Chances of Admissions to Ivy Leagues and UC Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everybody,

I am going to be a senior next year and wanted perspective about my admissions chances to the 8 Ivy league schools and the 9 UC schools.

GPA:

  • 3.97 unweighted
  • 4.45 weighted
  • 4.8 AG GPA

Clubs:

  • Chinese Culture Club
    • VP during junior year, P during senior year
  • Women in Technology Club
    • Founder, P from sophomore year to senior year
  • Korean American Student Association
    • VP during junior year and senior year
  • Geocachers Club
    • VP during sophomore year
  • Membership in medical club and quiz kids

Test Scores:

  • SAT
    • 1480
    • 1530 (retake)
    • 8/7/7 on essay both times

Subject Tests

  • Math II
    • 760
    • retook for a 720 lol
  • Literature
    • 740

AP Classes & Tests

  • European History (4)
  • BC Calculus (5)
  • Psychology (5)
  • Computer Science (3)
  • Physics (2) (Will not report this score)

Athletics

  • none

Internships / Job Experience

  • Interned with different scientists doing lab work at top companies in the Bay Area
  • Worked as a database administrator for small biotech company

Family

  • Immigrant parents
  • Parents run a science company that I’ve interned at.
  • Two younger siblings, one with autism and 14 years younger

Letters of Recommendation

  • Math Department Chair of school (sophomore teacher)
  • Computer Science Department Chair (nice lady and we had a good relationship, but bad score on AP test might hinder the letter of recommendation)
  • AP Psych teacher

Awards

  • 2 for excellent performance in math
  • 1 for excellent performance in computer science

Other

  • Played piano for 10 years and took the the tests up to ABRSM Level 8.
  • Played clarinet for 5 years in school band
  • really good at rollerblading, but don’t have videos or a following to show for it
  • Math tutor (about 40 hours)

Thank you in advance!

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I should add that I live in California, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, and am a Chinese-American female student.

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Following

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UC GPA capped weighted and fully weighted? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Intended major?

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@Gumbymom

Hi, thanks for showing some interest!

This is what I got from Rogerhub:

Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Weighted and Capped GPA: 4.18

I haven’t settled on a major yet, but I’m considering psychology, biology or marketing.

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@Gumbymom Sorry, I accidentally included by 9th grade grades when calculating the weighted and capped GPA. It is actually a 4.33.

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You are obviously a well qualified and competitive applicant but I have some comments and suggestions I would alike to add.

Regarding chances to the UC’s, you should get acceptances to most if not all the UC’s. UCLA/UCB are always tough admits and definitely not guaranteed. I would remove UC Merced from your list, since you look ELC eligible if you are a CA resident, so UCM would be guaranteed and a waste of an application fee.

Regarding the Ivy League schools, no one can be chanced on these schools and all should be considered a Reach. Applying to all of the Ivies, makes me think you have not done your homework and are just looking for prestige. All are very different campuses with different “vibes” and academic attributes. I would schedule visits to see which schools would be a good fit for you in terms of environment/academics and social feel.

Two glaring omissions from your list are USC and Stanford. USC looks like a solid option with a chance for some decent merit aid. Stanford is an obvious choice if you are targeting Ivy type schools.

Will all schools be affordable since you did not list income and budget limits?