Chance me for these UC's and CSU's please!

<p>I am getting little help on the Chance Me discussion so I am posting this here as it may be more a relevant forum.</p>

<p>So I finished all my CSU's and UC applications. (Thanks to all the help in the past btw!) In addition, I got a lot of guidance from my college counselors and even some help from people from UCLA and UCI for my prompts.</p>

<p>I'm in love with UC Santa Cruz. Just the campus alone wins it for me. I applied for sociology as my first and community studies as second.</p>

<p>This is my info:</p>

<p>California High School Student</p>

<p>3.7 UC GPA, 10 AP Classes in total
1500+ hours of community service hours
Volunteer Mentor / Volunteer Educator at the zoo and aquarium here in LA
24 ACT / my SAT was not strong so I'm not going to post it up for people to shame me
2 official awards of achievement for community service from the White House - Gold Level
1 award from the House of Representatives for a national poetry contest (it spoke about how the sea ports developing in our world today)- 1st Place
5 Leadership Positions on campus ( Key Club, French Club, California Scholarship Federation, etc) all which I have been in since Freshman Year
Co-founded the first cultural club of its kind on campus</p>

<p>Other things:
First generation, first person in my family to go to college
2 Part-Time Jobs</p>

<p>Demonstrated Interest: I visited the campus and I participated in their online chats they had with the admission officers. Signed up for their newsletters. I have emailed outreach offices multiple times with questions.</p>

<p>Side Note: I have a lot of experience in working with sea animals... People often comment why I don't major in Marine Bio and why I want major in Sociology. I wanted to be a Psychology major, but it is a very competitive major at UCSC. Although I was involved with sea animals and marine experts at my fingertips, I love working with people. Working at local attractions that attract so many diverse kinds of people really exposed me to all kinds of individuals. So I thought sociology would be the best fit for me.</p>

<p>What are my chances for... </p>

<p>UC's:
UCSC, UCI, UCD, and Cal? (Don't waste your time shaming me for applying to UC's please)</p>

<p>CSU's:
SFSU, CSUMB, and Pomona</p>

<p>Already conditionally accepted to Chico and CSULB (I am a LB resident and they lower the EI score for us)</p>

<p>Please only honest opinions! Realistically, I know I'm not the worst candidate out there. People get into UCSC with 1400 SAT scores and 3.3-3.5 GPA's... and it's right on their common data sets. I just want your honest opinion about my chances, basically.</p>

<p>Thanks! </p>

<p>bump</p>

<p>UCR and UCM would have been more realistic targets but, there’s no shame in having applied to other UCs…</p>

<p>As far as UCSC, it could go either way. Your stats are light but strong ECs and first gen status will help. A great essay could make all the difference.</p>

<p>You’ll get into the other CSUs.</p>

<p>Great job so far and - good luck</p>

<p>BUMP</p>

<p>BUMP</p>

<p>1) Level of applicants interest is not considered by the UC’s. See common dataset <a href=“http://planning.ucsc.edu/irps/OFFICE/cds_2013-14.pdf”>http://planning.ucsc.edu/irps/OFFICE/cds_2013-14.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2) GPA on common dataset is unweighted so compare your unweighted.</p>

<p>3) UC GPA and SAT not competitive for most of the UC’s on your list</p>

<p>UCSC: High Match
UCI/UCD/UCB: Reach
SFSU/CPP: Match
CSUMB: Safety</p>