<p>Hi guys! I'm currently a Junior who's wondering if she's on the right track of getting into a couple of UCs.</p>
<p>How am I looking for **UCSD, UCSB, UCI, **and **UCD<a href="my%20dream%20school">/b</a>? An estimate for **USC **and **UOP **would be nice too. c:</p>
<p>Academics:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (520 CR, 620 M, 710 W, 12 essay). WILL RETAKE IN JUNE, aiming for 2000-2100.
[</em>] ACT: taking in September, estimating 31-34.
[<em>] SAT II: predicted 700 to 800 for Biology M and Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 ish
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.88
[</em>] AP Scores: WHAP (2... ;_; kill me)
[<em>] AP Classes: AP English Lang and Comp, AP Calculus AB (will be taking all AP exams by the end of this year)
[</em>] Predicted Senior Year Course Load: ERWC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Gov/Microeconomics, Symphony Orchestra</p>
<p>[/ul]Extracurriculars/Community Service:[ul]
[<em>] Certificate of Merit Violin level 9
[</em>] Active member of Red Cross (3 years), Key Club (3), CSF (3), filmmaking club (2) — on-campus
[<em>] Officer of Red Cross (2 years) — Project Director and Secretary
[</em>] Swim team (1 year)
[<em>] Dental-care volunteer during the summer (2 summers) — off-campus, volunteer work
[</em>] 100+ hours of community service</p>
<p>[/ul]Misc:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Biochemistry.
[</em>] State (domestic): CA
[li] Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
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<p>Many people I know (parents, teachers, etc.) say I'm pretty good at writing personal narratives/essays in general, but especially personal narratives, so I hope to do well on the personal statements and such.</p>
<p>I love your extracurriculars! I’d say you have a very good chance at all of those schools. I really hope you do well on the standardized tests! Best of luck :)</p>
<p>Oh dear, did I really? D: I apologize! I guess we have some pretty similar stats hehe. I’ve been reading chance posts all day, I guess I wrote elements of others’ posts into mine without even noticing. :C</p>
<p>for UCD, i feel like it’s really gonna be hard, considering that biological sciences are impacted at davis… i am also worried, since i want to go to UCD for biological sciences. hope we both get in!</p>
<p>Right? ;___; I can only hope for the best, especially since I didn’t do as well as I wanted to on the Biology / Chemistry courses when I took them. (ugh! how dumb was I!) Good luck to you too! :)</p>
<p>hey, helping a fellow asian girl living in CA out LOL :)</p>
<p>UCSB: match
UCI: high match
UCD: high match/low reach
UCSD: low reach
USC: low reach
UOP: sorry, don’t know enough about the school :p</p>
<p>I think if you raise your SAT scores just a little more, maintain good grades through senior year (since your course load seems pretty rigorous), and continue with all of the ECs, you’ll have a good chance with college admissions! UCs don’t really look too closely at much else besides grades and numerical stuff like that, so you should really prep hard for that SAT retake to make sure you get a solid score on it. And don’t fall into the trap of senioritis-- it’s gonna be tempting, but think about how good it’ll feel when you open that email from Davis saying “You’re in!!!” :)</p>
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