My chances at cal among others

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>My chances at Stanford, UCLA, and USC.?
What are my chances for the following schools:
Stanford
Columbia
Harvard
U Penn
Georgetown
Notre Dame
CAL
UCLA
USC</p>

<p>GPA: 4.4
3.8
SAT 1870
ACT 29</p>

<p>Track and Field 11
Youth Camp Counselor leader
Flag Football ref 11 12
Flag Football coach 11 12
Basketball coach 11 12
Soles 4 Soles 11-12 service club
Mathletes 11-12
California Scholarship federation (tutoring)10-12
Italian heritage club 10-12
National Honors )Society 11-12
Latin Club 11-12
President and founder Habitat for Humanity campus chapter11-12
Writer Year Book 11-12
Writer Newspaper 11-12
Students for Others (service club) 11-12</p>

<p>BTW Stanford is my top choice. My great uncle went there and is writing me a letter of rec. how much effect will that have?</p>

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<p>You have great hooks and ECs, but your scores are somewhat low. Will your essay elaborate on any of the ECs, and if so, how?</p>

<p>Otherwise, just looking at this, you look like a well-rounded person, but in all honesty, they’re all high reaches. I suggest you narrow down the list to a couple you really want to go to and apply to those while you have more backups.</p>

<p>As for your great uncle’s letter of recommendation – it’s generally said that letters of rec from family members don’t have much effect. Also, he’s too far removed for you to be considered a legacy.</p>

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<p>Based on the information you’ve supplied, I would say most of the universities on your list are reach schools. It also looks like you began most of your ECs in junior year, which doesn’t give a very good impression.</p>