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I applied to
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
UC Santa Cruz
UC San Diego
CSU Long Beach
CSU Chico
Sonoma State
San Diego State

I have a 1280 SAT (700 Math, 580 Verbal)
SAT 2 - 640 US History, 620 Writing(waiting for new scores), and 660 IC(waiting for new scores)
AP US - score 3
a few extra curriculars...dance for 3 years

Where do you think I'll get in???

By Aerin04 (Aerin04) on Monday, December 08, 2003 - 07:04 pm: Edit

Okay, state schools... definitely in.
UC's... SB in, SC in, davis and SD 60% chance.

Eventhough I don't know your GPA, I think your stats are really good for where you applied! Plus, I know at least 2 ppl at Davis and 1 person at SD with scores lower than you. You'll be fine! good luck!

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Monday, December 08, 2003 - 07:12 pm: Edit

Oops...I left out my GPA.
I have a 3.53

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Monday, December 08, 2003 - 07:14 pm: Edit

I have a 3.53 GPA

By Sunnycagrl15 (Sunnycagrl15) on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 12:11 am: Edit

dude sfbbgurl that is sooo weird, we have like the same grades/SAT scores. mines a 3.545 gpa, and 1330 SATs, 730, 530 and 640 SAT IIs, and i applied at like all the same schools as u!
UCSB
UCSC
UCI
UCD
CSULB
SDSU
good luck! i hope we both get in....if u want some more opinions u can look at my thread, "avg student's chances at UCs??"...i got a lot of responses and since our scores and schools are the same, they should apply to u too

By Culovv (Culovv) on Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 12:29 am: Edit

in at all of them.

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 07:20 pm: Edit

Hey, Sunnycagrl15...i checked out your thread about the avg students chances at UC's....it was helpful. My top choice is also Santa Barbara. I completely fell in love with the school when i visited it over spring break last year. Oh and just to update people...i have been accecpted to CSU Chico...no surprise there, but atleast im in somewhere now!!! I just hate waiting on the UC's.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 07:47 pm: Edit

hey, seems like everyone wants to go to Santa Barbara, such an awesome school and location. I just got accepted to Arizona, thats how I felt about it, atleast i'm in somewhere! I think you're in at all the UC's personally. Where in San Francisco are you from? I absolutely love (parts of) San Francisco, unfortunately, i live on the other side of the bay and it takes me 30 mins by Bart to get there. My cousins live there though.

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 07:50 pm: Edit

I live in Noe Valley...if you know where that is. Congrats about being accecpted to Arizona...that is truly great. I hope you like it there.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:07 pm: Edit

I didn't apply to Arizona under ED, or anything like that. I'd much rather go to Santa Barbara or a few other UC's, hopefully i'll get in somewhere else and have those schools as options to me. My parents have some friends that live in Noe Valley. I don't personally go there often, i've only been there a few times, it's past Market st and in a valley (hence the name) right? How'd you like growing up in San Francisco? Some day i'd love to live there.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:14 pm: Edit

Savedbythebell7 leaves college confidential for the night singing the Journey song....

"When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on the bay, I want to be there in my city,
Ooh, ooh."

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 04:02 pm: Edit

I love San Francisco!!! There is so much diversity and so many great people. But like any place once you've been there for so long you just cant wait to get out, which is why the closest school i applied to is Sonoma State. Haha! The only thing is the weather is kinda too foggy all the time...but thats not a bad thing...just personally i prefer warmer weather like 70 or 75 degrees.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 09:14 pm: Edit

I also prefer warmer weather. Its foggy alot here too, probably not as much as San Francisco and we have warmer weather during the summer. I don't think SF is ever above 80 degrees. Just out of curiosity have you ever taken BART into Walnut Creek before? because i mean i always take BART into San Francisco, but i was just wondering if its the reverse for you.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Monday, December 15, 2003 - 09:20 pm: Edit

Also a major downside to San Francisco is all the homeless people. One minute you can be in a relatively nice neighborhood, then all of a sudden you're surrounded by crack fiends.

By Sfbbgurl (Sfbbgurl) on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 11:32 pm: Edit

I dont go into Walnut Creek, usually Berkeley though. I love Telegraph Ave! Yeah the homelessness is a problem but i've learned to deal with it. It's not like they actually bother you, all they want is money. Just ignore them and everything is fine. Either way i still love the city!

By Choachoad (Choachoad) on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 03:15 pm: Edit

Sorry to interrupt but can you guys rate my stuff?

GPA: 3.63 UW 4.15 UC weighted at very difficult high school. class size 400, no class rank.
I am taking a sophmore lane math class at Stanford in linear algebra/multivariable calc. Got an "A" in the first quarter.
SAT I: 1490 (800 M, 690 V)
SAT II: MATHIIC-790, Physics-740, Writing-710
EC: 4 years football, 3 years varsity (all-league my senior year)
4 years tennis, 1 year varsity (expected)
Symphonic band 4 years, jazz band 4 years ,pep band 4 years, marching band 4 years (both 1st chair for trumpet all 4 years)
2 years county honor band selection
3 years science olympiad officer, (our team placed 3rd in california last year)
AP TESTS- BC CALC 5, AP CHEM 3
also, ive gotten golden state awards, did an internship in MRI research at stanford this past summer, have done math programs the past three summers at various universities.
I'm looking at UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, Stanford, UofMich Ann Arbor, Northwestern

thanks

By Ddanthro (Ddanthro) on Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 04:23 am: Edit

Choachoad. It is clear that your heart is in California. I did some graduate work at UCLA before I went on the University of London for my Ph.D. Given your high SAT scores, you are likely to have a very good chance at the UC's because the UC's give more absolute weight to numbers. This is not true at private schools. You need to do something to make yourself stand out from the thousands of other highly qualified applicants, if you intend to get into a top private school like Stanford or Northwestern. Use your essays to distinguish yourself. Have you done something unusual? Use this to your advantage.