What sat/act score will i need to get into UCSD?

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<p>I’m a Chinese female living in SF. i go to a highly competitve high school known for its academic excellence (Lowell High School, if you’ve heard of it)</p>

<p>freshman GPA for both semesters: 3.83 (i got B’s in Accel Math1H, an honors math course)</p>

<p>sophomore GPA:
1st sem: 3.86 unweighted; 4.16 weighted
2nd sen: 3.67 weighted; 4.0 weighted</p>

<p>junior GPA:
1st sem: don’t know yet, but it’s likely to fall between 3.5-3.6 unweighted, (4.0-4.2 weighted)
2nd sem: hope to raise it up to at least 3.8 unweighted</p>

<p>hon/AP courses that i have taken and am currently taking: Accel Math 1/2H, Geo 1/2H, Pre-Calc 1/2H, Chem Hon 1/2H, AP Chem 1/2H, English 71H, APWH 1/2, APUSH 1/2</p>

<p>hon/AP that i’ll take senior year: Physics Hon1/2, AP Bio 1/2, AP Econ, Chinese 5/6 H, AP Calc BC</p>

<p>EC: volunteers club (150+ hrs), red cross club (50+ hrs), pre-med club (3 years so far), recycling club (2 yrs), Varsity softball (will be 4 yrs)
<–yeah, i know it’s sorta lacking</p>

<p>my psat scores were pretty bad (like projected 1600s bad), but i have sat prepped on my own since december…so what’s the approximate sat or act score i need to safely get into ucsd, uc berkely, ucla, ucd, uop (for pre-pharmacy)? any thoughts?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>Rough estimates:
Cal/UCLA: 2250+
UCSD: 1950+
UCD: 1850</p>

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<p>2250…thats pretty high…</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree with TheRighteous, a UCSD rep came to my school back in October and she said the average is usually about 1950 (which is my exact score so hopefully I’ll be okay)</p>

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<p>Go to the Vicci center and check out the big red book (IIRC). It lists all acceptances/rejections for all Lowell graduates to all of the schools that they applied to along with their GPA and SAT scores. That should give you a good idea.</p>

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<p>since UCSD goes by point system, wouldn’t there be no fixed score/GPA/etc in any category (i.e. one may be accepted with a high gpa and so-so SAT and vice-versa)?</p>

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<p>yes point system but to be a match u need a 4.08 weighted and a 1950. If uw ant to be safe u need to be above in one category. gl!: )</p>

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<p>UCSD has some special system for Lowell because of the rigor of the school. I was nowhere near the cutoff and still got in. All that’s required for Lowell is a 3.6ish weighted, from my experience but take a look at the big red book and it will tell you for sure. If you haven’t been able to tell, I went to Lowell.</p>