Chance Me Please

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>17 Yr Filipino Male Lived in california since birth
UC GPA 4.238
SAT I M-780 CR-650 WR-560 (55 MC 8 Essay) Total 1990
SAT II Math IIc 780 Physics 730 Chem 700
(I was sick during AP season...but i don't know if i can blame my sickness for my scores) Anyways... example of grade inflation...maybe</p>

<p>Soph. Year
English 2 Honors A,B
Precalc Honors A,A
Bio Lab Honors, A,A
World Civ Honors A,A
Spanish 3 A, B</p>

<p>Jr. Year
AP English 3 A, B, 2
AP Calc BC A, A, 2 (AB subscore 3)
AP Physics C B, B, 2 (Mech)
AP Enviro A, A, 2
Spanish 3 A, A</p>

<p>Sen Classes (Our school switched schedules, we now have 8 classes per year, and divide them into 4 each semester.)
AP Chem A, A
AP US Hist B, A
AP Bio A, A
4th Per Dismissal</p>

<p>Senior Predicted 2nd Semester Classes(Called 3rd Term in Our School)
AP Eng
Econ/Gov
Multi variable Calculus At a Community College
Half of those A's are actually A-'s Minuses... Does that matter?</p>

<p>EC. 200+ Hrs
Boy Scouts Life Scout 50 Hrs Com Service
- Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Instructor, Den Chief
Tutoring Jr. High Students 30 Hrs
Boys Volleyball All 4 Years. Freshman JV, Soph-Junior Varsity...Junior Year we won League and placed 8th in CIF div 2.
Coached Volleyball Team For Jr. High 120 Hrs<a href="Unofficial%20Coach,%20You%20could%20not%20be%20coach%20if%20you%20were%2018,%20But%20i%20ran%20the%20practices%20and%20rotations...and%20i%20told%20the%20%22Official%20Coach%22%20what%20to%20do%20during%20games">/B</a>
American Cancer Society-Relay For Life 2 Yrs
-Team Leader 2nd Year. Highest Raising Youth Team...Raised 1765 Dollars. My family and I raised around 1200 dollars.
Food Share/Soup Kitchen/Beach Clean up/Other **36 Hrs
Designed Website for a Family Business
Piano Lessons Taken Piano lessons for 7 years. Won Various Awards
Organized a Piano Teaching Business for kids... Taught 3 Kids piano for 5 months 5 dollars per hour for 40 minutes a week for each kid. (Should i Consider it a business on the APP?)</p>

<p>Awards (I don't really consider many of these as actual awards because they are so common)
Top Scholar-NHS
Honor Roll- CSF
Athletic Scholar- Varsity sport
Gold Medal in Piano- National Guild Auditions
1st place unofficial winner at a chess tourney at the Pre-Engineering Program proyecto access sponsored by NASA (128 Players)</p>

<p>Pre-Engineering Programs and SAT Prep
Proyecto Access Sponsored by NASA (Summer)
Pre-Engineering Program at the Port Huemene Naval Base (During Senior Year)</p>

<p>SAT PREP (none of these were actual classes/courses. They were all brief and quick programs)
Catalyst 8 hours (2 Sessions)
Private tutor from Catalyst 7 Hours (3 sessions)
Princeton Review Free Sessions 10 Hours (I attended 5 sessions that covered the same material)</p>

<p>BTW I don't know for sure if i got ELC to this school. I got elc to Davis, SB, SC, Merced, and Irvine, They all say "Guaranteed Admission" but on the UCSD ELC paper they sent me it says "Congrats for applying...you qualify for ELC, We Want you to Apply to UCSD"</p>

<p>So what are my chances? What are my chances to UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCB, UCLA,</p>

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<p>anyone please?</p>

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<p>You’re fine for all of them</p>

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<p>what do u mean by fine? like safety?</p>

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<p>gl, u have a good chance</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t use the word “safety”. However, are you sure that’s your UC GPA? I get a 4.05 when I do it. You only get a maximum of 8 extra points, meaning that only 4 AP classes are weighted. In light of that, I guess I would have to go back and say UCLA and Berkeley are slight reaches. Your stats are a “match” for UCSD.</p>

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<p>oh well if that’s the case then i still calculated a 4.15…thanx for ur input…</p>

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<p>its no making much sense 5+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+4+3+4+3+4+4+3+3+4+4+4+4 comes out to 83. I divied that by my classes, its 4.15, however, someone else a long time ago told me that my uc gpa is 4.05 can u tell me what i did wrong?</p>

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<p>Your UC GPA is 4.15. Your calculations in your post directly above this one are correct.</p>

<p>EDIT: You’ll be into UCSD without a problem. UCLA - match/slight reach. UCB - slight reach. I’m sure you’ve seen the UCSD point system site so you probably already know you’re above that line. Cal and UCLA are tricky since your stats are a bit below their usual acceptee but you should be fine.</p>

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<p>your like a match/slight safety</p>

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<p>should i post my AP scores? Since i did bad on all of them?</p>

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<p>i tihnk youre a match… how bad is bad? like 2s? or 1s?</p>

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<p>What are your goals? Many of these colleges don’t just want a laundry list of volunteering, they want consistency. If you’re into math, a large portion of your e.c should revolve around math-related programs. You clearly are an accomplished student, and your race puts in a nice position among applicants…so good luck.</p>

<p>Also, don’t list hours - reviews will think you’re lawyering minutes. Any courses above 20 hours, just list the dates. I.E, I was active in Boys and Girls club of America between August 21st, 2006 - September 8th, 2007. That looks a lot better than tallied hours, as colleges are fully aware of hour embellishment. </p>

<p>You’ll easily get into UCSD, UCI, UCDavis, and UCSB - but UCLA and UCB are still up for bargain. You either have to be an average academic with superior e.c (one that shows a true goal an interest, rather than just “helping”), or super-duper score wh0re with steroid GPAs and baby-kissing volunteering.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>i thinkyou’re in!</p>