California bound...but where??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OK, thanks to anyone who reads this and taking the time to think about it.
Going for Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Davis, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Cruz, Merced, Stanford, USC</p>

<p>CA Resident
UC GPA: 4.33
Rank 33/660
ELC (Top 4% of something): Guaranteed Admission to UCI. Merced says they will accept all ELC's who apply there.
SATI: 1460 (790V/660M)
SATII: US 790. MathIIC: 700, Writing: 700, Bio 720
AP Scores: Euro:4, US:5,Chem:4, Bio:5</p>

<p>Schedule
Taken most of available honors and APs, except for Calc and Spanish cuz of scheduling conflicts. No honors or AP math except for stats; started in Algebra I in 9th grade
-Current: AP Physics, AP Gov, Spanish 4, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP English Lit.
-Grade Problems: C/B- in trig, B- 2nd semester in Spanish 3-Honors, B+ in ChemAP. All others are A or A-</p>

<p>Clubs
-Band four years. Librarian-organized and repaired music library
-California Scholarship Federation: four years
-National Honor Society: 2 years
-California Scholarship Program (3.5GPA, top 15% on 2 of 3 subjects on state standarized tests): 3 years</p>

<p>Community Service: 239 hours, featuring...
-8 hours as a poll worker in 2004 election
-128 hours over 2 years at IMMEX, creating web sites to help teach grade school science
-18 hours over 2 years helping to put on school jazz festival
-10 hours helping to put together science kits to teach grade school science</p>

<p>Community College Classes in:
-2 Credits: Performance Technique for Band
-2 Credits: Performance Technique for Band
-4 Credits: Algebra 2
-4 Credits: Trig</p>

<p>Honors
-Century Club-100: 100-199 CS hours in my junior year
-National Merit Commended Scholar (below PSAT semifinalist)
-Principal's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA)
-Top 25 (4.0 GPA for 2 consecutive semesters)</p>

<p>-Will need financial aid for USC and Stanford
-Are the ECs and GPA weak for UCB? Stanford is more like a school that I'll apply to just to see if I could get in.</p>

<p>Thanks again for replying!</p>

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<p>goomba25:</p>

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

<p>Stanford: Reach
USC: Match</p>

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<p>Berkeley - possible match
UCLA - possible match
UCSD - match
UCSB - match
Davis - safety
Irvine - safety
Riverside - safety
Santa Cruz - safety
Merced - safety
Stanford - possible match / reach
USC - possible match</p>

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<p>Davis is higher than UCSb any day</p>

<p>Come on usne waht are you thinking</p>

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<p>You're in at all the UC's. Berkeley took in a whole load of ELCs last year, so it'll be easy for you to get in</p>

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<p>bump...it's so quiet out there...</p>

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<p>bump, its so hard to stay on the first page</p>

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<p>Good SAT's scores (SAT 1 and SAT 2). Above normal average GPA for Berkeley and UCLA. Ranking is okay. ELC will give you an advantage. Community courses in band reflect a good passion for the subject. Participation in IMMEX should be cited in personal statement. Okay EC's. Lack of honor courses in math will slightly hurt you as well as the grades which you still got even in regular. Lastly good AP scores and I'm guessing you've taken the hardest courseload. </p>

<p>UCLA and Berkeley are the only debatable one's but nevertheless match.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>I'm hoping for the 2 Community college classes (initiave) to neutralize my trig grade. Also, the trig in a CC to my HS grade.</p>

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<p>nice stats
in at all ucs except berk and la, which i would be suprised if u dont get in
stanford is tough, if you really want to get in stress your ecs
no problem at USC</p>

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<p>bump goes the creature of the night...</p>

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<p>Stanford, you really have to stress depth and breadth of involvement in extracurriculars. Lots of people get in with your stats, but to be relatively uninteresting and get in, you have to have much higher stats than you do.</p>

<p>To get into Stanford, you've got to give your application that special blue star that only one in ten applications have. Be personal and give the reader of your essay a refreshing perspective. Make a big deal out of your stuff.</p>

<p>Joey</p>