<p>Hi, I wanted to know my chances at UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD, Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard (a little impractical i know). Planning to major in Biochem area. I would love feedback to improve. Thks in advance! </p>
<p>Note: For Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard, also want to know well i compare to other applicants. </p>
<p>Asian Male (first generation? came to US at age 5)
live in CA
US citizen now
Goes to competitive public High school (highest in State non magnet public school with 935 API, Top 140ish in US by newsweek)</p>
<p>Academic Stats: </p>
<p>SAT I: first sitiing: CR:725 WR:725 Math:780 (2225)
SAT II: Bio-760 Chem- 780 Math 2C-760<br>
AP: Bio-5 Chem- 5 Stat-5 EnvS- 4 (self study) </p>
<p>Senior classes: AP phyiscsm, AP Cal BC, AP Psy </p>
<p>GPA (soph/jun): 3.88- UW 4.30- W UC GPA- 4.29</p>
<p>no rankings </p>
<p>Community College: chinese (3 years completed) </p>
<p>EC</p>
<p>Badminton Varsity (4 years and 2 year captain)
NCS Badminton 3rd place
Train in Badminton 6 hrs a week for 4 years
Basketball Club for 8 year with placement in various tournments
Piano for 12 years
MTNA State for Piano
CM Advance Level
Chinese Chess Club- 3 years- 2 year Treasurer
Chess Club- 4 years- 1 year Sec
American Red Cross- 2 years- 1 year VP
Ultimate Frisbee- 2 years- 1 year VP </p>
<p>Volunteered at local hospital- 100 hours
Shadow Doctors- 30 hours
Chinese Culture Camp (for K-6)- 80 hours
Other community Serives- 50 hours</p>
<p>Did summer research for one year for biomed studies
YES competition regional semifinalist
Going to submit research paper to Siemen competition</p>
<p>You should be in in-state at UCB/UCLA/UCSD and a safety at UC Davis. Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard are slight reaches-reaches, as they are for almost all applicants, even top ones such as yourself. You got a shot at them, however it is obviously extremely competitive. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Harvard and Princeton are both high reaches, seeing as you're an Asian Male from California with a run-of-the-mill Asian profile (not trying to be disparaging, that's just the way it is). You should be fine for all UCs, with the possible exception of Berkley. Berkley is a little eccentric, though, so you never quite know what you're going to get. Best of luck.</p>
<p>"CR:725 WR:725 Math:780 (2225)"
I also fail to see how that adds up to 2225.
I would consider you in at all UCs, and at a point where you have all the numbers down for HPS, you just need to tackle the oh-so-important essay and interview properly. Nail those, and you have a really good shot.</p>
<p>Lol.
Not only did you get the wrong scores (725?), you added the wrong scores wrongly.
Are you sure you got 780 in Math?
I kid, I kid.</p>
<p>You seem to be a shoe-in for UCLA and UCSD, and I think you're a match for UCBerkley, but they are random so watch out.
Harvard is a slight reach and Stanford is a slightly less reach.
You have pretty good EC's.</p>
<p>But question, what's different about UC Weighted and Weighted?</p>
<p>Overall good app, though you're applying for a competitive major.</p>
<p>Berkeley: high match
UCLA/UCSD: match</p>
<p>Good shot at the others.</p>
<p>thericwu:</p>
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But question, what's different about UC Weighted and Weighted?
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<p>To calculate W GPA, you add an extra point for all weighted courses. For UC GPA, you add an extra point for up to 8 semesters, or 4 year-long classes. This is a "capped" GPA; the highest you can get is a 4.4.</p>
<p>Actually, you can get a lot lower with UC, if you take more than 6 classes / year ( I take 8/year so my UC gpa is capped at like 4.3 or something)</p>