I’m hoping for a miracle on Friday lol. Could you guys chance me? I know UCB is more holistic than the other UC’s, so hopefully that makes up for my low SAT score.
SAT: 1840 (CR:640 W:640 M:560–I suck at math lol)
SAT 2: 700 (molecular bio)
UC GPA: 4.21
Unweighted GPA: 3.83
AP Exams: Psych-5, Euro History-4, English Lang-4, U.S. History-4, Calc AB-3, Chemistry-2
Class Rank: 18/725 (top 3%)
Senior Schedule: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment English, Academic Tutor, Tennis PE
Intended Major: Biology
Honors and Awards: AP Scholar with distinction, Presidential Service Award, Junior Honor Guard, Scholar Athlete, 2nd team all league (tennis), reached finals of CIF, medals in Science Olympiad Regionals: Material Science (1st), Cell Biology (2nd), Elastic Launch Glider (2nd)
Extracurriculars: (best five)
-Varsity Tennis (10th-12th; team captain 12th)
-Science Olympiad (10th-12th; VP 11th, President 12th)
-Link Crew (kinda like ASB, 11th-12th, Secretary 12th)
-Solar Army (11th-12th, VP 12th)
-Fitness and Nutrition Club (11th-12th, Treasurer 12th)
Volunteer Work: (best five)
-NHS tutoring
-Volunteer at a hospital
-Tennis instructor
-Interact Club (VP 12th)
-Summer Reading Program for kids.
Other things:
-Income: over 100k, so can’t apply for many scholarships
-Am a certified AVID tutor
-Did an internship at an automation company
-Am Asian Indian
-Dad went to UCSD, mom went to some college in India
-Really interesting personal statements that were edited by professionals (one is about trying my first cigarette, my middle school experience as a whole, and how that changed me; other is about my first day of volunteering at a hospital, where a lady gave birth to a child in a car, how I helped out with that, and how that influenced my career path)
So far I’ve been accepted to UCM, UCSC, UCR, UCI, UCD, UCSB, and Cal Poly Pomona. And I’ve been waitlisted at UCSD and UCLA.
-Thanks in advance.