UCLA or USC Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Projected Application
I am from Washington State
Ethnicity: Asian

GRADES (1st semester/2nd semester)
Freshman Year:
-AP Human Geo (B/A)
-Algebra 2 (B/A)
-Honors Freshman English (B/A)
-Chemistry (A/A)
-PE (A/A)
-Foundations of History/Computer programmming (A/A)
-Spanish 2 (A/A)

Sophomore Year:
-PreCalculus (A/A)
-Physics (A/A)(DID NOT TAKE AP SCIENCE)
-AP World (A/A)
-Honors Sophomore English (A/A)
-Spanish 3 (A/A)
-PE (A/A)
-Art 1/Health (A/A)

Junior Year
AP Comp Sci (A/A)
AP Physics C Mech (A/A)
AP Calc Ab (A/A)
US History (A/A) (DID NOT TAKE APUSH)
Junior English (A/A) (DID NOT TAKE AP LANG)
PE/Computer Tech (A/A)
Sat Prep/Art 2 (A/A)

Senior Year (Projected Schedule)
AP Comp Gov/ AP Amer Gov
Senior English (NOT TAKING AP LIT)
Advanced Calc (essentially AP Calc BC)
AP Chemistry
Cisco networking (3 classes)

My school is very good public high school and offers maybe around 30 Ap classes
I passed on a lot of AP Classes, which I feel is my biggest problem in getting to UCLA. I want to apply as an engineering major, so I did not feel the relevance in taking AP classes such as AP Lang.

Tests:
ACT: 33 (30 E, 36 M, 32 E, 35 S, 31 W)
SAT Math II: 800

ECs:
-Robotics (9,10,11,12) Programming mentor/co-lead
-Competitive sport cup stacking (9,10,11,12)
-Track and field (9,10)

Community Service:
360+ hours community service at a local food bank

Work:
Teacher Assistant for introductory linear algebra class at local Chinese School

MY MAIN QUESTION IS HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS IT THAT I PASSED ON SO MANY AP CLASSES?

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I think you have a decent shot at both schools. Good Luck

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Although you passed on AP classes, you also took a lot too. I think you have a pretty good shot at either school. You’ll have a very competitive application, but not necessarily outstanding, so its really just a luck of the draw on whether they want you or another kid with a similarly competitive application. Good luck!