The better California schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello all, I know this question has probably ben asked a million times, but I was hoping to apply to both UC Berkeley and Stanford (as my more reach picks obviously) and I was wondering if I have any chance-

I have a 3.95 Unweighted GPA, along with 3 AP Courses (my schools never offered many, and my new school already was filled up), I’ve taken 2 AP Tests last year, English and Biology both getting 4s. I intend on taking a number of AP tests that I haven’t taken the course for (Macroeconomics, World History (in grade 10 I got a 3 on it), Chemistry, possibly Psychology, and possibly Calculus), and ill be taking the courses/tests for both AP Physics and AP Stats.

I took the SAT in grade 11, getting a 1780, and an 1890 a couple months later, both times relatively winging it. I will be taking the SAT again (with some better practice) and the ACT however, its obviously not a guarentee that I’ll score better. Ive also taken honors courses at every opportunity and have taken 4 years of math/science/english/foreign languages. I’m fluent in French and English and am Samoan American (a quarter Samoan if that even counts lol), plus I’ve attended high school in Thailand and Victoria BC, after attending school in India and Northern California. I’m technically a California resident when applying to UC Berkeley as one of my parents lives there full-time. My parents attended UC Berkeley and one went on to Columbia. Oh and I have JV/V sports 3 years.

So assuming I can write a kick ass essay, what are my chances at the moment?

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Calculate your UC GPA for UCB and post UC GPA capped weighted and UC GPA uncapped weighted.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

25th-75th percentile for SAT/ACT scores for UCB and scores are on the low end of the range.

SAT Critical Reading: 630 - 750
SAT Mathematics: 660 - 780

ACT Composite Score: 30 - 34

UC’s do not consider Legacy in their admission decisions. Based on UW GPA, you look great but your test scores need to be bumped up into the 700+ range for a solid chance at UCB.

HS course rigor, Essays and EC’s will all be taken into consideration for admission purposes.

Definitely worth applying and work on those test scores.

Regarding Stanford, with a less than 5% acceptance rate, there is no way to chance any applicant. Again your test scores are very low. There are applicants with perfect GPA and test scores that get rejected. Stanford is a Reach school for every applicant.