The Official UC Chance Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
701

Major: Biology for UCSD UCI UCSB UCD UCLA UCB
SAT: N/A

SAT IIs (if sent): Biology : 740

ACT: 32 (33E 31M 34R 29S)

UM unweighted GPA: 3.79 (10-11) 3.85 (9-11)

Rank: n/a

Other stats: AP Bio: 4 AP USH: 4 AP Chinese: 5

Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Partnership with Business Marketing Committee Lead
Hospital Volunteer/Trainer (80+ Hours of service)
Pre-Kindergraden Service Group Leader
Chinese Honor Society Volunteering Director
Chinese Teacher’s Assistant
Youth Student Leader at Church
Campus Representative (Serengetee)
Summer Researcher at UC Irvine (75+ hours of Research)
National Honor Society Member (45 Hours of Community service)
Math and Science Tutor (100 hours of community service)

Location/Person: Cupertino
state or Country :Califorina
School Type: Public school, slightly competitve but not really
Ethnicity: asian american
Gender: M

major strength/weakness: Essay are Great/lots of alright EC’s;Rec’s; AP’s; subpar act/sat scores and GPA

Teacher rec is excellent Consul rec is Generic

Other Factors/questions: FBLA awards: Business Financial Plan (2nd Place National) Insurance and Risk Management (3rd Place State) Hospitality Management (4th Place State) AP Scholar

Essays: will be great (all of them)

702

Berkeley: Unspecified Letters & Science
Irvine: Business Admin
Los Angeles: Business Economics
San Diego: Economics
Santa Barbara: Economics and Accounting

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2040: M720, CR620, W700
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: Math II: 690, Chem: 620
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
• Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.3
• UC GPA: 4.15
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank but top 15%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Lang & Comp (3), Art History (3), Chemistry (3), US History (3)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Lit and Comp, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Econ
• Awards: California Scholarship Federation, AP Scholar Award, lol nothing else 
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President), Junior Counselor, American Cancer Society, MUN, Game Club (Fundraising Commissioner), Orchestra for 9 years, Cross Country, Track, Swim, Art Club, Newspaper photographer, Political Club (Vice President), City Intern, Fashion Intern, Environmental Club (Fundraising Commissioner)
• Job/Work Experience: babysitting, boba shop
• Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at various places
• Summer Activities: Volunteering stuff :stuck_out_tongue:
• Essays: meh…
Other
• State : California
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: public
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: F
• Income Bracket: 70,000

703

@RHSclassof16 please :slight_smile:

704

Ok just so you guys know I shouldn’t be the only one chancing people in this thread. But I’ll do @thejappster because he requested. But seriously other people should be contributing.

It’s really hard for me to say with confidence because you only provided me with your UW GPA’s and not your weighted UC GPA’s but I’m just going to guesstimate what you would be based off of those GPA’s and your ACT Score/SAT Subject test score.

UCB/UCLA-Reach
UCSD-High Match
UCI/UCD/UCSB-Match

705

Thanks! @RHSclassof16 UC Weighted GPA is 4.09

And haha other people should be chancing us poor seniors :frowning:

706

@thejappster Then I stand by my original chances for you if that’s your UC GPA.

707

International from New Zealand applying to UCSD, UCLA and UCB as a maths/physics major. Thanks in advance :slight_smile: !

SAT I: 2080, 650/750/680 (CR/M/W)
SAT II: Math 2 (760), Physics (730), Chemistry (720)
UW GPA: 3.88, 3.92 projected
AP: None. AP coures aren’t offered.
Senior Courseload: Not really applicable since we use our own curriculum called NCEA, but I took all of the honours courses in my senior year that I could have possibly taken (plus one in my junior year).

Extracurriculars:
Scouts (9/10/11/12)
Taekwondo (12)
Model UN (12)
Two choirs (10, 11, 12)
Took a first semester course offered to high school students in first year university mathematics, received a B.
Student Librarian (12)
Paid Maths Tutor (12)

Volunteer Work (~420 hours):
Peer Support Leader
Part of a program for helping students with additional needs. Involved tutoring an under-performing 8th grade English class and mentoring a disabled 8th grade student (our high schools encompass 8th-12th grade in case that aroused any confusion).
Various volunteering for Scouts. Helped run an activity base for 3 weeks at the last scout jamboree. Other community fundraising activities.
Helped build two sheds for the storage and maintenance of old military equipment.

Awards:
1x Qualifier for NZ Math Olympiad Camp
2x Qualifier for NZ Informatics Olympiad Camp
Choir has won numerous regional awards and won four gold medals in an international competition (topping one of our categories)
Several school-level academic awards, nothing outstanding
A couple of awards in math and informatics olympiad styled competitions

Income bracket: <$70k
My English teacher and I were both pretty happy with my essays.

