<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I am a rising Senior who is now filling out applications for the colleges.
I am really interested in UCLA, USC, and UC Berkeley.
My UC GPA is 4.0
With 3 APs - School doesn't really let sophomores and juniors to take a lot of APs.
My SAT score is 2010. But I am going to take it again next year.
SAT 2 Chem - 740
EC - 3 Varsity Sports in one year. Newspaper Editor, JSA member. Science Tutor Soccer captain.
I am an out of state student who holds a green card. (I am Asian)</p>
<p>What is my chance of getting into those colleges?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You need to find the Chances section of the forum. And realize that those are mostly hs students who don’t know any more then you. Or adults who don’t know any more than your GC. Just apply widely in the UC system to be assured of an admission.</p>
<p>The next question to address is how you’re going to pay out of state costs at any UC school. Run the net price calculators for Berkeley and see if your parents are willing to commit that much money each year to your education. Do this sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>A 4.00 UCGPA is a bit low for most UCs. You need at least a 4.10 UCGPA if you want UCD, UCI, and UCSB to be matches. You need at least a 4.20 UCGPA if you want UCB, UCLA, and UCSD to be matches.</p>
<p>Can you afford to OOS tuition with little to no financial aid?? Approximately $55K for the UC’s.
UCB: Low Reach
UCLA: HIgh Match
USC: High Match</p>
<p>4.0 and 2010 are wayyy too low for Berkeley and LA. You may have a chance at ucsd and ucd, but you should be able to get into ucsb and uci</p>
<p>I think the student’s chances depend heavily on the department he or she wants to enroll in. Programs like Engineering and Computer Science are exceedingly competitive. My son’s UC-weighted GPA was around a 4.0, and he had a 2060 SAT/31 ACT after second attempts. He had stronger ECs than the OP, and all AP and IB classes his Junior and Senior years. Colleges want to see that a student took the most demanding curriculum available. We are from the East Coast. My son got into UCSD and Davis, and was rejected from Berkeley (which he always knew was a reach). He did not apply to “impacted” departments. I’d say that Berkeley and UCLA are major reaches; UCSD a high-match/low-reach; Davis, Irvine, and UCSB are matches; UCSC and Riverside are low matches; Merced a safety. Those “chances” are for the regular colleges,not for the selective STEM programs.</p>