Chances for UCLA/UC Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello,

I’m currently going into my senior year of a California public high school. It’s been a lifelong goal and dream of mine to attend either UCLA or UC Berkeley, but I’m not sure how well I stack up in the holistic application reviewing process. Here are my current stats

Weighted GPA: 4.59
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
UC GPA: 4.24
SAT score: 2020 (650 reading, 640 math, 730 writing)
ACT: I don’t know my scores yet but I expect around a 31
Class rank: 7 of 474
My high school has an API score of 826 although I think that will become obsolete with the new Common Core system (CAASPP).

I have taken four AP classes so far (World History, US History, Language and Comp, Biology) and plan to take four more senior year (US Government, Statistics, Literature and Comp, Art History). I also completed three years of Spanish. I am currently taking a Physical Geography community college course that I am expecting to get an A in.

Extra curricular activities include: 4 years of Academic League, 2 years JV Water Polo, 2 years JV Swim, 2 years varsity swim, 4 year member of CSF, vice president of Oceanography Club. Volunteer hours are so minimal that they aren’t even worth mentioning.

Leadership: Yearbook editor in chief, Sophomore class vice president, nominated for both RYLA and Boys’ State conventions, JV swim captain (one year), JV water polo captain (one year)

I’m a white male from an upper middle class income bracket so nothing special in that regard.

Please let me know if you think I have a shot at either UCLA or UC Berkeley or what I could do to improve my chances! Thank you!

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You have okay chances for your test scores, but those I know with similar academic stats that got into Cal had better EC’s.
I’d suggest aiming for a 2200+ SAT score if you retake and a 33+ ACT. Good luck!

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I agree. If you get even above a 2100 or 32 you might get in bc of your instate status

I would say in! Good luck!

Chance me back! http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1769031-what-are-my-chances-at-these-schools-p2.html
You will need to read through the comments cause I got a 31 on ACT and I added some colleges (BostonU, UTAustin, Northeastern)

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Thank you both for responding! I’m still thinking about whether or not it would be worth it to take the SAT a third time in October (would be free because I took the June one) but I’ve heard taking the SAT three times is something colleges don’t like to see. Either way, thank you for the feedback and I will gladly chance you back!