Chance me PLEASE~ Uc's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello cc, I'm a senior from cupertino, ca and I'm really worried about my chances at these colleges:</p>

<p>UCSB UCD UCI UCSD and U of I Urbana Champaign ( and super reach UCLA )</p>

<p>Majoring in Physics or physical chemistry</p>

<p>Uc gpa UW= 3.37 , weighted=3.71</p>

<p>Sophomore year grades: (messed up pretty bad)
US history A
World lit B
AP comp sci B
Chemistry H B
Precalc H B
Spanish 3 C</p>

<p>Junior Year grades:
Calc AB A
American Lit B
AP Chemistry A
AP Music Theory A
US History A
ROP Engineering Tech A</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
Physics H
US Govt/Econ
Contemp Lit
Jazz Ensemble</p>

<p>SAT: 2100 CR:650 Math: 750 W: 680
Psat: 220 NMSC semi-finalist
SAT 2: 800 Chem , 780 Math
AP tests: Music theory , Chemistry, Calc AB , Comp Sci AB all 5's
Thinking of taking december acts...</p>

<p>EC: 10 years of piano, passed level 10 certificate of merit
Part time swim coach job since August 2008 (5-6 hours a week)
Full time summer job @ Formosa21 inc in taiwan
WCEO ta ( children's summer camp) 240 hours</p>

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<p>Buuuuuuuuuuuump</p>

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<p>UCLA is soo not a super reach for you! You did great! Except can you tell me what you’re cumulative unweighted/weighted, whatever you’ve got, GPA is? You got a great SAT score by the way. Good job! I wish you could tutor me on math. I get really high scores in writing and reading but not on math.</p>

<p>You’ve got really good chances.</p>

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<p>No, sorry. That GPA will make UCLA extremely difficult.</p>

<p>UCSD is a reach, but the mid-tiers are in range because of that high SAT.</p>

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<p>How about University of Illinois? And does an upward trend in grades help a lot or not much?</p>

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<p>bump againn</p>

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<p>Are you sure that’s your UC GPA, it would generally be higher than your UW GPA if you took some honors/APs as at least some should be weighted in the UC calculation.</p>

<p>Your SAT score is considerably above average for the mid tier UCs which will help if your UC GPA inches up towards their average of about 3.9/4.0. You can get away with a below average GPA if the score is well above average. If you can raise the score more, do so.</p>

<p>But this will be a very tough year at the UCs with the budget crisis forcing fewer freshmen and more OOS students. Bottom line: if you’re counting on a UC add the bottom 3 to your list.</p>

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<p>I just added up your UC GPA based on the information you gave: Bonus for the three APs, not counting the ROP class which I don’t think is an A-G class:
As - 5 X 4 = 20
Bs - 6 X 3 = 18
Cs - 1 X 2 = 2
Bonus Pts = 3
= 43 GPA pts/12 year-long courses = 3.58 UC GPA</p>

<p>If one of the honors courses counts for UC honors (you have to look on the Doorways <a href=“https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/servlet.jsf?_flowExecutionKey=_c16F2C3F8-C9CE-54FD-4911-044667B4AD55_k911931AA-050C-5A7C-8B72-A2103F4C2EEF[/url]”>https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/servlet.jsf?_flowExecutionKey=_c16F2C3F8-C9CE-54FD-4911-044667B4AD55_k911931AA-050C-5A7C-8B72-A2103F4C2EEF&lt;/a&gt; list to check), you would have the max 4 year-long bonus points for 44 GPA pts/ 12 courses for a UC GPA of 3.67.</p>

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<p>the rop is uc eligible, i checked</p>

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<p>umm your SAT scores don’t add up to 2100, they add up to 2080. typo?
I would say you definitely have a good chance at most of those schools, UCSD might be a little difficult, and UCLA is definitely a reach, but if it’s your dream school try it and see what happens</p>

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<p>Oops yeah that should be 660 and 690 for cr and writing.</p>

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<p>UC GPA with the ROP:
3.62 (Including 3 APs) or
3.69 (If one or more honors is UC-approved for honors)
With your high tests scores, the middle UCs look possible for you. As hmom says, include one of the bottom three if you are counting on attending a UC.</p>

<p>Have you considered widening your college search to include universities that would give you significant merit money because you are a NMSF? There are many listed on the Financial Aid/Scholarships forum.</p>