Chance Me for UCSC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>AP European History: 3
AP Biology: 2</p>

<p>SAT: 2090
ACT 36
SAT Biology: 800
SAT Physics: 800
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Math II: 800</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.85
W GPA: 3.94</p>

<p>Sophomore and Junior year:
UW GPA: 3.92
W GPA: 4.04</p>

<p>Senior Year Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
AP Gov/Econ
AP Physics 1
English 12
Drama 1</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Vocal music (8 years), LCA (Council of Representatives) (1 year), Cricket Club (Activities Commissioner for 1 year), Spirit Week Skit Coordinator (2014-2015 school year), Chinmaya Mission-an Indian cultural school (been attending for 8 years and learning about Indian tradition, culture, and language)</p>

<p>Volunteering: Out-of-school Jazz band (Started in 8th grade. 40 hours), Washington Hospital (Started in May 2014. Total Hours ~100), Elementary Summer Academy (Summer of 2014. 90 or so hours of volunteering at an elementary school), 1 year as an teacher's assistant at Chinmaya Mission (Sophomore year. 25 hours.)</p>

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<p>I think your chances are excellent.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance, but I think you should also apply to the other UCs as well because you will likely have similar chances for admission in those.</p>

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<p>Thanks for replying! I am an Asian Indian male, and am extremely worried that the horrible score on my AP Bio Exam (2) will kill me. (</p>

<p>Do you guys think the other stats will cover it up, or will the bad score stick out?</p>

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<p>UCSC does not look at SATII scores but you can still submit. You do not need to submit or report your AP Bio score so it should not matter. You have an excellent chance at UCSC and spend time on your UC essays. For many schools such as UCLA/UCB/UCSB, good essays would definitely give you an additional boost.</p>

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<p>Your AP Bio score has little relevance to admission. But like Gumbymom said, make sure your essays are excellent, these schools often receive extremely qualified applicants and the only way to distinguish between them is essays. Also, your GPA could use some work, but your test scores are outstanding, so they will probably overshadow this. With that said, what’s your rank? If your school is extremely competitive, then the GPA could very easily be explained away.</p>

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<p>@kks1236‌ Thanks for the feedback! My school is not that competitive; I am in the top 10% of my graduating class :D. (yea, sucks to be 1% away from top 9%)</p>

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<p>I say it is a safety. UCSC is not that hard to get into. You should look at more challenging UCs cause you could possibly get into those
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