ChanceMe for UCLA and UCB

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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Schools: UCLA Mechanical Engineering ( Finanical Actuarial Math in Letters of Science as 2nd Choice)

UC Berkeley Applied Math

UC GPA: 4.55
UC Capped GPA: 4.36
U/W GPA 9-11: 3.92
U/W GPA 10-11: 4.0

SAT: 1570 (Math: 800, R/W: 770, Essay: 6 4 6)
SAT 2: Math 2 (800), Physics (770)

9th grade AP’s: none
10th grade AP’s: none
11th grade AP’s: AP Calculus BC, AP US History, AP Physics 1, AP Chinese (5’s on all)
12th grade AP’s: AP Physics C, AP Gov and Pol, AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics

Extracurriculars:

school FBLA Member: competed and placed in regional competitions regarding financial math and other business competitions, participated in state competitions (10, 11)

Volunteered and tutored elementary school kids in math, held a minor leadership role in determining math curriculum in junior year (10, 11, 12)

  • acquired Presidential Silver Award in 10th grade

COSMOS: attended “Sustainable Transportation” cluster in UC Davis (11)

Member of Astronomy Club: attended weekly meetings, also prepared and took USA Astrophysics and Astronomy Olympiad (12)

JV Track team (9, 10)

I feel like my essays are pretty strong, although my 9th-10th grade coursework and overall extracurriculars are pretty weak. I was just wondering my chances for these schools. Thanks!

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Since UCB has already posted early admits and you will find out your decision results within next 2-3 weeks, chancing you at this point is an exercise in futility. Hopefully you applied to a couple of solid Match and Safety schools.

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 38%
UCLA: 35%

2019 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range:
UCB: 4.23 (4.15-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.32)

2019 Data:
25th - 75th percentiles for SAT totals:
UCB: 1340-1540

UCLA: 1330-1550

Best of luck.