Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
I'm currently a junior studying in an American school in England, but I spent my freshman/sophomore years at an American school in Cairo. I'm of Arab/black ethnicity.</p>

<p>Schools: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, NYU, Boston University, Northeastern, U Notre Dame
These are my reach schools but I will also be applying to some safety schools like UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine University.</p>

<p>Intended major: Finance or Economics</p>

<p>GPAs:
Freshman year: 3.45 (UW)
Sophomore year: 3.80 (UW)
Junior year: 3.78 (UW) and 4.25 (W)
Senior year: hopefully continued improvement</p>

<p>By the time I graduate high school, I will have taken 8 APs: Psychology, Human Geography, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Biology, Literature, US History, Statistics. I estimate that about half of these will be 5s and the other half 4s. I think that this is fairly rigorous for any top university.</p>

<p>SAT: 2000
ACT: 30 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars are fairly well rounded. Captain of the JV soccer team, Leader of stagecraft/backstage for some products such as Beauty and the Beast, member of the investment club, INJAZ (student less business), and some service: member of the Disaster Relief Fund, Cancer Relief fund, and an optional class called service learning (doing several service projects in Cairo such as teaching orphaned kids English).</p>

<p>I would greatly appreciate if anyone would "chance me" in order to give me an idea about which universities are realistic. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Notre Dame Mendoza: Reach
NEU D’Amore-McKim: Match/High match
BU SMG: Match
NYU Stern: Reach
Berkeley Haas: High match (can you pay full-freight?)
UCLA: High match
UCSD: Match
UCSB: Match
Pepperdine Graziadio: Match</p>

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<p>Really? Stern would be one of the harder universities? Thanks! </p>

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<p>UCB should be a reach unless I missed something. 2000/30/3.79 is not competitive for oos for international.</p>

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<p>@billcsho‌ what does oos mean? I forgot to mention I’m a US citizen (I don’t think I’m considered as an international student even though I study abroad).</p>

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<p>oos = out of state
You are a citizen, but are you a California resident?</p>

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<p>@billcsho‌ not a resident unfortunately even though I was born and have a house there. I will be retaking the SAT and ACT in senior year, so hopefully ill be able to raise my scores. </p>

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<p>@billcsho and I will complete two UCLA courses this summer - I heard that pre collegiate program’s improve chances of bring admitted. </p>

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<p>Yes Stern will be one of the harder schools to get into. When 2300+ and 3.8+ GPAs get consistently rejected you know its going to be a reach school. This past admissions a lot of people that thought they would get in were completely disappointed. Don’t just bring your SAT and GPA to the table - you need more. Most important is to show you’ve done your research and show genuine interests. </p>

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<p>In fact, at UCs, residency only matters for financial aid; a 3.79/30 can get into Berkeley, regardless of whether the student is in-state or not. Might be a little tough but it’s still doable.</p>

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<p>@Catria‌ The admission average GPA is 3.9 and SAT is 2071.
<a href=“http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/04/university-of-california-uc-berkeley-admissions.html?page=all”>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/04/university-of-california-uc-berkeley-admissions.html?page=all&lt;/a&gt;
Also, there is a noticeable difference between oos and in state student in GPA and scores:
<a href=“Student Profile - Office of Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.berkeley.edu/studentprofile&lt;/a&gt;
For oos, average admitted students have GPA 3.92 and ACT 32 (vs 3.89/30 for in state)</p>