708

@Ihazmuffin Considering your achievements, my friend. You are very likely to be accepted into UCSD, the least. I am not quite sure about UCLA and UCB as those two school can choose student with scores lower than yours and deny students with scores higher than yours. I think you should focus on your essay as your achievements are highly noticeable.

709

UC GPA: 4.12

SAT I Math: 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 770
Total: 2290

SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 780
SAT II Biology: 720

ACT English: 36
ACT Math: 34
ACT Reading: 32
ACT Science: 35
Combined English/Writing: 33
Writing: 9
ACT Composite: 34

No AP Tests

12 grade Courses
AP Government
AP MacroEconomics
Science Fiction English
AP Calculus BC
Physiology and Anatomy

Extracurriculars:
Student Government-2 years
Junior Class Vice President
School Board Representative
Math and Science Tutor-3 years

Volunteer:
Volunteered over 120 hours at local retirement center helping stroke patients rehabilitate.
Volunteered at local TED Talk event. Helped set up and run TEDxUCDavis

Work experience:
3 years of lifeguarding
Delivered local newspaper for 6 years
Soccer referee for 2 years

Applied to UCB, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, and UCSC with bio major. Probably going to go premed route.

710

academically speaking,

UC GPA: 4.21(capped)
UC GPA(uncapped): 4.65

Cumulative(9-11)unweighted: 3.57
Cumulative weighted(9-11): 4.15

SAT: 2340

SAT2: Math(lvl 2):800 ----- Bio: 780

FOR UCB, UCLA, UCSD,UCSB,UCI (bio major L&S)
I have a 2 - day suspension in 10th grade because I spilled juice on my friend, and someone reported it as bullying
I explained how I was immature and I disciplined myself a lot, and made an Anti-Bullying Club etc…and how the kid is a great friend of mine.

What do you think? will my cumulative hold me back?(FRESHMAN GRADES were 3.1)but I had A’s throughout the rest except for 2 B’s semester 1 sophomore year.

My UC gpa’s are really good I think, and I hope it is enough for my freshman mess plus my good SAT’s
just stressed…

711

Okay so I am a community college student curious if I have a chance to get into UCI

In Oct of 2015 I applied to only Cal States (Long Beach accepted, Fullerton waiting, CPP accepted, Northridge waiting, SDSU waiting, and San Bernardino accepted) and I regret not applying to UC’s. Just yesterday I was thinking about what if I can go to UCI and stay another year at my community college to try to get into UCI. I only need Calc 1, Calc 2, and a language. By the end of Spring 2016 it will be four years at community college, is it worth it if I stay another year a total of five years at community college to see if I get accepted to UCI? also I would definitely have to take out a loan. I would get financial aid but only about $6K i believe, so is spending more money/getting loans worth going to UCI? or since I already got accepted to a few Cal States should I just sick to that and attend a Cal State this Fall 2016 ?

These are my stats:
GPA: 3.3678 (if i take the three classes more it will go up to 3.5 or so)
TAG: I would apply it if my application gets approved
Major: Business Marketing
done with general ed and pre-reqs
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Lives: SoCal near riverside
no extracurricular activities but could start volunteering starting this month

please remember I am a transfer student so I am already in college
There are different expectations for HS and transfer students from what I see HS students need higher GPA’s and a lot more extracurricular’s than transfer students

Thanx !

712

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could chance me for UCSD, UCLA, and UCB? I’ve already been accepted to UCI (CPH) and have received an invitation to the chancellor’s ceremony for UCSB, so I suppose I’m in for those two. I’ve also received acceptances to CSULB, CSUF, and Cal Poly SLO (ind. engineering LOL). Pretty sure UCLA and UCB are reaches, but I’m hoping that UCSD is a high match. What do you guys think? Thanks.

UC Berkeley (Interdisciplinary Studies)
UCLA (Global Studies/Alt: Undeclared-Social Sciences)
UCSB (Global Studies/Alt: Communications)
UCSD (International Studies-Economics/Alt: Anthropology) > ERC
UC Irvine (international Studies/Alt: Informatics)

SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (W:730, CR: 770, M:680)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
GPA: 3.8 UW 4.23 W 4.25 UC (upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/606 ??
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History (4), English Lang & Comp (4), Calculus AB (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Macro, AP US Govt/Politics, AP Lit, AP Psych, Publications

Extracurriculars:
Publications (2 years, Layout Editor)
Key Club (4 years, Treasurer, 200 hrs of community service)
CSF (2 years, Treasurer, 60 hrs)
Model UN (first year, new club)

