Chances for UC's and some privates

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've been reading these boards for a while so, why not. My EC's blow but w/e</p>

<p>Chance at all the top UCs(Berkeley, LA, Davis, SD, Irvine...) privates (John Hopkins, the dream schools (Stanford, Caltech, MIT , Ivy League schools))
Hoping to go into either premed or engineering. lol yeah i know.
Going to be a senior next school year
Background:
First Generation Asian
First Generation to go to undergraduate school
San Francisco Bay Area</p>

<p>GPA:
UW: 3.9
Weighted: 4.3
CP(UC system): 4.5-4.6ish
Rank: School doesn't reveal it to us till late... probably top 5% out of 700-800 students
PSAT: 208(?) I think, semi-finalist
SATI: 750 Math 760 Writing 700 Reading 2210 Total. Might retake in fall
SATII: 800 Math IIC, taking Physics in October(should be high 700s), maybe one more SATII but not likely.
I've only taken one AP test for AP Euro which I got a 5, waiting for more scores to come in, should be 4s or 5s
Sophmore Year: AP Euro, AP Java A(didnt take AP test cus teacher was horrible)
Junior Year: AP English, AP Calculus A, AP Java AB(Again didn't take AP test cuz teacher sucked, new teacher btw)
Senior Year: AP Econ, AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish 5, AP Enviornmental Science</p>

<p>Right, here comes the ECs and club stuff</p>

<p>CSF(3 years)
Science Alliance(2 years) Officer this year - Helps 5th graders with Science fair projects, slowly gaining attention and publicity
Interact Club (2 years)
Science Bowl (2 Years)
Guitar(5 years)
Volunteer(150+ hours hopefully 200 by the time I apply for college)
Occasional tutoring
Active church/youth member?(?) LOL?</p>

<p>Awards (writing this section makes me feel bad :/)
9th Grade Science Fair 3rd Place in Biology
2nd Place Regional Science Bowl Competition
I'm hoping to get some scholarships(more for recognition sakes rather than monetary) under the belt this summer hopefully one or two.</p>

<p>Recs: They should be average/good. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Not familiar with the UC system</p>

<p>HYP - crapshoot, apply anyways
Stanford - you might wanna EA this (heck, why not?) if you're really interested.
JHU - low reach
Caltech - reach
MIT - reach</p>

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<p>High reach is like impossible right? and low reach would mean that its somewhat possible? :D Just making sure</p>

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<p>High reach is not impossible. By definition, Harvard is a high reach for 99.9% of American high school students. It merely indicates a rather low percentage (I like to set it around 10-15%, but I dunno what other ppl do) </p>

<p>Low reach is not quiet match, but definitely very possible.</p>

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<p>bump for a post</p>

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<p>bump. Common guys, anything would be appreciated greatly</p>

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<p>I have almost identical stats, with the exception of my replacing the SAT with the ACT.</p>

<p>You should be good with the UCs. All of them are well within reach.</p>

<p>Are you a first-generation college student? Did your parents go to college? (Any college, doesn't matter what country.)
If not, then you have an even better chance.</p>

<p>I don't get it, my UW is 3.7, and my weighted is 4.5. Everyone else has higher UW and lower W. My Bs are in non-honors classes, something doesn't add up, I'm going to check mine again.</p>

<p>Caltech and MIT really care about your standardized testing. Caltech also does not count race or background as much as other schools. I saw people get into MIT with worse math records than you. You have an average reach there. Work on your ECs if possible. Try to work with a university professor on a research paper. Something different, yet useful in the real world.</p>