Chance Me- Out of state kid

Colleges & Universities University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>Have been to 2 of the best prep schools in the country…Phillips Academy and another. So there’s good and bad there.</p>

<p>SAT: 2340
SAT II: English 730, Spanish 740, Spanish w/Listening 770, Math IIC 710, Biology M 630 (I took it freshman year and didn’t care at all about it, w/e)
AP: Spanish Language 5, English Language 4
GPA: 2.7ish unweighted…keep in mind that the schools I went to were very hard…nobody gets a 4.0 pretty much…kids with 3.5-6ish GPAs go to Harvard, Yale, MIT, etc. no problem.
ECs: Quite a few, involved in community service, got hurt so no sports anymore though.</p>

<p>Got a great teacher rec but I know it’s not required so I think it won’t do much to help me.</p>

<p>I’m from Boston, don’t need financial aid, if any of that helps. </p>

<p>I’ve got my fingers crossed…gimme your best shot.</p>

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<p>This is a high match because of your SAT, although there is a minimum 3.0 UC GPA. Still, 2340 speaks volumes >>;;</p>

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<p>I think out of state GPA is 3.4 or something like that. Is that your UC gpa or regular?</p>

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<p>GlueEater is right; the OOS gpa required is 3.4 no matter what you got on the SAT</p>

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<p>That’s unweighted and I’m in like all AP and Honors classes so I bet it’d be 3.4ish…I hope.</p>

<p>There’s really that kind of cut-off even for prep school? Because a 3.5 there is a million times harder than public school. They consider that before cutting it off?</p>

<p>Thanks for all the quick info, guys, means a lot.</p>

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<p>Yeah, there’s no consideration for private schools, there probably is for a competitive school idk.</p>

<p>And there actually is a way around the 3.4 min GPA. It’s called eligibility by examination or something like that. It says that if your SATs are high enough then you don’t have meet the GPA req. Your SATs definitely apply, but I don’t know if it’s available to OOS.</p>

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<p>eh i can always hope right.</p>

<p>nice username by the way haha</p>

<p>thanks for all the help guys</p>

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<p>[UC</a> Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html]UC”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/exam_eligibility.html)</p>

<p>Here’s the link</p>

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<p>! </p>

<p>There is an out-of-stat program! It’s just a higher requirement, but I think I meet it (I’ll check)</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the link+info dude.</p>

<p>Much appreciated.</p>

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<p>Yep, out-of-state needs 425+, I have a 475.</p>

<p>Thank God.</p>