Chance me at Ivies/UCs/other schools... will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Note- I’m ending my junior year so the grades for senior year are projected but are probably going to end up being accurate for the most part

GPA: 3.92 uw 3.47 w
Freshman year: first semester 3.6 second semester 3.8 (got B’s in math and bio but they were both honors classes, took 3 honors that year)
Grades at end of year:
Honors biology: B-/A-
Honors Geometry: B
Honors Foreign Lang: A-/A
English: A
World History: A
Engineering (1 Semester): A
Health (1 Semester): A
PE (1 Semester): A
Art (1 semester): A
Sophomore year: 4 (one AP, four honors classes)
Junior year: 4 (4 APs, two honors)
Senior year first semester (slated):4 (6 APs)
AP tests: euro (5), Bio (5), lang (5), music theory (5), APUSH (5),
Going to take:studio art, calc, lit, research, econ/gov, art history
ACT: 36
SAT: didn’t take
SAT II: Bio E/M (took twice: fresh year 650 junior year 800), English 800, Hebrew Lang 800
Senior year : AP art history, Calculus AB, AP studio art, AP literature, AP research, AP econ/gov, AP pysch, STEM

Extracurriculars (only ones with significance):
In school:
Newspaper: Editor in chief, articles of mine published in numerous international publications, improved newspaper from a PR piece for school to award-winning
Litmag: Editor in Chief
Varsity Swim: since sophomore year
Founded chapter for charity I work for sophomore year
Model United Nations: Captain, interned at UN for one summer, Spread school team to multiple tournaments
Political Advocacy: Head of club, met a lot of national leaders
Charity committee: Leader, volunteered for 1000+ hours
Mock Trial: Captain
STEM: researched with doctor for three years in graded weekly class
Out of school:
10. Piano: won numerous awards, sending in supplemental portfolio
11. Docent at local art museum
12. Started 2 poetry programs: One nonprofit from a contest i won to fund student led charities and another due to a national contest I won
13. Editor in chief of international youth literary magazine
14. Helped local senator campaign in 2016
15. Developmental intern at international charity (founders were in 30 under 30, received google charity grant, I ran a campaign which raised over five thousand dollars)

Awards: MIT Inspire, National Merit finalist, Numerous awards in scholastic art and writing, Youngarts and semifinalist for Presidential scholar of the arts, Finalist for acclaimed national art contest, 2nd place in national bible contest, AP scholar with distinction, Finalist for prestigious writing award from acclaimed literary journal

Other miscellaneous achievements: Mentee at acclaimed writing program, published a book with a small-scale publisher, ran in multiple marathons, conducted anthropological research at a local college

Recs: will probably be great, english teacher and APUSH teacher who get me plus piano teacher and writing mentor
Additional notes: School is dual curriculum, but everyone says colleges only look at secular studies so I didn’t include any of the religious classes,
I’m going to apply for Yale even though I have a .0001% chance of getting in because someone from my school twenty years ago sued them and lost and nobody from my high school has gotten in since. If anyone has any recs to help me here that would be great

Hooks: legacy at cornell, i’m white and higher income otherwise so nothing else

So can anyone chance me for these schools? I’m really hoping that my freshman GPA doesn’t mess me up too much but I know I have some pretty low chances now: Harvard, Stanford, Penn, Yale, NYU, Columbia, John Hopkins, Northwestern, All the UCs, Barnard, Cornell, USC, binghampton, Georgetown, Emory, UChicage

What do you guys think?

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You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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This is so actual for me …

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This is so actual for me …

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Calculate your UC GPA and post Unweighted, Capped Weighted and Fully Weighted: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

You look like a qualified applicant for many of the UC’s, but they tend to be very GPA focused vs. test score focused so your UC GPA will have an impact if it is below 4.0 for the majority of the UC’s. Intended major can also make a difference on your chances at the UC’s.

Once you post your UC GPA’s, I can give you some statistical data which will help you gauge your chances.

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I’m assuming your UW GPA is 3.42.
Chances for those competitive schools will be iffy.

Your ACT score will help a little. For the UC’s, unless you are a resident, I think most of them will be tough.

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Sorry that’s a typo my UW gpa is 3.92 my weighted gpa is 4.47

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My UC GPA is a 4 UW and a 4.35 weighted and capped

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You didn’t list your intended major but you should be in good shape as far as UCs goes. I’ll assume that by UCs you mean UCLA and Berkeley. There’s a good chance you would be waitlisted/yield protected at the other UCs since you’ll probably fall outside their normal acceptance range ring. The only issue I see would be for Berkeley’s and UCLA’s EECS program which are extremely difficult to get into and you could call it a lottery.

As far as your classes, the only picky things that I see might be that you are taking Calc AB instead of BC and I don’t see any Chem or Physics classes, but your senior schedule looks quite tough already.

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my school doesn’t offer calc BC. I might take a class out of school and then take the AP test on my own since it could help my chances. Also not taking physics but took honors chem as a sophomore… also my intended major will be english

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This is 2017 data and 2018 data should be out in the Fall.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above (capped weighted) and not major specific:

UCB: 42.7%
UCLA: 47.2%
UCSD: 84.2%
UCSB: 82.0%
UCD: 90.3%
UCI: 94.1%
UCSC: 92.7%
UCR: 97.5 %
UCM: 98.1%

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If you’re intending on being an English major, Calc AB should be perfectly fine.

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Hey you guys thanks for chancing me at the UC’s but can anyone chance me at the other schools I asked about Thanks!

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I think you need safeties.
For the HYPS-not going to happen. Too few seats.

Your EC’s are all over the place; you did quantity over quality; they don’t meld.

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Ironically, according to my college counselor my ECs are some of the strongest in my entire grade. Also I thought personally that I have a creative writing spike so I might take all non-writing ECs off my applications. Also I work with a bunch of outside literary journals but due to privacy concerns I can’t really say what they are or how prestigious they are.

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Any more responses, you guys?

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In state or OOS for UCs?

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in state

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Your grades are great but your ECs don’t give much away with what you actually want to do (writing, STEM, Music, law are the ones that jump out). That may be a weak point with colleges, especially Ivies and UCs who want to see a specialized candidate. Also, Yale most definitely is not discriminating against your school b/c of a case - that would just open them up to more opportunities to be sued!

You seem as if you are talented at whatever you do - if you try to specialize your ECs now, it would show.

Also, as a junior, how do you know if you’re a National Merit finalist? My school counselor said that results don’t come out until the school year of 2018-19 starts.

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I think you stand a great chance at all the school you are applying to simply because of your ECs. Colleges want to know how you can contribute to their school and you are academically qualified so it comes down to your application essays and how you show your strengths through your ECs. Chance me too if you can!