Chances to get into any UC's or USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a Korean male born in the US.
I live in CA. I am currently a Junior in High school.</p>

<p>ESTIMATED(i still have one more semester to go) GPA for only sohomore and junior years: 3.3-3.4
SAT I: 1st score: 1660 CR:520, MATH: 590, WRITING 550 (however, i am planning to get it up to about 1800-1900)
SAT II: not decided yet but i believe i'll be taking Math 2C and korean?</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULAR:
-tae kwon do for about 10 years
-highschool band for 3 years (i have continued from doing elementary and middle school band as well)
-club officer
-involved in many church activities ( have been in the praise band playing guitar for several years, etc.)
-have done some community service ( open heart kitchen, RAD program, special olympics etc.,)</p>

<p>I am just wondering which UC's i could get into (if any). I was interested in UC Irvine if possible. Also USC. Just want to know my chances.</p>

<p>Any info will help! Thanks alot!</p>

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<p>Mediocre GPA, average SAT, and bland ECs.
I would say right now you should be looking at like... UCR, UCM, or UCSC.</p>

<p>If you want to shoot for SD, Davis, and beyond I would say...
Get your GPA to around 3.6+ if possible and a SAT score of 2000+ should make you a safe match-match for Davis.</p>

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<p>Okay. thanks. what are my chances for UC irvine though? tthat would probably one of the schools that i want to get into.</p>

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<p>The UCs go by the UC GPA.</p>

<p>Here is the information on how to compute that:</p>

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

<p>Based upon what you posted, you are probably Match at UCSC and UCR, safety at UC Merced, and slight reach at UCI.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>P.S. Recompute your GPA to a UC GPA and repost it. Based upon that, people can give you better "chances" estimates.</p>

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<p>chances go up a lot more if you get that SAT to an 1800-1900.</p>

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<p>thanks guys.
but i dont really get how to compute into UC gpa
hah</p>

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<p>^
calculate your gpa as if it were unweighted, and add a point for a ap (or honors approved uc) class, for a maximum of 8 points (8 semesters, 4 yearlong classes)</p>