<p>I need some accurate chances at these schools please:
UCLA UCB UCI UCSD U MICH TUFTS Boston U</p>
<p>Sat: one sitting 2140 math 690 writing 720 cr 730
sat 2: 730 2c, 670 physics
GPA: 3.5
UC Weighted 3.83
Weighted gpa: ? </p>
<p>EXC: Microsoft Internship, Sealed written rec on Microsoft paper
tutoring 4 years
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<p>Well, those test scores are great, so you are looking good at the UCs--personally I'd say you are good at UCSD for sure and about 55% at UCLA and 53% at UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>Normally, the way it works is the average person who gets in has 7376 points at UCLA (UC GPA of 4.12= 4120 points plus SATs of 2006 plus SAT IIs of 1250). You have 7370 (UC GPA of 3.83=3830 plus SATs of 2140 plus SATIIs 1400). So you can see why I rank you at 55%. You are right in the middle of the averages (and, obviously they took people with lower scores than this).</p>
<p>As far as Boston College, you are match there also. I'd rank Tufts as a low match to slight reach.</p>
<p>I am really curious if that is really how UCs decide this stuff cause I alwasy thought SATs were worth less than GPA.</p>
<p>hmm not sure; all i know is uc's use a point system</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>Hi flong,</p>
<p>UCB: Slight Reach
Although you have a relatively good SAT 1 score (compared to other applicants), your lower GPA and lower SAT II scores will make this quite difficult to get into. Your extracurriculars don't really help either. </p>
<p>UCLA: Slight Reach/Match
You have a good, competitive SAT 1 score - although higher SAT II scores would have helped. Also, your GPA will be a little lower than other applicants. </p>
<p>UCSD: Safe Match/Slight Reach
I would say you have a pretty good chance here. Maybe a 60/40 here. All your scores will be on par versus other applicants here.</p>
<p>UCI: Safety/Match
Good scores overall - you should make this one easily. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>hahah well, since my dad works in another country our annual US income is "10,000" hahaha and also i had to put "raised by single parent" since my mom is the only one who does care for me. Iono if that helps</p>
<p>It may help - this is where the Personal Statements sometimes come in handy.</p>
<p>Are you in state california or out of state? This can make a huge difference in your chances. Your GPA is low for UCSD/UCLA/UCB, as all three have average admit UC GPA's well above a 4.0. But you have a solid SAT. I would not say however with an unweighted UC GPA of 3.5 and UC GPA of 3.83 you are in for sure at any of the top 3 UC's. Best of luck!</p>
<p>In State:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI: Safe Match-Safety</p>
<p>Out of State:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI: Match</p>
<p>Michigan (in state): Match
Michigan (out of state): Slight Reach</p>
<p>oh wuts a slight reach mean and im a CA resident damn : (</p>
<p>im praying out of UCB, UCLA, and U mich i get into at least ONE</p>
<p>I think that now, it will depend on your personal statement. good luck.</p>
<p>If your UC GPA is a 3.83, then don't get your hopes up. Although you are clearly smart and capable, admissions officers at the 3 schools you've mentioned (UCLA, UCB, and University of Michigan) are going to wonder if you're going to take school seriously enough, or if they admit you whether or not you'd be a potential drop-out.</p>
<p>UCSD should be able to get over that stuff and accept you, but the thing about the UC's is they primarily consider the SAT scores and the GPA, and while your test scores are quite good, these schools get a lot of stellar applicants in respect to the GPA.</p>
<p>Let me put it a bit more plainly, and give you some numbers, as there are statistics on this.</p>
<p>In 2006, UCB accepted 11.6% of the people who applied who had a UC GPA between 3.7 and 3.99. That's 1,177 students out of 10,165. The average UC GPA was 4.17.</p>
<p>In 2006, UCLA accepted 14.7% of all applicants who had a UC GPA between 3.70 and 3.99. That's 1,723 out of 11,699. The average UC GPA was 4.13.</p>
<p>Now from San Diego on, it gets considerably better...they accept 51.4% of applicants in the same UC GPA. The average there, though, is still 4.04. For Irvine, it's a 77.4% acceptance rate, with an average GPA of 3.89.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are fine for all of these schools. The GPA is the problem. The fact the UCs also don't accept reccommendations is also going to be a problem. So, hopefully you had a good essay, because I could see you getting into UCLA then...maybe.</p>
<p>U Mich, I wouldn't expect it. First of all, they will be looking at your unweighted GPA of academic classes only (Foreign Language, French, Science, Math, English). So, if you took a really awesome graphic arts class and got an A+? It's not going to count. Since it's unweighted, they also will not be considering the AP and honors stuff as much. Plus, you are out of state it sounds like. Again, they don't take the recs except from a teacher...and if you have a 3.6 or less, your chances start to go way down. Unfortunately, lots of people do internships, including lots of their in-state students. I'm thinking you'll have an uphill battle there.</p>
<p>Boston and Tufts are privates, however, so they will accept the rec from Microsoft, and will care less about your grades and GPA (though it is still the most important factor). Boston is a safety, and I think you can get into Tufts.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>flong:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCI: Safe Match</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I knew that I would be right at the border so I wrote my personal statement with my AP Eng teacher doing it step by step with me so i wrote a pretty solid one. U Mich accepts counselor+teacher and since they dont specifically say we cant send anything else my counselor told me I should send my Microsoft rec there. The problem with my GPA was i took too many difficult classes my freshman/soph year. I had 2 honors freshman year (max), then 3 honors soph year, and then 3 aps and 1 honor junior year. I kinda messed myself up by going overboard esp in classes i should not have taken like AP CALC</p>
<p>and my 3.5 is my unweighted academic (meaning only core classes excluding stuff like PE)</p>
<p>fckkkkkkk i guess im going to UCSD : (</p>
<p>oh well, thanks for all your time guys! im guessing slight reach -40,45 percent so ill just have to pray O_O</p>
<p>UCLA
UCB there's a good chance you will get into one of these two.</p>
<p>UCI in
UCSD probably in
U MICH maybe
TUFTS in
Boston U probably in</p>
<p>yeah thats what im hoping. My dream school is MICH but the cold reality of me being out of state hit me a while ago</p>