UC Chances? + How would an IB Drop affect it?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Theoretical chances for UCLA & other UCs?</p>

<p>Info:
- Male
- Top 25 in class of 800
- Public school, CA</p>

<p>SAT:
- R 700
- M 750
- W 750
- Total 2200
No ACT.</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
-1200+ Volunteer hours (7 hrs/week)
- Incl. Operating Room Volunteer at Local Hospital/Trauma Center
- Executive Board of Students at hospital.
- Team Leader at Summer Library Programs
- ASB Treasurer
- Chinese School (10 Years)
- Cross Country & Track (4 Years)
- Orchestra (2 Years)
- Key Club (4 Years, Treasurer also)
- CSF, NHS, IB.</p>

<p>Other: Top 25, School's excellence award in english, etc.</p>

<p>ACADEMICS:
- 4.8 avg gpa, ~3.9 unweighted
- AP Euro, Comp, Lit, Chinese, Physics, US Hist, Spanish, Calculus.
- Currently Full IB Canidate.
- SAT II's : Chinese (750), Physics, US, Math II, Biology. (aiming for 750+ on all).</p>

<p>SCHEDULE:
Junior Year-
-Spanish 4 AP
-Calculus AP/IB
-Physics B AP
-US History AP
-English Lit AP
-XC</p>

<p>Senior Year (with IB)
-Physics IB
-ASB
-Humanities (TOK)
-Humanities (TOK)
-Economics
-Psychology IB
-XC/Track</p>

<p>Senior Year (without IB)
- AP Biology
- ASB
- Humanities (TOK)
- Humanities (TOK)
- Economics
- XC/Track</p>

<p>So currently I'm a junior, and my senior stuff should look like that.
I was wondering my chances at UCLA and other schools that are comparable.</p>

<p>I was also wondering how much I would be affected if I dropped IB Physics, and took AP Bio senior year. Taking AP Bio would allow me to have taken both AP Sciences, but would cause me to drop the full IB Diploma due to lack of a second-year science. How much would this affect my applications to UCs/Private Universities?</p>

<p>-I ask this because I don't like physics and I want to take bio (out of interest), but bio is a huge workload that is better taken senior year, when there are fewer AP classes & stuff. But if having the IB diploma from IB physics is more important, I'd rather have a leg up in college apps.
- My counselors have been mixed on the situation, our college specialist & our freshman counselor say that it doesn't affect my app much, but our IB director (of course), says that IB is particularly important to UC schools.</p>

<p>So I was wondering what my chances would be with/without IB, considering all my other stuff. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Oh & also, what would be some good reach schools?</p>

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<p>will try to chance back to the best of my abilities as well.</p>

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<p>bump up this post</p>

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<p>UCLA is definitely a match. Berkley also. (especially since you're an in-state student)</p>

<p>Reaches would be the Ivy League schools, Princeton, Amherst, etc. </p>

<p>Chance me back: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/580933-low-gpa-no-chance-all.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/580933-low-gpa-no-chance-all.html&lt;/a> (my stats aren't nearly as good as yours :) )</p>

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<p>thanks!
rated you back</p>

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<p>Id say you are a match at ucb and ucla
a low match/safety at ucsd
and a safety at everything below</p>

<p>chance me at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/579095-chance-me-please.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/579095-chance-me-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>already chanced you!
but thanks</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppp</p>

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<p>in at all.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppppp</p>