UC Admissions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm going to be a senior this fall, and I want to apply to the following UC's:
Davis
Irvine
San Diego
Santa Barbra
Santa Cruz</p>

<p>Female/Asian/California resident</p>

<p>my average GPA is 3.85</p>

<p>Sophomore year advanced classes: honors chem, honors english
Junior year advanced classes: AP Language&composition, AP US, Honors Spanish 4
Senior year advanced classes: AP Literature, AP Stats</p>

<p>highest SAT score is 1770
aiming for ACT score 28/29 (retaking the ACT in September)
subject tests: Math II (590) U.S. History (620) I'm planning on retaking the Math II exam in the fall.</p>

<p>ec's are a couple clubs, 3 years varsity tennis, open heart kitchen volunteer, youth court juror, 4 years leadership (student gov.) and member of youth city council (YAC). I also had a job my entire junior year. </p>

<p>Do I have any hope? Any advice for improvment, or advice from anyone who was accepted to any of these colleges?</p>

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<p>Are you ■■■■■■■■? No **** you’ll get into all those schools (maybe not Irvine…). Especially if you’re a CA resident…
Though your SAT scores…
Your parents must not be real Asians.</p>

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<p>It’s not even that stupid of a question… Go look at the UC average scores for admits right here.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ITU.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ITU.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>These aren’t 100% accurate, since a lot of the lower tier UCs still receive applications from students far above them and therefore inflate the stats, but it can still give you some kind of idea.</p>

<p>Is that GPA unweighted or weighted? You should try to get your SAT to atleast 1900.</p>

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<p>Weighted or unweighted GPA? Try and get all those test scores up a bit if possible.</p>

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<p>Santa Cruz is a match and the others are reaches. Since they will all be taking fewer kids this year, I suggest adding Riverside and Merced.</p>

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<p>I agree with some of the other posters. I think it depends on whether the GPA you provided us with is weighted or unweighted. I would also try to increase your SAT score or ACT score as much as possible. If you are able to do that, I would say that you would have a decent chance at getting into some of those. However, at this point in time, I would say all are low reaches with the exception of Santa Cruz and Irvine. Try to get at least a 30 or 31 on the ACT and I think your chances will increase. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>the 3.8 GPA is unweighted
weighted/UC is a 3.9 or 4.0 (depending on whether my school’s honors spanish class counts for an extra point or not)
I’ve been studying for the ACT this summer and am aiming for a 30, and hopefully I can get that based on my practice tests. </p>

<p>I feel like I have a lot of volunteer work and legit EC’s and i’ve also had a job. </p>

<p>If I can’t imporve my SAT score, but get around a 30 on the ACT, would that help my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>That’s unweighted. Weighted is either a 3.9/4.0 (depending on my honors spanish class)</p>