer aid to OOS students. I could be wrong, but you may want to give that one another look.
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Iâm not sure what you mean by âapply that wayâ regarding premed. You can mjor in anything as an undergrad as long as you take the required courses for medical school applicants. In addition âpremedâ isnât an actual major at most colleges. Itâs an intention.
The parent you LIVE with is not your custodial parent any longer for FAFSA and I think Profile purposes (plus many Profile schools want info from both parents). Itâs the parent who provides the majority of your support, and in most cases that is the parent with the larger income. @kelsmom
You also say you are not a great test taker. Please keep in mind that doctors and student doctors take testâŠafter testâŠafter testâŠafter test.
If you are interested in health care, I would urge you to look at this site:
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