UC chances + a few others :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know, I know, my title was so unique and attention-grabbing that you just had to click it.
Just kidding :) anyway..</p>

<p>Stats:
White female at one of the most competitive public non-magnet schools in CA (140 kids out of 400 kids are attending ucsd, ucla, and uc berkeley this fall. And I’m sure there were more who got accepted and chose to go somewhere else like MIT Stanford Harvard Yale).
top 25% out of 400 -> school doesn’t rank based on weighted GPA. I don't think ranking should be a problem though because it doesn't show that I'm stupid, just that there's so many smart people at my school :P</p>

<p>Grades and courses</p>

<p>FRESHMAN (not counted for UCs)
PE (doesn't count in uc gpa) A/A
Health/Geography (doesn't count in uc gpa) A/A
Honors English 9 A/B
Honors Algebra 2/Trig B/C (79%, darn you ms nguyen :P)
Spanish 3 A/A
Honors Biology A/A</p>

<p>SOPHOMORE
PE (doesn’t count in uc gpa) A/A
Honors Geometry B/B
Spanish 4 B/A
Honors Chemistry B/B
Honors English 10 A/A
World History A/A</p>

<p>we're not able to take AP classes as sophomores and only have honors for english, science, & math.</p>

<p>JUNIOR
AP Stats A/A
Precalculus A/A
AP Spanish 5 A/A
US History A/A
AP Biology A/A
Honors English 11 A/A</p>

<p>upward trend! yay!</p>

<p>Community college courses:
Psych 101: A
Microeconomics: A </p>

<p>UW GPA (9-11): 3.75
W GPA (9-11): 3.97 (ouch).
UW GPA (10-11): 3.79
UC GPA (10-11): 4.13</p>

<p>AP tests:
JUNIOR Stats-4, Spanish Lit-4, Biology-5
SENIOR Calc AB, English Lit </p>

<p>senior year courseload: AP English, AP Calc AB, Finite/Discrete (college course taught on campus), Digital Imaging 1, Physics, Gov/Econ </p>

<p>SATS
SAT1: 740 CR/800 M/790 W total: 2330 (2nd try, 1st try was 2120)
SAT2: bio m-740, math2c- projecting around a 750.</p>

<p>ECs:
track- Varsity 9, 10
soccer- JV 9, 10, 11 jv or varsity 12; 13 years of club competitive soccer
co-founded a business to raise money for my class ($1000 so far) 10, 11, 12
part of LEO Club and Spanish Honor Society but no officer positions</p>

<p>volunteering:
wildlife rehab: 11, 12 will have 100+
Link Crew leader 11, 12
random stuff like relay for life (9, 10, 11) and aids walk (10, 11)
Helped send children’s books to a library in China (summer after 11th grade)</p>

<p>awards: nothing special, really.
-national merit commended
-ap scholar
-a few soccer/track awards, but not that significant.</p>

<p>please chance me at:
UC Berkeley (in-state for all uc’s)
UCLA
UCSD
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
USC
Santa Clara University
And MAYBE UNC- Chapel Hill (out of state)</p>

<p>Letter(s) of Rec- should be good, from my 11th grade English teacher and she should have some good anecdotes about me. Can’t wait to go to her wedding :)</p>

<p>Thanks! And good luck to everyone with their college admissions!</p>

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<p>bump(10char)</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley: slight reach - high match
UCLA: slight reach - high match
UCSD: safe match - safety
UC Irvine: safety
UC Santa Barbara: safety
USC: match - safe match</p>

<p>Not being in the top 10% hurts a bit, but the fact that your school is competitive will help. The UC GPA is very slightly weak for the top UCs, and the ECs are average to slightly weak, as it'd be better if you had more leadership positions. The honors/awards don't help to make you stand out. How have people like you (from your school) fared in the past?</p>

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<p>pretty well, almost everyone goes to UCs. of last year's class, 50-60 went to berkeley, 30 went to LA, and 70-80 went to ucsd. and that class wasn't exactly the smartest... :P at my school, the class of 08 is definitely the most competitive right now.</p>

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<p>bump? anyone else?</p>

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<p>in at all??</p>

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<p>
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of last year's class, 50-60 went to berkeley, 30 went to LA, and 70-80 went to ucsd.

