<p>hey, these are my friend’s stats and he wants to know his chances for all the UC’s.</p>
<p>Sophmore grades for a-g classes:
1st semester-B, B, A, A, A
2nd semester-A, B, B, A, A</p>
<p>Junior grades a-g classes:
1st semester- C, B, B (if weighted=A), B, B, B
2nd semester- C, B (if weighted=A), B, B, B, C</p>
<p>SAT I: 1710, retaking
SATII: not taken yet but around 650</p>
<p>what are his chances for UC’s, especially the lower to mid tier ones.</p>
<p>forget the top ones (berkeley, la, sd, irvine, santa barbara)</p>
<p>sc and riverside (and merced lol what a joke) are all very likely...</p>
<p>probably not davis either...</p>
<p>say hello to uc santa cruz. but then again, you never know.. best of luck to you <em>cough</em> i mean your "FRIEND" lol</p>
<p>Probably not Davis either...LOL dude as if Irvine were somehow more difficult to get into. Everyone I know got into Irvine.</p>
<p>Now for a serious answer. Bring up the SAT1 to closer to 2000, write incredible essays and hopefully you have some stellar ec's dude. If you do that you still have a solid chance in the mid-tier UC's.</p>
<p>ilovecalifornia, it is for my friend.</p>
<p>i already made my own thread. (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=210418%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=210418</a>)</p>
<p>input over there is just as appreciated. (if not more ;))</p>
<p>lol jk i believe u. i ask questions for my friends all the time.</p>
<p>bumpppppppppp.</p>
<p>you are in at UC Merced for sure</p>
<p>i agree with mrxalleycat. i don't know anyone who applied to merced that got rejected [unless they did not complete the application, of course].</p>
<p>if your friend is worried, he should go see the average SAT scores and GPA at the UCs. the 20% range is called a reach and the 75% range is a match [ that is what i remembered; correct me if i am wrong] there's other factors to be considered, but i agree that GPA & SAT scores are important [why else would we have them, right?]</p>
<p>as for ECs and personal statements, he should go ask friends from other UC schools to lend him their personal statements for reference [ NOT to copy ]. that way, he can get an idea about what it takes to get into a certain UC. tell him not to lose faith in applying to the upper-tier schools either. the average scores are still only averages, meaning there are people with higher stats, but also there are those with lower stats, too.</p>