Chance Me for UCs and Other Top Schools! [Will Chance Back!]

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:

SAT: 2120 (CR-660, M-800, W-660 Essay:10) CR+M (1460)
SAT II: 730 Math II

UC GPA (Capped at 8 Honors) - 4.0
9-11 UW- 3.68
9-11 W- 4.16
10-11 UW GPA- 3.69
10-11 W GPA (Uncapped)- 4.23

UPWARD Trend:

Freshman (8 A’s 4 B’s)
Sophomore (6 A’s 4 B’s 2 C’s)
Junior (13 A’s)

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (Not sure exactly how I made it LOL, maybe course rigor?)

AP (12 AP’s total (rigorous)):
Chemistry (3)
European History (3)
Calc AB (5)
Physics 1 (3) (LOL)
Spanish Language and Culture (4)
US History (4)

Senior Year Courses:
AP Computer Science
AP Gov
AP Physics C
AP Spanish Literature
AP Psychology
AP Calculus BC
Advanced Composition

Major Awards: None are major, but OCMC 5th place (math competition for my county).

Extracurriculars:
Summer@USC Summer Camp (Got an A in the Discover Engineering course!)
JHU CTY- Intro to Java Course
Software Engineering/Training department Internship at major technology company!
Intern at Social Security Office
CSF (3 Years)
Key Club (3 Years)
Spanish NHS
Taekwondo 3rd Degree Black Belt (13+ Years)
1st Place Cal State Open Taekwondo Tournament
Junior Leadership Team for Taekwondo
Taekwondo Instructor Experience (200 Hours)
Volunteer as Taekwondo Instructor (50 Hours)
Technology Director-Spanish Club
Love 2 Read (Library Reading Program)
Teen Advisory Board at Library
AP Scholar With Distinction
600+ Community service hours

In State:
UC Berkeley- (L&S CS)
UCLA- (Materials Engineering)
UCSD- (Computer Engineering)
USC- (Dornsife: Computational Mathematics)
CP SLO- (Software Engineering)
UCI- (Computer Science)
UC Davis- (Computer Science)
UCSB- (Computer Engineering)
UCR- (Computer Science)

Out of State:
Duke University (ED)-  (Computer Science, in Trinity)
Georgia Institute of Technology (EA)- (Computer Engineering)
University of Pennsylvania (ED maybe)- (Computer Science)
Carnegie Mellon University (Info Systems)
University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign  (Computer Science+Econ)
University of Texas—​Austin  (Computer Science)
University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor (EA)-  (Computer Science in LSA)
University of Maryland—​College Park  (Computer Science)
Purdue University—​West Lafayette  (Computer Science)
University of Virginia (EA)-  (Computer Science)
Northwestern University  (Computer Science)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick  (Computer Science)
Arizona State University (Fulton)  (Computer Science)

Sorry for the long post, but will chance back!

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Bump!

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I don’t know anything about non CA schools so I’ll just do the California ones

UC Berkeley- (L&S CS) - Possible
UCLA- (Materials Engineering) - Possible
UCSD- (Computer Engineering) - Probably
USC- (Dornsife: Computational Mathematics) - Possible
CP SLO- (Software Engineering) - Yes
UCI- (Computer Science) Yes
UC Davis- (Computer Science) Yes
UCSB- (Computer Engineering) Yes
UCR- (Computer Science) Yes

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I disagree. The OP’s GPA and SAT are a bit low if they want to get into Berkeley’s College of Engineering. It is MUCH harder to get into their College of Letters and Sciences.

There are far too many schools on this list. The OP would have to complete 16 applications. Come up with a smaller, more balanced list, and don’t just choose based off the big names. If you’re from California, why not consider Harvey Mudd?

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@mrbloxley @RoundGenius I thought L&S is easier than CoE at UCB, also, I am trying to narrow this list, based on the chances I get. Also, I don’t think Harvey Mudd would be a fit for me. Thanks for all the advice!

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WOW JimBurles!

With all of what you said, you should have no problems getting into any of the UC schools for sure! The only schools that might be reaches are Duke, UPenn, and Northwestern just because they are super hard to get into.

Hope this helps and best of luck to you!

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So sorry! I forgot to add a “than” in there. I meant to say that CoE is much harder to get into than L&S.

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@RoundGenius @JezRanger1 @mrbloxley Thanks for the chances! If you want me to chance you guys, please leave a link to your post :). Also accepting other chances! Thanks!