Nervous applicant, will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a California senior.

UC Berkeley (Bioengineering?)
UCLA (Electrical Engineering)
UCSB (Electrical Engineering/Alt: Neuroscience)
UCSD (Bioengineering/Alt: Marine Biology)
UC Davis (Biomedical Engineering/Alt: Genetics)
UC Irvine (Biomedical Engineering/Alt: Pharmacy)

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown):
March // 33 C 35 E 34 R 29 M 33 S
September // 33 C 36 E 36 R 29 M 30 S
SAT II: n/a
GPA: 3.8 UW 3.9 W 4.03 UC (upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15% (9-12), top 10% (10-12)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Biology (3), English Lang. and Comp (5), US History (5 - self study)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Environ Sci, Marching/Symphonic, Jazz Ensemble, Online US Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing huge, my school doesn’t have any honor societies or something similar. Highest alternate & most quizzes completed in Academic Decathlon. Bronze Award for Girl Scouts.

Extracurriculars:
Marching Band (Section leader 2 years, taught and graded students, extra hours put in, etc.),
Symphonic Band (Section leader 2 years),
Jazz Ensemble (Lead 1 year, receives awards at competition),
Academic Decathlon (Highest scoring alternate),
Service clubs (not too many hours filed in any one club),
Girl Scouts (10+ years, Bronze Award),
Robotics (1 year, it just started at my school)

Job/Work Experience: n/a

Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts

Summer Activities: Sugarloaf (music camp, got jazz award and a half scholarship), Biotechnology and various other classes at Sac State.

Essays: Personal statement about my rare disorder and how I was inspired by doctors to do medical research, how it affects me now, etc. Other essay about my experiences with failure in marching band and how I have grown through that group.
Teacher Rec: 2 English, 1 Science, 1 French (3 years).
Counselor Rec: She knows me well, so probably decent at least.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: n/a
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public, not super competitive or undercompetitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k from one parent
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My disease, I skipped mid year 6th grade

Thanks for reading. I’ll chance back if you leave a link!

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Bump.

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Your Test scores and GPA are very solid for the UC’s, I would be shocked if you did not get accepted into any of them. Your EC’s are not as strong but they are not weak as well. Your test scores are at or above the top 75% of attending students at all of these schools so you have a great chance.

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I’d be surprised if you weren’t accepted to most if not all. ECs could be stronger, but academically your more than qualified and your essays and recs sound great so you should be fine.

Please chance me back! Same title as you ironically, should be easy to find haha.

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The engineering major may end up hurting you, just for your information,

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UCLA/UCB/UCSD: High Match
UCI/UCD/UCSB: Match

You are a competitive applicant based on your Stats and EC’s. It will probably all come down to the essays.

Good Luck.

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@sattake What would be another good major for getting into medicine/biotechnology? My comparatively lower math score would be from missing (useless for what I want to do, honestly) probability questions, so I’ll do fine in college math, but yep.