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<p>Well, I mean, specifically those like you, in GPA, SAT, etc. (given that your school releases that info -- I know other competitive schools do).</p>

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<p>I would agree with KyleDavid except to say that I think he underestimates the difficulty of gaining admittance to UCSD. In recent years (past two, anyway), admittance rates for top students at UCB, UCLA and UCSD have been very comparable.</p>

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<p>I think she's a match at Cal and UCLA. Her UC GPA is nearly on par and her test scores 2300 is more than enough to "compensate". I agree with kyle on the lack of leadership positions, but still the UCs heavily weight GPA and test scores</p>

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<p>thanks everyone...any more chances?
btw, i'm not sure if my school releases the information or not.</p>

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<p>is being an ap scholar a big deal?</p>

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<p>i don't think being an ap scholar is a big deal. it's the lowest level of ap scholar awards. :P</p>

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<p>just wondering because i got the same award :) it must be some sort of deal...:)</p>

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<p>haha well, it's good cause you can put it on your app. it basically means that you passed 3 ap exams :P</p>

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<p>bump...i talked to my counselor today and realized that i calculated my uc gpa incorrectly. it should actually be 4.21. so can i get some more chances/advice please? :)</p>

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I would agree with KyleDavid except to say that I think he underestimates the difficulty of gaining admittance to UCSD.

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<p>I think many overestimate the difficulty of gaining admission to UCSD. For example, UCSD admits ~90% of ELC students, whereas Berkeley/UCLA admit 50-something percent. Big difference.</p>

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admittance rates for top students at UCB, UCLA and UCSD have been very comparable.

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<p>Berkeley's and UCLA's were in the low 20s; UCSD's is in the 40s. How is that "very comparable"? (Not that admit rate really means a whole lot as to the selectivity.)</p>

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I agree with kyle on the lack of leadership positions, but still the UCs heavily weight GPA and test scores

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<p>I would say GPA is "heavily weighted," as it's judged "very important," whereas Berkeley considers scores and ECs (and in turn leadership) "important."</p>

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<p>I stand corrected on the admission rates, KyleDavid. I was misled by stories of folks who were turn-downs at UCSD but accepted at UCLA. What are "ELC" students?</p>

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<p>the people who were rejected from sd and accepted to la probably had low gpas and test scores but great extracurriculars/essays. cause sd chooses applicants based on a point system while la looks at each person holistically.</p>

<p>anyway, any more chances with the 4.21 gpa?</p>

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<p>"Berkeley's and UCLA's were in the low 20s; UCSD's is in the 40s. How is that "very comparable"? (Not that admit rate really means a whole lot as to the selectivity.)"</p>

<p>Actually over the past 5 or 6 years, UCSD's admit rates are usually in the high 30's and low 40's percent. only once in this time was it in the mid 40's for UCSD. around 40% is usually the average give or take a point. UCLA however, is around 23-24% this year, but actually is not usually in the low 20's but more like the mid 20's. so saying UCLA is usually in the low 20's and UCSD is usually in the 40's isnt exactly correct. Its more like UCLA is usually in the mid 20's and UCSD is in the low 40's. this year i believe UCSD was 41% and UCLA was 23%, but looking at the averages over the past 5 or 10 years i would say ucla is around the mid 20's while ucsd is in the low 40's. the rest of the UC's are usually in the high 50's or low 60's and higher. anyhow, admissions averages between the two schools are not far appart, i believe less than a 50 point SAT average difference (out of 2400) and gpa averages for admits around 4.06 for UCSD and 4.13 for UCLA. I know plenty of people with well over 4.0's and 2000 SAT who have been denied to both UCSD and UCLA. I have attended both schools and the student body quality is very very similar. You are correct though that for ELC UCLA is significantly tougher to get into. However, UCSD and UC Berkeley have 99% of their freshmen class in the top 10% of their high school class, while UCLA has a slightly lower number 97%.</p>

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<p>Do you go to Mission by any chance??</p>