UC/other colleges chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Going for: UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, Northwestern, WUStL, Columbia, UPenn, JHU, UOP, SeattleU, Case Western, Michigan Ann Arbor (Don't you love all the acronyms? And haha, I probably won't apply to this many.)</p>

<p>Stats:
Major: biochem or business
SAT: 2120 (650CR, 740M, 730W) will retake in June for 2220+, hopefully
SATII: 760 (IIC), others pending, but should be 780+
PSAT: Well, I sent the 2 letters thing to UCSD and UCD. Don't know about any big impact though.
GPA: 3.97 (UW), 4.26(W)
School: One of top public schools in CA
APs: USH, Chem, CalcBC, Bio, PhysicsB, Stats, Lit (14 offered at school)
Hs: Alg2, Precalc, Chem, English, Journalism, Spanish</p>

<p>Awards/ecs:
Placed in statewide History Fair
Volunteering: 160 hours and counting. At least 225 by end of summer
Newspaper editor
Members in CSF, Key, Interact, Red Cross (Secretary), Go (Asian kind of chess-like game), Future Physicians of America, Trivia Clubs
ASB Commissioner
Badminton team. Got to go to league finals
Choir
Tutor underprivileged children (~30-40 hours so far, included in volunteering)
Class representative, 10-11
Job, hopefully this summer, tutoring students</p>

<p>Essays/recs:
The teachers who I ask are the ones who have asked me before, "Will you T.A. for me next year please?" and truly enjoy having me in their class because I really enjoy being in their class. Essays will be great. :)</p>

<p>Many thanks in advance for boosting (or deflating) my ego! :)</p>

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<p>i_lose:</p>

<p>UCLA: Slight Reach
UCSD: Match
UCD: Safety
UCI: Safety
UCM: Super Safety</p>

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<p>whats your uc GPA. cuz, if its 4.26, (Because yoru SAT scores are awesome), i say match for UCLA</p>

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<p>Haha, UC weighted is 4.33...that's the one where they don't count freshman grades right? Yeah, then that totally boosts it up a little since I only took one honors class that year.</p>

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<p>College Applications: $750
Yearly College Tuition: $30,000
Applying to SeattleU: Priceless.</p>

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<p>i_lose, i have no idea why flopsy said slight reach, i think its match for UCLA. dat GPA is nutz. maybe becuz of your major he said slight reach. doesnt matter, i think you in</p>

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<p>you are in CA right? if so,</p>

<p>UCLA: match
UCSD: match / safe match (major might hurt...not sure)
other UC's (except Cal): safety
Northwestern: slight reach
WashU: slight reach
Columbia: reach
Penn: slight reach (reach if wharton)
UOP: ?
SeattleU: safety
Case Western: match
Michigan: match</p>

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<p>"One of top public schools in CA" which school?</p>

<p>need better ECs.</p>

<p>Safety: UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCM
Math: UCLA, UCB, Case Western, Michigan Ann Arbor (this is just me)
Reach: Northwestern, WUStL, Columbia, UPenn, JHU</p>

<p>no idea about others (Seattle/UOP)...maybe apply to UW?</p>

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<p>I think you have great chances at all of those. Your EC's would be very appealling to the UC's and your other scores look pretty good.</p>