Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I’m extremely curious to see what my chances are and I have my college list mostly finalized, so it would be super helpful if you could let me know what you think :slight_smile:

List:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Davis
UC Irvine
USC
Pitzer College
Pomona College
UPenn/Columbia (lol, not sure about these yet)

GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.25 W
ACT: 32 Composite (35 Eng, 29 Math, 31 Reading, 31 Sci, 11 Writing) (planning to retake)

AP/Honors Courseload:
Freshman: Alg II H, Global Studies H, English I H, Bio H
Sophomore: Eng II H, Chem H, Precal H, Spanish II H, Psychology 101 at community college (summer)
Junior: AP Calc AB, AP English Lang, AP Environ Sci, Spanish III H
Senior (planning): AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Gov

ECs:
Varsity Track and Field (3 years)
Varsity Cross Country (1 year) (honorable mention)
National Honor Society member
CSF member (3 years out of the 3 possible at my school)
12 years experience in fine arts (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place awards)
3 years experience in martial arts
Community service leadership team (2 years)
~80 hours of community service at 6 different organizations
Honor roll (3 years)

Background:
School Type: Private, Religious
State: California
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander/Asian
Gender: Female
Major: Neuroscience/Psychology
Hooks: My sibling attended UCLA and my family donates to the school

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Does your school do class rank? If so that may be helpful. I think UPenn and Columbia will be pretty high reaches but I think you have a fair chance at all the UC schools. Your writing and English scores on the ACT are amazing, but if you are majoring in an area of science I would suggest trying to raise your math and science score a couple of points

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No, unfortunately my school doesn’t do class eanks :frowning: thank you for the feedback though!

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UC GPA? http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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3.79

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Considering that you live in California, you probably will get into most…if not all UC schools

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I think Berkeley, UPenn, and Columbia are all high reach schools…nothing really stands out

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If your UC GPA is 3.79, then you are below average for all but UCM/UCR and UCSC. That being said, your ACT is competitive and EC’s are good. Work on your essays this summer and make them outstanding. UCLA/UCB. the Claremont colleges, UPenn and Columbia are probably out of reach due to GPA, but you have a decent chance at the rest of the UC’s. Apply broadly and make sure you have a couple of good safeties on your list that you are willing to attend. Over the last few years, the UC’s and college admissions in general have been unpredicatable so make sure you have some good backups. Good Luck.

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Got it, thanks! Would the fact that I’m going to be a pre-collegiate student at UC Berkeley this summer help with admissions by any chance?

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No because almost 75% of the people who attend UC Berkley did not take a pre-college summer program. Honestly, those programs are a way for colleges to make money–rarely do they aid in the admission process