Chances at UCLA/ UC Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: nhsharvard
Gender: M
Location: California
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.58
Class Rank: 1
Class Size: 504</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SATI:
520 English, 630 Math, 490 Writing(7 subscore)</p>

<p>Practice ACT(through Petersons): Overall 27</p>

<p>20 English
28 Math
31 Reading
28 Science</p>

<p>SAT II U.S. History: 720
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 640</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Debate Club, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band(possibly, All state honor band next year), Honor Band, Nature Club, CSF, APUSH Club, GATE, Boys State, NSHSS, Junior Statesmen, Academic Decathlon
Leadership positions: School Site Council Member, ASB Sophomore Class Treasurer, Band Council Treasurer(next year), CSF Honorary Officer
Volunteer/Service Work: Library, 1.5 years, 1hr a school day,Teacher's Office(21 hours), Conference(7 hours), Tutoring (2 days/wk)
Honors and Awards: 9th grade: 3 Band awards, Renaissance program award 11th place, honor band award
10th grade: 5 band Awards, Renaissance program award 2nd place, honor band award
11th grade: band awards, Renaissance program, honor band award
College Summer programs: Concurrent Enrollment, Bridge, ACE Program(Spring and Fall)</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Harvard University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Yale University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Stanford University, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of California - Los Angeles, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

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Importance of cost: Secondary</p>

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<p>I can see you getting into Berkeley/UCLA with those stats, because you have a strong GPA and great ECs. However, I'm gonna say 'slight reach' on both of them -- you really need to retake the SAT; it's still considered 'important' in admission to UCs. Try to shoot for 2000+.</p>

<p>For Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, though, I'd recommend 2200+. The SAT seems more important at these universities than at UCs.</p>

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<p>Would good ACT scores replace bad SAT reasoning test scores at UCLA or UC Berkeley?</p>

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<p>i agree with the post above, although your ACT, while still below average, is stronger than your SAT. Because you live in California, why not apply to some of the other UCs (SD, SB, Davis, Irvine) unless you're really determined to go to LA/Berkeley.</p>

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<p>If you can hit a 30 on the ACT, that would look pretty good.</p>

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<p>I'm self studying for the ACT over the summer. Would the 20 in english hurt my chances, if it was the actual ACT? Would colleges look at the composite score instead? What subject test scores are the easiest to take and recommended by the UCs?</p>

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<p>Is there an explanation for the low scores given your success in a fairly large class? Is your school underperforming? Are you low income or a minority?</p>

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<p>Personally, the reason why I am valedictorian is because of my hard work. the only except to my hard work was the SAT. My school had prep classes, but I didn't take them. For the SAT, I didn't really study. I only studied the day before. I had writer's block and a headache in the writing section. Then, I felt sleepy in the later sections. I'm studying for the ACT. Mainly, I'm focusing on the English because that got me in the SAT also.</p>

<p>I'm planning to apply to some backup schools, such as UCI, UCSB, CSUS, and CSULB. I think that I'm not minority. I'm Filipino(I was born here). I'm not low income My parents make $80,000-85,000 before taxes.</p>

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<p>Try to get 30+ on the ACT, 2000+ on the SAT. Then your chances at all the UCs would be great.</p>

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<p>I think a 30+ would be much easier than a 2000+ on the SAT for me. Writing persuasively by using facts always comes easier to me(I haven't taken a practice ACT writing test). What are my chances for colleges, such as Cornell, Stanford, or Yale?</p>

<p>Would having only 1 main volunteer activity hurt me? I also tutor, besides volunteering at my school's library.</p>

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<p>Just take the ACT, get a 30+ (really isn't that hard to do...) and you're in.</p>

<p>How are you valedictorian and your test scores are that bad though rofl? Is your school some ghetto ass school in Compton or something lol.</p>

<p>gl tho, just get a 30+ on ACT</p>

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<p>As I said earlier, I worked hard to be valedictorian by having straight As.
I didn't put that much effort on the SATs. I thought that I would get an 1800 at least. I had a headache while I was taking them.</p>

<p>I'm not from Compton and I'm not near it. I'm in LA county, but I'm 2 towns from Orange County. My school's ok, but it only offers 6 AP classes currently(excluding the discontinued AP Music Theory I took). Most of the students in my school don't try, but the people in my classes top 10% definitely try. One of them is bluffing to me with his so-called 5 AP schedule Senior year. He used that trick last year. I'm only taking 3 because I took most of them already. Luckily, my school determines valedictorian after January(1st term).</p>

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<p>As an added note, Berkeley rejected over 50% of those with an ACT score in the range of 31-36.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/chart_ucb.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/chart_ucb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I've seen a data set somewhere that distinguishes percent admitted vs percent of admits, and usually the number was quite different. For example the percent of people who had a score of 750 and where admitted was quite a bit higher than the percent of people admitted and had a score above 750.I still struggle a little with that distinction.</p>

<p>Edit; It was for UCLA;
<a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof06.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof06.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^ Thanks for the link. And sorry if this an obvious question, but I honestly don't understand it. In the first box of statistics the link provides what does "% of apps" mean?</p>

<p>EDIT: LOL, NVM just figured it out I think.</p>

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<p>Slight Reach. I know kids with your scores who have gotten in, but I have to be honest, your grades are inflated. If/When you get into UCLA or Berkeley, better get ready for the real work.</p>