Essays: Honestly I am a bit disappointed about my essays. They’re not bad… but I can think of so many ways to improve them. I don’t believe I did a good job of displaying me as a person, and it’s completely my fault for not spending more time on them. I wrote about how I developed an interest in international studies through my culturally diverse community and how my interest had conflicted with the less-than-diverse expectations and career paths that I was encouraged to pursue by those around me… Yeah, a bit mediocre and cliche. The other was about how I’ve dealt and grown after my dad’s recent absence (he was a domineering and restraining force in my life, often barring/discouraging me from engaging in activities beyond academics due to reasons I will not state) and the things that I’ve learned and were able to do. 6/10

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: fairly small? (~2,400)
Ethnicity: Asian (Viet)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >25k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

713

Hi! Can someone please chance me for admission to UC Berkeley?

I have already gotten decisions for the following schools:
UCLA, Environmental Science: Rejected
UCSD, Environmental Engineering: Accepted
UCD, Environmental Engineering: Accepted
UCSC, Computer Science (idk why I applied to that honestly, thought I would be interested in it but now not so sure): Accepted
Purdue Univ, Environmental Engineering: Accepted.

Major/College: CED, Sustainable Environmental Design
Did not receive LOR request or Supplement…
Residency: OOS
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White (European and Lebanese/Syrian)
Hooks: none

ACT: 28
GPA (unweighed): 3.78
GPA (UC weighted): 3.92
Rank: n/a
-IB Career Academy (new program in my school, similar to IB Diploma) STEM student
AP/IB courses: AP/IB-HL English (junior and senior year), IB Econ, IB physics, IB Comp Sci, IB Design Technology/Engineering, IB French
AP scores: AP US (3), AP English Lang (4), AP English Lit (Planned), AP Physics 1 (Planned), AP French (Planned)
Have taken a lot of STEM courses at my high school related to CAD, Architecture, etc.

Extracurriculars:
Drama Club (Stage Managing)-3 years
Robotics Club-4 years
Light and Sound Club-4 years
Fencing-2 years
National Honor Society, received High Honor Roll for all 4 years.
Lots of volunteer hours, worked a job as an art teacher at summer camp

Essays: Pretty good according to other people. Wrote the first one about a traumatic experience that happened in my family (kind of too personal to share here) and how it taught me the true meaning of “typical”. 2nd one was about my volunteer work with children with autism (sibling of a child with autism) and a research project I conducted for IB on it.

Thanks! Best of luck to everyone!!

714

What are my chances for UC Irvine, Psychology and Social Behavior major at School of Social Ecology

Transfer from CC
Associates of Arts for Transfer Degree in Psychology
IGETC: 1 left, Area 5B in progress
Major: 2 left, both currently in progress
Golden 4: complete
1A - C
1B - A
1C - C
2A - A
Transferable Units - 90 + 70 max
GPA (major) - 4.00
GPA (current school) 58 units - 4.00
GPA (cumulative) at application - 3.12
GPA (cumulative) after fall academic update - 3.34
EC - Volunteer at homeless shelter
Clubs - Psi Beta (officer) Phi Theta Kappa
Applied:
UCI - unknown
UCR - accepted
CSUDH - accepted
CSUF - accepted
CSULB - waitlist

715

UC GPA- 3.58
Old SAT- 2000
[reading: 590, math: 650, writing: 660]
ACT- 28
SAT II- US History: 720, Literature: 700
AP scores: mostly 4s, one 3
Want to major in History
extra curriculars:
4 years varsity, 2-year captain Cross Country
4 years varsity, 2 year captain Track
4 years scholar athlete award recipient
President of Ceramics club
Co-President of Poly Sci club
45 hours community service
National English Honor’s Society member

UC Santa Cruz is my dream school, give it to me honestly, do I have a shot? Also considering UCR

716

Out-Of-State
UC GPA (need help calculating) - Sophomore Year: A,A,A,A,B,B,B - 0 AP’s
Junior Year: A,A,A,A,A,A/A,A,A,A,A,B - 3 AP’s

New SAT: 710-math, 690-reading (planning to re-take)

AP Scores: Lang - 4, Psych - 5, USH - 4

Extracurriculars: Internships at a neurological institute and a health network (100+ combined), Youth Group Leader for 5 years, JV Basketball, NHS, 2 years Physics Club, 4 years Chess Club (VP), 3 years DECA (VP?), (Did some volunteer work with youth group, but plan to do some this year.), Science NHS, 2 years Key Club.

