Are my chances gone now?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all I am a sophomore now and I go to a very competitive school in Irvine. Well this year I screwed up back and I didn't accomplish my goals :(</p>

<p>my grades:
1st semester
tech - A
AP European History - B-
Biology - B
Spanish 1 - A+
Geometry - B+</p>

<p>2nd semester
Honors British Lit - B
Spanish 2 - A+
AP European History - B+ (89.4 - almost had that A! :()
Biology - B+ (89.9 - teacher wouldn't round up grr again!)
Boys Team Volleyball - A</p>

<p>My overall weighted GPA for this year is 3.57... </p>

<p>I want to get into berkeley/Carnegie Mellon/UCLA in the computer science field, is that still possible?</p>

<p>Next year (junior) i am taking:
AP English Language & Composition
AP US History
AP Art History
Honors Algebra2/trig
Spanish 3
Chemistry
Advanced Web design </p>

<p>Please help</p>

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<p>If you do really well junior year you should be ok</p>

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<p>For UCs - you must get straight As next year since they are heavily gpa/rank based.</p>

<p>For CMU- just do better and do well on the SATs.</p>

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<p>could somebody calculate my overall UC GPA if i do get straight As next year? (including sophomore year)</p>

<p>i hope it is close to 4.0 weighted?</p>

<p>thanks for the advice guys</p>

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<p>-bump-</p>

<p>anyone else? please help me</p>

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<p>Assuming:
-sophomore: volleyball grade not counted
-junior: "advanced web design" not counted
-junior: will have 6 semesters of academic classic
-junior: straight A's
-added a maximum 8 extra points for honors/AP</p>

<p>...your UC GPA should be around 4.09.</p>

<p>If you score 2050+ on SAT1 and 2x 750+ on SAT2, you will have a shot at UCB & UCLA and easily be a match for CMU. Good luck!</p>

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<p>UCLA/ Cal - reach</p>

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<p>is 4.09 weighted really good enough for berkeley? I thought their average is 4.3</p>

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<p>that is why I said reach. Average is 4.25</p>

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<p>cliff_hanger:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach (Engineering/Computer Science)</p>

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<p>knowing that I still have junior year, what can I do to improve my chances?</p>

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<p>Make all A's maybe? :) Generic response, I know.</p>

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<p>what are you EC's?</p>

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<p>Is this Uni? (Or Northwood, tho I'm less familiar with them...they take less from Woodbridge - maybe top 30, and dunno about Irvine)</p>

<p>If so, UCLA/UCB take maybe the top 70ish people. If you're in that group, you should be OK. ECs matter less for UCB, more for UCLA, and I know someone with similar stats (atrocious sophomore year, but had an upward trend for junior + senior year) going to UCLA engineering next year (impacted major, harder to get in) from Uni. Straight As and top SATs don't matter that much because the schools are pretty well regarded...</p>

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<p>Next year will probably be even harder so if you struggled this year, don't be surprised if you crumble under the work load.</p>

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<p>yeah im in sort of ur situation. hope u do well junior year</p>