Chances for UCLA, UCB, NYU, Cal Poly, U Washington, Stanford, Columbia, MIT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone, I am currently a Junior, and I figured I would give this a try.

GPA: 4.7 weighted, 4.0 unweighted

Class Rank: 25/515 (very competitive school academically)

Transcript:
9th:
-Biology 1/2 (A/A)
-Algebra 2/Trig H (A/A)
-English 9H (A/A)
-DP Engineering Academy H (A/A)
-Spanish 2 (A/A)

Summer before 10th:
-Santa Barbara City College Dual Enrollment History 108 (World History) (A)

10th:
-Pre-Calculus H (A/A)
-English 10H (A/A)
-DP Engineering Academy H (A/A)
-Spanish 3 (A/A)
-Chemistry 1/2 (A/A)

11th:
-Santa Barbara City College Dual Enrollment History 102 (US) (A)
-Santa Barbara City College Dual Enrollment Math 150/160 (This class is equivalent to both years of AP Calc in one year) (?/?)
-AP Lang (A/?)
-AP Computer Science (A/?)
-IB Spanish SL (A/?)
-DP Engineering Academy H (A/?)

Tentative 12th schedule:
-AP Econ/Gov
-AP Chemistry
-DP Engineering Academy H (2-3 periods a day to complete senior capstone project)
-AP Literature
-Possibly advanced math at SBCC or UCSB

SAT: 800W 800M 730CR = 2330
SAT Subject Tests: 710 Math II (going to retake), will take a science and Spanish later this year
AP’s: No scores yet, but I am taking AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, AP Lang, AP Spanish this year

Awards/Societies:
-National Honors Society (5 semesters so far)
-California Scholarship Federation (5 semesters so far)
-Honorable Mention All-League Varsity Tennis (Freshman Year)
-2nd Team All-League Varsity Tennis (Sophomore Year)

EC’s
-3 (soon to be 4) years on Varsity Tennis at a highly-ranked D1 school
-Competitive tennis player outside school, ranked in top 200 of California U16’s
-Junior Statesmen of America Director of Debate
-Co-Founder of FIRST Tech Challenge Team 10299
-In a leadership position on the Web Content team for the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, a highly competitive academy

Community Service
-So Cal Special Olympics Class B Volunteer (1 year)

  • So Cal Special Olympics Class A Volunteer (2 years)
    -Volunteered as an ambassador and helper in the Sub-Acute Unit at my local hospital
    -Volunteered at a summer camp for underprivileged kids
    -Volunteered through my tennis team as a mentor at a summer camp, teaching underprivileged kids how to play tennis (2 years)
    Total: 170 hours so far

Intended Major: Computer Science
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Income Bracket: <100,000

Hooks: Serious involvement in many aspects of tennis and engineering, high SAT score, perfect unweighted GPA
Drawbacks: Applying as a white male in computer science, lack of AP’s freshman/sophomore year, lack of EC’s

Thoughts? Please be honest, as anything you say can only help. Good reviews will make me feel more confident in my abilities, and poor reviews will motivate me to work even harder. Thanks all.

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I’m pretty sure you’re good for UW, NYU, and Cal Poly. You have great stats and great ECs. I think these can be great “safety”/“match” schools.

The UCs should be considered “match” schools. That is I think you will likely get accepted, but you can never be certain.

For Stanford, MIT, and the Ivys, it is just unpredictable. A lot of people with great stats and great ECs get rejected. These should most definitely be considered “reach” schools.

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That’s actually very similar to how I assessed myself. Thanks for the reply :slight_smile:

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No

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Edit: I meant to write that the income bracket was above 100,000. Too late to edit now :confused:

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I would retake the Math ll if I were you. High math scores go hand in hand with CS. Good luck!