Senior Courses: AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Gov, AP Stats, AP Calc AB, AB Lit…

I want to go into the medical field with an MBA. My dream school is UCLA. I am out-of-state, but my dad works in CA. Plan to go to UCR, UCI, UCLA, or maybe Berkley (not likely). Any help is appreciated.

717

Prospective Schools/Majors
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, maybe UCSC
Double major in Biology and Mathematics
Would ideally like to be a regents scholar to receive priority registration for classes.
Already notified that I am guaranteed admission to a UC (ELC) and part of the UC for You program

GPA:
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: 4.41
UC GPA: 4.4 capped, 4.6 uncapped

ACT:
35 composite (35 E/33 M/36 R/36 S) (23 writing)

SAT II:
800: Math 2
760: Biology M

Senior Year Classes:
AP Literature
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C (Mechanics and E&M)
Multivariable Calculus H (at Community College)
Linear Algebra H (at Community College)
Lab Assistant for AP Biology
Advanced Choir

Past APs -> BC Calc (5), Bio (5), USH (4), ES (5)
Also took AP World History and AP HUGS, but did not take the exams as I was abroad.

Extracurriculars:
Theatre and Choir (All four year of high school- leadership positions including being a member of the competitive, audition only Advanced Choir and managing/playing/arranging all live music for several school theatre productions during junior and senior year, on top of acting in those shows)
5-week Research Internship in the field I plan to study
President of two clubs
Lead Student Liaison for the Zero Waste Initiative at my school
Tutoring Math and Physics
CSF

718

Can someone please chance me for UCLA and UCB (Psycholgy majors)

Uc weighted gpa: 4.36
Uc unweighted gpa: 4.0

Act: 31 English, 29 math, 32 reading, 30 science
31 composite

Senior year classes: Advanced Stage Design, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc, Local College class, journalism

Past APs: AP World (3), AP Enviro (3), APUSH (3), AP LANG (4), AP Chem (), AP Lit (), AP Calc AB ()

Extracurriculars:
Shift Manager at restaurant for 1.5 years
Editor at Large for School Newspaper (1 year)
President of Animal Rights Club (1 year)
Vice President of Jewish Club (3 years)
Secretary of National Honors Society (3 years)

Community service:
Coach for local Kids soccer team (100+ hours)
Volunteer at Jewish Elderly Home (20+ hours)

Awards:
Employee of the month
National Honors Society
High Honors Roll

Essays: Personal and relate to my major
Recommendation letters: both should be pretty good!

This is my first time doing this so if I forgot anything please let me know

719

Out of State (MD)
Upper middle class
Female, Asian American

School: Public, ~1000 students, competitive

GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: 4.75
UC GPA: 4.4

SAT
Math: 700
Reading: 740
Writing: 730

Total: 2170

SAT II
(Unreported–not sure if I should report them or not)
Math 2: 730
Chinese with Listening: 790

SENIOR CLASSES
AP Chemistry (Double Period)
AP Human Geography
AP Literature
AP Calculus BC
Cyber Forensics
Intro to Networking
Photography 1B
Sociology 2

EXTRACURRICULARS, MEMBERSHIPS, ETC
Tutoring, nonprofit, 70ish hours, received the Outstanding Tutor Award
Junior counselor, 80 hours
Charity flutist, nonprofit, 30+ hours

Muay Thai, 4 years
School Computer Team, 4 years
Girls in Technology, 2 years
Theoretical Physics Club, 3 years
Model UN Team, 3 years
League of Legends Club, founder, 2 years. Organized first county tournament, managed team, led meetings.

UMD Cyber Defense Training
Intermediate CYBERSTEM Camp

Harvard Prize Book Award, Commended Student (College Board), and a few other local awards

Did a computer science/cyber security related internship for the government over the summer.

I experienced education barriers:
My school is made up of several magnet programs; I was put into the Humanities program, making it hard for me to take anything related to the STEM field (especially computer science classes). I have written one of my essays on how I strove to overcome this barrier.

UC Berkeley: Computer Science (Letters and Sciences)
UCLA: Computer Science

720

Applying to:

UCB (Engineering math/stats)
UCSC (computer engineering)

I’m also thinking about UCLA and UCSD. But I don’t want to waste money for rejection letters.

CCC to UC transfer
UC Transferable GPA: 3.68/4.0
ECs: 10/10 I don’t want to list them for privacy sake but they are perfect.
Personal Statement: 10/10 Same as ECs. Privacy reasons.

I had a grade dip during a semester due to family circumstances which is what brought my GPA down to that level. I’ve explained it in my application. Is my GPA a death sentence? Should I just give up on Berkeley all together?