Are the top UC's even in my reach anymore?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My GPA is pretty high, 4.3 beginning of this year. But I've already used all my AP/H credit points, so even with A's, it's dropping with each semester. By Senior year I'll have maybe a 4.1. </p>

<p>Estimated scores for classes</p>

<p>Sophomore:
World Lit A A
Chem H A A
World History A A
Chinese 3 A A
Precalc H A C</p>

<p>Junior:
Lit H A A
Humanities A A
Chinese 4 H A A
History AP A A
Physics H A A
Calc AB AP B B</p>

<p>Estimated WGPA: 4.09
New SAT 1950. (hope to fix)
SAT II: mid 600 (hope to fix)</p>

<p>My ECs are decent. </p>

<p>-President of INTERACT community service club
-President of Christian Club
-Ministry Team leader at church
-Worship team leader at church
-Went to NY to help a homeless shelter start their programs
-Went to HK on a mission trip.</p>

<p>-Do I even have a chance at UCs like Berkeley, LA, or SD? Or do I have to start thinking of another route?</p>

<p>-I'll be spending my senior year at De Anza College with a special program. Is this going to help or hurt my chances?</p>

<p>-Is there anything else I can do to try to make my app look good?</p>

<p>-I have a feeling there's a lot I've left out...but class starts in ten minutes so that's all for now.</p>

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<p>FilmmakerJack:</p>

<p><em>1000th post special</em></p>

<p>UCLA/UCB: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCD/UCSB/UCI: Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safe Match</p>

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<p>Good chance at UCSD but Berk and La are reaches. If you do fabulous essays about helping the homless and stuff that will really help you.</p>

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<p>since when is your ec's decent. can't wait to see what is good</p>

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<p>Boost the SAT score and try to find an EC or two that isn't directly related to church (church activities look good, but not good enough to cover for a lack of school ECs). Applications are an art form -- you have a lot of the raw material, you just need to sell yourself correctly (i.e. make sure your essays are breathtaking)</p>