I’m applying to…
- UCSC (Santa Cruz)
- UCSD (San Diego)
- UCSB (Santa Barbara)
- UCLA (Los Angeles)
!!! I’m applying out of state!!!
GPA(UC) - 4.1
Act - 27 (recently took one after actually studying and believe I did a lot better)
AP Scores - Comp gov(5), US Fov(4)… Taking more this year
- pretty challenging classes
- I have been talking a lot to reps from each school
- EC… Soccer for 10 years (played varsity soccer 4 years at my school which is currently 16th in the U.S.), premier soccer for 8 years, competitive surfing in junior WCT events, couple clubs, work as a soccer ref and surf instructor, spring and winter track for 2 years
Thanks!
Intended major? And since your are OOS, my usual question is are these schools affordable at $55K/year with little no financial aid?
UCSB is the only school on your list that considers level of interest. Are you being recruited for Soccer?
Environmental studies/policy… Money is no issye
Not being recruited. What do you mean that UCSB is the ink school that considers interest?
If you check the common dataset for each school on your list, you will find the UCSB is the only school which considers an applicant’s interest in the school as part of the application review. The other UC’s, UCLA/UCSC and UCSD do not consider an applicant’s interest in the school for admission purposes. You stated that you had been in contact with reps from the schools so I assumed you thought that this would help in the admission process.
You have a good GPA which helps for the UC’s since they are very GPA focused but your current ACT is below the 25th percentile for UCSD and UCLA.
Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:
UCLA: 14%
UCSD: 39%
UCSB: 49%
UCSC: 83%
UCSC: Match
UCSB: High Match
UCSD: Low Reach
UCLA: Reach
You might want to add UC Davis which is highly ranked for Environmental Studies/Science and Policy. It would be a Match-High Match for you.
http://www.caes.ucdavis.edu/students/future/academics