I am having flashbacks to previous similar posts.
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Iâm guessing this thread is a joke.
Good one.
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I agree with all the other posters that your list is extremely Reach heavy and giving you the benefit of doubt at the validity of this post. UCâs are test blind along with race/ethnicity blind.
I will only address the UCâs on your list which are UCLA and UCB. These are High Reaches if your weighted GPA is below a 4.0. You first need to calculate your 3 UC GPAâs using only 10-11th a-g courses grades.
Here is the calculator: GPA Calculator for the University of California â RogerHub
Then compare you Capped weighted UC GPA to the table below. The admit rates are based on the 2022 Data and is not major specific and CS is probably the most competitive major at the UCâs. I will also list the 2022 admit rates if available for the UC campuses.
2022 Admit rates based on the Capped weighted UC GPA.
| Campus | 4.00+ | 3.70-3.99 | 3.30-3.69 | 3.00-3.29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 17% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Davis | 58% | 20% | 5% | 2% |
| Irvine | 35% | 10% | 3% | 0% |
| Los Angeles | 13% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| Merced | 97% | 97% | 95% | 85% |
| Riverside | 95% | 83% | 42% | 17% |
| San Diego | 37% | 8% | 1% | 0% |
| Santa Barbara | 41% | 8% | 3% | 0% |
| Santa Cruz | 69% | 45% | 16% | 4% |
2022 CS admit rates if available
| Campus | CS | |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 2.9%-L&S EECS-4.5% | |
| Davis | No data but <20% | |
| Irvine | 5.8% | |
| Los Angeles | 3.8% | |
| Merced | 85% | |
| Riverside | 36% | |
| San Diego | No data but <10% | |
| Santa Barbara | No data but around 5-6% | |
| Santa Cruz | 60% |
If you are being recruited for Tennis, then that can change things on your chances but you definitely need a couple of Safety/Likely schools and UCLA is not one o them.
Over how many years? If 10, for example - thatâs $200k a year on average. Will get you a deeper look, but likely wonât move the needle on acceptance.
I think you need to add some safeties. Your likely schools are not likely at all -they are reaches for every student. Your gpa and SAT are on the low end for all the schools youâve listed. Also, you appear to be in the bottom half of your high school class which is far below the ranking of most applicants to these schools. I donât think your legacy status (which you only have at Harvard) and your momâs big donations are going to be enough to compensate for that.
I donât think this is a genuine question, but on the off chance that it isâŠ
You are only a legacy at Harvard. Dartmouth and Yale only consider children, not grandchildren, of alums as legacies for admission purposes.
Your lists do not reflect the current reality of college admissions. If your high school counselor is telling you otherwise, your parents need to hire a private counselor who can do better.
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How much older are the siblings who attended Harvard? How do your stats compare to theirs? Did they attend the same prep school as you?
Reporting income as a stand-alone numberâŠthat actually means per month? Is this a thing? Maybe in Silicon ValleyâŠ
Or in whatever valley has people thinking most of the Ivies are âlikelyâ. We should all move there!
I would throw in a safety like University of Alabama. You may have to get your scores up but they literally pay for smart kids. While your family is wealthy it isnât how much you can spend but how much you want to spend.
You have a very admirable record, but there is a very strong chance you could get rejected from every school on this list. Schools are moving away from legacy admissions (and most might drop it entirely if SCOTUS does away with affirmative action), and even then, most legacies get rejected from highly selective schools. Your best chance as a legacy is to apply ED or REA but even then, your chances are slim because everyoneâs chances are slim. You need to get better advice, starting with everyone who has already contributed to this thread.
Btw, these schools donât care about âdemonstrated interest.â With acceptance rates under 10%, they donât have to.
Ask yourself what you like about the schools youâve already targeted, and find schools that have similar characteristics, but with higher acceptance rates. You should have several schools on the list with acceptance rates over 30-40%, because your current grades and scores will pose a problem at highly selective schools. As I said before, get better advice.
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Of all of these stats, the thing that concerns me the most with regard to MIT and Caltech is your math SAT score. Based on a quick Google search, the 25th percentile for the math SAT for MIT is 780. For Caltech the 25th percentile for math SAT is 790. I do not think that MIT or Caltech would be a good fit for you. I would just take both off the list. [For context, I am an MIT alumni.]
Otherwise I think that everything on your list is a very high reach.
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Assuming this is a serious post (which I personally doubt)âŠ
A 4 in AP CSA isnât helpful for a CS major hoping to attend a highly selective school.
Honestly I donât see anything else that says you have a chance at these schools.
Now, if you say that $2mn to Harvard is an annual donation⊠that changes the picture. But only for Harvard.
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Like many students you are conflating an affable relationship with a professional opinion. Do you not have any teachers who will write an LoR that says âthis is the kind of student that is why I am a teacherâ?
If you are in the school that I think you might be, there were ~12 students accepted by Harvard last year. You seem to be betting that your parents donations, alumni status, and perhaps your URM status will let you slide out ahead of the ~300 stronger students in your class.
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Having reviewed this thread in depth, I see no value in wasting everyoneâs time by keeping this open.
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