Chance me for top UCs and MOAR!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a junior and I just finished my first semester so I decided to make an updated thread. I would like an opinion on
UCLA
UC Berkeley
USC
UCI
UCSB
Notre Dame
Rice
NYU.</p>

<p>Student Profile
GPA:
UC GPA: 4.21 - 4.25
Unweighted GPA (9-11): 3.89-3.91
Unweighted GPA (10-11): 3.88-3.92
Low end assumes 1 B junior year and high end is straight As junior year.</p>

<p>Transcript:
Freshman
English Honors 1 B/A
Spanish 2 A/A
World Geography Honors A/did not continue 2nd semester
Accelerated Geometry A/A
Biology A/A
Instrumental I (Band) A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
*AP European History A/A
*AP Chemistry A/B
Algebra 2/Trig B/A
Instrumental 2 A/A
English Honors 2 A/A
Spanish 3 A/A</p>

<p>Junior:
*AP US History A/
*Precalculus Honors A/
*AP Biology A/
*Advanced Music Honors A/
*AP Spanish A/
*AP English Language and Composition A/</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP Literature and Composition, Advanced Music Honors, AP US Government, AP Economics
Classes with * are eligible for an extra GPA point for UC</p>

<p>SAT:
SAT: 770 M/670 CR/770 W (2210)
SAT Superscore: 770M/690 CR/770 W (2230)
*retaking, hoping for at least 750 CR
SAT Chemistry: 730 (might retake)
SAT Math II: Pending
SAT Biology: Pending
SAT US History: Pending
SAT Literature: Pending (do I need to take this?)</p>

<p>AP:
AP Human Geography: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Euro: 4
AP Biology: Pending
AP USH: Pending
AP Spanish: Pending
AP Language and Composition: Pending</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Piano since June 2006. National Guild Member-National Level
Marching Band all four years: began with no experience on Trumpet, awarded Most Improved freshman year, Asst. Section Leader Junior year and will likely be Section leader or Asst. Drum Major Senior year (one of the best bands in Southern California)
Interact Club (Soph), CSF (Soph, Junior, Senior), Red Cross (Junior, Senior)
Some volunteering at church
Total Volunteering, 150 - 200 hours (predicted by time to apply)</p>

<p>Other:
School type: Public (Top 1000)
Location: CA
Race: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Rank: At least top 5% out of 750
Field: Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (or similar)
Income: 100k+
Mom: Less than high school
Dad: 4 year college, Bachelor degree
Skipped a grade (if it matters)
Great recommendations from teachers (predicted)</p>

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<p>UCLA - low match/ match
UC Berkeley - match
USC - low match
UCI - safety
UCSB - safety
Notre Dame - high match
Rice - high match
NYU - low match</p>

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<p>Your ECs are not good enough for Berkeley. By numbers, you’re a match, but you are not a match holistically. So I’m gonna say low reach to reach.</p>

<p>Match for UCLA, USC, NYU, Notre Dame and UCSD. Low reach for Rice. UCI is a safety.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>Buuuuuuuuuuuump</p>

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<p>Forgot to add UCSD</p>

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<p>your ECs are fine… grades look good and course rigor is excellent. write a good personal statement and you have absolutely nothing to worry about.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Stop bumping.</p>

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<p>yeah, you look like a match for all of them haha…you’ll get into at least 4/5 of them :)</p>

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<p>UCLA - match
UC Berkeley - match
USC - match
UCI - low match
UCSB - low match
Notre Dame - match
Rice - match
NYU - match</p>