UCSD Admissions Help

Colleges & Universities University of California - San Diego
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<p>I want to major in biology general but I’m not sure whether or not I’d be able to get into UCSD that way. And I don’t know which college is easier to get in. (I checked UCSD statistics and they said Warren accepted the most students, but according to posts (that are around my GPA and SAT range) most of them got into revelle. I’m a bit confused, so please help! Here are my stats. please tell me what you think.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2100
SAT 2: US History 720, Literature 670
UC GPA: 3.9
EC: Piano 11 years, Violin 6 years, Viola 3 years, Staffwriter on school newspaper, member of the Debate team, and I have a black belt in Tae-Kwan-Doe.
Community Service: Heritage Park Library, Asian American Cultural Foundation, Environmental Club, and CSF (active member).</p>

<p>AP scores: US History: 5, Environmental 4</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Chinese (1st Generation)</p>

<p>umm…so help please? I know there are other threads for this, but yeah…so help? ^-^;;</p>

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<p>Biology isn’t an impacted major, only Biomedical Engineering, I think. So that shouldn’t change your chances. In terms of colleges, Muir is the most-applied to every year, and Revelle is probably the least-liked. I think UCSD is a pretty decent match for you. Your UC GPA is a little bit under the average, but your SATs are a pretty good match for UCSD.</p>

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<p>Plug your stats into the formula. Shoot for 7500+. I don’t believe the college preference order you choose affects admission.</p>

<p>And why did you post this three times? In the SAME forum? When it’s not even urgent?</p>

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<p>nice stats, just say you played a varsity sport and you hav a very good chance of getting in</p>

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<p>The particular college is irrelevant regarding asmissions to UCSD per se (you get accepted to UCSD - then you get admitted/assigned to a college).</p>

<p>Your race is irrelevant regarding admissions as well since the UCs don’t use racial bias.</p>

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<p>This is a joke. Don’t lie. They fact check a number of applications. You don’t want to get into college and then be expelled with nowhere to turn but a community college.</p>

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<p>i don’t think putting a blatant lie like varsity sports is a good idea.</p>

<p>plus, playing varsity sports doesn’t get you any points to my understanding.</p>

<p>you only earn points if you’re a captain/co-captain, or am i mistaken?</p>

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<p>liars lie
(random char)</p>

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<p>well then, say you were captain. its no biggie</p>

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<p>not worth lying. just be honest…better to be safe than sorry</p>

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<p>taekwondo! i put that on my app too! (and it’s the truth :])</p>

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<p>chipsahuy is awesome.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance to get accepted by UCSD. Make sure you write a good essay and if you plan to mention “Tae-Kwan-Doe,” be sure to spell it as Tae Kwon Do. I know spelling isn’t as important as content, but think about it, it’s an essay you write to college admissions and if they see grammar, spelling mistakes, readers will assume you weren’t very serious with going to UC colleges. I had par stats, much lower compared to urs and I got in with no problem. Just make sure you do your best on ur essay. Good luck.</p>

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<p>simsangwon, if you don’t mind me asking, what were your stats?</p>

<p>any hooks?</p>

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<p>Response to The Brian:
Absolutely no hooks. Here’s my stats that I reported to UCSD:</p>

<p>SAT: 1940
SAT II: Korean - 800, Math 2C - 740
GPA: 3.57 unweighted</p>

<p>Here’s my ECs:

  • Black Belt Tae Kwon Do / TKD Instrutor for 6-7 month / 2nd Place LA Open
  • Piano / CM Advanced / Branch Honor Pianist / 1st place won at SYMF compeition
  • Vice President of Chess Club, co-president of Guitar Club, Vice President of Japanese club
  • Yearbook Photographer 05-06
  • And a load of community service
  • Viola 2 Years / Performed with Organization that helped autistic patients
  • Tutor, Piano Teacher
  • Cross Country 3 Years
  • Volley Ball JV 2 Years
  • Soccer Assistant Coach / Manager
  • I’ll stop here.</p>

<p>I have to say I was very active in my high school years. But I know many of my friends that didn’t do much outside of school and get in with no problem. (3.5 average GPA)</p>

<p>But my speculation is that those who were accepted must have written a good essay because there as many students like them who got rejected by UCSD. UCSD can be very picky in their decisions nowdays, so don’t just depend on ur numbers. Your essay is THE MOST IMPORTANT.</p>

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<p>Actually, they’ve noted that they only use the essay to better allocate points. Like if you write about hardships or something, then they’ll just know to put points into that category. They don’t use it to assess your personality or your writing skills at all. And Simsangwon, your SATIIs were quite good, so that probably gave you some points. Plus leadership points for being president/vp of some clubs.</p>

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<p>simsangwon, did you know your UCGPA?</p>

<p>i have something like a 3.6 UW GPA and a 3.8-3.9 UCGPA, so it was probably a lot higher for you as well.</p>

<p>as for the essay, i will write about a personal chllange/hardship in one of my topics, so hopefully that’ll help work to my advantage.</p>

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<p>what? uhh, i have a 3.6 unweighted GPA, but i calculated my UC GPA to be like 3.0…did i do something wrong?</p>

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<p>sophmore+junior years only; only a-g courses (math, sciences, art, english, foreign language, history); all certified honors/ap are given an extra point (A=5, B=4, etc.)</p>

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<p>not all honors or ap are given extra points so be careful when you calculate your GPA. Its only 8 semesters worth and no more than 2 can come from 10th grade. And it does change your UC GPA, I had 3 APs and Spanish H in 11th grad ebut b/c I had AP World in 10th grade, one of these 5 year long courses wont be waited. One year long course not waited will just drop your UC GPA from like 3.7 to 3.6…hope that clears that up</p>