Santa Clara vs UCSC for Computer Science

deadbeef00
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:48:06 +0000

For those following, here are the final results for my son.

SAT 1540 800M/740V
Chem 700, Math-2 750
W GPA 4.0 after junior year
UC GPA 3.87
UW GPA 3.66 after junior year
Senior year 1st semester - 6A’s 1 B.

Lots of volunteering, EC’s (varsity sport and clubs), and I thought his essays were great.

Accepted:
Northeastern
Ohio State
UOP
Santa Clara
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
UC Riverside
Cal Poly Pomona

Waitlisted:
Cal Poly SLO
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
Purdue

Denied:
Michigan (deferred till 3/31, then denied)
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Davis
USC
UIUC

For each school, he applied to school of engineering for CS.

My husband and I both studied engineering at Stanford/Berkeley, so we’re disappointed that our son won’t be able to follow in our footsteps. But we’re not surprised given today’s competitive environment. We’re looking forward to his fresh start in college and hope that he will make the most of his experience there.