<p>Im a high school junior in norcal and my conselor (who happened to be at school for the first time in ages!) told me to start thinking about college. I was like, ok? I really like UCSD and its overall location, BUT i doubt that i will get in.</p>
<p>stats:
male (haitian american)
sat i: 1690
sat ii: Spanish (780), French (710), German (690), gonna take math ii and literature
APs: French (3), Spanish lang (4), APWorld (2), AP spanish lit (2),
GPA: 3.786
Rank: top20% small, competitive school</p>
<p>ECs(just got an update):
-109.4 hours from volunteerig at my former elementart school at the afterschol programme(sophmore year)
-102 hours from home work help at community resource centre in the library(junior year)
-45hrs kiwins community help (club just started this year)
-President of KIWINS club
-badminton 2yrs
-Cross country 3yrs
-language tutor (freshman+sophmore on saturdats/sndays)
-President of chocolate club 4th (junior year)
-Regional recognitions for spanish and french accoplishments</p>
<p>hook?:
-Im <em>proficient</em>(not fluent, except spanish and kreyol) in Spanish, French, Haitian Kreyol, Geramn, Korean and Tagalog. I also know a little Japanese and Portuguese because the other languages makes it easier to know those.
-Good writer? (what im told)</p>
<p>So do i have <em>shot</em> at this school or should i lower my standards?</p>
<p>i know 2 people at our school with crappier grades and sat scores that SOMEHOW got into UCSD engineering/bio, respectively.</p>
<p>the point is, your academics aren’t going to help much, but they take into account everything, your life, financial situation, ECs, sports, etc.</p>
<p>Your sat is really low. And the rest of your academic rankings don’t look too great. You seem to know a lot of languages, or have proficiency in them, but you really need to exhibit academic skills in a MUCH wider range of disciplines. You do have pretty solid E.C.'s, but I would say it’s still a reach for you to get into UCSD.</p>
<p>I guess if you raised your SAT to above 2100 then you’d have a good chance… Not saying it can’t be done, but a 400 point increase is pretty unlikely.</p>
<p>my sat was 1750 and i got accepted. albeit for the winter quarter, but then they bumped up all of the people admitted for winter quarter up to fall.</p>
<p>keep in mind that stats are not everything…personal essays count, too.</p>
<p>still apply, but don’t put everything on getting accepted. try to raise your sat score &cross your fingers for the best. goodluck! xD</p>
<p>your in for sure. just write a passionate essay. ucsd likes people with rich backgrounds. talk about your story and why you know all those languages</p>
This is bad advice and if you followed it you could find yourself without a college to attend. It’s fine to apply to UCSD but you should consider it a ‘reach’ and make sure you also apply to some ‘match’ and ‘safety’ colleges.</p>
<p>Exactly - You’re NOT in for sure. A good essay alone cannot get you in. You should apply to ucsd, but don’t count on getting in. Apply to some of the lower tier UC’s - Santa Barbara, Riverside, Santa Cruz, Merced, and maybe even Irvine - you have a stronger chance at those schools.</p>
<p>i don’t know if your writing style is always this haphazard, but regardless, it’s not something you want to show off to your prospective college/employer.</p>
<p>Exactly. Since the government got rid of the Affirmative Action plan a while back, no public school considers race. Now if he UCSD were a private school, then they would consider it since private schools are obviously not funded by the government, thus they can choose to look at race.</p>
<p>Apply, work hard your senior year, don’t slack off, probably take your SAT again to get it up a tad and write essays that relate to your intended major, and talk about your background, which seems interesting considering the languages you are proficient in.</p>
<p>Having said this, I was admitted for Pre-Med Bioengineering, with an 1810 SAT, and a 4.37 weighted UC GPA.</p>
<p>Apply to UCSC, UCI, UCSB, and some of the Cal-State schools as backups, I wouldn’t go to UC merced or riverside.</p>