Chances for USC and UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I plan on applying to USC and UCLA this upcoming application season, and I wanted some thoughts on what my chances would be on acceptance.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.96 (Unweighted)
SAT: 1920 (590 Reading/650 Math/680 Writing)
Rank: 8 of 386
6 AP Courses</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities: -Nationally ranked tennis player (Placed 3rd at national championships), State Participant through high school, 4-year varsity tennis letter, MVP, Team captain
-2-year varsity letter in golf, Team captain
-Key Club President (community service club, 400+ hours)
-City's Parks and Recreation Youth Commissioner
-7 years of orchestra
-Student Government (ASB Officer)
-Math Club
-DECA State competitor
-Honors Society
-French Club</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar, Regional Leadership Award, Exceptional Leadership Award, Community Dedication Award, Highest Honors, Student Scholar Athlete, National Honors Society</p>

<p>Chances?!?</p>

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<p>Don’t all DECA teams compete at state competitions? Also nice GPA, maybe raise your SAT scores, but that’s just my opinion.</p>

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<p>Both would be matches for humanities/social science/liberal arts majors, and high matches for science/engineering majors</p>

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<p>The team may qualify but you have to qualify individually to show up and compete :)</p>

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<p>You have a strong GPA but your SATs are below the 25th%-tile for USC</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/documents/FreshmanProfile2013FINAL.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/documents/FreshmanProfile2013FINAL.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and below the mid-point for UCLA</p>

<p>[Freshman</a> admission profile | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html]Freshman”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html)</p>

<p>I think the wise strategy is to treat both of them as reaches and make sure that you have other, easier admit, options.</p>