UC Schools (and stanford) :]

<p>Public distinguished high school in southern california</p>

<p>Considering applying to UCLA/UC Berkeley/UCSD/UCI, and Stanford (i know its a long shot)</p>

<p>Uncapped 10-12 GPA - 4.23
Capped UC GPA - 4.17
Class size - 575
Class rank - top 3% / 17/575
ACT Composite 32
SAT2's Math 2c - 720, Chinese - 730</p>

<p>Classes taken</p>

<p>9th
Honors Bio A-/A-
Orchestra A/A
Honors Geometry B/A-
French 2 A/A-
Honors English A/A
Computer App B+/B+</p>

<p>10th
Honors Chem B/A
Orchestra A/A
Honors Alg2Trig A/A-
Honors World History B+/A-
French 3 A/A
Honors English A-/A-</p>

<p>11th
Anatomy/Physiology A-/A-
AP Chem - A/A
AP Bio - A-/A-
AP USH - B/B
AP Language - B-/B
Honors Precalc - A/A-</p>

<p>12th courselist
AP Music Theory
AP Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Physics
Gov/Econ</p>

<p>AP Scores
APUSH - 3
(yea i only passed apush)</p>

<p>Piano Panel Finalist
Taekwondo 2nd degree black belt
Chess club secretary (9)
Table Tennis club founder/president (11)
Key club 50 hours
Tutoring 5o hours
Nursing home 20 hours</p>

<p>UC GPA is 4.08 (Maximum 8 semesters of AP credit) ACT is decent, although SAT IIs are somewhat weak. I would say
Stanford-Reach
UCLA/UCB-Slight Reach/High Match
UCSD-High Match/Match
UCI-Safety</p>

<p>For Stanford, without a sob story or some outstanding EC's, your application really wouldn't stand out given your numbers. For UCLA/UCB, you probably stand pretty well, although at this point, your essay WILL matter. For UCSD, more likely than not you're OK. UCI is a safety.</p>

<p>Berkeley/UCLA: slight reach
UCSD: safe match - safety
UCI: safety</p>

<p>There's a larger gap in selectivity between Berkeley/UCLA and UCSD than people would think. UCSD accepts about 90% of those who are in the top 4% of their classes, and since you're top 3%, you should be good there.</p>

<p>Stanford: reach</p>

<p>Your ECs seem to lack passion/focus, which would make Stanford more difficult. I'm not sure what honors/awards you have, but that may change things slightly.</p>

<p>Peppers:
I thought the UC GPA was capped at 4 per semester? So therefore wouldnt I have a 4.17?</p>

<p>More opinions appreciated :]</p>

<p>^^ it's capped at a total of 8 semesters, or 4 year-long classes, sophomore and junior year. Your UC GPA seems to be what Peppers said.</p>

<p>bump:</p>

<p>considering my uc gpa is only 4.08, should i go retake the math2c? or focus on essays?</p>

<p>Focus on essays.</p>

<p>ok. youre gonna do fine!(:</p>

<p>how do you calculate UC gpa anyways? could you pm me?
thanks</p>