My chances for UC Santa Barbara. Would really appreciate some feedback!

MrBoba
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:25:59 +0000

UC Santa Barbara is listed as Most Selective in admissions from US News & World whatever thingy, I don’t really believe it. Yeah.

I got in with a 2.89 unweighted GPA, 3.01 UC weighted. SAT 1890. 21 hours community service. 2 years of JV Tennis, freshman and sophomore year. Junior and Senior year I worked at a local Chinese school where I tutor children in both regular schoolwork and Chinese work.

Started the Multi-Cultural club at my high school, president for one year vice president two years. Treasurer of AP Society club. For some reason, I’m pretty sure I’m an officer for another club, but sadly the rest of the officers don’t care about it and now I can’t even remember which it is. I’m an officer though. lol

I’ve taken a total of 9 AP Courses, passed each one with a C. AP Bio I got a B in both semesters. Only passed two AP tests, Euro History 3, Bio 4.

Attempted one extra year of math (because I took AP Stats along with AP Calc AB in junior year) for a total of 5 years by taking AP Calc BC my senior year, but I received an F grade for first semester. I dropped it for second semester, and UCSB said it’s fine because I had already met the recommended 4 years of math. Senior year I only have 5 classes out of 7. My personal statements were written the night before they were due, spent about two hours on each prompt.

If I were you, I’d apply as an undeclared major. I’d say your chances of getting in are going to be pretty high with that many A’s. I got most of my A’s in freshman year. After that I couldn’t care less about high school. Try to get your SAT score a bit higher if you’re worried. SAT II Subject Test scores also matter. Are you bilingual? Taking the Spanish/German/Chinese/Korean/Japanese tests are a good option because they’re pretty simple. The only exception would be the Chinese and Japanese tests who’s scripts are not purely alphabetical.

Hmm… I don’t think I left anything else out. Hopefully my stats will give you a positive outlook on your admissions decision at UC Santa Barbara next year. You’re doing way better than I did in high school! Good luck to you.