Chance Me for UCs, MIT, Stanford, USC, CalTech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to:
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Stanford
CalTech
MIT
USC</p>

<p>Unweighed GPA(10th-11th)- 3.95
Weighed GPA(UC)- 4.25
California resident - Guaranteed admission to 1 of the UCs through ELC program
Took all UC recommended courses</p>

<p>CLASSES
English 1A- B/B
Spanish 1- A/B
Biology- A/A
Geometry- A/A
PE- A/A
Comp/Info Tech- A/A
9th grade- 3 Bs total. Rest are As.</p>

<p>English 2A- B/A
World History- A/A
Chemistry Honors- A/A
Algebra 2- A/A
PE 2- A/A
Graphic Design- A/A
10th grade- 1 B total. Rest are As.</p>

<p>English 3- A/A
Spanish 2- A/A
AP US History- A/A
Physiology- A/A
AP Calculus AB- A/A
Econ. of Business Ownership- A/A
11th grade- No Bs. Only As.</p>

<p>English 4
Spanish 3
AP Micro Econ(semester1)
AP US Politics & Gov(semester2)
AP Physics B(2 periods)
AP Calculus BC
Computer Web Design
12th grade- My current schedule. Only expecting As.
Also studying for AP Macro Econ with my humanities teacher after school.</p>

<p>Notes:
Showed upward trend in class improvement-
Was able to raise my Bs in english to an A.
Was able to raise my Spanish B to A.
Took math enrichment so I would be able to take highest math possible at school. Smooth transition.
During senior year, first time taking 7 periods.</p>

<p>TESTS
2160 on SAT1(700 CR, 700 W, 760 Math)
SAT2:
710 on US History
800 on Math lvl 2
700 on Chem
5 on APUSH exam
5 on Cal AB exam</p>

<p>EC's:
Active CSF member
Active Red Cross member
JV Wrestling - 1 season completed
Varsity Swimming - 1 season completed, but plan to continue
6 years violin
Magnet program
7th place in Bay area SMG
Worked in a shirt company as VP of finance for 1 year that made 10k+ profit(was employed)
VP of economics and investing club
Math team
Youth Advisory Council
3 units in Math 21 @ Evergreen - A
3 units in Math 22 @ Evergreen - A
6 semesters of business classes that could be applied for college credit at mission, san jose city, and evergreen colleges</p>

<p>Letters of Rec:
1 from my teacher who taught me AP US History junior year and AP micro econ/gov this year
I also spend time with him and two others kids after school studying for AP macro econ.
1 from my teacher who taught me AP Calculus AB junior year and AP Calculus BC this year
The math teacher also gets to know me from within the math team.</p>

<p>Final Notes:
I may be shooting too high in terms of my private choices, but oh well. I'm hoping to write good application essays, but haven't started to read the prompts for the dozen essays I'll have to write. I will be chancing back once I wake up from my nap. Thanks! Oh, and try to be honest and realistic with me. I'll be applying for all these colleges under the regular admissions deadline.</p>

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<p>Were honors and AP classes available to you the first 2 years? Do you have a rank?</p>

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<p>Well, at my school, the only honors class is Chemistry Honors, which I took in 10th grade. There are also two accelerated classes available, English 1A and English 2A. You can’t really get into any APs until 10th grade, where AP World History becomes available. But I didn’t take that course, and many kids at my school start taking APs in their junior year. You could start taking AP Calculus AB in 10th grade if you take math enrichment in the summer, but due to budget cuts, only seniors are allowed to take AP Calculus BC, which is the highest leveled math offered at the school.</p>

<p>I don’t have any solid information on a class rank yet either.</p>

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<p>Reasonable shot at the top UCs and into the others. USC is a slight reach. The other three unlikely.</p>

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<p>I’d say you’ll get into all of the UCs (except for perhaps Berkeley, which should be a match) and USC. MIT, CalTech, and Stanford are probably not in the cards.</p>

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<p>You have very good shots at the UCs. I think you will get into all of them with Berkeley and LA being matches. For Stanford, MIT, and Caltech however, your chances are slim but if you really want to go try your best and write good essays. You never know, sometimes people get lucky.</p>