Chances? It doesnt look too good.. (california)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chinese American (born in Costa Rica)</p>

<p>Cummulative GPA (Sophomore/Junior): 3.3</p>

<p>Junior Year: 3.33/3.67</p>

<p>SAT (current scores; will try agian this october): 1840
Math(770) Verbal(560) Writing(510)</p>

<p>SAT 2
Math IIC (770) Physics(570)</p>

<p>Current AP's
English: 2
Calculus AB: 4</p>

<p>Number of honors/AP's through senior year: 9</p>

<p>1 Year of Track
4 of cross country
General Member of math club for 3 years
General Member of Key Club for 3 years
General Member of ACES for 2 years
General Member of Computer Engineering Club 1 year; Officer 1 year
General Member of SAVE 1 year; Officer 1 year
3 Year member of Students Run Los Angeles
Ran and completed the LA marathon 2 years (one more this year for a total of 3)</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are at all the UC's in california besides Berkeley and LA? More specifically, Irvine. Thanks guys</p>

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<p>good chances. i have a friend with maybe a little better GPA than u have but your SAT scores blew those of his away!!! i wouldnt worry; u should get into Irvine no problem, when i compare you with my friend who got into Irvine</p>

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<p>UCSD, UCLA, and UC Berkeley arent gonna happen. UCI/UCSB/UCD are gonna be slight reaches to reaches. Your SAT's are around or slightly better than their averages, but your GPA is well below their averages. I just dont see a GPA of 3.3 getting you into one of the mid tier UC's, but you never know. Best of luck.</p>

<p>Here are the most recent admit figures by campus for the UC's. This will give you a better idea of your chances.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks, that good reassurance. But did he have any connections (alumni relatives, parents etc)? Thanks.</p>

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<p>That what I was afraid of, my GPA. How much do the GPA weigh in determining who is accepted and who is not? It shoots down my confidence when I see my GPA is about .4-.6 lower than average incoming freshmans in these colleges.</p>

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<p>For the most part, the mid tier UCs will just look at grades and SAT scores.</p>

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<p>ah yi ya, not good. how much bearing will senior year GPA have on the colleges decision? I plan to work my butt off, unfortunately I heard it doesnt really matter if I do have a high senior year GPA</p>

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<p>They only look at your Sophmore and Junior grades, unless you are like extremely close and maybe they'll look at your senior grades.</p>

<p>However, not getting into college isn't the end of the world, I was in your shoes as well this same time last year.</p>

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<p>GPA is the single most important factor in UC admissions.</p>

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<p>ucb/ucla/ucsd:reach
ucd:slight reach
uci: match/slight reach
rest of uc's: match</p>

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<p>i really think that this guy could get into uci and ucd, but obviously he wont get into the top 3</p>