Chance me at these universities

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Chances at University of Washington, UCSB, UCSD, UCI, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, UT Austin, and other UCs.
Intended major: probably any engineering, data analysis, or finance
Unweighted GPA (Predicted by end of 1st sem. senior year) : 3.52
Weighted GPA (Self calculated because school does not weight): 3.85
UC GPA: 3.92
10-12: 3.6 UW, 4.1 W
Note: Large upward trend from rough freshman year (2.9 gpa) and some of sophomore year (3.42 gpa)
Class Rank: N/A
Indian male
Income bracket: none currently due to parental job search
California
High School: In top 50 high schools in America, bay area, students frequently admitted into T20s
SAT: 1550
SAT Essay: 24
SAT II Math: 800
SAT II Physics: 790
ACT: 35
APs and honors: AP Calc AB (5), AP Physics 1 (5), AP Phsyics C Mech. (5), AP Comp. Sci Principles (5), AP Econ (5), Chem Honors, French 4 Honors, AP Stats (5) AP French (5)

ECs (Not impressive)

  • 2 years varsity debate team
  • Been playing the cello since 6th grade (self taught)
  • 8 years competitive soccer (wasn’t able to join school team for personal reasons)
  • passion for baking and cooking for others
  • Volunteered at a children’s orphanage in India during summer vacations
  • Self studied courses (Java, multivariable calc, intro to astrophysics)
  • Physics and Engineering Club at school
  • 250+ Volunteer hours (mostly comprised of humanitarian volunteering)
  • Job shadowed/interned for family friend in the computer hardware industry
  • Student tutor at school

I understand my GPA may be under par for some of these universities, so feel free to suggest matches or closer reaches!

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bump

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bump?

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Not very familiar with UCs.
Reach: Carnegie Mellon, UT
Target: Purdue and Washington

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I will only quote statistics. Your UC GPA is at or below the 25th percentile for the UC’s listed but test scores are extremely competitive. Unfortunately UC’s are very GPA focused. I believe I have answered your other thread but you need to apply widely and have 1-2 safety schools on your list since your list is Reach heavy based on GPA.

Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19:

UCB: 12.6%
UCLA: 11.7%
UCSD: 38.7%
UCSB: 53.6%
UCD: 56.5%
UCI: 52.1%
UCSC: 75.7%
UCR: 90.1
UCM: 96.1%

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My boyfriend got into UCSB with a 34 in the ACT, 5s and 4s in a couple APs, only a few ECs, and a really low GPA, like 3.0 maybe? I’m not sure exactly. So at least for UCSB, you’d definitely get in. Mind chancing me back?

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For the UC schools, I would say you have a pretty great chance! Work hard on EC’s and your Essays!

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CMU, UT and UCLA could be tough with that GPA, but you never know with those solid standardized test scores. You should look at Cal Poly and ASU too. Best of luck!