Please Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello,

I am a white and Asian male who goes to a public school in Northern California. I am interested in a biochem major. Could you guys please chance me for these schools. Also, it would be great if you could give me some feedback also. Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!

Academics:

GPA: 3.97 UW 4.39 W
UC GPA (10-12 A-G): 4.27 Capped 4.58 Uncapped
SAT: 1470- 780 Math, 690 English
SAT II: Taking chem, math 2 and bio in August
ACT: Taking ACT in September
AP Calc AB- 5
AP Chemistry- 5
AP Biology- 5
AP English Language - 4
AP European History - 3
AP Computer Science A - 1 (Not going to send score)

Senior Schedule: AP Calc BC, AP Microecon/AP Gov, Honors Medical Interventions, Physics, Sci Fi Literature, Video Prod.

Extracurriculars:

Co-Founder and Secretary of Reach to Society Club (pending nonprofit), raising money for charity by hiking (over 5,000) and helping members find fun ways to volunteer (such as soup kitchens, farming, etc) (2015-Present)

Volunteer as Youth Ice Hockey Coach of the Hockey Club I’ve been playing at since I was 5 (2015-2018)

Work as a swim intructor at the local pool (Summer 2018)

Varsity Ice Hockey (2015-Present)

UC Irvine COSMOS - 4 weeks UC program, research project at the end dealing with antioxidants through manufacturing (Summer 2017)

Research with a Stanford PhD student (Summer 2018)

Schools:

Reach- Berkeley, UCLA, U Mich, Cornell, Northwestern
Target- UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCI, UT Austin, Cal Poly SLO, U Minnesota Twin Cities, UWash
Safety- UCSC, SJSU, UIUC

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All the UC’s and SLO are within Reach based on your profile. Best of luck and I am sure you will many options from which to choose in the Spring.

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UIUC is not a safety and Texas is not a match since both are OOS for you.

UIUC is a match and UT – which is very difficult for OOS students because so many in-state students get in through their 7% rule – is probably a reach or a low reach for you, even with strong stats.

Other than that clarification, you should have multiple acceptances from which to choose. Make sure you fit at all of them (academically, environmentally, socially) and can afford them.

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@Gumbymom do you mean that all the UCs and SLO are reach school or that they are in reach of me getting in? Also, thanks both of you for replying! @prezbucky thanks for the clarification!

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All the UC’s are possible but consider UCB and UCLA as Reach schools due to their low acceptance rate and competitive admissions.