UC Chances Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys, I plan on applying to the following schools for mechanical engineering, UCLA, UCSD, UCBerkeley, UCSB, and USC. I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could chance me on those schools.

High School GPA:

Year: Class Grades (1st Semester/2nd Semester)

Freshman:
Honors Biology (B/B)
Honors Geometry (A/A)
Spanish I (A/A)
Computer Applications (A/A)
PE (A/A)
Honors English I (A/B)

Weighted GPA: (4.33/4.16)
Unweighted GPA: (3.83/3.66)

Sophomore:
Honors English II (A/A-)
Honors Algebra II (A-/B+)
AP World History (B/B)
PE II (A/A)
Spanish II (A/A-)
Prep Chemistry (B/B+)

Weighted GPA: (4.16/4.0)
Unweighted GPA: (3.66/3.5)

Junior:
AP Physics I (A-/A-)
AP Literature (A/A)
AP US History (B/A)
Graphic Design (A+/A+)
Spanish III (B+/A)
Honors Pre-Calc (A/A-)

Weighted GPA: (4.33/4.66)
Unweighted GPA: (3.66/4.0)

Senior: Not even started yet.

Average Weighted High School GPA so far 9-12: 4.273
Average Unweighted High School GPA so far 9-12: 3.718

SAT Scores:
SAT Reasoning January: Reading 670, Math 740, Writing 690, Total 2100
SAT Reasoning March: Reading 640, Math 760, Writing 710, Total 2110
Reasoning Superscore: Reading 670, Math 760, Writing 710, Total 2140
SAT Subject Math II: 800
SAT Subject Physics: 800

Extracurriculars: I did a bit of Key Club. If I would have to guess how many hours I put into it total so far, I would guess around 40 hours or so. I lost a lot of faith in these volunteering clubs after Red Cross was reported to have built 8 or so houses after receiving half a billion dollars in donations.

I also took an engineering internship at a local electric car charger company where we developed and built our own electric car charger with a J1772 plug.

I also started my own little “company” where I consult and build computers for people. It was a hobby of mine to build computers and mess with them but it became a little business when people started asking me to build computers for them. I don’t know if this is something I can write in my resume but I’m pretty proud of this.

I always joined CSF every year but didn’t do much in it.

Sorry this is badly formatted, I barely joined right now and I came up with the format on my own. Please leave a response with what my chances are with the schools I listed. UCLA, UCSD, UCBerkeley, UCSB, and USC. I’m sorry if I’m asking for too much, I just found out about this website and I plan on learning more from you guys.

I’m also full Korean, which I would assume make it harder for me to be accepted.

Thank you! ^^

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HOLY CRAP, I forgot to put my SAT scores up here. I’ll put them up in just a second.

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Added scores to main post. Sorry, for commenting twice, I just found the edit button.

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Here is how to calculate your UC GPA: http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
PE grades do not count.

I get a UC GPA of 4.05.

UCB/UCLA: High Match
UCSD/UCSB: Match

You are a competitive applicant and Good Luck.

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Write the computer part in your resume. You have a good chance getting into UCSB, UCD, UCSD, but Berkeley and LA are becoming especially difficult, so don’t bet on those.

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Thank you both Gumbymom and Bluedevildukie.
I’m probably gonna study for the SAT a bit more and hopefully try to get above 2200.
I appreciate the feedback! :smiley:

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Berkeley for engineering is extremely competitive so that one is a definite reach. I’d say UCLA is also a reach, while UCSD is a high match/low reach and UCSB is a match. USC is also a high match/low reach for you I’d say. Definitely try to get your SAT score up, or try the ACT if you haven’t. I honestly thought it was so much better than the SAT and I scored much higher on the ACT in comparison to the SAT. Also, capitalize on that computer building hobby, that could make for a very great pathway in an essay to describe why you want to be a mechanical engineering major. Best of luck to you! Hopefully we’ll both get in to the UC’s, I’ll be applying as well (except UCSD)!

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Thank you JPhilly99! Best of luck to you!