UC Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I just want to know my chances for all the UC Schools for this upcoming application season. (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside & UC Merced)

GPA’s & Class Ranks
UW GPA (10-11):3.82
W GPA (10-11) Capped: 4.18
W GPA (10-11) Uncapped: 4.36
9-12 Class Rank: 36 of 353
10-12 Class Rank: 15 of 353

Test Scores
SAT I
Critical Reading:650
Math:740
Writing:690
Composite:2080

Schedules

Freshman

English I Honors
Spanish I
World History Honors
Biology
Algebra II/Trig
General PE

Sophomore

English II Honors
Spanish II
AP European History
Chemistry
Pre Calculus Honors
Digital Photography

Junior

AP English Language & Composition
Spanish III
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus (AB)
Weight Training

Senior

AP English Literature & Composition
AP Macroeconomics
Physics
AP Statistics
AP Calculus (BC)

Major:Economics or Political Science.

EC’s

Class Officer-3 years
100+ Community Service hours at local thrift store.
Attended two JSA Summer Institutes
Interned at a Law Firm over the Summer between Junior and Senior Year
I just joined the Debate Club Senior year if that counts at all. (This is the first year my school has had one though.)

Essays: 1) I talked about overcoming ADHD as a child and how I overcame the difficulties that came with it.
2) I talked about how in my sophomore year I persevered through my math class that I began failing but ended up pulling through to get a B and how I developed a work ethic from the experience.

Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
California Resident

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I would apply to UCI and UCD, very good matches! UCSB and UCSD are also matches. Merced ,Riverside, and Santa Cruz as safeties. UCLA is a low reach, UCB is a high reach. I would apply to UCSD for Econ; if you want to double major in Econ and Poli-Sci, I would consider Davis. I have similar interests as you; I wish the best of luck to you sir! :wink:

3

No subject test (though not absolutely required)?
No AP score?

Top tiers - reach
Mid tiers - high/match
Low tiers - low match

4

Do UCs even look at AP scores? And no subject tests.

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I don’t think I’ll send them to schools until after I’m admitted but my AP Scores are: Euro:3 US History:3 Chem:2 English Language:4 Calc AB:5

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AP score report needs to be sent to the school which you eventually will attend if you want credit. No need to send until you make a decision in the spring however, not self reporting the scores and taking the AP class may send up a red flag to admissions:

  1. Unable to afford to take the tests (reasonable explanation)
  2. You didn’t care to take the test or bad scores (red flags)
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What’s your intended major?

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@rdeng2614 First choice is Economics my alternate major is Political Science or possibly Anthropology.

@Gumbymom Ok that’s fine I just wanted to know if they will be used in admissions decisions or not. Also do I have to report which tests I will take this year when I apply, because I’m not even sure myself if I’m going to take an AP Test for all my AP Classes or not yet.