UC chances?!? I will chance back!

UCLA
UCB
UCD
UCSC
UCSD
UCSB

Grades:
Unweighted GPA: 3.92
UC/CSU GPA: 4.15
ACT Composite: 31
Rank: 42/244

AP/Honors Courses Taken:
AP English Lang./AP English Lit.
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors Chemistry
Honors Spanish IV

Extracurricular Activities/Community Service:
Over 300 hours of community service
Varsity Tennis; (10-12) Captain (12)
Founder/ President H2O Club (10-12)
Link Crew (12)
ROP Programming/Coding Class (10)
Volunteer at Marine Education Institution (10-12) (200 hours)
Volunteer at school for dyslexics (11-12)
Volunteer to help homeless families (9-10)
Volleyball (9)
Elected for Schools House of Representatives (12)

Work Experience:
Tennis Camp Coach (9-10) Summer
Sales Associated at an Art Festival (11) Summer
Babysitting (11-12) During School Year
Gelato Specialist (11-12) During School Year

Awards and Achievements:
Tennis League Champions (10-12)
Highest Honor Roll (9-11 so far)
Scholar Athlete (10-12)
Chemist of the Month- H Chem (10)
Academic Excellence awards in: Geometry (9), English 9, Algebra II (10), Spanish II (10), U.S. History (11)

Essays:
I spent a lot of time on my UC apps and had many people proofread them. I talked about the struggles I have faced as a caretaker for my grandmother with Alzheimers. I also talked about my club and the recycling program I started at my school as well as the people I have provided clean water for. My other two essays were not as great as the aforementioned ones but they still gave the reader a good idea of who I am.

Other Info:
School: Public
Race: White
Sex: Female

What is your intended major?

UCLA/UCB: High Match - Low reach
UCSD/UCSB/UCD: Match
UCSC: Low Match

FYI: the other info you provided is irrelevant in the UC admissions process…

Good Luck

UCLA / UCB - Reach (as it is for all applying)
UCSD - Match - High Match (Depending on Major)
UCD / UCSB - Low Match (Again, can change with major choice)
UCSC - Safety - Low Match (Major…)

I do not need to be chanced back BTW. lol

You are a very strong candidate for all of them.
Good luck.

Are you instate for California?

Chance me please!

@UCB UCLA (heard about their holistic views)
UCSD UCSB

Out of state-Kentucky

Guatemalan (Hispanic) female
Public School and Biomedical Sciences Academy

Stats:
GPA: 3.6(weighted) 3.4(unweighted)
Senior year: 4.1(weighted)
ACT: 23
Math:26
English:25
Science:22
Reading:19

AP Classes:
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP Litrature
AP U.S. History
AP Spanish Language

Dual Credit:
Psychology
World History

Honors:
Chemistry
Pre-Cal

Accelerated:
Algebra 2

Extracurriculars:
-Cross Country Running (Varsity)
-Track and Field (Varsity)
-Spanish National Honor Society
-Senior Internship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (ranked 3rd children’s hospital in the nation)
-Latino Mentors Program at local University
-Blood donations
-All-state Track-and-Field Team
-PhDreamer

Awards:
-Honorary Cord of life (blood donations and blood drive)
-Gifted and talented at Mathematics and Leadership
-Academic Athletic Association Award
-Dean’s List
-Academic Excellence Award
-Posters-at-the-capital finalist (presented scientific research to state gov. and legislators)

Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?
Here I talked about how I was undocumented along with my family, I live with 3 family members (brother, sister and mother) and how my mother struggled to find jobs but we she did I would work along her side and at some points I worked 60 hours a week (yes during a school week). Meaning, I was able to get only 2 hours of sleep daily and still go to school. I talked about skipping lunch for naps and other struggles that were detrimental to my grades.

Describe how you have worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
I talked about how I did not receive any help at home from my mother because she is illiterate and I was the first in my family to obtain any education higher than elementary school (first to go to middle and high school). I mentioned that I also never received much help from my school when I brought up my problems, I talked about how my principle told me she didn’t even know what it meant to be undocumented and so she couldn’t help me. Also English was not my first language.

What is the one thing that you think sets you apart from other candidates applying to the University of California?
I talked about how I have been shaped into a different person because of my circumstances and how I attended a public school with a low minority percentage and many students at my school come from high income families witch was not who I was and so I have had to face being the different one at my school.

What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
Here I talked about how I have been extremely involved in helping my small hispanic neighborhood because we are all undocumented and we live in the middle of high class american citizens. I talked about how when I received a drivers license I would drive people around because many in my area do not have one, also I translated at doctor appointments and tutored children because their parents did not know the English Language.

Any thoughts?.. Thank you!