The Official UC Chance Thread

Chance me?

Out Of State Student

School:

  • Relatively small HS in Northern Virginia

UC GPA: 4.38

Ranking (at the end of junior year):

  • 25/425

New SAT Math: 670
New SAT Reading/Writing: 720
Essay Reading: 7
Essay Analysis: 4
Essay Writing: 7

Total: 1390

SAT IIs: None (By the time I realized I should’ve taken these, it was too late, rip)

AP Scores:

  • World History - 2 (yes, i submitted this score. ngl I hated ap world)
  • Eng Language - 4
  • Psychology - 4
  • Macroeconomics - 4
  • Microeconomics - 5
  • U.S. History - 5

11 grade Courses

  • AP Economics (micro+macro)
  • AP Eng Lang/Comp
  • AP Psychology
  • AP US History
  • Math Analysis (Honors-out of state, basically precalc but harder)
  • Physics
  • Spanish IV (Honors-out of state)

12 grade Courses

  • Spanish V (Honors-out of state)
  • Writing Center I (english elective, morning classes for tutoring in school)
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP U.S. & Comp Government (combo)
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Eng Lit & Comp
  • Art I

Extracurriculars:

  • 3 years as officer in FELT, which is a selective school leadership team
  • 2 years as Secretary & Co-Founder in LSCC, volunteer community service
  • 2 years as officer in Teen Leadership Council for a library to organize/plan activities
  • 2 years as VP of Math Honor Society
  • 1 year in ASC, basically Writing Center I which is a voluntary course to tutor in English
  • 4 years in Speech & Debate
  • 2 years in MUN
  • 1 year in Asian American Student Association
  • 1 year in Varsity Tennis (10th grade lmao)

Ethnicity:

  • I’m actually very diverse. My 4 grandparents basically give me these ethnic backgrounds: Mexican, Korean, Italian, English. I put all four because I simply cannot ignore (roughly) a fourth of me, but I hope the admin doesn’t think I’m exaggerating.

Income:

  • Upper middle class bracket

Berkeley: Interdisciplinary Studies
Davis: Sociology
Irvine: Criminology, Law & Society
Riverside: Political Science/International Affairs
San Diego: Political Science - International Relations
Santa Barbara: Political Science

Note: All alternative majors are Political Science

Thank you for taking the time out of your day if you respond after reading this. I really appreciate it as a stressed senior in hs, haha! And sorry if this is too much information