I am an international student from Europe in my senior year doing the IB Diploma.
I am planning to major in Economics and I will be applying to the following UC colleges:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
NYU
My stats:
SAT: 1450 (Math: 760, English: 690)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA: N/A (My school does not calculate unweighted GPA)
Weighted GPA: N/A (My school does not calculate weighted GPA)
Class Rank: N/A (My school does not rank)
9th and 10th grade curriculum: IGCSE
11th and 12th grade curriculum: IB Diploma
In the external (official) IGCSE exams at the end of 10th grade, I ended up with 8 A* and 2 A (I took the toughest subjects possible e.g. Computer Science, Economics, Physics).
During 9th and 10th grade, I did the IGCSE course (International General Certificate of Secondary Education). Our semester grades are based on the IGCSE grading system (A*-F).
In 9th and 10th grade, I received no semester grades below an A with exception to two B’s (in English) in the first semesters of 9th and 10th grade.
So far, I have received no semester grade below a 6 (mostly 7’s) with exception to one 5 (in French) in the first semester of 11th grade.
My IB prediction is the following:
IB Prediction: 44/45
Senior Course Load (Prediction):
IB English A Literature HL (6)
IB Economics HL (7)
IB Computer Science HL (7)
IB Maths SL (7)
IB Physics SL (7)
IB French B SL (7)
Theory of Knowledge & Extended Essay (3 bonus points)
Awards: Nothing major other than winning the Academic Excellence prize three years in a row and the Citizenship award (both at school). I also won the Senior Tennis Award as the best tennis player on the varsity tennis team at school.
Extracurricular Activities:
Varsity Basketball (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th grade)
Varsity Soccer (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th grade)
Varsity Tennis (9th & 10th grade)
I played the piano for 10 years.
Around 720 hours for piano and the varsity sports in total.
Internship/Work Experience:
250 hours of interning in accounting and finance in two different companies over two summers.
Volunteer Work:
Organised multiple events that raised thousands of euros for charity.
150 hours of math tutoring.
250 hours of environmental work such as beach cleanups, tree planting and running the recycling I initiated within my school.
My essays (Personal Insight Questions): Decent (7.5/10)
I also do not require financial aid.
Based on this information, do I have somewhat of a chance of getting accepted into any of the colleges I listed?
Any reply would be much appreciated