Low SAT, High ACT chances? (UC, USC, Harvey Mudd)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Resident of California
Vietnamese Male
Rank - 6/500
ELC
UC GPA - 4.25
WGPA - 4.07
UWGPA - 3.93</p>

<p>SAT - 1820 (700 M/ 580 R/ 540 W) - Low =( Retaking in Dec.
ACT - 31 (30E/ 35M/ 27S/33R)
SAT 2 - 790 Math 2/ 710 Chem/ 700 US History
AP - 5 Calc AB/ 4 Chem/ 3 US History</p>

<p>Notable Ex-curr (Not everything)
Band - Drum Major, Section Leader, Secretary
Academic Decathlon - Various medals
Science Olympiad - Student coach, various medals
ASB</p>

<p>Schools: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCR, USC, Harvey Mudd</p>

<p>I know for sure that Harvey Mudd is a super reach for me unless I raise up my SAT score...</p>

<p>My question is: Will my SAT 1s hurt my chances at UCs despite my high ACT score?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Oh and I have about 200 hours of volunteer work.</p>

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<p>MrSpam:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI: Match
UCR: Safe Match</p>

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<p>^I agree with flopsy.</p>

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<p>how many times did you take the ACT?? because if colleges see that you spent a Saturday morning wasting your time on a silly test for the second or third time when you could have been doing something useful (like shooting paintballs at senior citizens), then you don't stand a chance.</p>

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<p>I just took it once.</p>

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<p>Assuming you took the ACT with writing, won't the colleges just use your good ACT score and disregard the SAT I score?</p>

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<p>This was an odd experiment I had conducted, but a month and a half ago, I put the same stats without my SAT 1 scores and this is what happened.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=249987%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=249987&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>yeah, i'm pretty sure all of those schools will take your highest score, so i'm wondering why flopsy said ucb/ucla will be a reach. They should only look at your 31 ACT, which is above the median 28 score for UCLA and Berkeley. </p>

<p>The only thing I don't understand is why your UC GPA is higher than your weighted GPA. Your UC GPA should only be counting 8 semesters of honors/AP as weighted, while fully weighted should be all of your honors/AP weighted. but anyhow your GPA is average for all of those schools, so i think if you do well on your essays, you should be fine at all of those schools</p>

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<p>My UC GPA is higher because I had 2 B's my freshman year and Sophomore+Junior year, I had straight A's</p>

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<p>wait i dont understand the difference b/w UCGPA and WGPA...arent they the same thing?
if not..can someone tell me my UCGPA?
I took:
Jr:
Calc AB AP: A/A
BC AP: A/A
AP US history: A/A
Chem AP: A/A
Lit hr: A/B T.T
Java Programming: A/A
Stats Summer( CL): B
Spanish 3: A/A</p>

<p>Soph:
PreCalc Hr: A/A
Chem hr: A/A
World Lit: A/A
World History: A/A
Spanish 2: A/A</p>

<p>Freshman:
Alg 2/Trig: A/A
Bio: A/A
Lit/Writ: A/A
Spanish 1: A/A</p>

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<p>if i'm not mistaken, your UW GPA is 3.93, your UC GPA is 4.18, and your fully weighted GPA is 4.5</p>

<p>UC GPA only counts 8 semesters of honors/AP/IB/College courses as an extra point on your GPA, while fully weighted uses all of your honors courses as extra points in your GPA</p>

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<p>wow..that sux...i was hoping to get 4500 in that category....</p>

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<p>wait...and isnt it 4.24? not 4.18?</p>

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<p>mudd dont take ACT</p>