Chance Me! Any feedback would be appreciated!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Davis
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<p>A little background: Asian-American, first generation</p>

<p>Major: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Humanities
Weighted GPA: 3.51 UC GPA: 3.53</p>

<p>Class-rank: N/A (I don’t think my school ranks but I do know I am in the top 50% or even higher)
SAT: To be determined
ACT: To be determined
No SAT Subject Tests</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:

  • Avid sport analyst for 3 years - committed over 1000 hours of my time
  • +100 of mis. community service
  • Gamer for 8 years - won competitions at the community level
  • a few other things</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: One of the most pleasant students to have ever taught (multiple replies)</p>

<p>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Hard to say without an SAT/ ACT score, but I’d say you’re a reach with the information you’ve provided thus far.</p>

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<p>Well, I obtained a 215 on the PSAT if that helps by any chance.</p>

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<p>Without knowing the SAT, it’s tough to say. The GPA however is well below the average. You have good extracurriculars but those will only be helpful if you can get past the initial number cutoffs. Write some good essays and prepare for the SAT a lot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@dmission - What SAT score should I be aiming at, in order to be even considered a decent applicant? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Look at this to get a good understanding of your chances. It’s the 2011 admitted students profile for UCD.
[Fall</a> 2011 UC Davis Admitted Student Profile](<a href=“http://issuu.com/ucdavisadmissions/docs/studentprofile_final2011_nomarks]Fall”>http://issuu.com/ucdavisadmissions/docs/studentprofile_final2011_nomarks)</p>

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<p>In accordance with the above post, you’d want to aim for around 1900, or whatever that translates to in the ACT score range.</p>

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<p>I think that with proper SAT score you could aim even higher cause you have good EC’s… your GPA is the only issue… but there is an upward trend which is great! You have a great chance at Davis (I think)</p>

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<p>With a PSAT of 215 as an indicator, plus some SAT study, along with your good writing style as I can judge from your original post, I would expect you to do very well on the SAT — perhaps 2100+ . Your GPA is somewhat low for Davis, but with a high SAT you will have a good chance. What will make the difference is COSMOS!</p>

<p>I went to COSMOS (at UC Irvine) after my junior year and I can report that everyone (including me) who went to COSMOS had excellent admission results at all the UC’s. In addition, with my very good (but not great) SAT/GPA, all my friends and I were amazed at how I got into every UC I applied to (SB, SD, and Davis). Many of my friends with higher stats were rejected. There is no doubt in my mind that COSMOS on my application made the difference. </p>

<p>I think all the UC adcoms compete for the COSMOS participants. One of COSMOS’s stated goals is to keep top STEM students from leaving the state. Heck, UC runs the program! There may be more prestigious programs than COSMOS in the eyes of private university adcoms nationwide, but COSMOS is a great program and a real eye-catcher for the UC application readers. There’s even a separate check-box on the application for COSMOS.</p>