Chance Me For UC's/USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White Male from Southern California low income applying for financial aid</p>

<p>-USC (scholarship possibility w/ great interview?)
-Berkeley
-UCSD
-UCLA
-UCSB
-UCI</p>

<p>Major: Psychology w/ Pre-Med</p>

<p>9th Grade Coursework</p>

<p>English I, Accelerated A A
Algebra II & Trigonometry Acc A A
Biology A A
Spanish I A A
String Orchestra A A</p>

<p>10th Grade Coursework</p>

<p>World History, Geography & Culture A A
English II Accelerated A A
Math Analysis (H) A A
Chemistry (AP) A A
Spanish II A A
String Orchestra A A</p>

<p>11th Grade Coursework</p>

<p>US History (AP) A A
Language and Composition (AP) A A
Calculus AB (AP) B A
Spanish III A A
String Orchestra A A
Computer Science (AP) A A</p>

<p>12th Grade Coursework</p>

<p>Government & Politics (US) (AP)
English Literature & Composition (AP)
Calculus BC (AP)
Physics C (AP)
String Orchestra
Psychology (AP)</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.458
UW 10-11 GPA: 3.96
Class Rank: 15/749 (ELC eligible)</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite: 30
English: 33
Mathematics: 32
Reading: 29
Science: 26
English/Writing: 33</p>

<p>SAT:
Critical Reading: 690
Mathematics: 670
Writing: 740
Total: 2100</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: 650
U.S. History: 690
Chemistry: 610</p>

<p>AP Tests:</p>

<p>English Language and Composition
Score: 4
U.S. History
Score: 4
Chemistry
Score: 3
Calculus AB
Score: 5
Computer Science A
Score: 3</p>

<p>Awards/Honors</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Distinction
Spanish 3 Achievement Award
Superintendent's Honor Roll
Most Inspirational Water Polo x2
Orchestra "WOW" Award </p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Swimming 9th Grade
Waterpolo 9th/10th Grade
Orchestra 4th-12th Grade
National Honor Society 11th/12th
California Scholarship Federation 10th/12th
Alliance to Conserve Energy 12th
Physics Club (President) 12th
Spanish Club 10th
Fellowship of Christian Athletes 9th-11th
Surfrider 12th</p>

<p>Essays: Good-Great
Teacher Recs: Fair-Good</p>

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<p>Rigorous course load, great GPA, good ACT, great ECs, and average honors/awards. Your only weakness is your SAT IIs.</p>

<p>USC: safe match (80%)
Berkeley: high match - match (60-70%)
UCLA: match
UCSD: safety (ELC)
UCSB/UCI: safety (ELC)</p>

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<p>does that look about right? anybody wanna give a second opinion?</p>

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<p>your uc gpa is not correct (urs is about a 4.3 capped, which is a quality effort nonetheless)</p>

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<p>hahah oh gosh how am i going to get into ANY schools if i can’t even calculate my uc gpa correctly!?</p>

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<p>if i got a C in AP physics first semester of this year would it significantly affect my chances of getting into UCLA?</p>

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<p>UC gpa is slightly incorrect try to recalculate it, but nonetheless:
USC: safe match
Berkeley: match
UCLA: match
UCSD: safety
UCSB: safety
UCI: safety</p>

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<p>since you live in cali, those state schools are matches</p>

9

<p>all the UC’s are safeties for you except LA and Berkeley. But you are extremely competitive for those so one or both should give you a nod. </p>

<p>USC might give you a chance but its hard to tell. I have friends with your stats and better scores that got rejected. I got into USC with a 3.3 unweighted gpa and a 2090 SAT, so it shows that this school is hard to read when it comes to who it wants in each freshmen class. they tend to care more about how your ec’s and other life experiences interplay into your academics.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>