Chances at the UCs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, I'm just a simple senior attending a fairly prestigious high school in NorCal. I've applied to about 5 UCs but I really want to go to UCSD. My stats are</p>

<p>Asian-American.
UC GPA: 3.4
ACT: 32
SAT IIs: Chem - 790 Math IIc - 780
Extracurri:
- Black belt in a martial art, got 2nd in national tournament in philidelphia.
- Varsity tennis soph year. (Stopped playing junior/senior year though :()
- Very weak club experience. (I find school clubs to be not very productive. I stopped attending my interact meetings on what, the 3rd meeting freshman year?)
- Volunteer at a church every sat helping people with disabilites
Courseload: Fairly rigorous, 4 APs and 3 Honors. Doubling in science this year.
Other info:
- Moved to 3 different high schools. (Housing problems)
- Grades improved over the years. (I slacked off big time fresh/soph year)
Essay: Pretty good I'd say. Nothing outstanding but not mediocre either in my opinion.
I'm not sure if I'm missing anything, so here are the schools I applied to:</p>

<p>UCSD
UCI
UCD
UCSB
UCR</p>

<p>I know that UCSD goes by point system, I've calculated and I came pretty darn close to the cutoff of previous years, maybe even above if you see it from a different angle. :P </p>

<p>I was told that I can appeal to UCSD afterwards if I don't get in, would my chances increase after that?</p>

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<p>Bump bump.</p>

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<p>Apps are up at the UCs, so expect the cutoff to be higher this year. Frankly, the middle UCs are a reach with a 3.4. Your good scores will help, but SD will be difficult. Low income would really help.</p>

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<p>The GPA seems a little low to me for UCSD. Your chances don't increase after appealing per se, as appeals are rarely successful.</p>

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<p>thanks for the feedback. </p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>for UCSD i think GPA is lacking.
for the middle UC's - Irvine Davis SB may be a slight reach/match since your ACT/SATII scores are very good</p>

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<p>Did you exclude your freshman GPA???</p>

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<p>dirtysocks:</p>

<p>UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI/UCD/UCSB: Match
UCR: Safe Match</p>

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<p>UCSD: Slight Reach-Reach (your gpa is likely too low for UCSD)
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match </p>

<p>Your ACT is very good. I would imagine good enough to make up for a slightly low GPA for UCI/UCSB/UCD. UCSD will be very difficult because of your GPA. But you never know. Your SAT II's are very good as well. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>oh, and my gpa senior year was about a 3.8 weighted, so maybe that can help boost my chances when I appeal?</p>

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<p>Yes, appeals look at senior year.</p>

<p>It is difficult to appeal to all UCs with the exception of Berkeley and LA because those are the only UCs that set aside a finite amount of admissions slots for appeals. The other UCs will admit appeals if and only if they have room. Therefore, if yield is too high for a UC then you will not get in off of appeals. </p>

<p>Appeals for Davis will be very difficult especially with the 2010 class' overyield and record amounts of applicants for the 2011 class.</p>

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<p>Sorry, but I'm a bit confused as to the definition of "reach" and "match"</p>

<p>Would you still tell a student with a 3.0 GPA, 1780 SATs and horrible ECs that his chances at Harvard is a "reach"? </p>

<p>And the meaning of match be 50/50? Or 60%+?</p>

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<p>match is generally 50-60 percent chance of acceptace</p>