Help a senior gauge his chances at going to college.

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Give me your opinion on my odds of being accepted to any of the following schools, but first…

Demographics:

White male, single income-two parent household; upper-middle class in Southern California

School information:

Highly competitive public school, SGV

Grades: 4.04 W/3.80 UW/4.136 UC GPA

Thus far I have taken four honors classes, including two years of honors math, AP CHEM, and APUSH

Senior year Schedule: AP Gov, Spanish Year 4, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C

Class Rank: Top 3%

Testing:
1520 SAT, 790 M/730
APs: Chemistry (5) and APUSH (4)
SAT II: Chemistry (800), Math II (800)

ECS:
JV Tennis, 3 years (team captain last year)

Varsity Tennis, 1 year (next year, I have to play on varsity as per league rules-I’ll be on the bench but
whatever)

Video Streaming TD at Local Church, 2 years (60+ hours, I think)

Jazz Guitarist, 6+ years (for the last two or so years, I have done paid gigs with local college musicians)

Tennis summer camp coach (I watch over 6 year olds, 30+ hours this summer, making $14.50 an hour)

Outside Academic programs:

Stanford Jazz Summer Workshop (4 years)

Naval Academy Summer Seminar

Intensive small group Jazz Studies under a professor at Cal State Long Beach


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Safeties:

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Pasadena City College

Enlisting in Navy Nuclear Power Enlisted Program


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Matches:

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New Mexico Tech (Petroleum Engineering, all ready accepted with full ride scholarship)

CSULB (Chemical Engineering)


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Reaches:

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University of Tulsa (Petroleum Engineering)

University of North Texas (ME and Energy Engineering)

Cal Poly SLO (Industrial Technology)


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High Reaches:

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USC† (Accounting)

UC Berkley (Toxicology)

UCLA (Religious Studies)

Stanford (Philosophy and Religious Studies)

USNA

USMMA

Webb Institute

Footnotes

†Quadruple legacy

2

Few changes on your list:
Cal Poly SLO for IT would be a Match
CSULB should be a Safety

Not sure what you plan to study since your intended majors are all over the place. What are your career goals?

3

I’m not really sure what I want to study, so I just selected what seemed to be the most interesting programs from colleges I was already interested in.

4

With Cal Poly, UCLA and UCB just make sure that Engineering is not your ultimate goal since changing into competitive majors there can be difficult. If you are leaning towards Engineering, I suggest you consider applying for a direct admit. Much easier to switch out of Engineering vs. switching in. You are competitive applicant so you have a decent chance at these schools.

5

I don’t want to get your hopes up but it seems like you’re underestimating your odds (other posters, please correct me if I’m missing something here).

The only high reach I see is Stanford. And if you’re a quadruple legacy at USC, I’d be mega-surprised if you don’t receive an acceptance packet.