I applied to nearly all of the UC schools for fall 2015 and so far I haven’t been doing well as far as acceptances go. I have an SAT of of 1990, UC gpa of 4.2, and have quite a few upper level classes: HL (honors) chemistry sophomore year, 4 IB (all HL) classes junior year, and 6 IB classes senior year (3 HL), plus four years of foreign language, over 100 hours of community service and 2 sports. So far I have been accepted to UC Davis and wait listed at UCSD and UCSB (my dream school). I am extremely sad about the wait listed schools (especially UCSB), and I’m wondering if there is any chance that I might be accepted to the others I applied to (Irvine, Berkeley, UCLA) even though they are harder to get into? Also, is there any chance to get into UCSB from the wait list or is that highly unlikely?
Any advice or opinions would be highly appreciated. Good luck to everyone waiting for decisions to come out!!
-Just got into Irvine, much more hopeful.