chance me for UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hello (: </p>

<p>please chance me with the following:
-female, asian, CA resident
-current junior, class of 09
-schools: UC Berkeley (1), UCSD, UCLA, Stanford, UCI, UCD
-GPA:
9-11: 3.8857 (uw), 4.2857 (w)
10-11: 3.83 (uw), 4.4167 (w)
...so far 4 B's: 2 sophomore year (each semester), and 2 Bs (first semester 11)
-rigorous schedule:
sophomore year: 2 AP//junior: 3 AP, 1 honor, 1 IB// senior: 4 AP, 1 IB
-SAT I: writing: 720, critical reading: 630, math: 680/ total: 2030 (will retake)
-SATII: expecting 700-800 in lit/math IIC/us history</p>

<p>awards:
-statistic poster competition (county)
-literary award
-MUN award (best delegate/position paper)
-Certificate of Merit Achievement award (piano)
-Kiwanis Award
-AP Scholar Award
-Superintendent's Honor Roll (9/10/11)
-GATE student
-IB certificate
-valedictorian
-junior honor escort</p>

<p>college classes:
(summer) : social behavior and microeconomics</p>

<p>extracurricular activities:
-Youth symphony orchestra (10-current)
-cross country (next year: 12)
-model united nations (co-publicity) (11-12)
-multicultural club (secretary) (10-12)
-school magazine (editor/writer) (11-12)</p>

<p>volunteer:
-Key Club (historian/treasurer/president)
-Committee of Character (vice president)
-National Honors Society
-Animal Shelter volunteer
-Senior Center volunteer
-California Scholarship Federation
-Character Club at school</p>

<p>employment:
-planned internship at financial company (summer)
-job at financial company (summer)</p>

<p>Is there anything else that I can do to improve my chances at berkeley?
thank you (:</p>

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<p>oh I forgot to add</p>

<p>our school's valedictorian isn't the person who has the highest GPA, it's any student who got over a 4.0 cumulative GPA
so for 2009 grads, there should be about 20-30 "valedictorians"</p>

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<p>Your overalls are almost exactly at Cal's averages (you are about a 4.15 UC GPA with a 2030 SAT and Cal's averages are 4.21 UC GPA with a 2029 SAT). In addition, your IB Diploma, strong ECs, well-roundedness with awards in multiple areas, volunteer work, and business experience will make you a very good match for Cal and UCLA, especially if your SAT IIs are in the 700s as you expect. Unless you are an engineering major, I would be shocked if you didn't get accepted at Cal or UCLA (and in my opinion, you will probably be accepted at both if you apply to both).</p>

<p>Cal/UCLA/UCSD--Match
UCSB/UCI/UCD--Safe Match
UCSC/UCR--Safety
UC Merced--100% guaranteed</p>

<p>Best of success to you.</p>

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<p>My ultimate goal is to major in business and for that I would have to put pre-business administration/undeclared as my major for my college application. Would this hurt my chances of getting in?</p>

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<p>I'd say applying as a pre-business/undeclared will not hurt you, since your background and this summer's work experience is the type of stuff they are looking for.</p>

<p>You'll need at least a 3.45 GPA or so at UC Berkeley to get into the Haas Business School, though--so work hard once you get Cal to admit you.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>