Chance me for UCs, stanford, and ivy league. Snazzy stats.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm asian and from California to start off.</p>

<p>Applying to
UC San Diego
Uc Los Angeles
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
USC
Columbia
Brown
UC Davis</p>

<p>Majoring in Biology/Pre-Med</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (10th-11th)- 4.0
Weighted GPA (UCs) - 4.27
Rank 1 out of 537
Living in California
No ELC
Took/taking all UC recommended courses</p>

<p>Classes</p>

<p>9th Grade
English 1A - A/A
Spanish 1 - A/A
Biology - A+/A+
Geometry - A+/A+
PE - A/A
Computer Fundamentals/Health - A/A</p>

<p>10th Grade
English 2A - A/A+
Spanish 2 - A/A
Chemistry Honors - A/A
Algebra 2 - A/A
PE - A/A
World History - A/A</p>

<p>11th Grade
English 3AP - A-/A
Spanish 3 - A-/A-
AP US History - A/A
Physiology - A/A
Precalculus - A/A
Journalism - A/A
Psychology - A/A</p>

<p>12th Grade
English 4AP
Calculus AB/AP
Government/Economics
Journalism 2
Photo 1
Biology AP (2 Periods)</p>

<p>TESTS
2140 ON SAT 1 (680 CR, 780 MATH, 680 W)
SAT 2:
710 Chemistry
770 Math 2
790 Biology E
4 on US History Exam AP
5 on English Language Exam AP</p>

<p>EC's
3 years officer of Red Cross Club (1st as Project Coordinator, 2nd and Thirds as Vice President)
4 years of Cross Country- 2 as Frosh/1 as JV/1 as Varsity
3 years of Swimming- 2 as JV/ 1 as varsity, Captain during Junior Year
Treasurer for NHS (selective club where members are chosen by school staff for their leadership, honor, and community service; only about 35 people in the club)
2 years in Journalism/ News Editor in the Second Year
Eagle Scout, with 9 years in Boy Scouts</p>

<p>Summer Work:
Went to Community College Sophomore Year to take Physics IIA
Went to work as a Lifeguard/Swim Instructor during Junior Year</p>

<p>Letters of Reccommendation:
Biology Teacher, Head of Science Department. Taught me Freshman and Junior Year, Biology and Physiology. Is also the advisor for NHS
English Teacher for 3AP, Taught me Junior Year. Also the teacher for Journalism. </p>

<p>Final Notes:
The one big thing I regret was not being able to take Physics AP my junior year. There was an overflow of students, which caused the science department to weed out the weaker candidates.
For some reason, my GPA and other stats weren't good enough. This ruined my high school plan of taking Physics AP junior year. Instead, I tried to increase the rigor of my classes by taking AP US History. This made it impossible for me to match GPA's with the other students that got into the Physics AP class (It is two periods.) </p>

<p>Are there any other colleges I should apply to?</p>

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<p>Applying to
UC San Diego - in
Uc Los Angeles - match
UC Berkeley - match
Stanford - reach, unless you have hooks it’s a long shot
Johns Hopkins - OOS and known for weeding out Pre meds
USC - fairly decent shot
Columbia - Not that good of a chance. there are just too many students in the application pool
Brown - same as above
UC Davis - in</p>

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<p>Colombia, Brown, Stanford, and USC-reaches
Berkley, Hopkins, San Diego-high match
LA, Davis-don’t know</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786164-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/786164-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UC San Diego – In
Uc Los Angeles – Match
UC Berkeley – Match
Stanford – Reach
Johns Hopkins – High Match/Low Reach
USC – Match
Columbia – Reach
Brown – Reach
UC Davis – In</p>

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<p>Your course work does not look very rigorous. </p>

<p>I’m guessing your school doesn’t weigh for ranking and there are many kids ahead of you with more rigorous course work?</p>

<p>I don’t see ivies but maybe the top UCs.</p>

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<p>hmom5, I go to the same school and I can give feedback on that question. Our school ranks based on GPA. For example a student who took no AP classes whatsoever and took all the easy classes and managed to get a 4.00, they are ranked #1. However, if a student takes 5-6 AP classes which one of my friends did and gets two B’s, there rank is #40. At our school we have multiple students ranked #1.</p>

<p>My question to you? Will colleges be able to find out if a school has more than one student that is ranked #1 or just notice that the student didn’t take a rigorous schedule?</p>

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<p>They will know if more than more student is valedictorian, and they will also take into account that the school ranks based on UW GPA. A less than fully rigorous course-load will be heavily frowned upon.</p>

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<p>If they rank you on their own system (by weighted GPA), your rank would end up being top five percent at most since you didn’t qualify as ELC. If you got the letter requesting your GPA for the program, but didn’t get ELC, you alteast know you are in the top 12.5%. </p>

<p>But in that sense, your number one rank doesn’t mean anything.</p>

<p>Schools like Stanford end up having to do their own rankings with schools like yours, which rank by unweighted. But your stats are good enough to pretty much be guaranteed at UC Davis/SD. Cal and JHU both seem to be high match/low reach.</p>

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<p>Yes. Most reconstruct your GPA too. Lots of high schools have lots of vals.</p>