Anybody care to rate dd's chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Since you all seem like experts!</p>

<p>Courses: accelerated math, through 11th grade, AP Stats 11th
pre-honors Eng., 10th gr.; Honors Eng., 11th gr., AP Eng. 12th
(all A's)
accelerated science track - 9th, bio; 10th, chem; 11th,<br>
physiology (all A's in chem and physio; A/B in bio)
3 yrs Spanish
Dance/Arts - 3 yrs (all A's); Photography, 10th (A); Psych, 12th
World Civ, 9th; US History, 11th (A/A); Gov/Econ 12th
UC GPA: 3.67
SAT I - 1050 (540M, 510V)
SAT II - Writing - 570
Math 1C - 540
Spanish (ugh!) - 440
ACT -23
Note - She was diagnosed with a minor LD which affects her ability to finish tests, but unable to get accomodations due to her GPA being too high. UC essay #3 addressed this.</p>

<p>EC - 4 yrs Varsity Soccer
3 years VB, 1 year on Varsity
Student Senator - 10th
Leadership - Conflict Management liaison - 12th
Link - freshmen mentoring program - 12th</p>

<p>CS - 150 hrs.
Awards/Honors - Academic Letter, Scholar Athlete, Photography Dept. Award
Work - had summer jobs before 11th and 12th grade, and has continued her
job this year, approx. 17 hours/week</p>

<p>Personal statement #1 was her long one, addressing her experience hosting 2 completely different exchange students, and how that led her to her choice of career and desire to travel abroad. Statement #2 was about starting a Conflict Management program at her school.</p>

<p>Applications sent:
UCSD
UCD
UCSC
U of Oregon (accepted)
CSU Chico
Sonoma State</p>

<p>I don't think she'll have any problem with the state universities. I'd be interested in your opinions re: UC's, esp. Davis. Oregon is probably her 2nd choice, and may end up being her first, since she wants to major in journalism or communications and they have a solid program for this. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>yeah it looks like Oregon will be a good college for her even though she can probably get into the other choices. . good luck</p>

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<p>How about her chances at Davis? This is her first choice.</p>

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<p>All of your daughters stats are very low for Davis. Average UC GPA there is about 3.9 and average SAT is about 1200. She is low for all UCs. Maybe you should consider a cc for 2 years and then an easy in at a UC. Unless she can convince them in an essay, Merced and Riverside are probably your only UC hopes. My son went through this 3 years ago and went to a cc and is now at UCSD. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Other opinions? I know her test scores are low, but wondering if the universities would take into consideration her LD?</p>

<p>Also, she attends an "underperforming" school. In past years, more of our students have been accepted to UC's than in the neighboring, more affluent schools.</p>

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<p>Although her test scores seem a bit low, she should be able to receive extra selection points for her learning diability and possibly for her low-performing school, she should also get points for some of her leadership roles. It is so hard to guess how many points, and whether it will be sufficient tomake the cut-off. Also, I read somewhere on this site that UC Davis , as the largest UC, has taken on the task of accepting more students. It looks very hopeful for you daughter. Best of Luck ( did you look at the selection criteria on the UCD site?)</p>

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<p>Thanks, jeunger. I've looked at the selection criteria at UCD many times, and I think she has a shot because of the things you mentioned. It's just hard to know what they define as "leadership", "initiative", and "perseverence". If she gets points for those, plus points for having a slight LD (and it is slight, but clearly her test scores don't match her grades), I think that will balance out the lack of points for her low test scores. I guess we'll see!</p>

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<p>UCSD is a bit of a reach, (she'd have to have atleast a GPA of 3.8W, and a 1200 SAT score)
UCD is possible, but again she'd have to have higher SAT scores in order to have a stronger chance.<br>
Im almost positive she can get into UCR though, so thats a plus.</p>