Chances for Top 3 UCs - Updated Stats

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently: Junior (senior in fall)
Gender: M, Middle Eastern (considered Caucasian I think)
GPA - 10th + 11th: 4.45W, 3.79UW
SAT - didn't do too well so I'm not going to use it for admission and no plan to retake (1760) - will use ACT
SAT II - US History (630), Chemistry (610), Math 2 (570 - my fault for leaving 14 blank....), Physics (660) - Again, I'm probably not going to use these.
ACT - 28 Composite - Plan on retaking in September, expecting a 30-32</p>

<p>AP's:
US History - 3
Calculus AB- 3
Psychology - 5
MacroEconomics - 4</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Spanish
AP Physics C
AP Bio
AP English Lit</p>

<p>IB:
Economics SL - Expecting 7</p>

<p>Senior Year:
IB Spanish SL
IB English HL
IB Math HL
IB Physics HL
IB Bio HL
IB TOK?</p>

<p>Electives:
Umm, no room lol. But Health and AutoTech in 9th grade.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Freshmen Year :
-Started eBay Business making $500/month
-Mock Trial</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
-Founded Middle Eastern Club
- Held Fundraisers and Donation Drives to send money to Charities
- presented cultural activities for School
-UCR Summer Class - Math 5</p>

<p>Junior Year:
-President of Middle Eastern Club
-Riverside Eastside Thinktank (selected to be a student leader to help discuss and solve cultural issues on campus and in surrounding areas)
-Senior Honor Usher (selected to be carry one of the birth flags at Senior Graduation Ceremony)
-Proposed a School Energy Conservation Initiative to Principal
-Planning to Further the Proposal and Energy Audit to the district
-UCI Summer Class- Beginning Drawing
-100+ Volunteer Hours at a variety of different events</p>

<p>Senior Year:
-Starting an underground school newspaper with a team of 10 peers at the beginning of the year (fundraising over this summer)
-Entering the Epidemiology Scholarship Competition
-Will be a Life Member of CSF</p>

<p>I'm looking at the top three UCs (UCB, UCLA, UCSD)</p>

<p>I know I posted this a while ago. But I have quite a few updates so that's why I'm reposting. I'm just a bit worried at my chances.</p>

<p>Oh and I am in-state and eligible for ELC.</p>

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<p>At just a glance, you don't seem to be a strong enough applicant to get into Berkeley, UCLA, or UCSD. I say this mainly based on your scores which are VERY important in the UC system. Without at the very least, a 2000+ on the SAT or a 30+ on the ACT, I don't think you'll be admitted. However, I encourage you to retake the tests to increase your chances.</p>

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<p>I know lots of people with sub-2000 SAT scores and great GPA's (like the OP)that got accepted into UCLA and Cal during the past two years. GPA is the main thing for those schools. Good luck.</p>

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<p>OK GPA, terrible SAT 1, and horrible SAT IIs.</p>

<p>REJECT at all.</p>

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<p>Power to the Gaffe.</p>

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<p>(^^^^They need to be tactful...Jeeze people these day)</p>

<p>You have some pretty decent EC.</p>

<p>I would consider retaking your SATs, since they'll see them when you send in your SAT IIs.</p>

<p>They seem to be reaches at the moment. Improve your tests scores and you'll stand a chance. </p>

<p>You might want to consider finding some more schools that match your current scores, just in case. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>youll need to get your sat score up a atleast a couple hundred points to have a shot at UCSD,UCLA, and UC Berkeley. A 1760 is just to low, but work on getting them up to close to a 2000 and that should give you a good shot at UCSD and UCLA. Your GPA is good. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I thought a 28 ACT was around a 1900? But yeah, I'm definitely retaking it as when I practiced for the ACT from the Real ACT Book (took 3 practice tests) I always scored 31-33 composite and I timed myself. The only problem and this was a mistake on my part is I didn't time myself actually bubbling in the answers (I just circled them in the book) which made me have to blindly guess on like 8 for each section because I was always 3 minutes short (I did finish the math section and got a 34).</p>

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<p>Berkeley/UCLA: reach
UCSD: slight reach</p>

<p>Your GPA is a little low, your ECs are somewhat mediocre (many of the things you list aren't extracurriculars, but honors/awards), mediocre test scores (but will improve, as you say).</p>

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<p>Your ECs are pretty impressive and will help lots in your application process. Did the proposal to the principal actually work though? Your GPA is ok but your test scores are like eh, which may lead the schools to suspect grade inflation. So raise those scores! Once that's done, you have pretty good chances at the UCs. Good luck! </p>

<p>Chance me?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=368144%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=368144&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yes, the proposal did work and he has agreed to at least begin some energy conservation plans. He also referred me to the district manager with who I will be proposing a district-wide energy conservation plan this summer (as well as recycling).</p>

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<p>ECs are not that important for a UC- grades & SAT scores are key. Remember how many applications UC admission officers have to read through....</p>