Chance me for UCLA, UCSD, and UC Davis please!
SAT: M 770 CR 800 W 800
Total: 2370
SAT II: Math II:800
Chem:800
GPA: 3.75 Cum UW
UC GPA: 3.88 if Honors classes do not count as UC approved honors and 3.96 if they do (does anyone know anything about this?)
Cum Weighted: 4.03
Weighted Classes:
Soph: Honors chem, AP Euro
Junior: AP Chem, AP Lit, Honors Spanish IV
Senior: will be taking AP Bio, AP Lang, AP Psych
Extracurriculars:
- Piano (9-12): Completing all 10 levels of Certificate of Merit Evaluation Exam, received branch honors and qualified for musical convention recital in level 8, receiving senior award (completing 3 levels in HS)
- Conducted Research at Schmahl Science Workshops (10 summer-12): Submitted research on Parkinson’s Disease to Contra Costa Science and Engineering Fair (won 2nd place, alternate for CA State Fair)
- Attended Telugu (Indian Language) School: Completed all 4 levels of telugu school, learned to fluently speak, understand, read, write Telugu
- 250 hours volunteering at Veterans Affairs Hospital (9-12): Honorary Volunteer at Veterans Affairs (Volunteer 200+ hours)
- Internship at UCSF vascular surgery lab (11 summer): conducted vascular research along with other faculty at lab
- Solo author of submitted research paper/article (11th grade): Submitted research paper on Parkinson’s cure to Elsevier Editorial for Parkinsonism and Parkinson’s article to Imagine Magazine of JHU Center for Talented Youth
- Submitting research project on Parkinson’s Disease to Intel STS and Siemens National Competition (11,12)
- Attending Stanford Pre-Collegiate Conference (12): 1 of 50 students in CA selected to participate in conference where we share and discuss our scientific research with professionals and other students
- President and Founder of Charity Dress Club (10-12): Raised money and collected clothes to send to underdeveloped countries around the world: Sent two cargo shipments overseas to India and raised $5000
- Active Member of School Congressional Debate Team (9-12): Varsity member of congressional debate team in grades 9-12, won 3rd place in 2 invitational tournaments (Congress 3, MLK) and won 2nd at Congress summer camp in HS
- 224 PSAT score: Likely national merit semifinalist
- CSF (9-12): Active member of DVHS CSF for 5 semesters, 60 hours volunteering
- Piano Volunteering (9-11): Played piano for elderly at senior citizen homes: 50 hours
- Athletics (9-10): Captain of school Junior Varsity volleyball team
- Work experience (10-12): Teach piano to elementary and middle schoolers around my community
Hooks: N/A
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Income: 150,000+
Intended Major: General Biology, Molecular Biology, Human Bio, or Neuroscience (which is least competitive?)
hoping to have good essays in which I talk about my dad having cancer and touch on how it dropped my grades, and how I became motivated and used this pain to become interested in conducting research,etc. Do you think this is a good idea? Any essay advice would be much appreciated!
UCLA might be a low reach because GPA a little low looking at the freshman profile, but your test scores definitely help as well as your ECS and if you write a strong essay, I can see you getting in. Your essay topic seems somewhat cliché, but I think it will work if you put a lot of uniqueness and creativity into it (make it stand out from others who may have similar stories).
UCD/UCSD solid match, I would be surprised if you didn’t get in
https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist Have you looked at this for your questions concerning your UC GPA?
@humanacidtrip for the essay I plan on using imagery, emotions, etc. Just figured out my UC gpa is a 3.96, not 3.88!
Everything looks on point, except GPA which is a little low
If you are in-state then probably: Match
If you are out-of-state then: low reach (UC’s are significantly more selective for out of staters)
Chance back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1791397-chances-what-do-you-guys-think.html#latest
@guy1234 im in state!! is it true that its getting harder for instate because UC’s want money from out of staters?
UCSD/UC-D seem to both be low matches/high reaches. Would be quite surprised if you get rejected with that rock in SAT score.
UCLA seems to be a solid match. Have you not thought about applying to Berkeley?
Chance me?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/1791857/chance-me-and-come-here-to-crush-my-dreams-will-chance-back
@RamenUniversity I feel like I would automatically get rejected from berkeley cause my GPA is so low hahaha
Tbh, your stats are strong - far stronger than you think they are. I think USCD/UCD are safeties, UCLA match, Berk low reach (you should def apply berk). Assuming you’re a half decent writer, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you were accepted to all. Chance back?
Just wondering, AP scores?
I will have to say low reach to high match. More on the low reach side for UCLA and UC Berkeley. The main thing that they always point back to is the GPA. Everything else is stellar so just write a good personal statement.
@greenscreenbean I got a 2 on chem, 3 on euro, 4 on lit. do you think this will hurt admissions chances to UCs and colleges like johns hopkins and cornell? and yeah ill try to make my essays good! Sure, Ill chance back, link me to your thread?
when I saw this year’s UCSD and UCLA acceptance thread I noticed that people with good test scores/ECs and low GPAs were rejected. Based off that, do you think I still have a chance of getting accepted?
UC Berk- Reach (but you still have a chance. Youd be surprised how much they count essays)
UCLA- Same as Berkeley but slightly better chance
UCSD- High Match
UC Davis- Match
UCSB- Match
UC Irvine- Match
Santa Cruz- Low match/ probably safety
Riverside- Safety
Merced- Safety
@MegaMetalHead do you know which of the top UCs uses holistic review the most rather than simply grades and standardized tests?
Yeah all of them are pretty gpa based but ive heard plenty of stories about people with strong personal statements and lower than the average gpa’s who get in. I’ve also heard that San Diego has a system where they assign points based on GPA, SAT, EC’S, and personal statement then accept the highest ones (so write great essays!) Other than that, I’m not too sure. Berkeley engineering is an exception though. They’re so selective that they are just EC/Stat driven.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/comprehensive_review_facts.pdf
The UC’s use a 14 areas of criteria when reviewing applications. UC’s are still GPA/test score focused, but essays, EC’s, unique talents etc… are considered.
@gumbymom does extensive research count as a unique talent? based on my stats what do you think my chances are of the UCs?
Extensive research would not be a unique talent, but shows passion in an EC. Based on your Stats and EC’s:
UCLA/UCB: High Match
UCSD: Match
UCD: Low Match
Make sure you spend time on your essays and make them great. You are a qualified applicant so Good Luck.
BTW: UCSD no longer uses a point system for admissions.