Chance for UC's, Penn, and Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello. I know I have had posted many chance threads before, but I want to know where I stand with a better test score.

Demographics
-Asian
-Male
-California
-$200,000 + income

Rankings and GPA
-Unweighted GPA- 3.971 (17 of 540, top 3%)
-Weighted GPA- 4.543 (17 of 540, top 3%)
-10-12 GPA- 4.0 Unweighted, 4.8 Weighted (No available ranking)
-UC GPA- 4.33

Academics and Grades (Semester 1 Grade/Semester 2 Grade) (AP Score if applicable) (No PE/Sports counted) (No Pluses or Minuses)

Freshman Year
-Biology 1H- A/A
-English 1H- A/A
-Geometry- A/A
-Geography/Health- A/A
-Korean 2- A/A

Sophomore Year
-World History AP- A/A 5
-Algebra 2H- A/A
-English 2H- A/A
-Chemistry (regular)- A/A
-Korean 3- A/A

Junior Year
-US History AP- A/A 5
-AP English Language and Composition- A/A 4
-Chemistry AP- A/A 3
-Pre-Calculus H- A/A
-Korean 4H- A/A

Senior Year (Schedule)
-AP Calculus BC
-AP Government/Economics
-AP English Literature and Composition
-Korean 5H
-Journalism

Extracurriculars, Activities, and Awards
-Head Boys’ Basketball Team Manager/Statistician/Record Kepper (10-12). Active Freshman, JV, and Varsity participation
-CSF Member and Tutoring Committee (10-12) 50+ hours
-3rd Degree Black Belt and Student Instructor at Taekwondo studio (9-12) 200 hours
-PAVA (Korean Volunteer NPO) Member and Interim President (1 month)- 252 hours
-Presidential Volunteer Service Award in Gold (Given to volunteers who do 250+ hours, I did 252)
-Moo-Goong-Hwa- Korean Nature Conservation Volunteer NPO 84 hours cleaning Griffith Park and helping the homeless
-LA Mayor Service Award (October 2014)
-Certificates of Appreciation from LA Councilmen Tom Labonge and Herb Wesson Jr.
-Hollywood Christmas Parade 2014 Participant (80 hours of practice)
-February 2015 Student of the Month
-Spartan Laurels in English and Social Science (Junior Year)
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Intern for David Ryu for City Council Campaign, Junior Year (50 hours)
-Private Tutor for Middle School Students in math- 25 hours

Test Scores
October 2014 SAT- 2090/1340 (670M, 670CR, 750W, 8E)
January 2015 SAT- 2010/1320 (710M, 610CR, 690W, 9E)
October 2015 SAT- TBD
Superscore SAT- 2130/1380 (710M, 670CR, 750W)

September 2015 ACT- 33 Composite (35 math, 35 reading, 35 english, 28 science)

SAT 2 World History- 690
SAT 2 US History- 780

Colleges and Majors
-UPenn Wharton (ED)- Finance and Statistics Concentration
-Harvard- Economics
-Brown- Economics
-Columbia- Financial Economics
-NYU Stern- Finance
-USC- Economics
-UC Berkeley- Economics
-UCLA- Business Economics
-UCSD- Economics
-UCI- Economics
-UCSB- Economics
-UCR- Economics
-CSULB- Economics
-Cal Poly SLO- Economics

Currently unsure about UMich and UChicago

Thanks for chancing all!

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USC/UCB/UCLA: High Match
UCSD/UCSB/SLO: Match
UCI: Low Match
UCR/CSULB: Safety

You are a competitive applicant at all the California schools.

Good Luck.

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@Gumbymom Thank you very much!

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SAT scores are kind of lacking but ACT should probably make up for that

If Finance is what you want - would throw an application to some of the other top business schools as well

UVA, Emory, UMich, Notre Dame, Georgetown — all very good

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I think with your ACT alone, you have a good chance for the top two UCs. One of the 2 most likely takes you!

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off topic, but Pobelter :smiley:

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@chubii you mean the boy wonder aka the notorious P.O.B?

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Also no alumni status from Penn, I’m quite sure that I don’t have anything that is business related to them

BUMP

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Penn would be a bit of a reach (it is for everyone though) but you should definitely still apply there, and you are a competitive applicant at UCLA, USC, and UCB, as well as all the other UCs.

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@JaeHwanLoL did you know he went to Troy high school!?

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@chubii yeah, but Im more near LA so I dont know where Troy High really is

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Penn Wharton is always a reach, but you seem very strong for the non-Ivy schools on your list! Your GPA is great so you have a high shot at all the UCs, and NYU Stern is probably high match/low reach-ish. Good luck!

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@shadyconcepts Thanks!

EDIT- I got a B in English 1 H first semester.

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bumperino