Chance my colleges!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances for:</p>

<p>UCSD
UCLA
UCB
UCSB
UofM</p>

<p>Gender/Race: Male/Caucasian
Major: Chemistry (Due to change to another science major)
High school weighted GPA: 3.43
University of California GPA: 3.91</p>

<p>AP Classes:
AP Biology (Didn't test)
AP World History - 2
AP Statistics - 3</p>

<p>IB Classes (Tests are in May 2014):</p>

<p>IB SL Math
IB SL Japanese
IB SL Chemistry
IB HL English
IB HL History of the Americas
IB HL Psychology
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Key Club (Member) - 3 years (Including senior year)
Science Olympiad (Member) - 1 year
High School Recycling Program (Organizer, frequent volunteer) - 2 years (including senior year)
Japanese Club (member) - 3 years (Including senior year)
Toy Drive Co-Creator, Co-Organizer (Collecting toys from schoolmates to send to veteran's families
Setting up living supplies for the homeless at Local church (3 years, 1 time per year)</p>

<p>Out-of-School Ambitions:</p>

<p>Self taught Java, at a basic level
Self taught Python, at a basic level
Self taught Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, CS5 at a moderate level</p>

<p>Research:
4,000 word essay on conformity and it's political effects in the America's pre and post WWII</p>

<p>Analyzing the correlation of trash collected from the EPA (Using knowledge of Statistics)</p>

<p>1,500 word essay on the Political, economical, and social effects of the Space Race</p>

<p>Lab Experiment in Chemistry, self-organized</p>

<p>1,200 word essay analyzing the visual aspect in Persepolis</p>

<p>Psychology experiment, done with partner</p>

<p>(various other projects, this is just about 60% of my research, in high school)</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 23 (I will admit, this was bad, I'm planning on re-taking again for a far better score)
ACT Math: 25
ACT Reading: 22
ACT English: 20
ACT Science: 24</p>

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<p>Berkeley: Reach (aim for 31+)
UCLA: Reach (aim for 31+)
UCSD: Reach (aim for 29+)
UCSB: Reach (but a lot lower than UCSD)</p>

<p>What exactly is the last college? Minnesota, Miami, Michigan?</p>

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<p>University of Michigan.</p>

<p>Also, would you say those colleges would still be reach with the ACT those scores?</p>

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<p>The only one that is reachable is UCSB; UMI requires 31+, just like Berkeley and UCLA, and financial aid for OOS sucks</p>

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<p>^ UMich’s ACT admission mid 50 was 29-33 (average at 31). There are some merit aid for OOS, but it is very limited. The bigger ones are for students with much better scores (at least above 75% of admission stat).</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks guys! But one last question, would those colleges still be considered reaches even with the ideal ACT scores? Or would you say it’s a match?</p>

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<p>The target scores given will render those colleges much more accessibles, to the point none will be reaches anymore.</p>