Chance me for UC's + others!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently going through the college application process and would like to get a good idea of where I stand. I also need help choosing which schools to eliminate from my list since it's pretty extensive, and at this rate the total for apps is going to be like $600+.</p>

<p>Schools I'm considering applying to: UCSB, UCD, UCSD, UCR, UCSC, SDSU, Cal Poly SLO, Syracuse, Pepperdine, and either Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, or USC as my reach school (which one would I have a better chance at?) </p>

<p>I pretty much already got admitted to UCR through their Guaranteed Admission Program (GAP) over the summer, so I know that's a safety. </p>

<p>STATS
• GPA (10-12): ~3.7 UW/4.13 W
• UC/CSU GPA: 3.97
• Class rank: 39/447 (top 8%) </p>

<p>• ACT: 29 (32E 27M 30E 25S 9 Essay)
• SAT: 1850 (600CR 580M 670W 8 Essay) - most likely not sending since ACT is higher</p>

<p>• Senior yr course load: AP Stats, AP Environ Science, AP Lit & Comp, AP French, AP Gov & Econ, Psychology, Journalism
• First term grades for senior year are already in transcript:
Psychology - A
AP Stats - A
AP Environ Science - A
Journalism - A
• Other AP's/honors taken from 10th-11th grade: English 10 H, Chem H, AP Euro History, AP Lang & Comp, APUSH, AP Studio Art</p>

<p>EC'S:
• Track and Field; Varsity Track Athletic Award (11th-12th)
• Cross Country (12th)
• Mock Trial; Most Valuable Witness Award (11th-12th)
• National Honor Society (10th-12th)
• South-East Asian-American Club; co-founder & secretary (11th-12th)<br>
• Interact Club & Key Club; community service club, only going to list one since they're similar (11th-12th)
• Editor for school newspaper (12th)
• Sacramento Journalism Network Meetings; regularly attend meetings for young journalists hosted by The Sacramento Bee newspaper, sponsored by the California Scholastic Journalism Initiative (12th)
• Girls on the Run (nonprofit organization); volunteer for various run events/interactive activities for girls aged 8 to 13 (11th-12th) </p>

<p>OTHER
• Planned Major: Economics
• California resident
• Family income: $140k+
• Huge upward trend in GPA
• Planning to have strong essays</p>

<p>Feel free to suggest any other schools I should apply to. I'd really like to apply to a good mix of safeties, matches, and reaches!</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>Lehigh has Business, Journalism. U of Richmond has Business. Occidental is a good LAC near LA. Probably all toward the reach end, but not unrealistic. </p>

<p>I know you’re going with Econ. Just throwing these at you for Reach options.</p>

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<p>I’d say you would have out of your reach school, i would try UCLA because they have slightly lower standards than berkeley. Berkeley reaaally emphasizes test scores and GPAs so 1850 and 29 is too low for them. UCSB- match
UCD- low reach
UCSD- low reach/reach
UCR- high match
UCSC- match and im not that familiar with the rest so i don’t want to give you faulty information. Best of luck! </p>

<p>Your situation is quite similar to mine: Chance me back please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1569270-chance-me-ucs-do-my-ecs-make-up-low-sat.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1569270-chance-me-ucs-do-my-ecs-make-up-low-sat.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UCSB: match
UCD: match
UCSD: match/high match
UCR: safety
UCSC: low match
SDSU: safety
Cal Poly SLO: low match
Syracuse: low match
Pepperdine: match
Berkeley: low reach/reach
UCLA: low reach
NYU: high match/low reach
USC: low reach
for your reach school, I recommend UCLA or NYU</p>

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<p>UCSB, UCD, and UCSD - low reach
UCSC, SDSU, and SLO - high match
Syracuse and Pepperdine - match
You prob have a better chance at NYU</p>

<p>Mine please?: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1568705-updated-chance-transfer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1568705-updated-chance-transfer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Cal Poly College of business average admission stats: </p>

