Chances at UC's, USC, and such

<p>Hi everybody so i just ended junior year today and will make this brief i just want to know roughly what chances i have.</p>

<p>Sophmore year:</p>

<p>H Eng B/A
AP Bio A/A
Ap World A/A
Math Analysis A/A
PE A/A
Spanish 3 A/A</p>

<p>Junior year: </p>

<p>AP Eng Lang A/B
AP Calc AB A/A
AP Chem C/C
AP US Hist A/B
Design A/A
College classes:
Computer Science 101 A
Child Development 1 A</p>

<p>ap scores so far: bio 4, ap world 3</p>

<p>sat score: 1770( unprepared and everything....but retake and hoping for way higher)</p>

<p>Subject test: bio m: 580
us hist: 620
i will take math 2c and retake one of these in the fall hoping for 700 +</p>

<p>my uc gpa before second semester: 4.333333</p>

<p>I go to an ultra competitive uc feeder public high school in california. approx 15 ppl out of 200 got into ucla and same with berkley</p>

<p>ec's :
- 200 + hours at Los angeles Chldren hospital and Cedars Sinai volunteering
- co founder/ vice president of non profitable organization that provides tutors for struggling youth whos parents cant afford it
- Russian club at school: co funder, vp
- Jewish club at school: histroian
- Varsity tennis- 3 years
- Gene Black Summer Medical Career Program ( pretty prestigious internship that i get paid for :)....a girl who did this from my school got into a bs/ md program at an ivy)
- USC Leadership Connference 2006</p>

<p>next year courses:
AP Eng Lit
Choir
AP Enviro
H Econ/ AP Gov
and at college: Psychology and Speech 101 first semester
Political Science and Sociology 2nd semester</p>

<p>So i would love to know my chances at:
UCLA
USC
UCB
UCSD
UCSB
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Yale</p>

<p>any recommendations to improve my chances?</p>

<p>oh white middle class caucasian if it makes a difference</p>

<p>First of all, your UCs GPA is only 4.05--since you only count the weighted GPA for the UCs by counting 8 honors classes (you can't count any more honors classes except that). </p>

<p>My guess is you're a reach for UCLA and UCB but a match for UCSD and USC if you get the SAT scores up about 80 points and a match for UCSB even without that. The Ivies depend on rank and size of class--which you haven't posted--and the SATs are way too low to have any chance at them.</p>

<p>The key to get into all of the top schools is to improve your test scores--by a lot--but I think you know that. Even then the Cs you got into AP Chemistry will hurt your chances at John Hopkins and Brown--although you may be able to overcome them if you do well in your summer medical program and are able to get someone to say how much you learned about chemistry on the job.</p>

<p>Lastly, sorry to say, I believe there is absolutely no way for you to get into Yale with those two Cs--just my humble opinion, you understand.</p>

<p>UCLA reach
USC dunno
UCB reach
UCSD slight reach
UCSB match
Johns Hopkins reach
Brown reach
Yale big reach even if you are white</p>

<p>This will offend many people probably... but if you don't tick the financial aid box for USC, you're probably in.</p>

<p>no its 4.3333 for sure...its on my transcript lol</p>

<p>bumppppppppp</p>

<p>Nope, UC caps their GPA with a maximum of 8 semesters of AP or Honors Level Coursework having extra points. So with 6 Aps and 1 Honors, a total of 14 semesters, only 8 of them are weighted.</p>

<p>Sorry, dude, that's how UC does their GPA. Believe me I know. Google it up if you don't believe me and Calcruzer.</p>

<p>ok im not saying ur wrong...but my transcript clearly says: UC gpa: 4.33333 so how are you gonna argue with me?</p>

<p>I calculated 4.05 UC GPA too. Clearly, your school included an unrestricted amount of honors extra points to your GPA.</p>

<p>Again, all UCs only allow a maximum of 8 semesters of AP/honors having extra points (or 4 classes).</p>

<p>ok if u take more than 8 semesters, do they pick and choose the top 8 highest grades? i.e. if u took 12 semesters of AP's and 8 of them u got A's 2 B's and 2 C's, do they take the 8 A's and ignore the rest??</p>

<p>shopaholic234:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCSB: Match</p>

<p>chickenboi8008 --- your gpa will be the same no matter where you add the pts......try it yourself</p>