Hi I am a male Asian high school senior from California looking to apply to UC San Diego, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine .
I am looking to apply as a computer science (Davis, Merced, Riverside,Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz) and data science major (Irvine and San Diego). My statistics are listed below. It would be great if anyone could predict my chances of getting in to the 3 schools and give their opinion. Thanks
Highest Single Setting SAT: 1420 (770 Math, 650 English)
Superscored SAT: 1430 (780 Math, 650 English)
Highest Single Setting ACT: 32 (35 Eng, 33 Math, 31 Read, 30 Science, 9 w/ writing)
Superscored ACT: 33 (35 Eng, 33 Math, 33 Read, 31 Science, 10 w/ writing)
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.15
UC 10-12 Weighted GPA: 3.94
10-12 Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 3.7
*Notes on my grades: I did not perform great in 10th grade, did a lot better in 11th grade, and there was a trend of improvement for GPA per semester
SAT Subject Tests: Math: 800 Chemistry: 670
APs: Calc AB: 5, Chemistry: 3, Psychology: 3 (Self-studied in two weeks) , Computer Science A: 3 (Our teacher wasn’t that great)
Current APs: Ap Calculus BC, Ap Statistics, Ap Microeconomics
College Courses: Business Introduction, Music History (Did it for Visual/Performing Arts Credit), introduction to mySQL, microsoft access
Class Rank: Top 15 %
Extracurricular Activities:
.Volunteer for Tech Support program, helping out other students with technology problems (90 hours) (10 and 11th grade)
.Mentored other children in programming for an organization (8,9,10,11,12th grade)
.Editor for My School Newspaper and interviewed many school athletes (9-12 grade)
.President for a Computer Science Club where I taught programming to 20-30 other high school students. Organized club events for teaching coding to 100s of elementary or middle school students (10-12 grade)
.National Honors Society Member (10-12 grade)
.Lead Programmer for Robotics Team, Won Awards at State Level (10-12 grade)
.Volunteer for Senior Tech Support Program at a local library where I helped out seniors with tech-related problems (9th grade only since program became discontinued)
.Part of a committee to organize a hackathon at end of the year (12th grade)
.I play an Asian Instrument and performed solo in several temples (6-12 grade)
.I sing an Asian style of music, performed at numerous temples and venues, won 1st place at regional competitions, Runner Up with a group for a national competition (5-12 grade)
.Volunteered for Asian Music fundraiser that raised $70,00 for a charity (12th grade)
Work Experience:
.Intern for a company with a medical life-saving mobile application and create several features for the app (11 - 12 grade)
Awards:
.CollegeBoard’s Scholar with Honor Award
.Won 5th place 2 times at Regional Science Fair for Computer Science project
.Received Certificate of recognition from state assemblywoman for my science fair projects
.Won 1st place solo and group several times at regional competitions for Asian Music and Runner Up with a group for a national competition
.Won Awards at State Level for Robotics
.175+ volunteer hours
Thank you for your time and please let me know my chances for the universities listed above