Chance me for UCs and a few other top schools

Personal Info:
Junior Asian Male
Location: California
Lower middle class

Current GPA and Scores:
UW GPA: 3.95/4
W GPA: 4.76/5
SAT: 2350/2400 (800 Math, 800 Writing (12 Essay), 750 CR)
PSAT: 1510/1520
SAT II: Biology E (800) (Plan on taking Math II this year and maybe US History)
APs: European History (5), Chinese (5), Biology (5) (Plan on taking Art History, US History, Calculus AB, Computer Science, and Language this year)

Class Rank: 1/~600 (as of right now)

Extracurriculars/Awards/Community Service/etc.

Computer Science Internship for one summer
Teacher’s Assistant at a summer school for middle/elementary schoolers
First place essay contest winner at city
Member of the United Nations Youth Advisory Board in my city
Vice President of school guitar club
Member of academic league team, quizbowl team, debate club, peer tutoring club, and MUN club
Science Olympiad coach for middle schoolers for 1 year
Assistant of a distinguished professor of philosophy for 1 year
10 years of music in various instruments, 4 years in most established youth orchestra in city (currently in the highest possible level)
Level 5/8 in ABRSM (similar to CM) for viola, hopefully 8/8 by next year
Volunteer editor for local activist group
AP Scholar (hopefully National AP Scholar)
National Merit Semifinalist (hopefully finalist)
CSF
maybe some others I can’t remember off the top of my head

Essay: I think I’m an alright writer so it’ll probably be above average
Rec letters: Hoping for a strong one from the professor I’m currently interning with but I don’t know any of my teachers too well so those letters probably won’t be stellar unless I can do something about it in the next couple months.

Schools:
Stanford
Oxford/Cambridge
UChicago
Cornell
UCB
UCLA
UCD
UCSD

UC GPA? Post capped weighted and Fully weighted.

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

No early decision/regent interview from UCB? Apply from Alumni Scholarship for UCLA?

My UC GPA is uncertain right now since I haven’t completed junior year yet (I would assume it would be pretty high since I only have 1 B so far and my courseload is pretty intense) and since I haven’t applied yet, I don’t have any scholarship offers or pending interviews. I just want to see how my current stats would hold up against these colleges.

Sorry, didn’t see you are a Junior. You look competitive for the UC’s but you need a safety school or two on your list. I suggest you add UCSC/UCR or a Cal state as safeties.
Stanford as always is a Reach for all applicants.

Good luck.

What subject for Oxbridge? Based on the exams you’ve listed & ECs, I can’t see any subject that you would qualify for at either uni.

@collegemom3717 I was unaware that Oxbridge required such focused ECs. I was planning on studying law but I’m not too familiar with how the British education system works.

Your scores and GPA are obviously great for any of these schools. Your list of EC’s is extensive but, as noted in the comment above, doesn’t have remarkable depth in any one concentration. That’s important for Oxbridge, but also for top American universities as well. I’d say:
Stanford: Reject
Oxford/Cambridge: Reject
UChicago: Waitlist
Cornell: Accept
UCB: Accept
UCLA: Accept
UCD: Accept

Best of luck! :slight_smile: Chance me back? http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1966406-chance-me-upenn-ed-yale-brown-princeton-etc-will-chance-back-p1.html

It’s not that focused ECs are required, it was that looking at your range of subjects and your range of ECs no particular area of focus that would link to an area of study jumped out at me. Depth is typically valued over breadth in the UK system.

However, Law is indeed a subject that allows for a range of APs, and if you get 5s on your exams this year you will be over the test hurdles. Both unis have an assessment test (Oxford before interview, Cambridge at interview; examples of both are online), which are mission critical, as are (obviously) the interviews.

Have you spent any time looking at the law courses at Oxford & Cambridge? Are you planning on working in the law in the US/UK/other? if so are you familiar with the requirements for converting the undergrad law degree into a qualification for practice? are you eligible to work in whichever country you have targeted?