Safety/Match/Reach (California)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I was hoping that someone could arrange this list of schools for me into safeties, matches, and reaches.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>List:
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC Riverside
CSU Long Beach
CSU Fullerton
San Diego State University
University of Southern California</p>

<p>GPA: 3.56 unweighted, 4.0 weighted, 3.6 UC/CSU GPA
SAT: 2040</p>

<p>Regular/Honors/AP courses.</p>

<p>I'm having a lot of trouble with matches and safeties...believe me, I know what the real reaches are. However, I'm not planning on leaving California and my parents would rather I not really apply to privates...putting me in a bad position. It just sucks because I really want to go to UCI; however, my GPA is a lot lower than their average (3.9), but my SAT is higher than their middle 50%.</p>

<p>Could you also suggest California schools that might be matches for me?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>If you’re interested in a private school you should consider University of the Pacific.</p>

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<p>I’m not really interested in privates.</p>

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<p>

Just curious, but why is USC on your list then?</p>

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<p>Honestly, it’s only on my list because my parents want me to apply there.</p>

<p>Anyone else who will answer that I asked?</p>

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<p>CSU Sonoma isn’t really up there as far as Academics, but it has a beautiful campus and with your grades you might just get a full ride.</p>

<p>Please Chance Me
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<p>If you are a California resident with decent EC’s. I am pretty sure UCI is a match :wink: Just take your time on your essays and I think you will be fine! Class rank as well as your EC’s might be a good thing to add to your GPA for people to judge accurately though! Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Thank you for replying!</p>

<p>I didn’t put EC’s up just because I’d like a dry opinion based on my numbers. However, my ec’s are okay…they’re focused on specific areas and I’ve been committed for awhile. I don’t have a bunch of different ones, just a few that I’m really into in areas that I really enjoy.</p>

<p>Also, my high school doesn’t rank…however, we are ranked within the top 5 high schools in California…so definitely not an easy one.</p>