Can I make it?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>I am a junior from California, reasonably competative high school; probably top 4%, no rank</p>

<p>GPA: around 4.6 weighted (using only 10th/11th, tell me if they do 9th too), 4.0 or 3.98, unweighted, depending on if 9th is used</p>

<p>APs: 10-AP Euro; 11-AP US, AP Lang, AP Chem; 12-AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Gov, AP Music Theory; is all this enough, especially since most of them are senior (due to misinformation by school administration…)?</p>

<p>SAT: 2150, will retake, with hopefully a 200-250 point increase (really stupid mistakes)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 770 math, 790 chem, 800 us</p>

<p>ECs: -section leader in school band
-coprincipal oboist in major youth orchestra, play English Horn as well
-Part of 2 county honor bands
-jv/varsity track for two years
-3 years of robotics (including FIRST events)
-Cofounder of Dissenters Club, club at school to discuss and extoll virtues of political dissent/debate (3 years in a really convoluted way)
-NASA online community, a selective program where NASA experts teach and lecture online to admitted students (2 years)
-CSF (5 semesters)
-May get a job fall of senior year, though not guarenteed</p>

<p>Leadership: -Founded private charity and website to raise concern for humanitarian and social issues
-As mentioned, bunch of leadership for oboe (instrument)
-Again, cofounder of Dissenters Club
-Probably will start another club begining of senior year</p>

<p>Community Sercive: -400+ hours peer tutoring
-100 hours volunteering at local thrift shop to provide affordable mechandise to the underprivileged (profits </p>

<p>Other- Some other random things such as a few music and academic awards and that I translated a book from my native language into English.</p>

<p>I know compared to all of the people who have internships, intel awards, etc, my stats are nothing too special, but there have been certain familiy obligations that have prevented me from entering too many contests, etc…a summer internship or job would have been impossible…Additionally, my current ECs do in fact take up almost all of my free time. </p>

<p>Davis is probably my 4th/5th choice, so I was wondering if it would be reasonable to keep it there. Also, will race affect/hurt me?; I am East Indian ethnically.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>IIRC they didn’t use 9th.
You are more than qualified. I’m surprised you’re not ELC (unless they haven’t announced that yet).</p>

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<p>^They don’t annouce ELC until fall I think.</p>

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<p>Youre asking if you can make it into UC Davis? Wow well consider yourself IN! your SAT scores are really good! especially SAT 2s. I only got an 1820 on my SATs and I got in. Plus a 3.73 weighted GPA. And your stats are so much higher</p>

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<p>consider yourself accepted into all the UCs… unless you put engineering for berkeley… then… GL :D</p>

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<p>^I’m not doing engineering for Berkeley, so do you think I’m still good for Cal?</p>

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<p>buuummmppp</p>

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<p>Depends on your major for Cal/LA, but you’re in for Davis for sure.</p>

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<p>I probably won’t apply for anything super competative for Cal/LA; but I’ve read on their sites that if applying to College of Letters and Sciences, major is not a factor in admissions…? So I was thinking about going undeclared. Is this accurate/right way to go, or do I need to choose a less competative major for Cal/LA?</p>

<p>For Davis, I would do something Bio related.</p>

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<p>Not sure about Cal/LA. Going undeclared is definitely not a bad idea. My friend got in as a spring admit with much weaker stats as you.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>I think you are a pretty much locked at Davis and SD. You have a very strong case for Cal and UCLA. </p>

<p>Chance back please! </p>

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<p>Anyone else have input on high tier UCs? I’m pretty worried about them…</p>

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<p>bummmppppppp</p>

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<p>buuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmpppppppp</p>