Chance Me please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Cruz
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Hello there, let me explain myself. I am only a current sophomore in high school. I look to going into communications/journalism or mathematics, here is what I currently have and what I will have by the end of high school when I graduate. I am from Omaha, Nebraska at Westside High School. Please keep in mind that my end of high school part is only a theoretical belief of where I will stand, a majority of it is actually set in stone for the future.

CURRENTLY:

  • cumulative GPA 3.74
  • all honors and AP student
  • Copy editor of yearbook
  • journalism wide coordinator (student life coordinator specifically)
  • competing in journalism nationals in Spring (at Seattle)
  • varsity debate
  • varsity speech
  • mock trial captain
  • all state speech (freshman year)
  • in one AP course (Human geography)
  • JV tennis
  • French Club Leader
  • 19th Nebraska and 22nd nationally on national french test
  • top 20% of my grade
  • SK (leader and service work at camp)
  • co-founder of WHS’ Womens Empowerment club

END OF HIGH SCHOOL:

  • cumulative 3.8
  • six years of mathematics classes (algebra 1, advanced algebra, honors geometry, pre-calculus, AP Calc AB, AP stats)
  • AP classes: Human Geography, Calculus AB, Stats, Composition, US history, physics, economics, government, English literature, sociology (total of 11)
  • EIC of Yearbook (set in stone for junior and senior year already)
  • Captain of Debate team (set in stone for junior and senior year)
  • Captain of Speech team (set in stone for junior and senior year)
  • Varsity tennis (11 and 12th)
  • 700+ service hours (working at camp gets around 130 per week, teaching theater and volunteering at local theater, judging at tournaments)
  • Cannot predict ACT/SAT scores (will be in 30’s range for sure)

Please let me know my chances, I know I shouldn’t be uber worried about college now, yet, it’s just something that has been striking my mind for several months now. Thank you!!!

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The California UC’s use only 10-11th grades in their GPA calculation so your cumulative GPA helps determine you are a good student, but until end of Junior year, difficult to predict your chances along with not having any test scores. UC’s are very GPA focused so the higher the better. Take a look at the Freshman profile for 2016 and see where you stand:

GPA and test scores of middle 25%-75% students:

High School UC GPA: 3.65 - 4.09
ACT Composite Score: 25 - 31
SAT Critical Reading: 530 - 660
SAT Mathematics: 560 - 700

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

You are on the right track and if you do everything listed in your “theoretical HS profile”, then you stand a good chance at an acceptance.

Just be aware that the UC’s offer little to no financial aid to out of state students, so expect to pay $60,000/year to attend. Make sure you have the money talk with your parents.

Good luck and keep up the good work.