Chances at UCs, and privates (avg. courses, no work exp)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, everyone! :) I'm new here, I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I'd appreciate it.</p>

<p>Schools I will probably apply to:
UCLA
UCB
UCD
UCI
Scripps (one of the Claremont Colleges)
Cornell
(Safe school: Cal State Long Beach)</p>

<p>(If it's any help, I have 3 cousins at UCLA and 1 at Cornell pursuing a Master's Degree in International Law)</p>

<p>About me:
Asian (Thai)/ female
Southern California
1st generation
Came to USA in 7th grade and had to re-learn english. Born here but went back to Thailand when I was 6.
Large public High school (3000+ kids)</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>GPA (according to latest transcript):
(9th-12th) Weighted: 4.0, Unweighted 3.92.
(10th-12th) Weighted 4.0 Unweighted 3.875
Total GPA: Weighted 4.0 Unweighted 3.93
Rank: 35/800 (top 4%)
SAT I: 1850
SATIIs: USH 630, Chem 610, Math 2 540 (took it when I was taking alg II)</p>

<p>Soph. courses (...nothing too fabulous)
English II A/A
Spanish 3 A/A
Geometry Honors A/A-
World History A/A
Int. 1 Dance A/A
Chemistry A-/A</p>

<p>Jr. year courses
English III A/A
Spanish 4 A/A-
Alg II/Trig B/B
AP U.S. History A-/A- (AP grade: 4)
AP Chemistry B-/B (AP grade: 3)
Int. 2 Dance A/A </p>

<p>Will be taking for Senior year: English Composition, AP European History, AP Biology, Pre-Calculus, Economics/Government(required, no honors/ap), and Dance!</p>

<p>ECs:
Dance for 5 years(both at studio and school). (10+ hours/week)
President/Captain (for 12th), secretary (11th), and publicity (10th) for school Speech & Debate Team + Club.
CSF member - plan to run for office (9,10,11,12)
Interact Club Member (10,11,12)
Spanish Honor Society (11)
100+ hours Community service for middle school's library</p>

<p>Interest field of study: history, science, psychology, or dance. Currently undecided.</p>

<p>In addition, I think I can get some good teacher recommendations for my speech/english and dance teachers. </p>

<p>No work experience yet: Reason? Visit my family/relatives in Thailand every summer since I've been here in 7th grade. This year, I have to take care of my sick grandma 24/7, my dad can't afford a nurse. (ok reason..?)</p>

<p>So, if anyone could help me out, thanks a lot :D</p>

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<p>UCB, LA and Cornell are huge reaches. The others are matches.</p>

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<p>Your AI score is 191, which is a CRS score of 2 out of 9. This means that out of all the people who apply to Cornell this year, about 77% to 88% will have better grades and test scores than you and 12% to 23% will have worse grades and test scores. Since Cornell admitted about 30% of applicants, you are a real reach to get in there.</p>

<p>As far as the UCs, your UC GPA is 4.00 exactly (unless that Geometry course counts as an honors course for UC purposes--go to the link on the UCOP site to find out). If it counts, then your UC GPA is 4.10</p>

<p>Average grades and test scores at the undergraduate UC campuses last year:
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UC Berkeley--4.17 and 2007
UCLA--4.12 and 2003
UCSD--4.04 and 1928
UCSB--3.90 and 1842
UCI--3.89 and 1849
UCD--3.84 and 1824
UCSC--3.67 and 1759
UCR--3.59 and 1674
UCM--3.58 and 1668
University-wide (all campuses)--3.78 and 1784</p>

<p>Thus you can see why you are a reach at UC Berkeley and UCLA, a match to slight reach at UCSD, a match at UCSB, UCI, and UCD, and a safe match at UCSC, and a safety at UCR and UCM.</p>

<p>In the end, a lot depends on your passion, your essays, the major you intend to pursue, and where you really want to go. All of the UCs are good schools--so pick the one that's right for you.</p>

<p>P.S. I don't have the data on Scripps available right now, but I think it's a match.</p>

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<p>ForeverA:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCI/UCD: Match</p>