<p>I don’t really know how the homeschooling/blood cancer affects your chances… So I’ll just chance you based on your stats. Of course, it is a valid excuse for a lower GPA, so be sure to mention it in your personal statement.</p>
<p>Also, I’m going by your stated GPAs as if they were weighted. It would be different for your junior year if that’s your UW.</p>
<p>UCB – High Reach
UCLA – High Reach
UCSD – Reach
UCD – Low Reach/Match
UCI – Low Reach/Match
UCSB – Low Reach/Match
UCSC – Match
cal poly slo – Match
uop – Match
usc – Reach
santa clara univ – Match</p>
<p>Your GPA is a bit low for most of these schools… and for Berkeley, UCLA, USC your SAT is low as well.</p>
<p>But if that’s not your weighted, tell us your UC GPA.</p>
<p>id say ur in into all of them. i mean, ur able to get good grades with such a disease! ur involve in ECs involving ur illness and it shows that u have potential to fight the disease and to not let u give up! ur gpa isnt that top notch, but i bet the administrators will see through that!</p>
<p>I’d say you are in at all the mid and low-tiered UCs. Your gpa is really low. You weren’t sick freshmen year and you had a 2.8? or were you sick then, and is that what affected your gpa? I would say no to usc as well. Your gpa and sats just aren’t good enough. Maybe if you explain your illness in your essays, you would have a better shot, so the adm. officers know what you had to go through. Best of luck.</p>
<p>There was a young lady who posted last season who had gone through 2 bouts of cancer and did not get into any schools her stats did not imply she would. Including a school where she was a legacy.</p>
<p>So while I know kids are trying to be nice, none of you have a clue that adcom overlook things based on illness.</p>
<p>To the OP, I would not count on any UC you don’t have the stats for. You might get lucky, but be prepared and apply to some sure things.</p>
<p>Hi, I am unsure about your exact chances to any of these schools but a friend of mine got into a car accident during her junior year and her grades dropped a bit (two B’s), she got something in the 1800’s for her SAT’s and she got into UCLA. I know she had good (if not great) recommendations, and her extracurriculars probably helped because she played volleyball all four years and was in Key Club. She thinks her essay played a key role in her admission to UCLA (and Berkeley), because she wrote about recuperating and how her car accident made her see life in a different light. </p>
<p>I think it’s definitely possible for you to get into the UC’s, just try your best. USC might be a different story. My aunt went there, and she said she was probably one of the less qualified applicants, something I was surprised to hear. (Although, that was a while back.)</p>