Just some questions...about the UC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey Guise,</p>

<p>I was wondering my chances for the UC's. I had just missed our schools ELC spot by one person. Small class, only 3/90ish were accepted.</p>

<p>UC Berkeley (Cause me madre wants me to go there, it's close to home)
UCSD (#1 Choice)
UCLA (Rub it into my cousin)
UCSB (#2 Choice)
UCSC (Hopefully safety)
UCI/UCD (Close reaches)
USC, cause it's awesome</p>

<p>Graduation: 2009
Race: Chinese American
School: Brand new, part of the founding class.
GPA: 3.80, school offers no AP classes. Taking college courses this semester.
SAT I: Math 650, Reading 590, Writing 550 Planning to retake for at least a 1900 +
SAT II: U.S. History and Math 2. Plan to score pretty darn well on U.S. History, Math 2 probably like Math I.
ACT: Going to take, possibly a 29 (Practice tests)</p>

<p>EC: Past 4 summers worked at elementary school. Actually interned there junior year.
Swimming(Freshmen and sophomore year)
JSA(Junior and senior year) Current Chapter President
Debate Club(Freshmen/Sophomore year)
Nation Honor Society</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Oh and essay I'm not so confident on. I'm a good writer but I can't seem to get a topic to write about.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah and yearbook + student government..</p>

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<p>the only match is ucsc. </p>

<p>others are all reaches. try to get a 2000 on sat.</p>

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<p>You should check out the most recent admission statistics for the schools you listed. And calculate your UC GPA.</p>

<p>UC</a> Admissions Statistics</p>

<p>University</a> of California - Admissions</p>

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<p>Calculate your UC gpa
Also can we have your unweighted gpa.</p>

<p>harrypotter is too harsh in my opinion</p>

<p>Until further notice</p>

<p>UCSC is a safety
UCD/UCI are matchs
UCSB might be a low reach
UCSD, UCLA, UCB sound like reaches</p>

<p>USc depends on unweighted</p>

<p>your essay is just as important as SATs at some of these schools so try to find a topic.</p>

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<p>Freshman Admission Profile — UC Davis — Fall 2008
Admit Rate – Overall: 52.3%
Admits: 21,256
Applicants: 40,612
ELC Student Admit Rate: 99.3%
California Residents (% of admits): 93.0%
download detailed ADMIT RATE chart
Averages
High School GPA: 3.94
ACT Composite Score: 27
SAT Critical Reading: 604
SAT Mathematics: 642
SAT Writing: 614 </p>

<p>Freshman Admisssion Profile — UC San Diego — Fall 2008
Admit Rate — Overall: 40.1
Admits (1): 19,010
Applicants: 47,407
ELC Student Admit Rate: 89.1%
California Residents (% of admits): 89.4%
download detailed ADMIT RATE chart
Averages
High School GPA: 4.07
ACT Composite Score: 28
SAT Critical Reading: 630
SAT Mathematics: 671
SAT Writing: 642</p>

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<p>mm thanks! My unwieghted gpa is 3.80, weighted it seems to be a 3.90.</p>

<p>Oh since my chances for the big time UC's seem dim, how about the other two UCM, UCR and maybe the Cal Polys.</p>

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<p>Oh then i figure that you have a real good chance of getting into UCD/I/SB
And with a little work getting into UCSD</p>

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<p>I'm sure the UC's will take into account that there are no AP classes available at your school. So the GPA's would be hard to compare... Your SAT scores are a bit low for Cal, UCLA, and SD.</p>

<p>However, just raise that score a bit and you are a match for SD. You are already a match for UCR/maybe UCI/ and UCSC/SB.</p>

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<p>Great thanks for all the advice! I just received my UC-eligibility letter. It's like the weaker form of ELC but it also says I'm guaranteed into one of their campuses!</p>