Chance me: low gpa good sat

<p>Asian male in California
Majoring in Computer Science</p>

<p>Schools:
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
Carnegie-Mellon
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</p>

<p>GPA (Sophomore-Junior):
Unweighted GPA: 3.46
Weighted GPA: 4.29
UC GPA: 3.79
Top 10-15% at my school</p>

<p>SAT: 770 Math 730 Writing 600 Reading, Total: 2100
SAT (2nd Time): 760 Math 630 Writing 660 Reading, Total: 2050
PSAT: 209 (Commended)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Math II C - 770
US History - 710
Physics (Studying over summer for this) - Hopefully above 750</p>

<p>AP Classes:
AP World History
AP Biology
AP US History
AP Computer Science
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Government
AP Microeconomics
AP Literature
AP Physics C (going to self study since school does not have it)</p>

<p>Full Schedule:
Freshman:
Algebra 2(H) A/A
Ancient Civilizations(H) A-/A-
Biology(H) A-/A
Spanish 2 A+/A
Symphonic Band A/A
English 1(H) A-/A-</p>

<p>Sophomore
World History(AP) B/B
Pre-Calculus(H) B+/B
Spanish 3 A/A-
Wind Ensemble A/A
English 2(H) A-/A-
Chemistry(H) A/B+</p>

<p>Junior
US History(AP) B-/A
Calculus BC(AP) B-/B+
Biology(AP) B-/B
Computer Science(AP) A+/A
English 3(H) B+/B+
Spanish 4(H) B/A-</p>

<p>Senior Year
Statistics(AP)
US Government(AP)
Microeconomics(AP)
Literature(AP)
Physics(H)
Teacher Aid(For Computer Science)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Key Club - 4 Years (80+ hours)
Volunteered for Child Development Center during summer - 2 Years (80+ Hours)
Triathlon Club - 3 Years (basically just did triathlons with group of kids at school)
Cross Country - 3 Years (Frosh/JV)
Track - 2 Years (JV)
Peer Tutoring for Free(50+ Hours)
Vice-President of Engineering Club - 1 Year (starting this club up during senior year)
Math Club - 1 Year (joining this senior year)</p>

<p>Awards:
Principal's Honor Roll every year
Scholar Athlete for Cross Country 3 Years
Scholar Athlete for Track 2 Years</p>

<p>If I write top notch essays and have great letters of rec, would I have a good chance at any of these schools even with my terrible GPA (nosedived junior year with my rigorous schedule)? Should I retake my SAT for a third time because the second time I took it, I blanked out on the essay which killed my score, so I would have improved. Also should I try for the ACT?</p>

<p>Oh yeah, I forgot to add Cornell to my schools to chance me at; the post wouldn’t let me edit it in for some reason.</p>

<p>bump 10char</p>

<p>The rigorous courseload and great SAT scores make you more than eligible for UCI and UCSD. GPA is a hard hitter, so I’d consider the other schools reaches, but definitely apply.</p>

<p>Dude. You really should have worked harder on that gpa. It’s lowwww. What do you expect us to tell you? You’re not a shoe-in. But you can still get in.</p>

<p>UC for sure b/c you are in state</p>