Chances at UC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.3 (uw), 3.65 (w)</p>

<p>ACT: 32</p>

<p>APs: English (4), US History (4),</p>

<p>Senior scehdule: AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish 5, Physics, and economics</p>

<p>ECs: 3 year varsity soccer, Nordstroms employee, Johns Hopkins talented youth recipient, volunterring, etc...</p>

<p>Essays and rec: Great, (just like everybody else's)</p>

<p>Applying in astronomy</p>

<p>So i was just wondering my chances at UCSB, UCLA, UCB, Cal Poly, and USC</p>

<p>THanks so much, its my first time posting in here</p>

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<p>I thought you would like some real life stats from last year.</p>

<p>My son got into UCLA last year, from out of state. 2300 SAT. Top 5% of class, but only a 3.7 unweighted. </p>

<p>He did not get into Berkeley.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, based on this fact, I would say that since his stats were better than yours, you will probably not get into Berkeley.</p>

<p>A couple years back, my friend’s son did not get into USC, with slightly better stats than yours. He was from California. So, my hunch is that you will not get into USC either.</p>

<p>My guess is that you will get into UCSB (which ain’t bad)</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don’t think the Johns Hopkins Talented Youth program will do you much good either. My son was DUKE TIP (a similar program).</p>

<p>To give you some more real life results, my son was waitlisted at Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, and Emory.</p>

<p>But he had little in the way of ECs.</p>

<p>If you can afford tuition at USC, then my suggestion is that you apply to some non-California schools similar in ranking to USC, such as University of Michigan, Emory, University of Virginia, Boston College. The idea would be to play on the georgraphic diversity you offer to midwestern and eastern schools. Maybe take a look at schools like Tulane, University of Miami, and SMU. I have no idea whether they have astronomy though.</p>

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<p>floridadad is right</p>

<p>Cal, UCLA, USC - reaches
SB, Calpoly - matches</p>

<p>You should certainly apply to more schools such as Irvine, Davis, UCSC.</p>

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<p>Yes I did apply to others not in California, I was accepted to Boulder Aerospace engineering program, I also will pay 100% of my tuition if that helps</p>

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<p>UCLA, UCB, USC: Reach
UCSB: High Match
Cal Poly: match
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Your ACT is a little low. Good ECs though. I agree with letjustin about the reaches/matches. As floridadad said, apply to more of the UCs - Irvine’s pretty good - and the University of Arizona (has good merit-based scholarships and is strong in astronomy). Good luck!(:</p>

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<p>Also my UC GPA Is a 3.5</p>