UC/CSU chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Korean American at a very well-known and competitive public high school in Northern California. First-generation, first in family to go to college.</p>

<p>SAT I:</p>

<p>M660 CR650 WR590</p>

<p>ACT</p>

<p>Eng 36, Essay 10, Math 31, Reading 36, Science 28, Composite 33</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.7
(i'm not really sure how to calculate UC GPA, but I think this is correct)</p>

<p>10th:
English Hon (B, B)
AdvAlgebra aka Algebra II (C, B)
JROTC 3, 4 (A, A)
German 3,4 (B, B)
Vocal Music Beginning aka Choir (A, A)
Health Ed (1st semester - B)
College/Career Planning and Driver Ed (2nd semester - A)</p>

<p>11th:
English AP (B, B)
AP Music Theory (B, A)
Honors US History (B, A)
Physics Hon (B, B)
PreCalc (B, C)
Vocal Music Intermediate (A, A)
Korean 3, 4 (A, B)</p>

<p>will probably take in 12th:
AP Gov
AP English
Korean Adv
Physiology
AP Calc AB
Vocal Adv</p>

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<p>I think you'll get into all the CSU's with no problem. As far as UCs are concerned, i think if you submit your ACT instead of your SAT1, then you shouldnt have trouble getting into most of them except UCLA and Cal. If your GPA was higher i think you would probly be a lock at UCLA and Cal (and if you have the worthwhile ECs, which I'm assuming you do)</p>

<p>High Reaches:
UCLA
Cal</p>

<p>Match/Reach:
UCSD</p>

<p>Matches:
UCI
UCD
UCSB</p>

<p>Safeties:
UCSC
UCR (Ultra Safety)
UCM (Ultra Safety)</p>

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<p>i'd also like to add Loyola Marymount University, U of San diego, and whittier</p>

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<p>koushirou:</p>

<p>UCLA/UCB: Super Reach
UCSD: Reach
UCD/UCSB/UCI: Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safe Match
Cal States: Safety</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>We need to know class rank and ECs.</p>

<p>Top 3 UCs are reaches, mid tier are matches and you should be in at UCR, UCSC, Merced and the CSUs. </p>

<p>I think the 3 privates are safe.</p>

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<p>BERKELEY, UCLA: Super Reach ( < 5 percent )
SD: Reach ( < 15% )
UCD, UCI, UCSB: Match
SC: Safe Match
R, M: Safeties</p>

<p>There's a considerable difference between SC and Riverside. Most people clump them together, but SC is now actually more similar to Davis and Irvine than Riverside.</p>

<p>Your biggest problem is low grades and SAT scores. Even worse, having a poor 11th grade transcript really kills your chances. There were people with 1590 old SATs and 4.0's UW gettin rejected by Berkeley and LA because they did so poorly in 11th grade.</p>

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<p>Uhm, the SAT score is a lot worse than the ACT score... so, wouldn't they just consider the higher ACT? (Do I have to do something like cancel the SAT score in order to make sure this happens?)</p>

<p>Also, just to add, I got a 760 SAT II English</p>

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<p>I'd suggest you carefully read all of the UC admissions information to understand what your chances might be (also explains how to compute your UC GPA) at this site: <a href="http://www.ucop.edu/pathways%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ucop.edu/pathways&lt;/a>. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>are you sure that's your uc gpa? you had a couple of c's and quite a few b's, and some of the classes you took won't count in your a-g requirements (health ed, drivers ed). does jrotc count? also, which of your classes are weighted?</p>

<p>anyways, submit your acts. you can't cancel your sat scores, and you'll have to send them to the UCs no matter what (they need your SAT IIs), but you don't have to send them to the CSUs. The UC's won't count your SATs though as long as you don't write it down</p>

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<p>what do you think about my chances at occidental thanks</p>

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<p>you can choose to only submit your ACTs to the UCs. would suggest you do that.</p>

<p>oxy slight reach.</p>