UC Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>ehhh I hope I'm doing this right!</p>

<p>General:
Asian-American/Chinese
Female
In-state</p>

<p>High School:
Competitive public (sends half of students to UC schools; ~160 to Berkeley/LA/SD)
About 550 students per class</p>

<p>Academic:
Class Rank: ELC tentative; not formally disclosed yet
GPA (9-11): UW 3.95 / W 4.1
UC GPA (10-11): UW 4.0 / W 4.17
SAT: 720 CR, 660 M, 730 W (10 Essay); total - 2110
SAT II: 710 Math2, 720 USH
AP: Psych (5), USH (5)
Curriculum Rigor: can only start taking real AP classes (aka: not AP Chinese) junior year; did not take any honors classes
Senior Year: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Studio Art, AP Enviro Sci, Gov/Econ, Ethnic Studies</p>

<p>*took the SAT I only once (took it cold), but I'm self-studying now to retake in October. Not planning to do anything about my SAT2s</p>

<p>Comm college classes: Intermediate Chinese (A), West Civ (A)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
School magazine editor (10, 12)
Speech & Debate (10, 11, 12)
Painting (7+ years)
150+ service (customer survice)
Lots of involvement in a school/community context (no hours or anything though)</p>

<p>*my extracurriculars are about depth/interest, not breadth </p>

<p>Awards: a lot of art awards at the regional, national, and international level</p>

<p>Essays: just speculation/I imagine them to be good, since I'm usually a strong/creative writer
Intended area of study: a toss-up between Business and Economics, and ideally I would like to complete a minor in Art (or equivalent)</p>

<p>Looking at:
Berkeley, LA, SD, SB, Davis, Irvine</p>

<p>So?!</p>

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<p>Berkeley - reach to high reach, but you should apply though.</p>

<p>UCLA - low reach</p>

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<p>I suppose you could get into SD, SB, Davis, Irvine without too much of a problem. However, Berkeley and LA could be reaches.
Chance me please? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/974360-chance-uc-colleges-special-case.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/974360-chance-uc-colleges-special-case.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>These stats were REALLY REALLY similar to mine last year and I got into Berkeley, SD, SB, Davis, Irvine. Just do good on your personal statements and you’ll be set.</p>

<p>Chance “Me” Back:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/974587-chance-guy-who-shooting-ucs-csus.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/974587-chance-guy-who-shooting-ucs-csus.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well that was about what I expected - thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>Berkeley being more of a reach than UCLA, lol, I would say UCLA is more of a reach then Berkeley, because UCLA criticizes applicants much harder then Berkeley the last time I checked.</p>

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<p>^ Then perhaps you’re a very lousy researcher. </p>

<p>The average admitted students at Berkeley are significantly stronger than those at UCLA. The average enrolled students at Berkeley are stronger than those at UCLA. </p>

<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;
[Profile</a> of Admitted Freshmen, Fall 2009 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm)</p>

<p>And, kindly take note that the stats provided by UCLA on their website are for admitted applicants. And historically, admitted applicants have higher/stronger stats than enrolled stats (which Berkeley has provided by on their website.)</p>

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<p>**Average unweighted GPA ** </p>

<p>Berkeley - 3.93 (enrolled students)
UCLA - 3.87 (accepted students)</p>

<p>**SAT Berkeley 25th % 75th percentiles (enrolled) **
Reading: 620-740
Math: 650-770
Writing: 640-750</p>

<p>Average SAT scores UCLA (accepted)
Reading - 662
Math - 691
Writing - 677</p>