Chance Me (Junior Communications UCSB UCI)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi I am currently a junior
GPA (weighted): 4.0+??? i am unsure
GPA unweighted: 3.64
Class Rank: 200/564
SAT: result soon
PSAT: 1470
SAT IIs: taking Math later

took 1 ap sophomore year (ap euro)
took 4 aps junior year (ap lang, ap capstone seminar, apush, & ap calc ab)
planning on taking 3 aps senior year (ap lit ap stats ap gov econ)

upper middle class
asian (korean)
silicon valley
female

extracurriculars:

  1. president of volunteer club
  2. active member of coding volunteering club for elementary school kids
  3. board of autism arts & crafts club
  4. tutor for middle schoolers
  5. journalism staff at school since sophomore year, currently page editor and writer, applying for board this year (award winning school newspaper)
  6. summer job (does it count) at summer school for elementary school?
  7. going to intern at a online magazine publication

teacher recommendations:

  1. getting it from my current AP lang teacher, TAing for her as well (will be good, we are close and she has had me for 2 years and saved my work from freshman year because she liked my writing)
  2. second from apush teacher

major: communications

i still am yet to look more into colleges, but public school wise i want to go to UCSB or UCI. can you suggest what I can do in between senior year to improve my chances? And what schools would suit me best.

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Calculate all of your UC GPA’s and post your actual SAT scores before asking for chances.

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

Neither school accepts letters of recommendation and the best thing you can do is continue to do well in your HS classes and continuing with your EC’s. I would suggest you start working on your personal insight essays this summer so your English teacher can look them over before submitting your UC application in November.

What kind of schools interest you? Public/Private? Rural/Urban/Suburban? Sports/Greek life? What is your college budget?

Assuming you are a California resident, then first look at selecting some safety schools (likely). They need to be affordable, guaranteed acceptance and you are willing to attend no matter what. Your local Cal state usually makes 1 good safety school.