Chance for UC's and Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics
-Male
-Asian American
-State of Residence- California
-Income bracket- 200,000
-Public School (2000+ students)

Rankings and GPA
-Unweighted GPA (9-11)- 3.971 (17 of 542, top 3%)
-Weighted GPA (9-11)- 4.543 (17 of 542, top 3%)
-Unweighted GPA (10-11)-4.0 (1 of 542)
-Weighted GPA (10-11)- 4.8 (Ranking for 10-11 Weighted Unknown)
-UC GPA- 4.3 (I don’t know if its calculated right)

Grades/Schedule (PE/sports not included)

Freshman Year (Semester 1/Semester 2)
English 1 Honors- B/A
Biology Honors- A/A
Geometry- A/A
Geography/Health- A/A
Korean 2- A/A
Fine Arts Seminar (Summer)- A/A

Sophomore Year
English 2 Honors- A/A
Algebra 2 Honors- A/A
World History AP- A/A
Chemistry 1- A/A
Korean 3- A/A
Intro to Media- A/A

Junior Year
English Language and Composition AP- A/A
Chemistry AP- A/A
US History AP- A/A
Pre-Calculus Honors- A/A
Korean 4 Honors- A/A

Senior Year Schedule
English Literature and Composition AP
AP Calculus BC
Economics AP/Government AP
Korean 5 Honors
Journalism

Test Scores
October 2014 SAT I- 2090 (670CR, 670M, 750W, 8E)
January 2015 SAT I- 2010 (610CR, 710M, 690W, 9E)
October 2015 SAT I- Not one to predict but hoping for a 2150+
Superscore SAT I- 2130 (670CR, 710M, 750W)

September 2015 ACT- TBD (Aiming for 32+)

World History Subject Test- 690
US History Subject Test- 780
AP World History- 5
AP Chemistry- 3
AP English Language and Composition- 4
AP US History- 5
Not Taken- Calc BC, Literature, US Government, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics

Extracurriculars
-Head Basketball Team Manager and Statistician (Freshman, JV, and Varsity Participation) 300+ hours
-3rd Degree Black Belt (14 years of taekwondo)
-Volunteer at California Open Taekwondo Tournament
-Presidential Volunteer Service Award in Gold (252 hours to meet 250 hour requirement)
-Hollywood Christmas Parade 2014 Participant (80 hours of practice)
-Applications Club Activities Director
-CSF Member for 3 years and Tutoring Committee Member for 2 years (50+ hours)
-February 2015 Student of the Month
-Spartan Laurels in Social Science and English (11th grade) (Award given by AP/Honors teachers to top students in a subject)
-LA Mayor Service Award for being a captain in street cleanup
-Certificates of Appreciation from LA Councilmen Herb Wesson and Tom Labonge
-Member of Korean Nature Conservation/Volunteer Group- 84 hours cleaning Griffith Park, aiding the homeless at missions
-Intern for David Ryu for City Council Campaign
-2nd Place at Elite Expo 2014 Quiz Bowl (Academic Competition)
-AP Scholar with Honor

Colleges and Majors
UPenn- The Wharton School of Business (ED)
Harvard- Economics
NYU- Stern School of Business
Columbia- Financial Economics
Brown- Economics
Carnegie Mellon- Economics or Tepper School of Business
University of Virginia- McIntire School of Business
USC- Economics
UC Berkeley- Economics or Pre-Business Admin for Haas School of Business
UCLA- Business Economisc
UCSD- Economics
UCI- Economics
UCSB- Economics

Thanks to all that chance! I ask that those who chance chance me based on the worst possible SAT scores (2090 single sitting, 2130 Superscore) because who knows if I will get a higher score on standardized testing,

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I am not experienced in Chancing people, but this comment will helps others who can :slight_smile:

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Thanks mate

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BUMP

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You are a very strong candidate for all the UCs as well as USC That said, I bet at least 2 of them reject you. (which 2 is the hard part)… none of the ones you list should be considered a safety. Just to be on the safe side, perhaps add UCSC to your ap list.

Ivies are a long-shot for everyone. A few more SAT points wouldn’t hurt.

I don’t know enough about UVA or Carnagie Mellon to provide meaningful feedback.

How about Santa Clara and one of the Claremont schools too?

Good luck.

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UCI, UCSD, NYU, and UCSB are matches. UCLA, UCB, and USC may be a little harder but it is definitely possible. It is hard to chance for the Ivies (like it is for anybody else on CC). If you can increase your SAT score, you definitely have a good shot at UCLA and UCB. However, your extracurriculars are strong because it is easy to see the passion and dedication.

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Just curious, should I apply ED II to NYU?

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bumperino

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Especially for UCB and UCLA, I’d say that they heavily emphasize their admissions based off of GPA and ACT/SAT. That being said, you def need to work on your SAT, while your GPA is set. Therefore, I’d say that UCB and UCLA are both low reaches atm, but if you get at least a 2200 or above, I think they would be match/high match.

Chance back? Thanks.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1801979-chance-me-for-ucb-ucla-ucsd-stanford-will-chance-back.html#latest

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From what I understand, the UCs don’t super score.
Get some more safeties.

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Agree completely with the two commenters above me!