Chance Me as a CS Major

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics: Asian Female

Intended Major(s): CS, engineering

ACT: 36 (36-English, 36-Math, 36-Science, 35-Reading)

SAT II: 800 (Math II), 770 (Physics), 770 (Chemistry)

UW GPA: 3.89 :frowning:

Coursework: AP Spanish, AP Chem, AP Physics 1, AP Euro, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP
Statistics, AP Computer Science A, AP Microeconomics, AP Gov

Extracurriculars:

  • Built website to provide parents and students information about low-cost/free opportunities in my region
  • Junior director of organization that gives middle school aged girls a glimpse into various computing fields like robotics, web design, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing (Networked with other high schoolers in STEM to expand organization, with chapters in Seattle and Southern California)
  • Mentor for FIRST Robotics: Instructed 20+ elementary and junior high students from grades 4-8 on the EV3 Mindstorms programming system, and how to develop the hardware of their robot to accomplish specific tasks
  • Co-founder of organization that raises awareness about domestic violence and help victims find financial stability after leaving their abusers; partnered with local domestic violence organizations to provide resources that helped victims with the financial aspect of their recovery; provided introductory workshops on Computer Science and Business to introduce victims to possible career choices; donated $1,100 to local domestic violence shelters through the planning and marketing of community-wide events (Recognized by mayor/school district for this organization)
  • Member of grassroots organization for local congressman, a part of the Member of Fighting Discrimination Committee and Member of Mental Health Committee (held Stem for All Symposium and Diversity & Inclusion in Education Conference)
    -Dance instructor for 5-8 and 9-12 year olds for dance company
    -VP of Marketing of my region for DECA

Honors/Awards (kinda lame rip):

  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • National Merit Semifinalist
  • 4th Place Internationally for DECA
  • Won Regionals with my FTC team (only did it one year)

Schools:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Riverside
University of Washington
USC
UT Austin
Texas A&M
Carnegie Mellon
Rice
Georgia Tech
Duke
Cornell
Stanford
UPenn
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Harvard
Northeastern

would just like to know how reasonable my chances are of getting into any of these schools, i already have low expectations so this can’t hurt lol

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UC GPA’s (unweighted, capped weighted and fully weighted)?

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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3.83, 4.17, 4.17 (i think i did it right lol)

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Regarding the UC’s, you are very competitive for all on your list. I also think your Fully weighted UC GPA should be higher than your Capped weighted if you have taken more than 4 AP classes Junior Year?

Here is how I would rank you for the UC’s:
UC Riverside is a Safety
UC Santa Cruz is a Low Match/Safety
UC Irvine/Davis/Santa Barbara are Match to High Match schools
UC San Diego is a High Match/Low Reach school.
UCLA and Berkeley are Reach schools but reasonable Reach schools.

Best of luck.

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The list I included included my senior courses, and I’m taking 5 this year, and only took 4 weighted last year!

Thank you so much, I appreciate it :slight_smile:

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Have you taken calculus? I don’t see that listed among your AP classes.

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Yes! I took Calculus BC last year, I must’ve accidentally deleted it.

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This is a couple months later, but thought I’d update.

Accepted:
UIUC for CS!
UCSD/UCSB undeclared :frowning:
UCSC
UCR

Waitlisted:
UCLA
UCD
UCI

Honestly don’t understand college admissions (especially UC’s) at all, but Berkeley comes out on Thursday, so is it reasonable for me to get in for L&S?

Guess we’ll just hope for the best lol, but as of now I think I’m going to Illinois

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Good luck! I would love to see you there.

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Haha, randomly remembered I made this account, but I ended up committing to Berkeley!

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@imakebadpuns Congrats! Berkeley for Letters and Science CS or EECS?

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She got into L&S it looks like. UCB only allows you to apply to one if I am not mistaken, and she mentioned L&S in a previous comment. Have fun at UCB!

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