CA UC's schools only!!! Evaluate please--> Do i have any chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Well, I'm a hs junior in Southern CA at Troy hs. These are my stats:
Current GPA: 4.0 W; 3.0 u/w (i know...it sucks....schools kicking my butt)
Soph GPA: 4.1 W
Freshmen GPA 4.3 W <em>downward spiral :(</em>
**Currently taking most rigorous courses at school: AP/IB class (all honors)</p>

<p>New SAT: 2040 (retake in oct): math 680, reading 720, writing 640
SAT II: Math 2c 670 (retake in june w/ us hist and/or physics)
PSAT: 199</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity Tennis team: soph-senior year
JV Tennis: freshmen
9th Grade<br>
·Key Club
·Christian Music Club
·Principal’s Honor Roll-1st/2nd semester
·Honors at entrance
10th Grade
·Mexico Mission Summer 2003 (volunteer 100 hrs)
·Christian Music Club Treasurer
·Computer Programming Game Club Secretary
·Christian Bible Study Club
·Tennis League Doubles Champion (JV)
·2003-2004 Varsity Tennis Team Semi-finalist
·Principal’s Honor Roll-1st/ 2nd semester
11th Grade
·TACL Journalism Internship (volunteer)
·Christian Refuge Club (next year board member)
·Principal’s Honor Roll-1st semester</p>

<p>Schools i want/need to make:
UCB (hope)
UCLA (hope)
UCSD (really want)
UCI</p>

<p>Can you tell me which are matches are not?</p>

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<p>UCB: Reach (grades)
UCLA: slight reach
UCSD: match
UCI: safe match, maybe safety</p>

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<p>too bad it doesnt seem like UC's give any compensation for going to a competitive school like troy =(</p>

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<p>Here's what's going on. UCSD is the school you "really want", but it happens to be a UC that's only second to UCLA for highest average GPA (3.98). This will REALLY hurt you. Your SAT scores are pretty good for UCSD, about a 1360 equivalent, but you're going to need to get that higher to compensate for the GPA. Your EC's seem to go beyond UCSD standards so that's good. My guess is that you're going into CS or something? You go to Troy which is magnet heaven for computers, math, and science. This is where you go.. "why did i go to Troy?" It's a VERY good school, one of the best, but unfortunately UC's are only going to accept so many people from one school, this is why class rank plays a role. Your grades are not up to par and even your SAT scores are pretty average for Troy... even though I would take your scores over mines anyday.</p>

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<p>It looks like his GPA is about 4.1. So why would a 3.98 avg hurt him really badly?</p>

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<p>get flospy to comment on you tho. he's the UC pro</p>

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<p>It's true that he's pulling off a 4.1, but his UW is a 3.0. I know UC's look at weighted, but an UW 3.0 is ridiculous, that's pretty much all B's. Even with the rigorous cirriculum, that many B's isn't going to help him. I still commend him for being able to stand out in such a school like Troy. If somehow UCSD looks pass that UW GPA, then you're in with your stats right now. Just for some insurance that SAT might want to go up 100 points. It's really kind of stupid how c/o 2006 is the test dummy for everything! First we get the CAHSEE (doesn't matter that's easy), then we get the new SAT, and now UCSD is only accepting Math Level 2 for 2006 (this is fine with me, but the rest of my school has no clue on the difference between Math I and II). All this stuff just means that our year is going to be the hardest on admissions, so I would pad as much stuff as you can on your stats just to make sure you get in. Remember, you can't afford to catch senioritis too early next year!!! Wait after December 1st... After that just don't get revoked.</p>

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<p>Mr. BRIguy:</p>

<p>UCB: Reach
UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI: Safe Match</p>

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<p>Thanks guys for the comments....any other suggestions before I go on with this year and into the summer?</p>

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<p>O....and how do you calculate your UC gpa....its it by their a-g courses thing and honors credit thing? Also, please look at the my post above and answer if you can....Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Hey remember this
UCs only assign 8 extra grade points for honors classes. If u tak ne more, an A is a 4, B is a 3 etc</p>