Hey, I’m a sophomore and I’m freaking out about college. You know, just one of those things. As I am a sophomore I haven’t done the SAT or ACT yet. Disregarding that information, please look at the stats I can offer so far… Am I doing okay? Do you guys have any advice? I know I’m still too young to be worrying about these things but it can’t be helped, haha. Thank you.
(I don’t really know much about the whole major-minor thing… But I think i want to go in as undecided?)
10th -
AP Euro
Honors English
Honors Pre Calculus
Spanish
Yearbook
Chemistry
11th - (these are classes that I will take)
AP US History
AP Lang
AP Calculus AB
AP Environmental Sci
AP Art
Spanish
Yearbook
GPA (UC): 4.33
EC’s -
President of the Art Movement
President of LINK (Liberty In North Korea)
Editor-in-chief in Yearbook
Volunteering: 500 hours
Summer Activities
Mexico Mission trip: building houses
Milar Mission: providing service for disabled children
Pasadena Art Center Programs
Cello: CM Lvl 4 (honors), 7 (honors, 8
Competitions: won 4th at Westerns
Operated Media and made financial decisions for Church
Class Representative for Church Assembly
CSUN Youth Philarharmonic
Member of US-Korean Alliance
Volunteered over 200 hours
Other Information:
In-state
Female
Asian
(btw I’m new to college confidential. there are so many forums!?!?! can anyone tell me the best place to go with this sort of question??)
Try going to the “Colleges and Universities” site; then “C” for University of California for general posts or for specific UC’s: UC Riverside, UCLA, UC Berkeley, etc.
From my cursory review of what you listed above, it looks like you are on the right track in terms of courses, weighted GPA (for UCB; UCLA) and EC’s. For UCB and UCLA, concentrate on getting at least a 2050 to 2100 SAT score; UCSD and UCD about 2000 SAT score; UCI, UCSB around 1900 to 2000+, and the other UC’s, probably around 1750+. The GPA can be lower for the lower tier UC’s, but at least get a 3.6+ to have a better chance, especially if you have a higher SAT score. The UC’s take a “holistic” approach in reviewing applicants and they look at the GPA, SAT/ACT, EC’s and the essay as a whole in your application. Go to the UC website or google to get an idea of the various GPAs and/or SAT scores and the percentage of acceptance to a particular UC.
I forgot to mention that beginning March 2016, the SAT scoring will go from the 2400 scoring format to a 1600 scoring format. A 2100 under the current format is 1400 in the new format beginning in March 2016. This new format will be effective by the time you are a junior. There are juniors who take the SAT early prior to their senior year. Also, you might want to evaluated whether you want to take the ACT in lieu of the SAT or take both and submit either the SAT or ACT.
