Chance me, please! UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UChicago, and Northwestern

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello there. I'm applying to UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UChicago, and Northwestern. I'm also applying to Brown, Columbia, and Cornell just to see what happens, I know they're a long shot for me. My safeties are UCI and UCR. I'd appreciate it if you chanced me. I'll give you a virtual hug :]</p>

<p>State: California
Gender/Ethnicity: Male/Asian</p>

<p>GPA:
(10-11 academic) 3.76 unweighted / 4.35 weighted
(10-11 total) 3.79 / 4.26
(9-11 academic) 3.77 / 4.16
(9-11 total) 3.83 / 4.125
ACT: 31 (retaking in September - i can hit 33 no problem)
SATs: CR-790 Math-690 Writing-640 for 2120 total (retaking in October, pretty sure i can hit 2250)
SAT IIs:
Biology M-800
Math II-800
US History-680</p>

<p>AP courseload:
AP Euro - 4
AP Calc AB - 5
AP USH - 5
AP Bio - 5
AP Calc BC - 5
AP French - 3</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
AP Stats
AP Chem
AP Psych
AP Lit</p>

<p>Awards/EC:
AP scholar w/ distinction
Operation Smile member - 2 years
Make-A-Wish - 3 years
French Club - 3 years
Student Government position - 3 years
Class/Prom committee - 3 years
SCSBOA All-Southern California State Honor Band
Lead male in school musical (played Tony in West Side Story)
Volunteer at St. Jude Medical Center - 200+ hours
Leadership position at church, teaching children in church summer camp
Played violin for 11 years (school orchestras, outside orchestras)
Played Saxophone for 7 years (school bands, jazz bands, honor bands)
Wrestling team - 2 years</p>

<p>How does my future look? :/</p>

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<p>Freshman grades?</p>

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<p>sorry i didnt think those were important, but i included them now. thanks!</p>

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<p>I go to UCSD so I know a lot about the UC schools. I would say you will get into UCR, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, and UCB. One of my friends goes to Cornell and by the looks of your stats you definitely have a chance.</p>

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<p>I thought it’s now easier to get into Cornell than Berkeley. The tides have changed. Just check out the stats of both schools. Berkeley has now higher GPA and SAT scores.</p>

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<p>With low unweighted GPA and low SAT scores, Ivies are practically out of the question.</p>

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<p>If you’re applying to the College of Arts and letters, it would probably be a low reach. If Engineering, super reach.</p>

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<p>Do you have a class rank?</p>

<p>As a whole, I’d say that your application is in that gray area where nothing is really outstandingly bad, but everything could use improvement; your GPA, test scores and ECs and all decent to good, but nothing more than that. I would have to rule out the Ivies, and say that NU and Chicago are both low to mid reaches.</p>