Chances for UC Berkeley and UCLA? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances of getting into Berkeley and UCLA (as someone who lives out of state,) with this app? This is just general things not including essay/teacher recommendations/etc. I am a junior currently so along with classes taken I've included my planned classes too because I'm assuming I'll pass them. I may take the SAT again senior year just in case I can score higher. :)</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.94
GPA weighted: 4.5</p>

<p>SAT: 750/790/780
ACT: 35</p>

<p>AP:
Social Studies: 8 classes
Science: 7 classes
Math: 3 classes
English: 2 classes
+AP Capstone in the upcoming year</p>

<p>Dual Enrollment:
Science: 2 classes (at local 4 year university)</p>

<p>School Affiliations:
-JV + Varsity Cheer (2 years)
-Guard (2 years)
-National Science Honors Society (2 years)
-Academic Team (2 years)</p>

<p>Extracurricular stuff:
-Ballet (age 9-14 and age 16-currently, had to take one year off in between for medical problems)
-Violin (privately, age 13-currently)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Science center tour guide (weekend volunteer program)
-Middle School aid (Junior year)
-Hospital volunteer (summer program)
-Church involvement (don't know if this counts as volunteer work because no one signed a paper for it?)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Summer job at Italian ice place</p>

<p>With this basic app what are my chances and how much will a good essay and teacher recommendations help? Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>more than enough to get in. I won’t be surprised if you regents .</p>

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<p>Your academics are definitely good enough. Your EC’s are so-so. Work experience is good. I’d guess that they are both matches. Your SAT is above the average for both of those schools, and should make up for mediocre EC’s. I think the importance of teacher recommendations varies from college to college. The essay, however, is basically always one of the most important pieces an application. If your write a great essay, you should have no trouble getting into either of those colleges.</p>

<p>Chance back
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634747-chances-for-uva-and-vanderbilt-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1634747-chances-for-uva-and-vanderbilt-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The post by Nflpackers96 pretty much sums it up, so I won’t go to the trouble of paraphrasing it. I don’t really think they are matches (in the sense that you have an excellent chance of acceptance, since I can only say that to people with outstanding statistics and extracurricular activities), but both UCB and UCLA are “low reaches” for you (in other words, in my opinion you have a good chance of being accepted and can reasonably expect acceptance). Good luck!</p>