Deferred from Stanford, applied to Berkeley, UCLA, USC...help please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So today I got my Stanford REA decision and I was deferred, which surprised me a little because I thought I would automatically get rejected, so I guess I still have a chance. I also applied to Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis (SB and Davis said they guaranteed my admission if I applied), and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.</p>

<p>I'm a Hispanic male (I was born Argentina (lived there for 4 months), lived in Colombia for 8 years, came to US at age 9)</p>

<p>I'm in a good public school in California with about 3-5 people going to Ivies/Stanford each year (so far two people were accepted to Stanford as opposed to the usual single student) and about 20-30 going to Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 4.00
weighted: 4.48 (expect to get a 4.68 by end of senior year, which is good enough to meet the school district standard of 4.65 to be a valedictorian (more than one is allowed at each high school in my district)).
UC GPA: 4.36???</p>

<p>class rank: 6/620 (should end up tied for number 3 by the end of the year)
ELC status for UC's</p>

<p>Course Loads:</p>

<p>8th Grade:
Geometry H (for high school credit)</p>

<p>Freshman:
French 1 CP
English 9H
Algebra 2H
Biology H
Career Ops/geography/health
Track and field</p>

<p>Sophomore:
English 10H
AP European History (3)
Chemistry H
Math Analysis H
French 2 CP
Track </p>

<p>Junior:
AP English Language and Composition (3)
AP Chemistry (5)
AP Calculus AB (5)
AP US History (4)
Photography CP
French 3 CP
Track</p>

<p>Planned for senior year:
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Studio Art (photography)
AP Physics
Economics H/ AP US Government and Politics
AP Statistics
Track</p>

<p>(other APs offered at my school are AP biology, AP computer science, AP art history, AP music theory, and i think that's it)</p>

<p>SAT I: </p>

<p>First time: 1970</p>

<p>Reading: 640
Math: 690
Writing: 640 (68 MC, 7 on essay)</p>

<p>Second time: 2120 </p>

<p>Reading: 630
Math: 740
Writing: 750 (73 MC, 10 on essay)</p>

<p>Superscored: 2130</p>

<p>SAT II's:</p>

<p>Chemistry: 760
Math II: 760
U.S. History: 740</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Awards:
Track and Field- 4 years (won frosh soph 4x100 relay in league finals sophomore year, scholar-athlete with 4.0 (9th-11th grade so far))
California Scholarship Federation (will have 3 years)
Link Crew leader (Link Crew is a nationally recognized program where upperclassmen take freshmen through the freshman orientation before school starts, and they also do tutoring for struggling freshmen throughout the school year, for those of you who didn't know) (will have 2 years)
Volunteer at local hospital 4 hours a week (will have 2 years, at 150-200 hours by end of senior year)
Photography
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>I think my essays for the Stanford application are what helped me not get automatically rejected, in case some of you wonder why they even bothered deferring me.</p>

<p>I want to major in electrical engineering</p>

<p>So what are my chances?</p>

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<p>I bet if you raise that SAT score (if u still have time) youll get into stanford.</p>

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<p>I am dead set against taking the SAT again, i just want to know what my chances could be currently, at least for Berkeley/UCLA/USC…</p>

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<p>Stanford and Berkeley are reaches (but don’t get disappointed). Decent chances at UCLA and USC. Try to focus on essays. Show depth and passion.</p>

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<p>I already applied to all of these so there’s not really anything I can do except for Stanford since I got deferred. Does anyone else have an opinion?</p>

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<p>And btw I think I did that pretty well on my essays so hopefully that helps. And like I said, that’s probably what kept my chances alive somewhat for Stanford.</p>

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<p>bump please</p>

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<p>bump please</p>

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<p>I was officially accepted to UC Davis a few days ago by the way.</p>

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<p>I think you’re an automatic in for Berkeley. Your scores match up for the average EECs student at Berkeley. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in.</p>

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<p>raise your cr and math and standford is in </p>

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