Chances for Santa Clara University, UC Irvine, & Pepperdine University

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I’m a Junior in High School and I have a 3.5 GPA with an upward trend of grades.

Major: Computer Science

Other:

  • i take AP classes
  • I am a URM (Colombian)
  • i am a first generation
    -SAT & ACT Scores - Posting ASAP
  • I spend my some of weekends at the PayPal Headquarters to do some coding on various projects [Web apps, websites, android apps] from time to time and help other people with their code for fun

EC’s:

  • I taught myself to program & they are listed down below:
  • I program: HTML,CSS, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Python, Swift, Objective-C, PHP, and jQuery.
  • I also program in a few frameworks: meteor.js, mySQL, node.js, angular.js [Front-end & back-end development]
  • I have coded a few apps for iOS & have worked on an app for Google Glass that has been recently finished.
    *** The Google Glass app is an Augmented Reality app
    -Currently working on an app for the Apple Watch and will be released when the Apple Watch is released to the mass consumers (made with WatchKit of course)
  • I play soccer
  • Cisco Certified in IT (Information Technology)
  • Cisco Certified in Networking
  • I have a part-time job
  • Releasing my own app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad by the end of this summer
    ***Will make the Extension of my app for the Apple Watch as well

What are my chances at Santa Clara University, UC Irvine, & Pepperdine University with my GPA & EC’s [test scores aside]?

**I am aware that Computer Science is not a very popular major at Pepperdine University & yes, I am a Christian.

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If that 3.5 is unweighted and you score higher than 1400/1600 on the SAT or a comparably high ACT score I would be surprised if you didn’t get into SCU (probably with merit $). Spend a lot of time studying for the ACT/SAT; both of them are trainable tests and carry a lot of weight in your application. As you already know you should have a good relationship with your teachers so they will write u a stellar LOR in the future. Good luck!

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@AngryCookie Thanks :slight_smile: How do my chances look for the other schools?

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if 3.5 is your uc gpa then I would say about 40% chance for UC Irvine, higher act/sat will increase those chances, if 3.5 is your unweighted, then I would say you have a pretty good chance, but you never really know. Your stats are 50/50 ish

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With a good SAT score (1500+ CR+M, 2200+ CR+M+W). I think you’ll get into all those schools. With 100 points less, Santa Clara is still a likely admit, the other two are 50/50.

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Thanks so much guys, I appreciate it :slight_smile:

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The GPA is a little low but you have great ECs, so I think that you have a decent shot at all of these schools. Good luck!

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Thanks! @ptkid16 :slight_smile:

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Stop bumping until you post test scores. People cannot really chance you without those.

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dude stop bumping your post. please take the sat and tell us ur scores. id say u have a 50 percent chance. ur EC’s wont mean anything if you have a low GPA and SAT score.