Please Chance for the UC System! Rising Senior!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello,

I am an Asian female living in California who is going into her senior year of high school. I’m interested in pursuing a degree in civil engineering or architecture, to satisfy my passions of math and science. UC Berkeley and UCLA are my number 1 and 2 schools, while I am also looking at Cal Poly SLO and a couple other colleges. I work and correspond heavily with my teachers, advisers, and principal, so I hope to get good letters of recommendation. I know my school sends a decent number or kids to these universities (generally 15-25 students are accepted into Berkeley from my school). I’d appreciate any kind of analysis, towards what I need to work on, or what is satisfactory. Thank you!

SAT: 2290 (Reading: 750, Math: 800, Writing: 740)
SAT II Math: 800
(Plan to take SAT Physics this Fall)
ACT: 35 (English: 35, Math: 36, Reading: 32, Science: 36, Writing: 12)
Cumulative GPA (Unweighted) : 4.00
Cumulative GPA (weighted): 4.52
Weighted 10-12 GPA: 4.79 (4.57 in 10, 5.00 in 11) (Will be higher after senior year).

Advanced courses taken (Have never gotten an A- or lower): Honors Precalc, AP Euro, AP Studio Art: Drawing, Honors Spanish, Ap Statistics, AP Chemistry, Honors Physics, AP English Language and Composition, AP US History, AP Calculus AB

AP Tests taken (and passed): European History, Stats, Chem, Studio Art: Drawing, Calculus AB, English Lang and Composition, US History

AP Tests planned for upcoming May: Calculus BC, Physics, Spanish, Econ (Macro and Micro), Environmental Science

Extracurricular Activities/ Awards/ Misc:

Soccer: 2003- Current
Scholar Athlete Award (Soccer): 2014
Swimming: 2004- Current (Numerous Awards and Team Records)
Private Swim Instructor- Summer of 2014
Junior Coach (for summer swim team): Summer of 2015
High School Varsity Swim: Freshman- Current
High School Swim Team Highest GPA award: 2014
High School Swim Captain (This upcoming year)
CSF Member: 2014
Key Club Member: 2014-Current
Self Defense Club Member: 2014- Current
After School Peer Tutoring Program (Founder/President/Tutor): 2014-Current
Math Peer Tutoring (during School hours) (Student Leader/Tutor): 2012- Current
Private Math Tutor: 2010-2014
Sunday School/VBS Teacher: 2011-2013
Tech Trek (AAUW) Scholarship: 2011
Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society): Secretary 2013/14, Vice President 2014/15, President (Senior Year: 2015/16)
Team HBV Club Co-Founder/Vice President: 2013- Current
Team HBV Outreach Committee (Volunteer to coordinate and promote hepatitis B awareness in the community): 2013- current
ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program: School Winner/ Presented team project at Autodesk Gallery, SF [I will be doing this again Spring 2016, but as of now, hope to show some interest in my field to colleges, as this was a great learning experience for me]
NHS President: 2015-2016

Thank you for any input you can give me!

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You posted a thread about this already, but I do believe you have great chances for all of the schools! UCB and UCLA can go either way, but you’re set from at least UCD! Just write next to decent essays.

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You will prob get into all of them with good essays

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You can bump your thread. There is no need to start new thread.

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Just so you know, my nephew who was study this combination of major, actually he was an architect then civil engineering, only work in civil engineering job for a few years. Now back to running a small business. I would suggest you research your career and major carefully. Just because you are good in math and science doesn’t mean these should be your majors.

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You’ll get in! Just write an amazing essay and you’ll get in

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Wow! Congratulations on all of your accomplishments! I’m sure both Berkeley and UCLA will be majorly impressed with everything you have to offer! Good luck on your essays and letters of rec!

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Everything looks good, as far as I can see. Great stats and ECs are solid (although a little scattered). Make sure your essays are strong and I think you should be good for all of the UC’s, except UC Berkley & UCLA - those are a little iffy, but I’d guess that you’ll get into at least one of the two.

Chance me back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1796894-chance-me-for-stanford-columbia-etc.html#latest

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You’re in for all the schools you have listed.

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Bump

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Thank you to everyone who has replied thus far~ It means a lot to me
@DrGoogle I have been researching this field and have been interested in it for around 6-7 years. I’ve been involved with art quite a lot, which has lead to my interest in architecture. I’m pretty set on it, but am definitely still exploring other options

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Bump

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Very good stats. Make sure that your research more on your major to be certain that you want to go into civil. Lots of times, people go in with a certain expectation only to realize that this major was not as great as they imagined.

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Your profile fits literally thousands of current students at Cal and UCLA. With a resume like yours, you deserve to get in. Glad to see you’re from CA too!

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I know somebody who was good with photography, start out with architecture at Stanford and then changed to Urban Studies. Last I e heard she was joining real estate firm selling real estate. So I’m sincerely mean to research your major. Yes you are interested in art, I see that, but do you know how easy it is to find job in these majors?