Chances for UCs + More

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>AP scores just came in so I thought I might try this again.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Location: California
Intended Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>GPA
-UW(10-11): 3.46
-W(10-11): 4.29
-UC: 3.79
-Top 10-15% in my school</p>

<p>SATs
-2100 (600R 770M 730W)
-Second sitting: 2050(660R 760M 630W) (I messed up on my essay big time here)
-SAT II Math IIC: 770
-SAT II US History: 710
-SAT II Physics: (I am currently studying for this and plan to get at least 750 in the October sitting)</p>

<p>APs
-AP World History: 3
-AP US History: 4
-AP Biology: 5
-AP Computer Science: 5
-AP Calculus BC: 5
-AP Calculus AB Subscore: 5
-AP US Government
-AP Microeconomics
-AP Literature
-AP Statistics
-AP Physics C (I plan on self studying this during the senior school year)</p>

<p>Major ECs
-Vice President of Engineering Club (1y)
-Volunteer at a local daycare center for an elementary school(2y, 80+ hours)
-Triathlon Club(4y, positions weren't really important to this club, as it was more of an informal school team)
-Peer Tutoring in Pre-Calculus, Computer Science and Calculus AB (100+ hours)
-Band (2y)
-Cross Country(JV, 3y)
-Track and Field(JV, 2y)
-(In current training for the USACO, hoping to be qualified when the time comes to it)</p>

<p>Awards
-Principal's Honor Roll(4y)
-Scholar Athlete for Cross Country(3y)
-Scholar Athlete for Track(3y)
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-PSAT Commended Scholar(I got a 209)</p>

<p>Recs&Essays
-Excellent letters of rec
-Personal statement will focus a lot about how I couldn't find my niche in life while I have been in the top classes with the same students since middle school and how I found my passion when I took Computer Science AP during my Junior Year.</p>

<p>Colleges:
-Cal
-UCLA
-UCSD
-UCSB
-UCI
-CMU
-USC
-UIUC
-Cornell</p>

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<p>UCSD ur in.
Cornell is a reach.</p>

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<p>-Cal - higher match
-UCLA - match
-UCSD - low match/in
-UCSB - in
-UCI - in
-CMU - by the sounds of it, you want to apply to SCS, making it a high reach
-USC - higher match
-UIUC - match
-Cornell - reach, not a huge reach, though</p>

<p>You’ve got a good, realistic list of colleges, I’d anticipate you be accepted to all but maybe one or two of the California schools. (I like your odds, though.) A bit more focus in extra-curricula would be nice. Cornell, eh, you’ve got a better chance there than any other Ivy, of course, but you seem a bit like a typical Cornell applicant and their acceptance rate IS still quite low. CMU CIT much better odds than SCS, I’ll tell you that right now hahah.</p>

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<p>wow I didn’t think my chances would be that good for the california schools; also I was debating on whether to apply to CIT or SCS for CMU since SCS is one of the most selective schools, so I guess CIT it is.</p>