can i even try UCB, UCLA, ivy's?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>my SAT score is1690
Math 660, Reading 500, Writing530 (essay 8)
I took practice test and got 1860, math 690, reading 540, writing 630 (essay 11)
I dunno what happened to the score
I'm really stressed out of my scores</p>

<p>I'm applying to
UCB
UCLA
Columbia U
Duke U
Cornell U
John Hopkins
NYU
Chicago U
and other.... i don't know about them cuz my sat scores are low</p>

<p>i'm definitely taking again on December for the last time</p>

<p>My gpa UW 4.0
moved from Canada to US school during my junior year last year.
didn't get to study for SAT since the change</p>

<p>top 10% in my school out of 1300
or top 4%(have to check with my counselor)
treasurer of earth team
member of z-club
symphonic band for 2 years
string orchestra- first violin</p>

<p>honor students for 3 years and moved to US
took ap chem(A-) ap bio(currently taking-A)</p>

<p>i'm asking my english teacher, counselor, AP Chem, and AP bio
MY AP Chem teacher is well-know for excellent rec letter</p>

<p>I live near Berkeley and hope to get in
Also, since i'm considered international, going to private and public won't
make much difference in tuition fees.</p>

<p>I'm interested in majoring chemistry, or biochemistry
and attend med school in future</p>

<p>can you tell me if i even have any chance of getting into those schools?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>You're an international - technically not a california resident? You don't need recs for UCs.
Berkeley and LA are probably reaches considering your SAT score and international status.</p>

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<p>You should definitely bump up the 1690...the average for UCLA/Berkeley is 2000-2100, I believe. I'm pretty sure UCLA is 2050.</p>

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<p>You need to add more safeties. Your score is too low for UCs and they discount SAT scores. Last year, I think I remember one girl with similar SAT got into UCLA.</p>

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<p>If you were a cali resident you would need LOTs of luck for cal or LA. Although one kid had a 3.6W schoool GPA and got in some how. But his SAT's were high 1900's i think. Get safties.</p>

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<p>^That's just one case isn't it? I don't think SAT are that negligible for the UCs. For LA and Berkeley the 50th percentile is like 2020-2050. True, there are lower scores that get in, but those are rare chances that don't happen frequently..</p>

<p>Obviously, the UCs do place more emphasis on GPA, but the SAT is still a factor of consideration.</p>

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<p>They discount SAT but I did not say negligible, don't forget they are holistics.</p>

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<p>QuixoticRick got accepted to UCLA and UCB with 1760.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/475146-official-uc-berkeley-regular-decisions-thread-2008-a-2.html#post1060048436%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/475146-official-uc-berkeley-regular-decisions-thread-2008-a-2.html#post1060048436&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^But wouldn't you agree that most of the people who posted in that thread received reasonable SAT scores?
Reasonable as in 2000+</p>

<p>There are exceptions to every case...right?</p>

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<p>But his/her GPA is 4.0 UW, and so the UC GPA is around 4.2-4.5, presuming you took AP classes?</p>

<p>But not sure if that will make up for the low SAT score.</p>

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<p>It's not unusual. I think nhsharvard also has 4.5 GPA and 1640 SAT(but 27 or 29 ACT). It's on the same link above.</p>

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<p>I know someone personally that got into Berkeley with 1660, but he had hardships, had ELC status, and went to a low performing public school. </p>

<p>But an international... eh... I'd expect int's for Berkeley/LA to have close to 2200's. All the Ivies are reaches too...</p>