Chance me at some UCs/privates, and give suggestions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey everyone, I’m a rising senior and I’m looking for my chances at the following schools, but I also need match/safety suggestions!

Current List:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Davis
Johns Hopkins
UChicago (EA)
Brown
Columbia
(can’t do any binding ED cause of finances)
(also I realize that much of my list are reach-for-everyone schools)

ACT: Did not take
SAT: New one 1430 (800 M, 730 Reading/Writing)
SAT 2: Math 2 - 790, Bio M - 750
Class rank: 18/715
GPA: 3.89 (UW), 4.23 (Weighted), 4.12 (UC Capped)

Coursework: 6 APs so far (Chem 4, Euro 5, Calc BC probably 5, Bio probably 5, Lang probably 4, US History probably 5)
Senior Year course load: AP Lit, AP Phys C, AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Comp Sci, AP Spanish Lang
Awards: Some school and state awards for art and math, nothing national/international level

Extracurriculars:
-Marching Band
-Red Cross Club
-JSA
-Peer Tutoring
-Math Club
-Junior Class President
-Art League (a group of 3 students at my school, chosen by administration to do art pieces for hallways and make posters/signs)

Summer Activites:
-Math camp
-Job at supermarket
-Internship at UCLA neuroscience dept

Essay: Common App essay should be great, as well as UC essays, and solid supplements for my schools
Teacher Recs: Getting from AP Bio and APUSH teacher, the former should be amazing, and the latter just plain good

Apply for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant):CA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: About 150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None sadly

So chance me! And feel free to give suggestions for matches and safeties!!

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UCD: Match to High Match
UCLA/UCB: High Match to Low Reach

Your UC GPA and test scores are on target, HS course and EC’s look good. It may come down to your essays to set you apart from the rest of the competitive applicants.

Good Luck.

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Was your SAT score 1530 or 1430? If the former then I think you’ll get into UCD and UCLA as well as one of your other top choices. Good Luck and write good essays!

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@ben69420 I meant 1530! thanks!

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You probably have a fair(ish) shot at Berkeley and Brown and a decent shot at UCLA. The other Ivy’s + Chicago might be reaches tho. Oh and that means you should definitely make it to UCD. JHU should again be a reach.

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UC Berkeley
-low reach
UCLA
-low reach
UC Davis
-match
Johns Hopkins
-reach
UChicago (EA)
-reach
Brown
-reach
Columbia
-reach

I would suggest looking at some schools like Cal Poly Slo, UCI, CWRU

Apply for more match schools and you have NOOO back up schools

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I’m fairly certain you’ll get into Davis! UCLA is probable, and Berkeley a little less so. Your others are reaches, but I think that if you write good essays and stand out, you have a shot of getting into one of them!

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UCD - match
UCLA & Cal - Low Reach, this varies imo on your school’s CDS. Top 18 can be too low of a ranking at many schools relative to the other seniors at your school. If your school traditionally sends over a dozen to either school, I’m comfortable saying your chances are pretty good.

The rest are reaches.

Good luck, keep your grades up.

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@Burdened well my school sent 19 people to UCLA and 26 people to Cal this year (according to senior grad data)…so I guess my chances are decent. Thanks!

@collegeguru2017 I realize I have “NOOO back up schools”, that’s why I asked for suggestions! Thanks for recommending SLO, I’ll be adding it to my list, as well as lower UCs like UCI.

But also something to note is that I’m most likely going to qualify for ELC at the UCs, so I probably will have a backup.

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ELC doesn’t give you your choice of UC. It is intended to provide a place for you at a designated UC that has room. Right now, that UC would be Merced. You don’t get to pick and choose.

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@“aunt bea” yeah I realize that, I mean I would be fine going to Merced

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^ with your stats you deserve better than UCM, even as safety!