UC-Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA, UT-Austin, A&M, and Georgia Tech (Chance for Chance Back ASAP)

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

<p>I am currently a high school senior in TEXAS looking to apply in the Aerospace or Mechanical fields in the fall . The thing I am worried about is my rank because I go to one of the most competitive high schools in the entire nation (rank 47) and we have IB, which means GPA's are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point! I also experienced several family emergencies during junior year, which really took a toll on my academics and ability to concentrate, I have mentioned it in my essays. Anyways, I will list my "stats" and please chance me, or let me know what I can do to raise my chances?</p>

<p>GPA Weighted/Unweighted: 4.5 W/3.4 UW</p>

<p>Rank: 244/625 (top 39%)</p>

<p>SAT: M (730), R (720), W (640) (Composite: 1450/1600) (Total: 2090) (Superscore if it applies: 2120)</p>

<p>SAT II: Taking Math II and Physics in Nov. (Hopefully 750+ for both)</p>

<p>AP/Dual Credit (By the end of SENIOR year):
AP World History
AP Physics B
AP Eng. Language
AP Calc AB
AP Physics C
AP Eng. Lit
AP Gov.
Dual Credit courses (at college): US History, Macroecon</p>

<p>Job Experience/Volunteering:
-Worked at Kumon as a tutor/grading papers for 3 months,
-100+ hours at local temple,
-30+ hours with cultural organization,
-15 hours with Engineering club at school
-1000+ hours volunteering in India every summer for 3 months, and helping grandmother.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Science Olympiad (won 2 2nd place medals at State, 3 other medals at regionals)
-TAME (5th place for physics),
-Aerospace Engineering Internship at UT Austin (also published research paper with aerospace prof. at UT)
-Aerospace Engineering Independent Research (writing research papers)
-3 years football (JV and Varsity)
-Engineering club,
-Aerospace club (Co-founder/ lead designer)
-AP Scholar,
-Played piano for 5 years,
-was in TAG (talented and gifted program) since 6th grade,
-active member of cultural group with volunteering and running programs,
-volunteering at my local temple.
-working on PLTW Engineering Diploma (STEM courses)</p>

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<p>Four chance threads in three days? I am impressed. With that enthusiasm, all those schools will be safeties for you…just kidding.</p>

<p>Your GPA is crap. UCB, UCLA, and UCSD are your high reaches (unless if something horrifically tragic happened to your family in your Junior year).</p>

<p>My GPA is also crap. 3.66 unweighted, 4.29 weighted, 4.00 capped UC GPA. My SAT score is only an imperfect 2300. I was rejected by UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and Cal Poly SLO. I was waitlisted by UCD and UCI.</p>

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<p>Your unweighted GPA is WAY too low for UCLA,UCB and even for UCSD…even your ECs won’t be able to even out your bad UW Gpa</p>

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<p>The comment above is unnecessarily negative. I do believe that UC Berkeley, UCSD, and UCLA are reaches because of UW gpa. Your course rigor is strong. I believe you will be admitted into UT Austin and A&M. Georgia Tech could go either way.
Best of luck! Chance back?
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<p>I would give you encouragement for UCSD, based on my son’s acceptance, but, unfortunately, he did not apply for Engineering (he was accepted as an IB student with an unweighted GPA of 3.3-3.4, and similar scores to yours). It is not a “crap” GPA, since it was weighted very generously, but the Engineering colleges at the UCs are brutally competitive. You should have a better shot at UT, from in-state, and at TAMU. Georgia Tech is possible, too. </p>

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<p>UC Berkeley: High Reach
UCLA: High Reach
Georgia Tech: Reach
UCSD: Reach
UT Austin: Match
A&M: Safety</p>