Chance for UCLA and USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Asian male</p>

<p>Class Rank
- Approx
110/1200</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.4
Weighted: 3.98</p>

<p>SAT - 2180
710 CR
710 Writing
760 - Math</p>

<p>SAT II
US history - 720
Math Level II - 720</p>

<p>ECs - about 4 clubs, not that involved
- High School Tennis - 4 years - pretty involved
- computer programming/graphics design are my hobbies
- Summer internship in China
- learning Korean/French (took up to French 5 AP)
- Only about 100 hrs community service</p>

<p>Chance me for
UCLA, USC, Berkeley</p>

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<p>All three of them are reaches. Your GPA will keep you out of the top UCs. Your ECs/scores don't really make up for it, though of the three, your best shot is USC.</p>

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<p>I agree, best shot is USC. If it's worth your while, you might want to check out calculating your UC GPA, but lackluster EC's is definitely not a good thing, and especially not for USC. I would suggest looking into UCSD/UCI and investing some time in retaking all your standardized tests.</p>

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<p>Standardized tests? My SAT scores are higher than the average for those schools. SAT II maybe a little less.</p>

<p>I was told I was more of a match to slight reach before.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is a bit higher, but you can't say that at all about your GPA or rank. The fact of the matter is is that nothing anyone says on this board has any retaining value once you really do apply to these schools. Conservatively speaking, the way kyledavid chanced you is how it would come down to if you're going to be the run of the mill applicant, which is how one would define a "match", which is a reasonable chance at getting in. Sure you can still get in, heck people with those grades get into Harvard too. Can you count on it? The only reason I said that you should bring up your SATs is because that's the only thing you CAN change now. Your ECs are weak/insubstantial, and your GPA is not the average, so unless you can miraculously change either of those two in the month before you apply, the only thing you can do is raise that SAT.</p>

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<p>GPA at my school is very competitive, even with a pretty low GPA, I'm in the top 8.X% at my school. </p>

<p>But thanks for the input, I will try to raise SAT II scores.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is fine for USC. Show them some love. They like that.</p>

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<p>^^Oh wow I read your rank wrong.</p>

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<p>so what with the new rank?</p>

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<p>First off, if you really are in Indiana, then Berkeley/LA are going to be reaches regardless. USC looks a bit better with that clarified, since your RANK would be approximately the average, but the big let down are your EC's. I'd put USC as a slight reach, but do know that, as a private school, they will emphasize leadership and ECs.</p>

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<p>i thought i heard that UCs don't look at ranks</p>

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<p>Dang 1200 kids in a class. Only got like 660 kids iin my class.</p>

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<p>
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i thought i heard that UCs don't look at ranks

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<p>Right. They can tell how strong a student you are without having to look at your rank.</p>

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<p>sorry. are you being sarcastic?</p>

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<p>Umm, your SAT scores are really good. College Confidential kids are crazy.</p>

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<p>Rank doesn't tend to be as emphasized in UC admissions. Obviously if you got a 4.5 UC GPA, its hard not to imagine that you have a high rank as well, but the only time they officially consider rank in admissions is for purposes of ELC. Again, good GPA tends to ~ high rank, but not always. That's why its hard to say that rank will play a major factor in admissions. For the OP, his rank would have the potential to help justify his GPA a bit, but then arises the problem of his ECs, which are weak. If he can emphasize those in the PS and interview (for 'SC), he could have a shot at USC, but OOS+weak GPA (only top 4% get benefit of ELC) does not make him as competitive for UCLA and Berkeley</p>

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<p>
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sorry. are you being sarcastic?

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<p>No, I wasn't. (I thought you might think that since I put "right.")</p>