Chances for Cal, UCLA, UCSD with hardly any EC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Female, White/Chinese</p>

<p>Total GPA: 4.21
10-12 GPA: 4.29
Non-Weighted GPA: 3.89</p>

<p>SAT I: Total - 2130
Math - 720
Writing - 680
Reading - 730</p>

<p>SAT II: 760 (Math II)
730 (Lit)
720 (Biology)</p>

<p>AP Tests: Biology - 4
U.S. History - 3
Calculus AB - 4</p>

<p>Class Rank: 98% out of 687 (ELC)</p>

<p>Got A's in all classes, except for 2 B's in PreCalc, and a B first semester in AP Calc. Getting all A's Senior year.</p>

<p>10th: Adv. Sophomore English
Pre Calculus
Chemistry (Honors)
World Civ
Spanish 3
PE</p>

<p>11th: U.S. History (AP)
Calculus (AP)
Physics (Honors)
American Lit (Honors)
Spanish 4
Studio Art</p>

<p>12th: Computer Science (AP)
Environmental Science (AP)
Spanish (AP)
Government
Anatomy and Physiology
World Readings</p>

<p>CSF every year</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Piano (9-12, 10 years total, passed CM Exam Level 7, going for level 9 this year)
Key Club (9-12)
Volunteer for a summer art camp (11th grade only, ~120 hours total, does this even count?)
FIRST Robotics (12th grade only, does this even count?)</p>

<p>Not much else... I know my extracurriculars are VERY weak and my grades/scores aren't too good either. :( </p>

<p>So what do you think my chances are for Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego? I am considering going into an Engineering or Physical Science major, but I am, as of yet, undecided. Any suggestions as to what college to go to out of the UC's? (I am ELC and got accepted to Davis, Riverside, and Irvine already.)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>match everywhere. SD, LA, and Cal don't really care for UCs, although the latter two practice holistic review.</p>

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<p>Seems like you're set for all of them...like GPA said, UCs are mainly stat heavy and don't really look at EC as much. You have a nice GPA and Stats. I assume you calculated your GPA with the 4 AP cap right?</p>

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<p>No, his UC GPA would have to be lower b/c he took 5 AP/Honors throughout 10-11th. So, his UC GPA would be around... 4.10-15?</p>

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<p>Whoops, sorry, my apologies. I didn't calculate the 8 point cap on Honors and AP classes and had simply entered what it said on my transcript. With the cap, my stats would be the following for grades 10 and 11:</p>

<p>Weighted UC GPA: 4.21
Unweighted GPA: 3.875</p>

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<p>Same chances... I'd bet an acceptance for either LA or Cal. </p>

<p>Why do all UC applicants look similar? Right down to their crappy EC list...? (no offense, you said it yourself and I sorta agree) Then they have the nerve to appeal... </p>

<p>I think you're alright though... Work on those apps...</p>

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<p>You will most likely get into UCLA and UCSD Cal might be troublesome
G.P.A. is what they care about
I scored at 2360 on the SAT but only had a 3.07 HS G.P.A. and I was denied at all three despite high EC involvement, excellent recommendations and an excellent essay</p>

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<p>^ well first of all, excellent recommendations for UCs are impossible, considering that they dont consider recs.</p>

<p>ECs are really weak....not even 1 leadership position? that'll hurt a lot. put the volunteering thing on your app; 120 hours for something is a significant contribution</p>

<p>also, you mentioned that you got B's in precalc/calculus, and that'll hurt you if you are applying to engineering programs (considering that's pretty much all math-based)</p>

<p>lucky for you, you have ELC...and your scores are way above the averages for SD. but i'd still say:</p>

<p>SD: in
LA: reach
cal: mid reach</p>

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<p>in SD, maybe on UCLA/UCB.</p>