Chance Me! (UCLA, UCB; Besides UC's UT Austin, Dartmouth, NYU, Johns Hopkins)

UC GPA UW: 3.83
UC GPA W: 4.62

Classes

10th Grade:

  • AP World History
  • AP Comp Sci A
  • Algebra 2
  • Honors Chemistry
  • Honors English 2
  • Art
  • Honors French 3

11th Grade:

  • AP Comp Sci 3 (Math Credit)
  • AP Comp Sci 3 (Lang Credit)
  • Pre-Calculus
  • AP US History
  • AP Physics 1
  • AP English 3
  • Latin 1
  • Academic Decathlon
  • AP Biology

California Resident
Indian American

1550 SAT; 1570 Superscore

SAT II Scores (Haven’t taken yet but aiming for above 760’s on both Math 2 and Bio)

Which college are you applying to? Either Biomedical Engineering or Political Science (if easier to get into)

EC’s (Honestly what I pour a lot of my time and energy into and part of reason for a lower GPA; the other is familial and will include in personal statement)
List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)

  1. Speech and Debate
  • TFA State Qualifier for 10th and 11th grade (12th most likely)
  • Prose Speaking 5-Time Finalist
  • Been in club for 9-12th
  • Distinguished Award from National Speech/Debate Foundation
  • Every other weekend we attend local tournaments
  • NIETOC Bid for Prose (IE Tournament of Champions Qualifier)
  1. Model United Nations
  • Most Awarded delegate in school history
  • 15+ Awards (6 Best Delegate/Gavel) (Participated in Middle School)
  • Attending the National High School MUN this March
  • Vice President of MUN Chapter
  • President of (self created) middle school MUN outreach club for the city
  • Increased membership from 45 previous year to 80 members
  1. French National Honor Society and French Club
  • President of FNHS
  • Went to State for French Competition
  • Increased membership from 14 to 36
  • Created relationship with French Consulate for outreach activities
  • Attended French School for 3+ years
  1. Public Speaking Club
  • Outreach Club to teach both Middle/Elementary School students about public speaking early on in order to expose them to the activity and gauge interest in Debate
  • 2 times a month creating activities and lesson plans to teach about nuances of public speech
  • Brought some prospective middle school students to a debate tournament for first-hand exposure
  1. Technology and Science Association
  • TSA Regional Finalist
  • TSA State Finalist
  • TSA National Qualifier
  • Participated in Biomedical Engineering Competition; Debates about Technology; Extemporaneous Speech, etc
  1. Neuroscience Club
  • Started a club to expose students to the field of neurology
  • Invited guest speakers from city hospitals to lecture about different fields and conceptual baselines for students
  • Attended the Neuroscience Competition in our Region
  • Neuroscience Regional Finalist
  • NHS
  • ENHS
  • FNHS
  • NAHS (Art)
  • NIH Biomedical Engineering Internship (Highly Selective)
  • 150+ Hours of Community Service
  • 200+ Hours of Dermatological Internship
  • Stanford Speech and Debate Camp; NDF Debate Camp; VBI Debate Camp
  • Dartmouth Health Careers Camp
  • Harvard EDx Computer Science Course
  • Northwestern Biology Course

And I forgot to add these but here:
– National AP Scholar
– National Merit Finalist
– Presidents Volunteering Bronze Medal

For UCLA, UC Berkley, and Dartmouth i’m most likely going to apply as a Political Science major, focusing around my MUN and Debate career and for UT Austin, NYU, and Johns Hopkins most likely going to be Biomedical Engineering

Capped weighted UC GPA also? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

You are definitely a competitive applicant and best of luck.

Capped UC is around 4.12

All 3 UC GPA’s are considered by UCB and UCLA. Overall you are a competitive applicant but neither school is guaranteed. Do you have any safety schools on your list? Other UC’s?

2018 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 10%
UCLA: 9%

You’re right in that nebulous area. Great test scores and activities which helps even out your GPA somewhat. Your essays will probably the tiebreaker. It’s definitely a reach but you’re in range.

Other UC’s on my list are UCI (Biomed) and USC (Biomed); Im also applying to Cal Poly for Comp Sci as another safety and CS at UT Dallas probs

Is there anything other than essays such as activities that could push me over the edge in terms of my application?

How does AP CompSci get both Math and Language credit? Unless my reading comprehension has failed me.

Cal Poly SLO with a 5.6% acceptance rate for CS is not a Safety, but a Match.

AP Comp Sci for our school is kind of like a dual credit AP (idk why its like that) but yeah for us it offers 2 credits for both a Math and Language credit. And abt Cal Poly i didn’t know the acceptance was that low for CS so thanks for informing me. Yeah it would def be a match then. And again is there anything else I could do besides essays in terms of EC’s or something to improve chances at UCLA/Berkley because my 10th grade took a big dip because of some family issues which I will work into my personal statement but still want to make up for otherwise.

OP, USC is not in the UC system.

Also if you are a California resident, UCs will know how to count credit and there is no way that a Computer Science class fulfills both math and FL credit. Something isn’t adding up for me.

And I think a California resident should be able to spell the name of city in which the premier UC is located.

Yeah lol you’re right I just listed California resident because I lived there for 7 years and we still have a house there so planning on applying as “in state” due to higher admission rates. Sorry for misspelling Berkeley btw it was 11:00pm.

But idc too much about the credits I just want to know based on my stats and if I have decent essays if I could get in

Please check whether “owning a house in California” is recognized as sufficient to be considered an in state applicant. The UC webpage has explicit definitions for who they consider to be instate residents.

If you are not attending high school in California, did you take that into account when calculating your UC GPAs? Only AP/IB courses at OOS high schools get a gpa boost when calculating the UC GPAs.

As an aside, I’ve thought that OOS applicants had a higher acceptance rate, but lower enroll rate due to the OOS tuition rate and lack of scholarship dollars available to OOS applicants.

To be considered for in-state UC tuition rates, you and your parents need to be residing in California 366 days prior to matriculation to a UC which means you should be living in California as of now. If not, then you might find it difficult to receive the in-state rates.

https://www.ucop.edu/residency/residency-requirements.html

An as stated in the above post, only AP/IB or UC transferable DE courses will be weighted in the UC GPA calculation for OOS applicants, not HS designated Honors classes.

I calculated my GPA based on just AP’s, Honors courses not included. The residency thing is a bit shaky so worst case scenario ill apply out od state. But yeah I just want to know with those stats what are my chances and if anybody knows about Dartmouth (Its my dream school) please chance me! Thanks!