<p>I am currently a senior and I'm just curious of what my chances are, and YES I can pay for the schools</p>
<p>I applied to UCSD, UCLA, UCI, UCB and UIUC.
For these universities, I applied to majors relative to biochemistry.
According to one website my UC GPA is probably 3.78.</p>
<p>I'm applying to WashU, Emory, NYU and University of Notre Dame.
I'm applying to mathematics.</p>
<p>I have a quite low GPA: UW - 3.4 / W - 3.8</p>
<p>I'm currently doing the IB Program:
HL:
English B / Biology / Math</p>
<p>Almost definite that I'll get a 7 on both english and math.</p>
<p>SAT II: Math Level 2 800 / Chemistry 700 (getting my scores for December in 5 days) / Taking Biology M in January</p>
<p>TOEFL: 110 (re-doing it this Saturday)</p>
<p>EC:
Peer writing coach (1.5 year)
School newspaper (3 years)
School Concert Band (5 years)
Leadership course (2 years)
UKMT (math competition) Gold 3 times in a row & also participated in the olympiad (BMO)
Member of Nepalese Children's Home (1 year)
Member of Poland Drive (1 year) <-- helping children's home</p>
<p>Why are you re-doing your TOEFL? Anything above a 100 is fine - you SAT english scores are also high enough. You are simply wasting money and time by resitting - a higher TOEFL score will have NO impact on your admission.</p>
<p>Other than that, UCSD, UCI seem to be backups. UCLA would be a low reach, and UCB would be a reach. Your SATs are fine, but your GPA is quite low. ECAs are decent, but nothing that would make up for your low GPA. You’ve still got a pretty good shot though, so don’t worry too much.</p>
<p>@GodMode Thanks for chancing me The higher TOEFL and SAT scores are for Korean universities. Unfortunately, Korean universities require higher scores :/</p>
<p>TOEFL’s and SAT’s, and the UC GPA is fine for UCLA. You will get in almost 100% to any UC schools and should consider Berkeley. Having said that, are you applying for Seoul National University or something because your TOEFL doesn’t need any improvement like the above posters said, and it’ll just make you look like a grade grabber in your applications… </p>
<p>@Unitize @michaelite Wait what? How would UCB and UCLA be “matches”, or “almost 100%”. Their first preference is GPA. If that is low, you are climbing up a very steep road. In OP’s case, it is slightly on the lower side for UCB and UCLA. Then, your essays, scores, and ECs are weighted equally. OP’s scores are fine, ECs are fine, and I’m going to assume he/she wrote good essays.</p>
<p>To OP: At this point, your GPA is holding you back quite a bit. Additionally, since UCB and UCLA prefer in-state students, they are less inclined to accept out of state, or international students. That given, out of the pool of international applicants, you are given an edge due to being able to pay full tuition. </p>
<p>For the other places, they accept fewer percentages of internationals, as well. However, they pay more attention to test scores than UCs do, so you seem to be in a better position with privates. </p>
<p>UCLA/UCB?WashU–Reach
Emory/Notre Dame–Low Reach/Reach
UCSD/NYU–Low Reach/High Match
UCI-High Match</p>
<p>I do not know much about international students’ admissions, but your GPA seems too low for UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and UC Irvine. I am unfamiliar with UKMT, so I do not know how prestigious gold is. Here are my predictions for you based on only your capped UC GPA and SAT scores. I can only chance you for the UCs because I am unfamiliar with the other schools.
UCB - high reach
UCLA - high reach
UCSD - reach
UCI - low reach</p>
<p>A capped UC GPA of 3.88 is only competitive for UCSC, UCR, and UCM among the UCs. Here are the average capped UC GPAs for the UCs.
UCB - 4.18
UCLA - 4.17
UCSD - 4.13
UCD - 4.07
UCI - 4.05
UCSB - 4.03
UCSC - 3.82
UCR - 3.77
UCM - 3.61</p>
<p>As you can see, the difference in capped UC GPA between a high tier UC (UCLA) and a medium tier UC (UCI) is about 0.1 point. Although 0.1 point may seem like a small number, UCLA is obviously much more selective than UCI. The method that the UCs use to calculate GPA makes even a small 0.1 points below the average capped UC GPA detrimental to your chances for that UC. Therefore, your chances for any of the high-tier and mid-tier UCs are close to none.</p>
<p>I am a California resident with a 2300 SAT score and a 4.00 capped UC GPA. UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, and CPSLO rejected/waitlisted me because of my awful GPA.</p>
<p>Berkeley, LA, and UCSD get hundreds of thousands of applications, especially from our instate students, whose parents are paying a lot in taxes. The UC’s obligations are first to those taxpayers kids. Those students at the top tier UC’s are coming in with top tier scores. </p>
<p>Yes the averages posted look and are lower, but most people, who aren’t in California, don’t understand that many of our local UCs have “pacts” with area high schools who admit those students-with lower GPA’s-that bring the average “posted” GPA down. “Regular” instate students, to those universities are coming in with scores of 2250 to 2400 and GPA’s of 4.0.</p>
<p>I have to agree with ^^^^@iamthgoat ^^^^^and disagree with @Unitize and @michaelite since three of my kids have been through this as have many of my former students.</p>
<p>Yes, because the state needs the money desperately, but OOS and international have to have similar stats as regular incoming instate students. Applicants need to be competitive for California schools. They are not going to admit a kid with a 1600 SAT just because he can pay the OOS fees. </p>
<p>The only way they would admit a student like that would be with someone, whose PHYSICAL disability, limited their advancement or participation during testing, i.e. Deaf, cerebral palsy, etc., but whose strength at their high school campuses show initiative and character. California does admit a lot of students with physical disabilities whose SAT scores are mixed into the average. Everyone else has to be grade and test uber competitive.</p>
<p>You’ve applied to all reach schools whose costs are all over 60k. As an international student, you won’t get US backed loans.<br>
Your SAT score, in my opinion, is not competitive for the Ivies. If you’re assuming it’s easy, you will be extremely disappointed.
You could probably get into Georgia Tech.
Get some safeties in there. Try the southern states and the Midwest.
If you apply to the UCs, I would assume that you could get into Davis, Irvine and Santa Barbara but these would not be affordable at $55-60k.</p>
The higher TOEFL and SAT scores are for Korean universities. Unfortunately, Korean universities require higher scores :/</p>