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<p>UC GPA: 3.7
Strong Upward Trend
2.2/2.4 Freshman Year - 3.16/3.83 Sophomore year - 4.0/3.8 Junior Year</p>

<p>APs:
AP Calculus AB - 4
AP Biology - 3</p>

<p>My current senior class schedule:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus BC
AP Government/Economics
Computer Programming 1
Regular English
(As you can see only 5 classes, will this hurt me?)</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2140 (700R, 720M, 720W w/ 8E)
Subject Tests:
Math IIC - 780
Biology/M - 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: (dismal)
International club 2 years and Treasurer for 1 of those years
One Million Ways - Vice President (newly founded club this year!)</p>

<p>Community Service:
128 hours volunteering as a research intern at a USC hospital, worked on a project and performed various lab procedures such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, invasion, culturing cells, etc.</p>

<p>36 hours volunteering at the local library, shelving books. </p>

<p>Please Chance me for the following UCs:
UCB < --- My number one choice, but I realize this is a big reach for me
UCLA < --- same as above, except I don't have that much of a desire to attend here
UCSD < --- Hoping, very strongly to get into this college...though I realize I am lacking
UCI
UCSB
UCD
UCR < --- Should I bother putting this as a safety or am I probably going to get into one of the middle tier UCs?</p>

<p>I would love to know my chances for UCSD and UCB, especially, though I realize my GPA puts me at a huge disadvantage there. </p>

<p>And a final question to you guys,
I just got my subject test scores back today and I did better than I thought on math II and a little lower than what I had hoped for biology. </p>

<p>I signed up for the Biology and Math II subject tests in December already.
My question is this:
Should I retake Biology and Math II for 780+ math and 750+ Bio? Or should I retake my reasoning instead for a 2200+?</p>

<p>I'm fairly certain if I took the tests again I would do better.
I took my reasoning with an hour of sleep and pulled a 2140 if that helps any and I pretty much took biology cold.
Though for a 750+ Bio, I would probably have put in quite the effort while Reasoning I think I can take it without prep in December.</p>

<p>Oh and I plan on applying as a Biology major or something in the biological sciences, because I no idea what to do with my life. Please, your advice on this matter would be fantastic!</p>

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<p>Firstly, I would take the reasoning test again mostly b/c the UC's do not care about SAT II's as much as the SAT I.</p>

<p>Also, I don't know if you know but the UC's dont give a hoot about freshman year.</p>

<p>UCB: is not a BIG reach, but it will still be a reach mostly b/c of GPA.
UCLA: Also a reach
UCSD: Your SAT score is around 200 pts above the avg, and your UC GPA is around .35 pts under the avg. I'd call this either a match or a high match.
UCI: Match
UCSB: Match
UCD: Match</p>

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<p>^Thanks! I appreciate the chances.</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>Well, except for your GPA freshman year, you have solid grades and test scores. I would be a bit worried about your ECs though. Regardless, you have a decent profile so as long as your essays and recs turn out okay, you should feel good about your chances.</p>

<p>UCB- slight reach
UCLA- high match
UCSD- match
UCI- match
UCSB- match
UCD- safety
UCR- safety</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>UCB- reach
UCLA- high match
UCSD- match
UCI- match
UCSB- match
UCD- safety
UCR- safety</p>

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<p>If you were to choose between taking the SAT IIs or the SAT I over again, I would go with the SAT I. As Junshik pointed out, they don't seem to weigh the SAT IIs very much.</p>

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<p>Hmm, yeah. Thanks for the responses guys. I will definitely try and take the reasoning in December.</p>

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<p>-bump-
Should I include Riverside as a safety?</p>

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<p>Only if you want to go. If not, then dont bother, it’s a waste of money. I’m pretty sure at least one of the middle tiers will take you, if it comes to that.</p>

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<p>UCB-reach
UCLA- slight reach
UCSD- match to slight reach (closer to match)
UCI- match
UCSB- match
UCD- match
UCSC–safe match
UCR- safety</p>

<p>Personally, I wouldn’t worry about retaking either SAT test–I’d concentrate on your grades during this semester–and then appeal at UCSD if you are rejected there–and make sure that I had a 4.0 this semester (which might then make them reconsider a rejection there and change it to an acceptance).</p>

<p>I’d put UCSC in as the safety because, (as I pointed out to someone else already tonight), they have a better biology school than UC Riverside–and they are located in the redwoods close to the beach and not inland in the desert (although if you prefer the desert, then maybe that’s a more appropriate school).</p>

<p>Also, I’d list only two of the mid-tier UCs (not all three–UCI, UCSB, and UCD). So pick the two you like best and drop the other one. Also, drop UCLA and keep UC Berkeley since neither is a likely acceptance–but at least you care about UC Berkeley and UCLA you don’t.
(and I say this even though I got my MBA at UCLA and liked it there).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Crap, I just sent out my score reports to those 6 UCs. Does that matter? I haven’t sent in my applications yet. </p>

<p>I hear that the amount of UCs you apply to doesn’t affect your chances…</p>

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<p>yeah, ucsd is tough, but all those others in. cal and la tough too</p>

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<p>-bump-
Just sent my application in to
UCB -
UCLA -
UCSD -
UCSB -
UCI -
UCR - </p>

<p>Applying as a Mechanical Engineer</p>

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<p>hey shiomi, i think u’re in at ucsd o.o
i had a friend with 2040 swept thru uc’s except ucla, nothing amazing except an essay i guess. lol u and i are looking at ucla at the same perspective,my #1 is ucb,but ucla is just for… fun LOL.
gl bro. im gona submit mine in a few hrs…</p>