Chances to UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: very competitive public school in CA
GPA: ~3.5UW / 3.7W
SAT I : taking in october (average scores on "blue book" tests ~ high 2000's)
SAT II: Spanish: 760
SAT II: USH: 630 (planning to retake)
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>EC</p>

<p>SUMMER:</p>

<p>2005:
-Soccer "teacher" (reason why teacher is in quotations is because I wasn't really a teacher. I lived in a condominium, so during the summer, interested kids joined my "soccer league" and I taught them some basic skills.)
-Tutor (unpaid/voluntary in the same condominium. tutored 3 elementary kids, helping with homework, projects, studying for tests, and whatnot)</p>

<p>2006:
-Volunteer at Open Space Preserve Nature Center.</p>

<p>CHURCH:</p>

<p>-Welcoming Team (many jobs: Greeting in front of the stairs, making flyers, table rep, etc)
-Homeless Ministry (serve food to the homeless in nearby area in a parking lot. I learned so many things by joining this team)</p>

<p>SCHOOL:</p>

<p>-Aid for Africa: Publicity head (designing shirts for the club, creating flyers, etc)
-Music: Symphonic Orchestra (1st violin section)</p>

<ul>
<li>I am Asian but lived in Central America for almost all my life. I moved to the US two years ago. I attended an Int'l School for Freshmen year*</li>
</ul>

<p>Most likely to write about my experiences living in a third-world country</p>

<p>I'm looking at </p>

<p>UCI, UCD, UCLA, UCB, UCSD.
Friends have told me that I have almost-no chance for LA and Berkeley (because of GPA)</p>

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<p>Berkeley: big reach
UCLA: reach
UCSD: reach
UCI/UCD: slight reach</p>

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<p>It depends on your rank, but it does seem like a stretch. However, you may ave a chance if the school recognizes your strange situation and if you took a lot of hard classes! GL!</p>

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<p>aghhh i'm soo nervous...... :\
bump</p>

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<p>The rank would only matter if he were trying to get ELC, which, pardon me for assuming, I doubt he has. You're going to have a tough time with LA/Berkeley but, who knows, they might like the fact that you've lived in a lot of places (I know thats what I wrote my essay on even though its not that true). If it helps, you might want to put all your grades up here from sophomore to junior year because UCs don't use cumulative GPAs, they calculate their own.<br>
UCLA/Berkeley/UCSD-Reach
UCD/UCI-Slight Reach/Match</p>

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<p>UCB/UCLA/UCSD: Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match-Slight Reach</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA/UCSD probably arent gonna happen, but i think you have a good shot at getting into atleast one of the mid tier uc's (UCI/UCSB/UCD).</p>

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<p>yeah, i'm in a dilemma now. whether i should apply or save energy and some bucks and for other schools..</p>