Chance me for UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, Pomona, Pitzer, USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey all,

I wanted to see what my chances of getting into any of the schools listed above are. I’m open to anyone’s feedback, so please give me your two cents! Thanks!

IB Student
3.8 UW GPA

32 ACT
34 Superscore

Swimming: all 4 years of HS, varsity, state team in my junior year
Tennis: Senior year of HS, varsity, team captain
Speech and Debate: all 4 years of HS, State qualifier in 10th and 11th grade, 10th at State in 11th grade, National qualifier in 11th grade, 2x team captain
Viola: all 4 years of HS, Western States Honor Orchestra all 4 years, All State Honor Orchestra in 10th and 11th grade, 4x section leader in HS Orchestra
Volunteer at Hospital: all 4 years of HS
Member of Youth Coalition: all 4 years, Worked to stop underage usage of tobacco
Intern for a University professor: Summer after freshman year
Member of school’s service club: Senior year
Member of National Honor Society: Senior year
Attempting to develop a suicide prevention club at my high school

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bump

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I don’t chance, but to maybe stir a conversation: All but Davis have sub-20% admit rates, so they really are lottery/crap shoot schools. Even Davis can be unpredictable (at least one CCer reported getting accepted at UCLA but denied at UCD). Both D and S preferred Davis to UCLA, UCB, and USC (although they ended up attending elsewhere). Although D3s, Pomona/Pitzer do consider athletics in admissions, so contact the coach if your times are competitive. Pomona also considers music talent, and the music faculty offers pre-application evaluations for high school juniors even if they don’t plan to be music majors. (USC has an audition process for Thornton, but I’m not sure OP is interested in that route).

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Pomona collage - reach
UCB/UCLA/USC - low reach
UCD - match

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What’s your UC GPA (10th-11th grades only, bonus weighted points for honors/AP/IB)?