Chance @ UCSC, UCD, UCSB, UCB

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello there! I'm a rising senior. Any of the UCs would be my dream schools, especially UC Santa Cruz, Davis, Snta Barbara, and Berkeley, because I'm interested in the sciences (most medical, considering environmental)
If you would kindly take a look at my stats, what do ya think?</p>

<p>After calculating my "UC GPA" its weighted to be 4.5. </p>

<p>Here are my STATS. </p>

<p>Location: Massachusettes
Race: White
Gender: Female
School: Public, ranked 2nd best in state
Class Rank: n/a</p>

<p>*GPA (unweighted):</p>

<p>*All honors freshman year-3.32
*All honors, one AP soph-3.52
*All honors, 2 APS junior-3.66
*Senior year (next year)-4 APs, all honors</p>

<p>*GPA (weighted): 4.5</p>

<p>AP CLASSES: AP US History, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics,
[Senior Year]: AP English Lit, AP Environmental Sci, AP Spanish Lang, AP Psychology
7 AP classes in total, or 8 if you count Economics as 2. </p>

<p>SCORES:</p>

<p>*ACT-32-without studying, going to re-take in sept
*SAT-1980-bad, going to take in oct
CR: 630
math: 660
Writing: 690</p>

<p>SAT II: Biology M-750
SAT II: US History-730
SAT II: Literature-620 (won't be sending that)</p>

<p>AP US-5
AP Bio-5
AP Macro-5
AP Micro Exam-5</p>

<p>EXTRA ACTIVITIES:
*Class Vice President, junior and senior year (11, 12)
*Serve on Belmont Committee, where 5 students from the school are chosen to work on a board with parents, teachers, and administrators about school issues.
*Student Leadership Committee member, bringing together students on issues around the school
*National Honor Society member (11, 12)
*Treasurer of Working the Help the Homeless (11)--promoted next year to...
*President of Working to Help the Homeless (WTHH) club at my school, active, helping homeless people in and around Boston. (12)
*President of the Yearbook Club (12)
*Writer for the school newspaper (11, 12)
*Bronze Presidential Award for 100+ hrs of community service (10)
*Founder AND President of Democratic Party Club at school (12)
*volunteered at a hospital for one full summer (11)
*active volunteer at a conservation land in my town (10, 11, 12)
*Ran Cross Country for 3 years. (9, 10, 12)
*Part-time Job during the school year. (12)</p>

<p>THANK you so much.</p>

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<p>The only thing that concerns me is your unweighted gpa.</p>

<p>UCSC,UCD,UCSB-match
UCB-slight reach</p>

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<p>I know. I’m kicking myself in the butt for it. But if I’m correct they do not calculate freshman year?</p>

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<p>You’re correct on them only looking at 10-12 gpa. Being out of state will help you as well.</p>

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<p>I think UCD, UCSD, and USCS are match if you improve your SAT score. However, I think UCB will be a mid-high reach because of your low gpa and SAT. my advice for testing is that you should focus on either ACT or SAT and do well on ONE of them. Don’t dilute your efforts. good luck :]</p>

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<p>You may not have a 4.5 weighted UC GPA. Because you are OOS, I believe the UC’s only accredit AP classes that you have taken as honor level courses deserving of that extra point in the GPA. Luckily, your GPA is still around average or better weighted for the UC’s, and the rigor of your highschool should be accounted for. I say you have great chances for SC and SB, and fair chances at UCD/SD. UCB is highly unpredictable, and you never know if your the right applicant for them.</p>

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<p>Your GPA and ACT/SAT Scores are a bit low, but your EC’s are great. UCB will be a bit of a reach, but you should be able to get into the others. good luck!</p>

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<p>I don’t think you are calculating your UC GPA correctly–it seems way too high based on your unweighted GPA. UC’s only look at 10th and 11th grade (and only academic classes-- no PE, leadership, etc) when calculating GPA and to get a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for an honors class, the class must be Pre approved by UC ( I’m sure OOS HS’s don’t apply for this). Is the 3.66 after junior year cumulative or just for junior year?</p>

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<p>My GPA was calculated incorrectly! Silly me. Its around 3.9</p>

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<p>That sounds more in line with your UW. You look good for all but Berkely. Berkeley is super competative and your GPA will hurt you. Check out UC Statfinder for more, although it only has stats through 2009. OOS students will have an easier time getting in (if you’re full pay) now.</p>