<p>Avg GPA: 3.94
Avg ACT: 29
Avg SAT: 1303 (out of 1600)</p>

<p>Given your stats, it should be a match for Cal Poly. </p>

<p>UCSB, and UCD have similar admission stats to Cal Poly, hence a match. </p>

<p>Using Cal Poly as the pivot point, UCSC, UCR are below SLO in terms of admission requirements. UCSB, UCD are peers. UCSD, UCLA, UCB, and USC are above Cal Poly. </p>

<p>UCSD: reach
UCLA: higher reach than UCSD but lower than Cal
Cal: high reach
USC: reach (50% range ACT: 30-34)
UCSC: Low Match
SDSU: safety
Pepperdine: Match</p>

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<p>Don’t go to UCR that whole area is very depressing.</p>

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<p>@Dunboyne those all seem like great options, however, they’re all private and although my family can afford it, it’s not ideal. I am making the exception for a few though, so I’ll still look into and consider those!</p>

<p>@scderek4 thanks! I’m considering applying to NYU between the two just because I’m not a fan of LA but love NYC (hence my screenname). However, I hear NYU financial aid is terrible…</p>

<p>@blindmonkey thanks for the stats! I just looked up UCSD’s average ACT of admitted students and it’s 29 though (<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/san-diego/freshman-profile/index.html[/url]”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/san-diego/freshman-profile/index.html&lt;/a&gt;). Would that still make it a reach for me? </p>

<p>@sd9754 is it really that bad? I haven’t visited any of the campuses & their surrounding areas except for Berkeley and Davis. I mainly want to apply to UCR because I know it’s a guaranteed safety.</p>

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<p>Are you in-state?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1569420-chance-me-not-another-generic-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1569420-chance-me-not-another-generic-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Exactly. You have to look at cost for your reach school, especially if you’re picking just one. How much need/merit aid are you going to qualify for at out-of-state privates? You’ve got two great reach schools, in-state public in UCLA and Cal. It might be worth the coinage to apply to both, unless you want to get out of CA.</p>

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<p>June-October it can get up to 100 degrees. Its dry and looks like a dessert. Much of the city is low income and kinda dumpy. Definitely not a college town. The only thing good about the location is its close to orange county which people really like.
Chance me
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<p>@jkdreamers California, so in-state for most colleges I’m applying to</p>

<p>@Dunboyne For the longest time I really wanted to get out of CA for college, but I’ve realized there’s going to be so much more added costs, and staying in-state is more ideal for my parents. Most people at my school don’t even consider applying to these many schools, but I’m very doubtful… If I don’t apply to say, Berkeley, the “what if” will haunt me for the rest of my life haha…</p>

<p>@sd9754 Ah that definitely doesn’t sound appealing. I don’t know what other schools are almost guaranteed safeties I could apply to, though!</p>

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<p>How much more $ is it to apply to one more UC?</p>

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<p>@Dunboyne $70 per application, and I don’t think I qualify for fee waivers (which can cover the cost for up to 4 UC apps). My parents keep telling me to just give it a shot at all schools I’m interested in, but I don’t think they expect it to be this many schools haha.</p>

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<p>Well heck, I was under the impression that it was your parents who were keeping a lid on that application budget. But it’s you!</p>

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<p>@Dunboyne Haha yeah I guess you could say so. I just don’t want them paying so much for me to apply to like 10 schools, which is why I’m trying to limit the amount. I just want a good amount of safeties, matches, and reaches! What’s a good, ideal amount?</p>

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<p>Other than the reach schools, I think you’re a very strong candidate for all of these. UC Davis may be a high match but I would still feel pretty confident about it. As for the reach schools, I think you have a pretty good shot at UCLA so that’s worth a try IMO. </p>

<p>Would you mind chancing me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1568918-chance-above-average-gpa-below-average-sat-top-ucs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1568918-chance-above-average-gpa-below-average-sat-top-ucs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@FollowTheReaper thanks! Chanced back. </p>

<p>Any more opinions? Considering not applying to UCR anymore because of the area/general atmosphere. Is UCSC a better alternative (as a low match, almost safety)?</p>

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<p>You’re around the 85th percentile for UCSC for the SAT/ACT, so it’s a low match on that front. Their acceptance rate is around 60% though, so it may be enough to qualify as a safety. </p>

<p>You’d have to ask other posters whether it’s safe enough based on their experience.</p>