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UCLA,UCB,and UCD
Race/Gender: African-American/Male
GPA:4.08-4.1(w),3.75 uw
SAT:1360
SAT2's: 800 Us history, 680 writing,580 math1c
EC: A whole bunch of music ec's...dont feel like listing them all.

I was wondering if this person also has a good shot at USC.

By Jon (Jon) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 05:46 pm: Edit

yes/yes/yes/yes

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 06:10 pm: Edit

lol thnx.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 08:34 pm: Edit

anyone else.

By Invisible (Invisible) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 08:45 pm: Edit

Yepp/yep/definitely

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 08:49 pm: Edit

Thnx... I was wondering why you guys think he has a good chance..? I thought he was an avg or maybe less than avg applicant.

By Invisible (Invisible) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 08:52 pm: Edit

Well, for one thing you're GPA and SAT scores are pretty high. I'd work on the SAT2 Math score, though. And as for being average, can't really tell. There are other factors to be looked at, like ECs.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 09:10 pm: Edit

LOL ya i know...ok well here are my ec's: marching band,clarinet choir,In USA NEWS TODAY, section leader(as a sophomore),clarinet lessons, conservatory music theory,AASU(prez),Debate,CSF,Interact,Latino Unidos, community service(goes with interact),and I run track. Invisible.... I see you were admitted to Berr. Do you have aim.. if you dont minde me asking.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 07:25 pm: Edit

bump

By Celestia (Celestia) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 02:43 am: Edit

UCD yes, UCLA and UCB are wildcards so don't "expect" acceptances or rejections. some of the people around here are so berating.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 06:58 pm: Edit

thnx celestia.. sry guys i forgot 2 mention UCSD...chances??

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 08:28 pm: Edit

bump

By Princess_Banana (Princess_Banana) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:10 pm: Edit

the second line of his post = definitely

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:15 pm: Edit

wait..... what and who are you talking about lol?

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 01:59 am: Edit

bump

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 06:38 pm: Edit

bump

By 1212 (1212) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 12:19 am: Edit

they mean your race. The affirmitive action promotes African Americans in universities, thus amplifing chances of acceptances by universites. But dont worry about it, your sats are in the middle 50 % of the student population of those universities, and your extra carriculars are unique. Dont get upset by the racial refference, i think you probably would be qualified, white black yellow brown purple pink whatever

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 07:04 pm: Edit

I appreciate the complimant 1212. I thought race wasnt a factor in the UC admission process. Oh and i thought my stats were a lil' over 50% for UCD o well watever. Thanks again

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 07:10 pm: Edit

In the case of UCB, if you're doing engineering, you're chances are certainly not "yes" or "definitely." Your race will certainly help...a lot...but engineering at Cal is quite competitive (it's only rated #2 in the country at all...).

Other than that, I'd say that you have a very strong shot at Berkeley and UCLA, and you're a shoe-in at UCD and USC.

By Blah1111 (Blah1111) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 07:16 pm: Edit

The UC system abandoned the affirmative action policy that favors students of one color over another; applications are read without regard to the candidate's ethnicity, and it only serves a statistical purpose. You can see that the UC schools' ethnic compositions are not as balanced as many of the other top (private) schools.

That said, you're a fairly qualified student at all of the institutions you listed. However, your GPA and SAT II scores are a bit low for Berkeley and UCLA.

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 07:24 pm: Edit

Oh, really? In that case...

UCB: Hard, but possible. Engineering would be pushing it. Push up your scores a little and you should be set.
UCLA: Possible, but anything but guaranteed.
UCD: I'd be surprised if you got rejected from UCD. Very surprised.
USC: You have a very good shot.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 07:27 pm: Edit

LOL trust me i'm not going to be an engineer. I suck at math and i got a C in chem. I want to be a history or an IR major. O ya and what about UCSD?

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 11:31 pm: Edit

bump

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 11:49 pm: Edit

You have a very good shot at UCSD. Boosting your scores would ensure your acceptance.

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 12:01 am: Edit

thanks tavilach. Ya as you can see i suck at math... but i took the math 1c soph yr and i never made it up. What school do you think will be the best for a history major.

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 03:49 am: Edit

Honestly, I have absolutely no idea .

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 02:30 pm: Edit

bump

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 02:04 pm: Edit

bump

By Tavilach (Tavilach) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 02:21 pm: Edit

I'd respond more, but I have nothing left to say .

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 04:26 pm: Edit

lol ok

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:33 pm: Edit

bump

By Reelbigloser (Reelbigloser) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 12:16 am: Edit

Berkeley and LA have better history majors than UCSD and UCD. UCB actually has like the second ranked grad school program for history in the country, although I doubt that matters much to undergrads. Good luck with everything!

By Caliplaya03 (Caliplaya03) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 07:33 pm: Edit

thanx