chance me for uc’s and other schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Junior from a Public School in KS
GPA: 4.40 (W); 3.85 (UW)
Rank: 91/504
APs: 4 Junior Year - chem, lang & comp, apush, & calc ab
APs: (just got done selecting courses for senior year) 5 Senior Year - bio, lit, gov, stats, & psych
note: I was in a special selective program through my high school known as the 21st century medical proffesions academy, for students interested in going into the fields of health care or medical research. Through this program I took advanced science courses that were not offered to students at my school that weren’t a part of the program, such as advanced biotechnology, and advanced genetics.
All honors classes through freshman and sophomore year
SAT: 1400 (should I retake this?)
ACT: 29 (retook it on 2/10 and still waiting on scores- however if it does not improve significantly I may just report sat score)

Academic Honors:
High Honor Roll every semester since freshman year
NHS

extracurriculars in school:
•DECA club member
•student council member - varsity letter in student council, expected leadership position senior year
•nhs inductee - possible leadership position senior year
•wish club member
•medical society club member - expected to be co-president senior year
•I have a hospital internship set up for one semester of my senior year schedule through the program I am a part of

extracurriculars outside of school:
-6+ months of yoga lessons (planning to take 200 hour course to become certified yoga instructor, and then work at a local yoga studio over the summer)
-planning on taking cna course to get cna certified over summer
-by the time early application deadlines approach I will have 300+ hospital volunteer hours, and at least 100 physician shadowing hours

Hobbies:
-baking
-painting

Prospective Schools:

-uc davis
-uc santa cruz
-uc san diego
-uc berkeley
-usc
-cu boulder
-university of nebraska lincoln
-ucf
-purdue
-baylor
-creighton
-penn state
-ut austin
-tulane
-university of washington seattle

I know it seems like a lot, but I just started the college search process, and I’m trying to find out which of these schools would actually be a possibility for me. Also if anyone has attended any of these schools please feel free to give your opinions on them.

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I will only chance you for the UC’s so currently you look competitive for all the UC’s on your list however, UCB should always be considered a Reach.

Since you are an OOS applicant, the competition is fierce especially for a top school like UCB. Also be aware that the UC’s have little to no financial aid to OOS applicants, so expect to pay full fees at $60K+/year to attend. The UC Regents are also considering another tuition hike, so it may be even more by the time you apply.

Run the Net price calculators for all schools on your list and show your parents the results. Make sure these schools are affordable before applying.

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anybody else???

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UC GPA is calculated differently for as well. Only AP classes get the extra GPA weighting.

No KU on your list as a safety/match?

Take another SAT. 1400 is low for USC and Tulane has gotten more competitive.

Texas is a reach as well as they need to take the top in-state students first.

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@Hamurtle Thanks for the info! I will recalculate my gpa based on the uc scale. Also I do plan to apply to KU as a safety, I just did not include it on the list because I already qualify for the guarantee admit for Kansas residents.