Chances for UC schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi!
UC GPA: 4.63
SAT: 2250
SAT II: 800 Cell Biology, 760 Chemistry
ACT:35
AP’s: 8
Three 4’s on AP test and five 5’s on AP tests

EC’s:
-Volunteering at Senior Nursing Home
-Shadowed Neurologists at John Muir Hospital
-Volunteering at Kaiser Permanente as an emergency medical technician
-Volunteered as a summer camp counselor working with children who are disabled
-Presidential Award for community service (4,000 hours of volunteering)
-Run a YouTube channel where I tutor biology, I have 2,000 views total and 382 subscribers
-President of UNICEF (Organized a Human Rights Week with other clubs at our school (fundraisers, a run, invited guest speakers)
-President of Quiz Bowl, won a couple competitions, a few awards
-Academic Decathlon (2 years), Qualified for nationals, 1st place in the entire East Bay Area
-National Honors Society (2.5 years)

Sports:
-Junior Olympian for Tennis
-Awarded MVP (2 years) on varsity
-Part of a Tennis team at UC Berkeley, go there almost every day
-Won Northern California Section (NCS) with tennis team
-Harry Hopman/Saddlebrook International Tennis, really intense/prestigious summer tennis camp!

Internships/work experience:
-Intern at Stanford University for Medicine (junior summer)
-Biomedical and Health Sciences Internship at UCSF (sophomore summer)

So there you have it folks…Oh yeah, I’m also a Pakistani boy! And I can afford ALL these schools:
UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSB, UC Irvine

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I am assuming you calculated your uncapped UC GPA since UCs usually cut off at around 4.4 because of the 8 semester cap. Anyways, I think you have a good chance at all of those schools.

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Woops, my bad… @sxyaznryanchster

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Bump

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Merced, Riverside, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara - Safeties
Davis, Irvine - Low Match
San Diego - Match
LA and UCB - High Match/Low Reach

I added “low reach” for LA and UCB just in case, but I honestly think you have a good chance of getting in if your essays are thoughtful and well-written. As a word of warning, sometimes UCs will reject you if your stats are so high that they think you will not seriously consider attending.
But anyways, good job on your ECs and scores! I wish you the best in your decisions :^)

Chance me back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17991126

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Assuming you’ve written solid essays that show you’re serious about attending all five of the schools:

UCI: Low Match
UCD: Match
UCSB: Match
UCLA: Low Reach
UCB: High Match

UCB, though often perceived as “more prestigious” than all of the UC’s except maybe UCLA, might be less of a reach than UCLA as you’re part of a UCB tennis team. But who knows? Best of luck to you.

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Bump