Chance me for these schools PLEASE? Unique ECs!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I attend an extremely rigorous high school in California. Low overall, big upward trend. Good Standardized Testing and great Extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Freshman: 2.7/3.0 (3 Honors)
Soph: 3.0 (3.2 W) /2.7 (2.8 W) - 1 weighted (1 AP)
Junior: 3.67/3.67 [4.2 Weighted] - 3 Weighted (3 AP)
Senior year: 3.67+ [4.3+ Weighted] - 4 Weighted (4 AP)</p>

<p>Took Intro to Comp Sci and Programming in C at a community college over the summer, got A's in both.</p>

<p><em>Computer Engineering/Science Major</em></p>

<p>UC Weighted (Soph + Junior Weighted GPA) GPA - 3.64
Overall Cumulative Unweighted: A dismal 3.128</p>

<p>ACT - (Took it twice, got 33 each but 35 superscore):
September 2012: 33 Composite - 35 English 36 Math 32 Reading 30 Science</p>

<h2>October 2012: 33 Composite - 29 English [UGH] 34 Math 34 Reading 35 Science</h2>

<p>33 highest one sitting (~2190/2200), 35 superscore (~2340).</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math Level 2: 790
Bio M: 690</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
150+ hours (Including 2 years as teen tech volunteer at library)</p>

<p>DECA - Won 3rd for math marketing in Nor Cal, and 4th for presentation, 8th overall for Advertising Campaign at states
**Last week, I found out I won the DECA Idea Challenge, my team placed #1/400+ other teams internationally for reinventing the plastic bag. </p>

<p>YouTube: I use YouTube to express my passion for technology with people around the world. My helpful tech guides and reviews have received over 1.29 MILLION views by people around the world and my channel has over 2,900 subscribers. </p>

<p>Blogged on website based on mobile apps for 2 years
3 years JV Badminton</p>

<p>** The upward trend was caused when I visited India and realized I'm taking everything for granted. I realized I needed to make the most of my situation, and thus I started applying myself junior year.</p>

<p>** I will try to highlight my passion for technology in my application, via essays or whatever. I express my passion for technology via YouTube and help thousands of people on a daily basis. So far, I've got over 2,900 subscribers and 1.3 million views.</p>

<p>What do you guys think about my chances at the following schools:</p>

<p>-UC Berkeley
-UC Los Angeles
-UC San Diego
-UC Davis
-UC Santa Barbara
-UC Irvine
-Georgia Tech (My georgia tech superscore is 2310)
-University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
-UT Austin
-Cornell
-Stanford
-Carnegie Mellon
-University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
-Santa Clara University
-University of Southern California</p>

<p>Thanks for your chances guys!</p>

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<p>You definitely have an upward trend in regard to your GPA, but overall, it is a bit low for schools like Stanford and Cornell. Your ACT scores are fine, but what happened with the BIO SAT II? If you report it, it may draw away from your overall application. Your EC’s are interesting, but I would be cautious with YouTube, because a lot of people put that on, and if they check, your channel better be very unique and not just like a bunch of random videos, because they really care about your EC’s being directed towards helping others or being useful in your community. Keeping that in mind: </p>

<p>-UC Berkeley: High match (almost reach)
-UC Los Angeles: High match
-UC San Diego: Match
-UC Davis: Match
-UC Santa Barbara: Match
-UC Irvine: Match
-Georgia Tech (My georgia tech superscore is 2310): Low Match
-University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign: Low Match
-UT Austin: Match
-Cornell: Reach
-Stanford: Reach
-Carnegie Mellon: Reach
-University of Michigan: Ann Arbor: Match
-Santa Clara University: Low Match
-University of Southern California: High Match/Bit of Reach</p>

<p>Chance me back? </p>

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<p>I was truly not under the impression that a lot of people put YouTube on their college applications…</p>

<p>I’m going ahead with it - my videos are all technology related, not random at all. Should I omit Bio SAT II?</p>

<p>Anyone else have any input as to my chances?</p>