My Chancessssss

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Currently High School Junior: </p>

<p>Major: Pre-Dentistry Studies
Southern California Resident
Ethnicity: Iranian Male
Rank: 50/695 (Top 10% but my rank should be a lot lower by end of HS)</p>

<p>SAT: First Time (1820/2400) But Will Re-Take In April, Hopefully Over 2000</p>

<p>SAT II:
US- 690
CHEM - 640
MATH 2 - 640</p>

<p>UC GPA = 4.04125</p>

<p>Freshman Classes:
English 9: B A
P.E.: B A
Health/Geography: A A
Geometry: A A
CP Biology: B B
French: 1 A A</p>

<p>= 3.67 GPA </p>

<p>Sophomore Classes:
Chemistry: A B
P.E.: A A
Algebra 2: A A
AP Euro: C B
French 2: A A
English 10: A A</p>

<p>= 3.83 GPA </p>

<p>Junior Classes (am currently in the second semester/Am projecting 2nd semester grades)
Pre-Calc/AP Calc: A B
AP Chemistry: A A
French 3: A B
AP Environment: A A
AP US: B A
AP English(First Semester)/Advanced English 11 (Second) : C+ A</p>

<p>= 4.25</p>

<p>Senior Classes (plan to take)
AP Literature
AP Biology
AP Economics/Early Release
AP Calc BC
AP French
AP Government </p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
Young Democrats President 2 Years
CSF Member w/ Honor Badge since 7th Grade: 6 Years
Science Olympiad 2 Years
International Cultures Club 2 Years
French Club 2 Years
Fighting Against Discrimination 1.5 Years
Chess Club: 1.5 Years
Over 50 Hrs Community Service (Will do this summer)</p>

<p>Colleges Applying To:
UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCSB
SDSU
USC</p>

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<p>thegame2388:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCSB: Match</p>

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<p>Your 10-11 UC GPA is 3.954, not 4.04125 (you have to cap your honors courses at 8 (you took 11 semester hours of honors during these two years).</p>

<p>The UC GPA of acceptees/registered students is:
UC Berkeley-4.19 and 2100 SAT
UCLA--4.12 or 4.17 (depends on which stats you use)-and 2000 SAT
UCSD--3.98 and SAT of 1880
UCSB--3.76 and SAT of 1760</p>

<p>SDSU is less than this
and USC is W GPA around 4.0 (no cap--so use your 4.04 here for comparison)
and SAT at USC is around 2025</p>

<p>Your stats are 3.95 GPA (UCs) and 4.04 W (USC), with SAT Is of 1820
and SAT IIs (top 2 is what UCs require) of 1330</p>

<p>So,
UC Berkeley-reach
UCLA-reach
UCSD-match to slight reach
UCSB--match
SDSU-match
USC--slight reach</p>

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<p>What do you mean my "cap"?</p>

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<p>Anyone???????</p>

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<p>cap is like the cutoff. if u read how UC's do their admission process they have a limit of 8 semesters of AP's for the weighted UC gpa system</p>

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<p>UCB - Reach
UCLA - Reach
USC - Slight Reach
UCSD - Slight Reach/Match
UCSB - Match/Safe Match
SDSU - Safety</p>

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<p>Why do they cap at 8 semesters? Doesn't that put the people who take 6 AP classes a year at a disadvantage?</p>

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<p>????????????????????</p>

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<p>UC takes their GPA from your junior/sophomore classes. If you took more than 4 AP's your GPA will not be weighted any extra, although, it will still look better in admissions if you take more than 4.</p>

<p>Misha</p>

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<p>The idea is to encourage people to take a lot of honors/AP/IB courses, but not put those students at a major disadvantage who go to schools that offer very few--or even none--of these kinds of courses.</p>

<p>And yes, if your school offers more--and you take them--it looks better to the adcoms.</p>

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<p>How in the world am I NOT a MATCH for UCSD?</p>

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<p>are you a terrorist?</p>

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<p>I loved the "fighting discrimination for 1.5 years".</p>

<p>Gave me a good chuckle. </p>

<p>Not sure you can put that on your Extracurric list though ;)</p>

<p>Misha</p>

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<p>I meant "FAD - Fighting Against Discrimination"</p>

<p>I REALLLYYYYY want to go to UCLA or UCSD!</p>

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<p>UCSD is a reach, especially in a science major. UCLA sorry but no way.</p>

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<p>

I lawled. :)</p>

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<p>How in the world is UCSD a reach? I took TONS of AP classes and got 5's in US and English, 3 in APES and unknown in chem (late tested).</p>

<p>i got a 4.17 and 4.33 11th grade year. </p>

<p>i took a VERY rigorous course load? WHY WHY WHY!!</p>