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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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<p>CA Resident
White female
Hugely competitive public school</p>

<p>High school GPA: W - 4.2, UW - 3.8
UC GPA: W - 3.92 UW - 3.75
SAT: 1880 (M590, CR640, W650 - english scores were extremely low for me based on practice tests. retaking, hopefully for a 2000+)
SAT IIs: Lit - 760, USH - 640
ACT: 30 (E34, R33, W33, M25, S27. retaking, hopefully for 31+)
AP: US History - 4 with three in my senior schedule (EnviSci, Stat, Lit)</p>

<p>ECs:
Theatre -
*Acted in eleven (to date) shows
*Crewed for four (to date) shows
*Six awards (three for acting, three for directing younger students) from a So Cal theatre festival throughout high school
*Drama Club for 4 years - Drama Board (drama board = leadership in the department) junior year
*Comedy Sportz member (competitive team improv) - 11th-12th
Other -
*Web manager, Arkonline.com - 3 years (9th-11th) (Animal rights website)
*Yearbook - 2 years (9th, 10th)
*Part-time job junior year - 20-30 hours a week for six months (selling beauty supplies…woooo)
*Part-time job senior year - 8 hours a week (waitress)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
*Crew on musicals - 200+ hours from three shows (All working with middle school aged and younger kids…lights, directing, choreographing, vocal coaching, running crew)
*Arkonline.com - 150+ hours (Web managed an animal rights website…I am a vegetarian)
*Relay for Life - 12 hours (Cancer fund raising 24-hour walk)
*Elementary school haunted house - 15 hours </p>

<p>Awards:
Thespian Society Member (14 Star, I think)
National Merit Commended Scholar
California Scholarship Federation (CSF) - 10th-12th
Principal’s High Honor Roll/Principal’s Honor Roll - 9th-12th
AVID “Write-Off” Finalist - 9th (essay writing competition within my school)</p>

<p>UCB-
UCLA-
UCSD-
UCD-
UCI-
UCSB-
UCSC-
UCM-
UCR-</p>

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<p>My butchered attempt at your chances:</p>

<p>UCB- 70%
UCLA- 75%
UCSD- 75%
UCD- 80%
UCI- 80%
UCSB- 90%
UCSC- 95%
UCM- 100%
UCR- 100%</p>

<p>..Gahh I'm probably so wrong. But good luck though! =]</p>

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<p>UCB: reach
UCLA: low reach/reach
UCSD: low reach/match
UCD/UCI/UCSB: match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: safety</p>

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<p>LuckyStarBoy is way off on the percentages. OOS I assume.</p>

<p>Anyways, your percentages would be more like the following, considering UC GPA, SATs, and relevant ECs:</p>

<p>UCB- 25%
UCLA- 30%
UCSD- 40%
UCD- 60%+
UCI- 60%+
UCSB- 60%+
UCSC- 80%
UCM- 90%
UCR- 80%</p>

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<p>Are you sure you calculated your UC GPA correctly? There is no such thing as an unweighted UC GPA, your UC GPA is essentially your weighted GPA except with a limited number (8 semesters) of honors/AP grade point boosts. Going by what you posted under "high school GPA" your UC GPA should be somewhere around a 4.1. That being said, assuming your scores stay the same and you submit your ACT instead of your SAT I, your chances are as follows:</p>

<p>UCB: slight reach
UCLA: slight reach (high match if theater major, they love those kinds of ECs)
UCSD: match
UCD/UCSB/UCI: high safety
UCSC/UCR/UCM: safety</p>

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<p>it's a 3.92 then - my weighted high school counts things like honors drama (which UCs don't weight, obviously).</p>

<p>thanks guys (:</p>

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<p>That will hurt your chances since GPA is the single most important factor for the UCs.</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: reach
UCSD: slight reach
UCD/UCSB/UCI: match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: safety</p>

<p>If you're planning on applying as a theater major, you still have a good shot at UCLA. This past year there was a ridiculously large number of people at my old high school with sub-4.0 GPAs who got in through specialized film/theater programs.</p>