Chance Me for UCLA, UC Berkeley, U Chicago, Northwestern, Vanderbilt

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello guys,
I am an Asian male in California at a public school.
Planning on majoring in international relations with minors in psychology and communications

GPA:
Weighted: 3.96
Unweighted: 3.65

AP’s taken so far: AP Biology (3), AP World History (4), AP Psychology (5), AP French 4 (3), AP US History (4), AP Chemistry (3), AP English Language and Composition (5)

SAT (new): 1530 (730 English, 800 Math)

SAT Subject Tests:
670 - World History
730 - Biology
Planning on taking Math 2 and US History

ECs:
-5 years Model UN, with best delegate awards received at Stanford MUN Conference, UC Davis MUN Conference, Contra Costa County MUN Conference
-4 years debate team
-French Honor Society
-Varsity Captain of wrestling team since freshman year (been wrestling since 7th grade): qualified for NCS regionals (2x), competed at CIF freestyle state, chosen as athlete of the month (2x), multiple 1st place winnings and runner-ups, NCS Scholar Athlete
-Created the High School Junior Coach Wrestling Program for my middle school where high school wrestlers can serve as assistant coaches to the middle school team: been serving as an assistant coach, held multiple technique sessions, aided head coach with administrative work, recruited other high school wrestlers in my district to help as assistant coaches
-Director of Communications and Secretary for my high school Christian club
-Charter member, vice-president for my high school cooking club: volunteering, holding health seminars, cooking, learning about culture
-volunteering at Open Heart Kitchen: volunteering at the retirement home, handing out free lunches to middle schoolers

Other information:
Have lived in 5 countries so far: S. Korea (place of birth), China, Singapore, Taiwan, US, and visited 20+ countries
Able to speak Korean, French, English fluently and somewhat able to speak Chinese
Grandfather was a famous Korean diplomat

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Also my dad went to Vanderbilt if that helps

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Unweighted 3.65 usually means a 3.95-4.05 or so UC weighted-capped GPA. This probably makes UCB and UCLA reaches, UCSD/UCSB low reach, UCD/UCI high match, UCSC match, UCR/UCM likely; see http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/21182988/#Comment_21182988 .

Chicago, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt are reaches.

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Get straight As first semester senior year. Your stats are good and your ECs are great. Write amazing essays, apply ED to one of these schools, and you could get accepted to any of these schools

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I wouldn’t listen to the canned response above. Your UC GPA is dependent on 10-11 grades.

Don’t listen to the wise guy asking whether your ancestry is from north or south of the 38th parallel-unhelpful post.

Schools are going to be reaches with the GPA.

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Are you being recruited in wrestling by any of those schools?

All the schools listed above will be hard to get into, you’ll be on the borderline for a lot of the schools. As a data point my kid with 3.73 uw 1540 SAT from a NoCal school this year got into UCB, rejected by UCLA Vandy NW.

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For International Relations, George Washington could be a high match. SAT 1 scores are well within range and the GPA is OK enough.

Another concern might be that your AP and SAT subject scores are comparatively low compared to most students in your demographic (Asian male). You can choose not to report your scores.

Legacy for Vanderbilt might help although the school is probably better known for its premed emphasis.