Please Chance Me for California Universities, Will Chance Back ASAP

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 530, Mathematics: 440, Writing: 560 (Will not retake and I know I messed up here)
ACT: (Will not report)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Calculated UC GPA: 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/83 (Extremely small/rural area)
Senior Year Course Load: Two AP’s, math at a local community college (School offers only 8 AP’s)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): does AP Scholar with Distinction count? Nope

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government (Student Body President)
California Scholarship Federation Chapter (Vice President)
Interact Club (Activities Director, previously secretary)
Museum volunteer (30 hours)
Varsity golf (3 years)
Varsity Cross Country (1 year)
Junior Varsity Track (1 year)

Volunteer/Community service: 100+ Hours

Other

Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 50-60K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): From a rural area of California, First generation

In state California Resident

Cal Poly: Applied Early Decision for a not so competitive major (Packaging)

UC Davis (major: Environmental policy)
UC Irvine (major: Business admin)
UC Santa Cruz (major: technology management)

San Diego State University (major: Business)
San Jose State University (major: packaging)
Cal Poly: Pomona (major: supply chain management)
CSU Chico (major: supply chain management)

Santa Clara University (major: business admin)
University of the Pacific (major: engineering management)
University of Washington: Seattle (major: business admin)

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SLO: High match deferred to RD from ED
UCD: Low Reach
UCI: Reach
UCSC: High Match
SDSU: High Match
SJSU/CPP/Chico: Match
SCU: Low Reach
UOP: High Match
UW: Low Reach ??? Not sure about this one

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Slo: High Match/low reach
UCD: low reach
UCI: reach
UCSC: high match/low reach
SDSU: High match
SJSU: Match
CPP: high match
SCU: low reach/reach
UOP: high match
UW: low reach

Your test score is simply too low for most of these schools. I would recommend applying to more safeties/low match schools.

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Was wondering if anyone would chance me as well… New around here, so not sure if I should’ve started a new thread or if I could add on here?

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Reading: 800, Mathematics: 680 (on the low side but can’t seem to get it up), Writing: 720 with 11 essay score
ACT: (Will not report)
Unweighted GPA (based on 4.33 scale): 4.01
UC Weighted GPA: 4.074 according to the UC system, which disadvantages out of state students like me in the regards that it does not weight honors courses
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/266
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Bio, Anatomy and Physiology Honors, English 12 Honors, Dual Enrollment course (Intro to Ethics 215 at local Massachusetts University), Ceramics, gym, Spanish 4 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not many major awards… maybe AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Scholar commended, featured in art gallery, and John and Abigail Adams Scholarship?

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Currently working three jobs-
Private Tutor
Busser at restaurant
Sales Associate at Aeropostale

Debate Team
Field Hockey freshman year
Hospital Volunteer
Sailing all four years
National Honors Society
Art Club
Freshman Mentor
Violinist
Volunteer at various seasonal functions such as church-organized festivals in the summer or charity drives for the holidays.

Volunteer/Community service: haven’t totaled them all up, but perhaps 100 or so

Other

Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Had extenuating circumstances at home that may have stinted certain extracurricular and academic aspects amongst a host of others, but have generally succeeded

Out of state resident from Massachusetts.

I plan on majoring in biology/chemistry on the premed track.

UCLA
University of Southern California
San Diego State University
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara

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@blushing: You need to start your own thread