Chances to UC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Me
Junior
Chinese Taiwanese
Fluent in chinese
moved to Cali the summer coming into junior year
Personality: I believe I’m smart, but I often get distracted.

Academics
Been two years ahead in science and math

SAT: 1970
Math: 680
Reading: 660
Writing: 630
GPA: 3.7
WGPA: 3.9
Taken 4AP classes so far

sophomore:
Physics: A and B
Computer science: A and B
Human geo: B’s
AP TESTS: physics-3,comp sci-3,human geo- 4

Junior:( reason for only 1 ap was because I had to take required classes for the Cali system)
Chem: B first semester still working on second
Going for 5 on test

Senior:( I know these dont count for gpa but I’m still taking them)
Gov
Stats
Lang

EC’s
Volunteered at a 1st grade chinese class
Tutored an immigrant orphan during my summer from 2nd grade math to 7th grade
Going to Taiwan this summer to help teach kids English (will get paid)
Debate policy for 3 years( 2nd year sort of hiatus cuz my new school didn’t have debate)
Done ok in my debates, gone to Berkeley and gonzaga to debate
Joined JSA for my 2nd year hiatus from debate
Senior year I plan to reconstruct our debate club so that I can leave knowing that my school will have a active debate club
Played tennis for 2 years, 1 year varsity tennis

There you have it, probably all of the important info I can give about myself. I just want to know what UC I can into with these attributes. I really gunning for uci or something around that area, if you know of any other colleges that may fit me go ahead and tell me, I want to expand my options too. Also give me some suggestion of what I can do to increase my chances (still have time to do things). Your critical thoughts are beneficial to me.

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Nice subtle stats.

I’d say your safest shot is UC Merced and UC Riverside.

For UCLA & UCI - Unpredictable - It will depend on your passion for your major or essays or any other factors. I have a few friends that got into UCLA & UCI with 3.2’s. Someone else up on here got into UCLA with a 3.2 in Poli Sci, which is a competitive major to get into.

UCB - Unpredictable, a friend of mine got in with a 3.6 UC Weighted GPA and low SAT scores - but he showed passion for his major.

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Good chance at UCR/UCM/UCSC. The rest of the UC’s as stated above are unpredicatable especially this year. Spend time on your essays this summer and apply broadly. Good Luck.

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bump

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Like everybody else said, excellent chance at the lower UC’s like Riverside, Merced. GPA of 3.7 and 3.9 Weighted is actually on the low side so it will be very tough to get in the higher UC’s like LA and Berkeley and San Diego.

Also try to get the SAT up, 1970 is good, but try to shoot for 2100+.

I say decent chance at UCI if you have good essays. Most important are your grades as that is the single most important factor for UC admissions.