Chances...low SAT score

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey,
I am currently a Junior in the top 10% of my class. My test scores, however, are not that great. I was wondering if my chances could be evaluated for the following schools, respectively:
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
UC Santa Cruz
UC Riverside
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</p>

<p>9th Grade Courses (all regular college prep; no AP/Honors are offered Frosh year):
Algebra 1: A-/A
PE (not college prep; required by school): A/A
Computer Skills (not college prep; elective requirement): A/A
English A/A
Spanish 1: A/A
Social Studies: A/A
Physical Science: A/A</p>

<p>GPA for both semesters: 4.0</p>

<p>10th Grade Courses (all regular college prep; AP/Honors offered, but I didn't take any because I was sick and wasn't ready to take on the stress.)
English A/A
Spanish 2: A/A
World History: A/A
Biology: A/A
Oral Interpretation (college prep): A/A-
Geometry: A-/A-
Total GPA for both semesters: 4.0</p>

<p>11th Grade Courses (Sem. 1 grades):
Spanish 3 A
Honors Chemistry B
Leadership A
AP Language/Composition A
AP US History A
Algebra 2 A</p>

<p>Sem. 1 GPA: 4.33; Quarter 3 GPA (most recent): 4.5 b/c of an A in Honors Chem.</p>

<p>Prospective 12th Grade Courses:
Spanish 4 Honors
Physics
Leadership
AP English Literature
AP U.S. Government
Trig/Pre-Calc</p>

<p>SAT Score (May 3rd SAT): 1590/2400</p>

<p>SAT II: Taking Chemistry and US History on June 7th.</p>

<p>E/Cs:
*Overall Talents:
• Bilingual: English & Gujarati (in the process of learning Spanish).
• Moderate knowledge about computers, software, web site building, etc.
• Ethnicity: Asian </p>

<p>*9th Grade:
• Helped former middle school teachers with computer repair
• Continuous work at family business: web site maintenance, electronic
lock maintenance, front desk clerk/tasks, computer repair/related tasks
• Junior States of America club
• Math Achievement Award for Algebra I
(Not many EC’s because of illness with Crohn’s Disease.)</p>

<p>*10th Grade:
• Helped former middle school teachers and Brook Haven Middle School
with computer repair
• Speech & Debate Team (Degree of Honor) – 2nd place in Lion’s Club
Oratory Contest
• Helped Analy Education Foundation during October 2006 Phone-a-
thon
• CSF for 9th grade Semester 2 grades and 10th grade Semester 1 grades
• Analy Independent Newspaper (Business Manager)
• Lead organizer of Caesar Chavez Oratorical Contest for EL students
• Track & Field – Sprints, 100m and 200m: Scholar Athlete Award
• Relay for Life (first year)
• Continuous work at family business: web site maintenance, electronic
lock maintenance, front desk clerk/tasks, computer repair/related tasks</p>

<p>*11th Grade:
• Helped former middle school teachers and Brook Haven Middle School
with computer repair
• Analy Leadership – Junior Class President: Plan Homecoming ’07, Bob
Burke’s 8th Annual Auction, Prom ’08, various other Leadership
Activities (Rallies, committee participation, dance set up/clean up, etc).
• Speech & Debate Team
• CSF for 10th grade Semester 2 grades and 11th grade Semester 1 grades.
• Analy Independent Newspaper (Leadership liaison; calendar; Business Manager)
• Tutor for Spanish II student
• Continuous work at family business: web site maintenance, electronic
lock maintenance, front desk clerk/tasks, computer repair/related tasks.
• Relay for Life (2nd year, 1st year Co-Captain)
• Leadership Camp (CADA)</p>

<p>Some notes for 12th grade: I have been elected as ASB Business Manager of my school, and I will continue to be in Leadership, Speech/Debate, Relay for Life, work at my family's business, and help my middle school out.</p>

<p>I hope I've provided all the correct information, and if more is needed, don't hesitate to let me know. Also, any suggestions would be great!</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppp!</p>

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<p>hey you're just like me. a good applicant with medicore test scores. Sorry i don't know what your chances might be but best of luck.</p>

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<p>thanks. mann, everything else is perfect except test scores..i hate them! good luck to you too!</p>

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<p>UC requires SAT 2 that may be to your advantage because if you can choose a subject in which you excel than you will help bump up your original score. I know that UCD has a formula that you can access by going to their admissions page. I also know that the cut off for this admissions cycle was something like 8000 points for ucd. The thing that many rejected students didn't have in place was the number of A-G courses beyond the min. requirement. Also the only GPA they look at for admission is 10 and 11 but they look at the courseload for the whole four years. that confused people
as well. I think you should prep over the summer and take the SAT again in the fall. Your score reports have to be in I think in Jan so that gives you a couple of dates to choose from. Good Luck</p>

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<p>Your test scores are really going to hold you back. If it's at all possible you should try and take it again and prepare more.</p>

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<p>I will be taking the ACT/SATIIs in June. Hopefully I have better luck with that. In the case that my test scores suck, can my GPA compensate for my low test scores in the eyes on an UC admissions officer? (b/c not everyone is a good test taker...)</p>

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<p>u have an awesome resume.</p>

<p>no offense intended, but is it really easy to get As in your school? i just wanted to know because normally, those who succeed in their high school classes tend to get better SAT scores. im sure u r really smart though, looking at your entire resume!</p>

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<p>I'm not extremely familiar with the inner workings of the UC system, but in general a GPA can only help so much. If you're test scores are too low, especially on math and CR, it can absolutely kill you. Out of curiosity, what is the break down for your SAT?</p>

<p>The ACT can compensate for it. They'll still see the SAT when you submit SAT 2s but it wont matter too much. Is the GPA your UC gpa or your weighted high school GPA (UC actually weights their unweighted gpa, however it may not be the same as your schools)?</p>