Berkeley, UCSD, UC-Irvine, UCLA, UT-Austin, A&M, and Georgia Tech (will chance back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>I am currently a high school senior in TEXAS looking to apply in the Aerospace or Mechanical fields in the fall .</p>

<p>GPA Weighted/Unweighted: 4.5 W/3.4 UW (Rank and GPA were affected due to family emergencies that really took a toll, and everything is mentioned in rec letters)</p>

<p>Rank: 244/625 (top 39%)</p>

<p>SAT: M (730), R (720), W (640) (Composite: 1450/1600) (Total: 2090) (Superscore if it applies: 2120)</p>

<p>SAT II: Taking Math II and Physics in Nov. (Hopefully 800 for Math and 750+ for Physics)</p>

<p>AP/Dual Credit (By the end of SENIOR year): I have only taken Pre-AP and AP courses throughout high school
AP World History
AP Physics B
AP Eng. Language
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C
AP Eng. Lit
AP Gov.
Dual Credit courses (at college): US History, Macroecon</p>

<p>Job Experience/Volunteering:
-Worked at Kumon as a tutor/grading papers for 3 months,
-100+ hours at local temple,
-30+ hours with cultural organization,
-15 hours with Engineering club at school
-1000+ hours volunteering in India every summer for 3 months, and helping grandmother.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Varsity and JV Football (3 years)
-Science Olympiad (won 2 2nd place medals at State, 3 other medals at regionals)
-California Science Fair (won 2nd place for project on how Resonance from Earthquakes affects the Oscillation of Bridges, also won 2 professional judge awards and scholarship money)
-TAME (5th place for Central Texas quiz bowl),
-Aerospace Engineering Internship at UT Austin (also published research paper with aerospace prof. at UT)
-Aerospace Engineering Independent Research (writing research papers)
-Engineering club,
-Aerospace club (Co-founder/ lead designer)
-AP Scholar,
-Played piano for 5 years,
-was in TAG (talented and gifted program) since 6th grade,
-active member of cultural group with volunteering and running programs,
-volunteering at my local temple.
-working on PLTW Engineering Diploma (STEM courses)</p>

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<p>Hello? Can I get some replies? I will chance back! :)</p>

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<p>Berkeley and LA seems like a high reach for you. If you got a better score om SAT, maybe… gpa seems a bit low too… but ECs are fabulous so i think you have decent chances in other colleges</p>

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<p>EC’s great, unweighted GPA low and SAT within range for UC’s.
UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Low Reach
UCI: High Match</p>

<p>Are you able to pay full fees of $55K/year for the UC’s?? If so, you would be a more attractive candidate.</p>

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<p>ECs are excellent, but 2090 SAT is a bit typical and a 3.4 is very underwhelming for a competitive, impacted major like engineering. For your major, all 4 UCs are probably a reach (according to their website, their absolute minimum GPA is 3.4). </p>

<p>Not saying that being accepted to these schools is impossible, but perhaps you should apply to more safeties? ^^</p>

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<p>For OOS students, the minimum required GPA is 3.4 but this is weighted using the UC GPA calculation:
<a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I forgot about UCB which would be a Reach also.</p>