LET'S BE REALISTIC PEOPLE: I'm open to any colleges, preferably targeting UC's..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys and thanks for reading my post. I've been crazy about reading collegeconfidential ever since I was a freshman in high school and I came on daily throughout my freshman and half of my sophmore year and then gradually stop coming because I had the mindset that college was far away and that I shouldn't be worried about it. Well..long story made short, I slacked off. I got a 3.1 during my sophmore year, dropping from a 3.83 from frosh year. Although it may be a very low GPA, I didn't get an D's or F's, just one C+ :( and the rest were B's and B+'s. I wasn't lazy b/c I was bored, I just overwhelmed myself with extracurricular activites. By the time I hit Junior year I realized that I should cut down on the clubs and activites and should start concentrating on a few core clubs that I enjoyed. I brought my GPA up to a 3.5 first semester junior year unweighted and about 4.1 weighted. With my crappy GPA, which is probably a 3.6 cumalative unweighted, what UC's do you guys think I can get into? </p>

<p>SAT: Took April 1st, expect at least 1850
SAT II - taking in June
Cum. Unweighted GPA: 3.6 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Frosh year:
- Football
- Tennis
- Red Cross Club
- Speech and Debate club
- CSF
- Speech and Debate Camp
- Weight training/Spring Ball </p>

<p>Classes: All honors with exception of math </p>

<p>Sophomore:
-Football
-track and field
-Red Cross Club
-CSF
-Speech and Debate: Promoted as Speech Captain
-Weight training/Spring Ball
- attended leadership academy
- 208 community service hours awarded
- attended semi high tech U academy
- Leadership (Associated Student Body)</p>

<p>Junior:
- Received an award for outstanding leadership at Semi High Tech U
- Entered into an essay contest and got to meet Colin Powell
- Speech and debate: captain
- CSF
- Founder and President of Psychology Club
- Leadership (Associated Student Body)</p>

<p>As far as classes go, I took all honors classes with the exception of freshman year (not honors math). As a junior I'm taking 3 AP classes and 3 regular A-G classes. </p>

<p>That's all I can think of as of right now, If something pops up I'll be sure to add it. I'm just curious and nervous about which colleges would be matches/safeties/reaches. I'm looking into UC's and some CSU's (Cal Poly: San Luis Obis + SJSU), particularly Berkeley and LA..just like every other asian. Unfortunately I'm not a URM and my nationality is Korean. I'd like to major in business (finance). Any input/advice would be appreciated! </p>

<p>-THANKS!!!</p>

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<p>underground:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safe Match</p>

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<p>uc berkeley/ucla: reach
ucsd: reach
uci/ucsb/uc davis: slight reach/match</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! I really appreciate the input. Of course, Berkeley is a reach for almost anyone and there, of course, has been exceptions. :)</p>

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<p>4.1 weighted isn't a "crappy" GPA. I got into Northwestern with a weighted GPA of 4.0.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don't really know much about UC schools.</p>

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<p>excuse me i am a novice but what is the difference between a weighted and an unweighted gpa?
and could you tell me if I could get into any of the UC schools as well
my grades are as follows
(by the way i am a sophomore)</p>

<p>First Semester Freshman Year GPA=3.229/4.000
Second Semester Freshman Year GPA=3.833/4.000
Freshman GPA =3.531 out of a posible 4.000</p>

<p>First Semester Sophomore Year GPA=3.917/4.000
Second Semester Sophomore Year GPA=3.976/4.000
Sophomore GPA=3.947 out of a possible 4.000</p>

<p>took the SAT 2's and got a 2080
ACT=33</p>

<p>My extracurricular Activities are as follows
Captain of Swim Team
Volunteer at Humane Soceity
Volunteer at Retirement Home
have gone to Interlochen Arts Camp last three years
won school spelling bee
went to state Swim Competitions every year since 2001</p>

<p>and i may add some stuff later
THANKS!</p>