UC Berkeley L&S, Harvey Mudd, UCSB, & Williams

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello! Could y’all please chance me for these schools?: UCB L&S, Harvey Mudd, UCSB, & Williams

These are the grades from my first/second semester of junior year, which I am currently in. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the IB system, IB HL are weighted as +1 point AP courses, and SL as +.5 honors.

Grades:

IB Biology HL B/B
IB History HL B/A
IB Math HL B/B
IB Spanish SL B/B
IB Physics HL A/A
IB English HL A/A
IB Theory of Knowledge SL A/A

Standardized Test Scores

SAT: 2280; 2310 super-scored
SAT Subject World History: 800 (planning to take English & Math 2 next semester)
SAT Subject Physics: 800
AP’s: AP Chemistry (4), AP Art History (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP World History (5)
AP’s (self-study): Physics 2 (4), English Language and Composition (5), Physics C Mechanics (5)

Extracurriculars:

Speech & Debate member; various awards (4 yrs.)
Philosophy Club founder & captain (2 yrs.)
Science Bowl (2.5 yrs.)

THANK YOU!!!

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Your academics seem pretty good but your extracurriculars are pretty weak. Any volunteering?
Academics go first but Universitie like UCB want some solid extra activities from the applicants.

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UCs tend to consider HS GPA (based on 10th-11th grade courses, with +1 for up to 8 semesters’ of honors courses, including many AP and IB courses) much more heavily than SAT or ACT scores. “Test score heavy” applicants like you should be careful not to overestimate chances at UCs based on high SAT or ACT scores.

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary indicates that, for 2015, applicants with HS GPA of 3.80-4.19 had a 12% admission rate to UCB and 49% admission rate to UCSB. However, division/major applied to may matter, and competition may be greater this coming year.