Getting into a UC School...?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a “Class of 2006” student from Asian ethnicities. I attend a high school in the Los Angeles County that is currently ranked in the top 100 in the nation. I was not born here and have not gotten the best marks on my grades. That was evident especially in my sophomore year, when I had to confront a lot of personal family issues. I have just completed junior year and look forward to my senior year. I am looking forward to applying to all of the UC’s and more and I just wanted to know: What are my chances of getting into each school? (Percentages or whatnot) What school are safes and what are reaches? Thanks!</p>

<p>Colleges I want to apply to:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
UC Santa Cruz
UC Riverside
UC Merced
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pepperdine University
University of Southern California (USC)</p>

<p>Transcript/Grades:</p>

<p>FRESHMAN: 3.41667 un-weighed
Art 1: A/B
English Honors: B+/B+
PE: A/A
Spanish 2: B+/B+
History: A/A
Geometry Honors: B/B</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE: 2.83333 un-weighed
Advanced Development of Western Civilizations (Semester 1): B
Computer Science (Semester 2): B+
Spanish 3: C+/C
PE: A/A
Chemistry Honors: D+/B+
English Honors: C+/B+
Algebra 2: B/B</p>

<p>JUNIOR: 3.33333 un-weighed
Pre-Calculus: A-/B
AP Art History: B+/B
AP English: B+/B
Journalism/Newspaper: A+/A
Physics: B/B+
US History: A-/B</p>

<p>SENIOR SCHEDULE:
AP Calculus
AP English
Biology
Computer Science Honors
Psychology
US Government/Economics
Newspaper</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL GPA: 3.16667 un-weighed, 3.44444 weighed
SAT SCORE: 1380 on old, 2110 on new.
SAT II SCORES: 750 on Math IIC, 680 on Literature, 550 on US History</p>

<p>Extracurricular, Awards, and Recognition:</p>

<p>Certificate of Recognition by Congresswoman Judy Chu on ‘Outstanding Leadership in the Community’
California Philharmonic (80 hours)
Page Editor of School Newspaper (2 years)
Certificate of Recognition by LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich
Los Angeles County Arboretum (20-25 hours)</p>

<p>-Jeffrey</p>

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<p>With your GPA, you are out of consideration for Berkeley and Los Angeles... sorry,</p>

<p>TTG</p>

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<p>if you are willing to talk about your personal struggles in essays, that could help admissions be more lenient with your GPA.</p>

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<p>to be honest with you, do not bother to apply to unc-ch.</p>

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<p>apply to where you want. you may have something on your application you can't put into words here. that's what personal essays are for</p>

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<p>Apply to all of the UCs..... you should get into 1 of them.....your SAT score is top notch</p>

<p>TIPS</p>

<p>Make sure you pass Biology class and your last year of English with a C or higher...... those are big grades because they are UC "a-g" course required....</p>

<p>Senior Year GPA should be above 3.0 .....</p>

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<p>you have no chance at berkeley, thanks to your GPA</p>

<p>i don't think you have a shot at UCLA or USC, either</p>

<p>but hey, you could try</p>

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<p>2110 is top nothch. Wow, California must be a different world!!!!!! Noel, are you a Harvard shoe in with a 3.7/1400?</p>

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<p>suze, Berkeley or UCLA could own anything the east coast has to offer. oh yeah, i'm a harvard shoe-in with my nice 2.5, rounded off nicely with a C in Culinary Arts</p>

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<p>If only I had a chance at those two great schools!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Can you give us a non cali top high school where anyone wants to go to Berkelry or UCLA? For $10,000 a year, maybe, but against ANY ivy?</p>

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<p>You might be able to get into ucsc/ucr/ucm... a personal challenge will help you, but being asian and going to a top 100 school won't. Neither will not being born here (I think).. I know a LOT of people who weren't born in the US. Are you from a low income family? First generation college student?<br>
A couple of your classes in your sophomore year don't count (PE, computers) so that might bring down your GPA. Also, that D in chemistry looks mighty threatining. What's your weighted UC GPA (sophomore and junoir year only)? If it's below a 3.0, I don't even think you can apply.</p>

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<p>Here's the eligiblity index:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>It's going to be problematic for you, because UCs are very numbers-oriented, and the GPA is not so good (what's your UC GPA specifically? - the weighing on that is quite liberal), however depending on your school, this might be enough to get in for UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, and UC Merced - I think, for instance, people from my prominent public school in the CA bay area with comparable GPAs do manage... A lot of it depends, though... Ask the GC at your school if there are charts/stats on students from your school and UC admits.</p>

<p>Your SAT score is pretty good - but I really don't think it's enough to get you into UCB or UCLA (or USC) because... If you don't mind my saying so, the extracurriculurs are sorta blah and don't seem to have much focus anywhere, unless you have something strong to write an essay about...</p>

<p>I am, of course, only another junior who knows mainly from the experiences of this year and last year's seniors, the GC's appraisal of my less-than-stellar-stats and chances, and the aforementioned book of stats/charts... Good luck.</p>

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<p>o1xxe:</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB: Super Reach
UCSD: Reach
UCD/UCSB/UCI: Slight Reach
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Match
Pepperdine: Match
USC: Reach</p>

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<p>Berkeley and Los Angeles admitted students usually have their average GPA's at and around 4.15-4.25. In general, if you can't even manage a 4.00 weighted than it doesn't even matter what your SAT scores are, you won't get in. Standards may be lower for athletes, but there aren't many athletes out there good enough for exceptions, anyhow. Even disadvantaged applicants don't get a break, because these applicants will usually come from the identified disadvantaged schools where the competition is weaker and they'd manage a high GPA there too. Maybe 1, even 2 is a strech, C's and Berkeley and LA will forgive, but 3 C's and a D(!), no way no way no way no way....</p>

<p>TTG</p>

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<p>UCR/UCM/UCSC are your best bet. Why? Your GPA. I'd even consider community college if you want to go to UCLA or UCb.</p>

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<p>aim for the middle range of UCs......they aren't bad</p>

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<p>just apply and see</p>

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<p>Thank you for your comments and suggestions. They were very helpful and I sincerely appreciate your time. Thanks!</p>