Chances Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Does anyone mind chancing me for UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UCLA, USC, UPenn, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia? I will do my best to chance you back.

Also, what are my chances of Regents at those UC’s?

GPA and Background
3.94 UW, 4.74 W
4.4 UC GPA—Capped and Weighted

Asian female, California

COLLEGE DECISIONS SO FAR
Deferred from Yale EA
No merit scholarships from USC
Accepted to Berkeley early but no Regents invite
Invited to UCSB Chancellor’s Reception

CLASS RANK
<1%, 4th of 529 students

SAT
2240 (2400 scale), 720 CR, 740 Math, 780 Writing,

SAT II’s
750 Chemistry, 750 US History, 800 Math Level II, 750 Spanish Reading

AP CLASSES
AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP Chem (5), AP Lang (5), Calc AB (5)

SENIOR YEAR CLASSES
AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, Photography 150 (community college class offered at my high school)

MID YEAR REPORT: All A’s first semester of senior year

EXTRACURRICULARS
Mu Alpha Theta (12)
Key Club (9-12)
CSF (9-12)
Academic Decathlon (9-11)
Math Club (9-10)
Tutorial Club (11-12)
Piano (4-12)
Sync or Swim (9-11)
Toastmasters (11-12)
Your Vote Matters—Advancing Justice (11-12)—Asian American Voting Campaign
Homework Helper at local libraries (11-12)
Theater Usher (11-12)
TeenInk Advisory Board (10-12)

LEADERSHIP
TeenInk Advisory Board (10-12)
Your Vote Matters—Advancing Justice (11-12)—Asian American Voting Campaign
Counselor at Tech Trek, STEM camp for pre-teen girls

SUMMER INVOLVEMENT
Empowerment Program—program that encouraged Asian-American youth in political engagement (12)
Doctor Shadower at private gastroenterology clinic (12)

AWARDS
• AP Scholar with Distinction, 12th Grade
• Academic Decathlon Language and Literature Silver Medal, 11th grade
• Academic Decathlon SuperQuiz Silver Medal, 11th grade
• Academic Decathlon Science Bronze Medal, 11th grade
• Academic Decathlon Speech Bronze Medal, 11th grade
• Academic Decathlon Interview Bronze Medal, 11th grade
• Academic Decathlon Economics Bronze Medal, 11th grade
• Published a personal narrative in TeenInk
• TeenInk Editor’s Choice Award, 10th grade
• CM Level 10 Piano, 9th grade

POOR ATTEMPTS AT HOOKS
Worked on an astrophysics research project for 3 summers with PHD and grad students and work got published in a physics journal—I was a co-author
Published a personal narrative in TeenInk, a national magazine

ESSAYS
I would my UC essays were decent, and I’d say my essays for CommonApp schools were a 7.5-9.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Physics teacher gave a solid recc, English teacher gave maybe a 7/10, and the doctor I worked with sent a really nice recc

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You look like a competitive applicant for all the UC’s and USC. UCLA/USC are tough admits but definitely have a good chance but with your research and awards, these should help.

Freshman admit rate for UC GPA of 4.20 or higher:
UCB: 46%

UCLA: 53%

UCSD: 88%

UCSB: 88%

UCD: 89%

UCI: 97%

UCSC: 95%

UCR: 99%

UCM: 98%

Stanford, Yale, Harvard and Princeton are Reaches for all applicants but you are qualified.

Good Luck. Haven’t heard from UCLA about Alumni scholarship or Regents?

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@Gumbymom I got an Alumni scholarship email from UCLA but no Regents. I was admitted early to Berkeley, but no Regents invite there.

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Congratulations on the early admit to UCB and probably an admit to UCLA (Alumni scholarship unfortunately is not a guarantee). You have some good schools to so far to choose from so I guess it is a waiting game for the rest.

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Hey guys! I haven’t gotten anything, Berkeley is my dream school. GPA unweighted 4.0 GPA 9-12 4.46, GPA 10-12 4.66, class rank 3/300, ACT 31 composite (34 reading, 34 science, 30 math, 25 english), SAT 1390 (760 math, 630 english) AP scores 4-Environmental science, 4- Ap Lang and Comp, 3- Ap Spanish culture plus took two sources are local Junior College) currently enrolled in AP Spanish 5, Ap stats, AP calc ab, Ap computer science, AP macroeconomics. 100+ hours of community service. two sports every year, 15 hr/week job year around since sophomore year. Award from local congressman for report about local ecosystem. What are my chances? I live in California btw. Invited to UCSB Chancellor’s Reception