Do you even chance, bro? UC's + Private Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys, I come bearing yet another thread for chances. How fun. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I really hate my crappy extracurriculars :'c Sometimes I don't know if some of the schools I'm after are worth the time and effort of applying. Either way, I'd love to be chanced for the following schools:</p>

<p>-UC Los Angeles
-UC Berkeley
-Boston University
-Brown University
-University of Chicago
-Univeristy of Southern California</p>

<p>***I'm going to major in English for all of them and possibly minor in French!</p>

<p>===Other===
-State: California Resident
-School Type: Public High School
-Ethnicity: Chinese
-Gender: Male
-Income Bracket: <$50k
-Hook: First Generation</p>

<p>===Objective===
-SAT 1 (Super Scored): 700 CR 680 Math 740 Writing 8 Essay (2120)
-SAT 1 (Single Sitting): 700 CR 680 Math 710 Writing 10 Essay (2090)
----took again in December and expecting 2150 and 2200+ Super Score
-SAT 2: 700 Math 2, 650 US History.
----NOT SENDING lul...
-ACT: 34 English, 31 Math, 34 Reading, 33 Science, 33 Eng/Writing, 10 Essay (33)
-UW GPA: 3.95
-GPA: 4.21
-Rank: 16/560, Top 2.86%
-AP: 5 WHAP, 5 APUSH, 5 Lang
-Senior: AP Stats, AP HG, AP Gov
-Awards: AP Scholar, Principal's List, Renaissance Scholar (all lame)</p>

<p>===Subjective===
=EC/VOLUNTEER
-Library 9 10 11
-Homeless Shelter 10 11
-Summer Tutoring 10 11
-Math Tutoring 11
-Interact/Key 10 11 12
-Generic Service Club 11 12 (Co-Founder)
-Forensics Society 10 11 12
-Chinese School 9 10 11 12
=WORK EXPERIENCE
-Kumon Tutor 11 12
-Family Babysitter 9 10
=WRITING STUFF
-Essays: Good-ish.
UC 1: Internet, First Novel, Writing
UC 2: Social Experiment, Being True to Myself
CA: Love for English/Writing, etc. First novel, poem anthology.
-Teacher Recs:
1 Fabulous from AP Lang teacher
1 Okay from either WHAP or APUSH teacher</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH :D</p>

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<p>It will all come down on your essays. </p>

<p>Brown, Chicago - reaches
LA, Berkeley - high matches. A 4.0 is very helpful for admission at these schools and even slightly lower GPAs weaken chances as the UCLA website shows
USC - match
Boston U - safety</p>

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<p>Thanks D; I’d better start on my Common App essay then omg</p>

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<p>Any other expert opinions? :)</p>

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<p>-UC Los Angeles: high match
-UC Berkeley: high match/low reach
-Boston University: safety
-Brown University: low reach/reach
-University of Chicago: low reach, but depends on your essays
-University of Southern California: high match</p>

<p>Chance back maybe? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1586531-will-chance-back-chances-mit-berkeley-upenn.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1586531-will-chance-back-chances-mit-berkeley-upenn.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>-UC Los Angeles LOW REACH
-UC Berkeley LOW REACH
-Boston University LOW MATCH
-Brown University HIGH REACH
-University of Chicago REACH
-Univeristy of Southern California REACH</p>

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<p>USC has a lower acceptance rate and is perceived to be the better school IMO. It’s also ranked high. Though I suppose for the OP UCLA would be easier because of his or her GPA.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t mind going to either one. Thanks guys :p</p>

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<p>Any other opinions? (Read, shameless bump)</p>

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<p>UCLA: Mid-high match
UC Berkeley: High match
BU: Low match
Brown: Reach
UChicago: Reach
USC: Low reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1590503-chance-me-uchicago-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1590503-chance-me-uchicago-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>UCs are a mid to high match and USC is a low reach. You’ll be fine for BU. UChicago and Brown are reaches. Good luck!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1591668-chance-me-please-um-berkeley-usc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1591668-chance-me-please-um-berkeley-usc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks guys o: Chanced back c:</p>

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<p>UPDATE: 2210 on December SAT. 2240 Superscore. Does anyone know how much this’ll help me? Like lots? Ahah… I hope so.</p>

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<p>that score will definitely help for UCs. UCs are done strictly on scores. they may glance through everything else but really they have way too many apps to read through. UCs all stats so yes it will help</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good chance for all of them except Brown maybe. Watch out, though, I’m only chancing you on your credentials. Hate to bring race into this, but you being Asian makes you blend in the crowd and Asians are very over represented in universities. Many with higher credentials than you get rejected from even lower schools because of this.</p>

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<p>Brown’s definitely gonna be a reach, unless your essays are spectacular/unique/magical</p>

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<p>Oh well, I’m not taking Brown seriously into consideration anyway. Dream school o_o Thanks for all the feedback everyone. <em>sigh, being Asian…</em></p>

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<p>I would say that you ll probably get in these schools but your Need of scholarship makes it confusing for me …</p>

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<p>gc1995gc, you’re saying that my need for scholarship money is lowering my chances, right? Yea, I know :c Tis a sad holiday season.</p>