Chances for UC Berkeley, Stanford, CALTECH, UCLA, and more

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey Everyone!
High School Junior here going into 2nd semester. I was wondering if anyone could give me some realistic chances for these colleges:

  • UC Berkeley
  • Stanford
  • CALTECH
  • UCLA
  • UC San Diego
  • Harvard
  • Columbia

Some basic info: White, Male, Will need Financial Status, California Resident

Current Scores:
ACT: 32 (33,31,30,35) (writing:8)

  • (going to retake, aiming for a 34)
    SAT: not taking
    SAT Subject Test:
  • Math 1: 730
  • Chem: 610
  • (planning to retake these and more)
    AP:
  • AP Gov. & Politics: 4

High School Rigor:

  • Freshman Year: Geometry H, Alg 2 H, Bio H, Eng 9 H, World Cultures H, Spanish 1 H
  • Sophomore Year: AP Gov, Pre Calc H, Physics H, Chem H, Eng 10 H, Spanish 2 H
  • Junior Year: AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Euro History, Eng 11 H, Spanish 3 H
  • Senior Year: (Planning to take 3/4 APs)

UnWeighted GPA : 4.0

Clubs/ Activities:

  • Sports: JV Soccer, V Baseball, V Tennis
  • FTC Robotics Captain (4 years)
  • NHS Secretary (2 years)
  • Media Club (3 years)
  • Math Team (3 years)
  • Science Olympiads (1 year)
  • Student Council (member, 2 years)
  • MUN Yale (1 year)

Community Service:
Expected: ~150 hours

Comments/ Opinions/ Suggestions are Welcome!
Thanks.

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Scale: Safety, Low Match, Match, High Match, Low Reach, Reach

  • UC Berkeley : Low Reach
  • Stanford : Reach
  • CALTECH : Reach
  • UCLA : Match
  • UC San Diego : Match
  • Harvard : Reach
  • Columbia : Reach

Your extracurriculars are typical, but your scores are on the lower end for Stanford, Cal Tech, Harvard and Columbia. If you want to get into these schools, you will need to increase your test scores as well as have very strong essays and recommendations.

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UCB; Match because you’re in state
Stanford: High Reach
CalTech: Reach
UCLA: Match
UCSD: Low Match
Harvard: Reach
Columbia: Reach

Bringing up your ACT scores would improve your scores by quite a bit, your EC’s are a bit rudimentary but I don’t think it’ll be a thorn to your app, hopefully you have excellent recs and essays!

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ACT score is killing your chance. You asked for honesty: All of those schools are reaches for you with those scores and you chose the most difficult schools to get into. Pick some realistic schools based on your scores and activities. Look at schools like Santa Cruz, Merced, Riverside and the Cal states.

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Scale: Safety, Low Match, Match, High Match, Low Reach, Reach

  • UC Berkeley : Reach
  • Stanford : Reach
  • CALTECH : Reach
  • UCLA : High Match
  • UC San Diego : Low Match
  • Harvard : Reach
  • Columbia : Reach

Your EC are not half bad, but your scores are a bit below what most of these schools are looking for. You could get in to one of the reaches, but the chances seem pretty slim, because sadly they do way standardized tests pretty heavily. And I am sorry if this came off as harsh. Best of luck!

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