OT: College admission criteria

[ltsddd]

[quote=scaredyclassic]I dont think uci has a premed program.[/quote]

lol. May be the parents meant UCR. UCR has a cool premed program that, if a student qualified, would fast-track a student straight into its medical school

[ltsddd]

[quote=Coronita]Now if a kid is directionless after a 4 year college, he/she probably wasted the equivalent of a starter home. So if there is any shred of doubt, maybe the JC route for some kids is a better option until they get their act together.
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I think every parent should give JC a hard look. Go to JC for 2 years then transfer, unless that freshman-year college experience is that important for the kid. Otherwise, don’t see why parents want to pay $30K/year just to take general ed at a UC school for the first 2 years.

[Coronita]

Sorry, I don’t get it. What do you mean by “holistic”?

Are you saying that for UCI, you get extra considerations for example if you from a challenging environment?

[ltsddd]

[quote=Coronita]Sorry, I don’t get it. What do you mean by “holistic”?

Are you saying that for UCI, you get extra considerations for example if you from a challenging environment?[/quote]

Yup.

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/how-applications-are-reviewed.html

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=ltsddd][quote=Coronita]Now if a kid is directionless after a 4 year college, he/she probably wasted the equivalent of a starter home. So if there is any shred of doubt, maybe the JC route for some kids is a better option until they get their act together.
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I think every parent should give JC a hard look. Go to JC for 2 years then transfer, unless that freshman-year college experience is that important for the kid. Otherwise, don’t see why parents want to pay $30K/year just to take general ed at a UC school for the first 2 years.[/quote]

Transferring is very difficult now. Not like old days

[scaredyclassic]

Having kids is just too uncertain and scary.

My poor parents, so many years of me being a floating dopey fuckup broke with no plan and a weird attitude

Mustve aged them 10 years.

[outtamojo]

[quote=ltsddd][quote=Coronita]Sorry, I don’t get it. What do you mean by “holistic”?

Are you saying that for UCI, you get extra considerations for example if you from a challenging environment?[/quote]

Yup.

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/how-applications-are-reviewed.html%5B/quote%5D

Yeah my son did not have good extracurriculars- only athletics.
Some of his friends got accepted by UCB, UCLA and UCI with similar GPA SAT but they were into student gov. and academic clubs
and their parents were not college grads also lived in a less expensive zip code and cough cough not asian.

My guess is if you do 1200-1400 SAT and 3.7 to about 4.o GPA, have college educated parents and higher priced zip code they kinda assume you’ve had access to all kinds of SAT prep courses and tutoring and such so by those numbers you are just average or equivalent
to someone with a lower GPA/SAT from a bombed out high school. But a 1050 still seems very low to me- that’s like UC Merced or something.

A lot of schools seem to like students who look like they are gonna make a lot of noise professionally when they graduate so they can claim ownership of that person.

Wasn’t there a discussion a while back about getting exceptional grades at a low rated high school vs average grades at a top ranked high school or is that info too old to be relevant for now?

Things are just gonna get even more confusing with the SAT waiver.

[Hobie]

I think a good strategy is cultivate some good letters of recommendation. Or play some obscure sport like fencing!

[Coronita]

[quote=Hobie]I think a good strategy is cultivate some good letters of recommendation. Or play some obscure sport like fencing![/quote]

How about curling? Hey we won gold at the last winter games!!!!

[Coronita]

[quote=outtamojo]

Wasn’t there a discussion a while back about getting exceptional grades at a low rated high school vs average grades at a top ranked high school or is that info too old to be relevant for now?

Things are just gonna get even more confusing with the SAT waiver.[/quote]

See here’s the problem. My kid does the typical asian kid things. My kid plays the violin. My kid does orchestra. My kid does art. Just like every other asian kid.

Need to do something that different. Maybe sew 1000 face masks for covid?

[outtamojo]

Race one of your cars.

[Coronita]

[quote=outtamojo]Race one of your cars.[/quote]

Funny you should mention that. I can’t wait for my kid when they get a license.

[utcsox]

[quote=Coronita][quote=outtamojo]

Wasn’t there a discussion a while back about getting exceptional grades at a low rated high school vs average grades at a top ranked high school or is that info too old to be relevant for now?

Things are just gonna get even more confusing with the SAT waiver.[/quote]

See here’s the problem. My kid does the typical asian kid things. My kid plays the violin. My kid does orchestra. My kid does art. Just like every other asian kid.

Need to do something that different. Maybe sew 1000 face masks for covid?[/quote]

or follow what this lady did. Probably just secure a full scholarship to an Ivy League school despite a 3.2 GPA and a 1050ish SAT score.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/15-year-collects-12000-protective-masks-hospital-staff/story?id=70444226

[ltsddd]

[quote=outtamojo]But a 1050 still seems very low to me- that’s like UC Merced or something.
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Agreed. That’s quite low. I think you get 300 by simply putting your name down? That’s 600 out of the gate – 300 for math + 300 verbal. And I think they stop penalizing wrong answers. A 3.2 gpa (weighted or not) is actually kind of a joke.

[quote=outtamojo]
Wasn’t there a discussion a while back about getting exceptional grades at a low rated high school vs average grades at a top ranked high school or is that info too old to be relevant for now?
[/quote]
This is kind of a double edge sword. It may increase the chances of getting in. It also may increase the chances of dropping out. If a kid went to a low rated school and didn’t get the preparation needed for a 4-year college, then they are very unlikely to last more than a year (I am talking about STEM here).

[svelte]

[quote=ltsddd]

I think every parent should give JC a hard look. Go to JC for 2 years then transfer, unless that freshman-year college experience is that important for the kid. Otherwise, don’t see why parents want to pay $30K/year just to take general ed at a UC school for the first 2 years.[/quote]

I’m with you here buddy.

In fact, I only paid part of my kid’s college – they had to pick up the rest.

I think UC is overrated personally. I’ve got a State degree and make more $$ than friends that went to UC and two Harvard grads I know! In fact, the Harvard grads work for me!

People think through college rankings too much. Get a good education and put the rest of your energy to performing well on the job.

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