<p>Turned in all my apps and now suffering from a case of applicant anxiety. Can you guys give me an accurate assessment of where I stand?</p>
<p>Major: Computer Engineering/EECS
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.98/4.0
UC Weighted GPA: 4.32/5.0
SAT: 2110 (680 CR+690 M+760 WR) ~~~~I know, I screwed up on Math
ACT: 30 (32 English, 35 Math, 27 Reading, 26 Science)~~~~ Did somewhat better on Math, but GG on others
SAT ll: 800 Math; 750 Physics
AP Exams: Calc AB, BC, Physics, and Comp Sci (All 5's)
EC's: Speech and Debate(3 yrs), Science Olympiad(2 yrs), Robotics( 2yrs) Physics Club President(1 yr), COSMOS at UC San Diego (12th grade- Engineering Cluster), Track and Field(3 yrs); 150 total hours of community service</p>
<p>I know my tests scores may be my downfall. But, I've gotten A's on all my math and science courses (Calc AB and BC, AP Physics and CS). Nevertheless, my SAT 1 Math score is definitely really bad. They were careless errors too.</p>
<p>@aunt bea …seriously? A 2110 SAT is hardly low…</p>
<p>more importantly, most if not all schools value GPA more than SATs, and op’s near-perfect uc gpa of 4.32 is excellent + his classes are very rigorous and obviously he did well on his AP tests too. ECs are only slightly above average but pretty closely related to intended major.</p>
<p>UCSD: Low Match
UCLA: Low Reach/ High Match
UCB: Reach
Cornell: Reach</p>
<p>Appreciate all the inputs. It’s a shame that 3 careless errors/harsh curve on SAT Math costed me big time. Hopefully ad officers will know that that doesn’t define my abilities. I’ll probably retake the SAT one last time in January for schools that accept them like Cornell. For UCs though, December was the last test date.</p>
<p>It’s not only your math score though. You need to get your CR up too. According to a lot of graphs online, more students have been getting accepted with higher CR scores because so many people have really high math scores. As for your ECs… You need to go more in depth. Transcend what your school offers. Get an internship? Part time job? I like how you only have one leadership position in a club and it is one that you really like. A lot of times kids get rejected from schools because they are leaders of something they’re passionate about. But let me tell you a little secret that a lot of people don’t know. Schools usually don’t look for perfect well-rounded students. They want someone who excels so much in one thing that they are a world-class expert. Remember, they want to develop a well-rounded class; a class of various experts, not just a bunch of well-rounded people. As for Cornell, I would definitely get that CR score up because they look at your 1600 score - your writing score doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>@YuiHirasawa
aunt bea seems to think that the stats on the UC freshman admission profiles and on the Parchment and Cappex scatterplots are skewed by athletes, feeder schools, and handicapped students. I disagree with her though.</p>
<p>Cornell - low reach
UCB - low reach / high match
UCLA - high match
UCSD - match</p>
<p>UCSD- Match ( I think you could get in pretty easily)
UCLA- Low reach/ High match ( My friend got into UCLA with a 2150 sat score, but I don’t know how good his E.C’s were, i don’t know. Get an internship or go to a vocational course to substantiate your stats).
UCB- Reach
CORNELL- Reach</p>