OOS chances at UC's

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Especially Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD -</p>

<p>Out of state
White Male</p>

<p>Rank: (top 10)/250
GPA: 3.87 UW </p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (740 M, 700 CR 660 W)
SAT II's : Chem 720 IIC 740</p>

<p>AP's: Sophomore year - Comp Sci A (3),
Junior year - Physics B (5), Calc AB (5), Chem (4)
Senior year - Calc BC, Statistics, English, US Hist</p>

<p>College courses: Elementary Spanish I and II (A)
General Chemistry I with lab (A)</p>

<p>EC's: 4 years basketball, pretty much year-round commitment (varsity 2, varsity captain 1)
2 years varsity cross country
4 years tennis (1 JV, 3 varsity)</p>

<pre><code> NHS (senior year)
Student Council (junior and senior years)

100+ hours community service at homeless shelter

camp counselor for two summers at bible camp

NIH biomedical research internship 8 weeks, 40 hrs/week
</code></pre>

<p>Essays: Pretty good, could have been better</p>

<p>Recommendations: Excellent</p>

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<p>All matches, Berkeley may be a slight reach.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply... also, what about USC?</p>

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<p>USC, being a private school, does not discriminate against out-of-staters, so your chances are better there. I would call Berkeley a reach.</p>

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<p>Berkeley = reach
the rest = matches</p>

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<p>boes:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)
UCSD: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>What flopsy for the UC's.</p>

<p>USC: match</p>