Feeling down..chances at UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everybody,
I've been wanting to go to UCB since I was in 7th grade (currently a junior), and I thought I had been doing well, but now I'm telling myself I should settle for less...</p>

<p>Sob story aside, what do some of you think my chances are at the following universities:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Davis (safety I'm hoping.)</p>

<p>Attending: Private Catholic High School in CA</p>

<p>Stats up until this point:
Weighted GPA, Freshman 1st Semester : 4.271 (2 honors)
Weighted GPA, Freshman 2nd Semester : 4.186 (2 honors)
Weighted GPA, Sophomore 1st Semester : 4.514 (3 honors)
Weighted GPA, Sophomore 2nd Semseter : 4.643 (3 honors)
Weighted GPA, Cumulative : 4.404</p>

<p>Besides two B's in physical education during my freshman year, I have straight A's for those two years.</p>

<p>EC's, ranked in order of skill & interest:
Debate [10th/11th]
- Varsity Squad Captain / Overall Team Captain
- Undefeated JV League Record
- Alumnus, Stanford National Forensic Institute</p>

<p>Track & Field [9th/10th/11th]
- Sophomore Scholar Athlete (highest GPA on the team)</p>

<p>Webmaster [9th/10th/11th]
- Creator of a popular children's online game
- Owner of a debate discussion forum
- Freelance programmer</p>

<p>Philosopher's Society [9th/10th/11th]
- Co-Founder</p>

<p>Key Club [10th/11th]
- Active Member</p>

<p>Link Crew [11th]
- Core Team Leader</p>

<p>Other:
1 of 2 Sophomores nominated for HOBY
CSF Member</p>

<p>My counselor says I am doing good so far, but here's the problem: junior year has been really tough on me, I am currently taking 2 APs and 5 honors classes. I'm also 99% positive I will be ending the year with 4-5 B's.</p>

<p>That last bit of information considered with the stats above, do you still think I have a shot at Berkeley (maybe I can get it up to straight A's again next semester)? I really want to go! :)</p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>What are your SAT scores?</p>

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<p>Yeah if you have good SAT scores you should be fine.</p>

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<p>Your dream school is Berkeley yet you don't know that they use their own system of calculating GPA? Tsk tsk.</p>

<p>Try your best to only have a max of 5 Bs for sophomore/junior year. Anymore and your chances will get slimmer and slimmer.</p>

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<p>dt_, Flippy, I'll post those asap!
And Castel, I'm well aware that the UCs use their own algorithm for calculating GPA. Which for me is both good and bad!</p>

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<p>it really depends on your SATs at this point, for berkeley your going to need above a 2100</p>

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<p>woolrich,</p>

<p>Actually, considering that the entering class had an average SAT under 2000, I think that over 2100 is a bit high. The 50th percentile is around 2050 for admits. </p>

<p>8.23.2007</a> - UC Berkeley fall 2007 entering class</p>

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<p>just a heads up, that UCs only take into consideration 8 semesters of honors/APs, so you really challenged yourself this year (you already nearly maxed in sophomore year). just go for a 2100 SAT score and you should be fine. your overall might take a slight drubbing however</p>

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<p>SAT's of around 2000 should make you competitive for UC Berkeley. You have an excellent GPA. But admissions can be random at UC Berkeley so you never know. Best of luck!</p>