UCLA, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, UMich-Ann Arbor

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Current grade: 11th
GPA Unweighted: 3.86
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M</p>

<p>OUT OF STATE: NC</p>

<p>Weighted: 4.95 (Based off scale that AP-6, Honors-5, anything else -4)</p>

<p>SAT I (2013 June): 2130 Reading: 650, Math: 790, Writing: 690</p>

<p>(2013 PSAT for NMSQT was 216 with Reading: 71, Math: 78, Writing: 67)</p>

<p>Freshman year (at regular public high school):</p>

<p>Honors Geometry - A (took it in summer between 8th and 9th)
Chinese I - A
Chinese II - A
Honors Biology - A
Honors Pre-Calc - A
Honors English 9 - A
Honors Earth/Environmental Science - A
PE - A
Honors Civics/Economics - A</p>

<p>End of freshman year rank: 1/300 something</p>

<p>Sophomore year (applied to top 20 high school in the nation and got in. This is where I currently attend high school as well):</p>

<p>Honors World History - A (Took it in the summer between 9th and 10th)
AP US History - B
AP Calc AB - B (I normally would have gotten a A, but I was so overwhelmed by the work because my old high school didn't give that much homework and when I transferred, I was immediately hit with 6+ hours of work a day.)
AP English Language and Composition - B
AP Calc BC - A
AP Music Theory - A
AP Physic B - A
Honors Turning Points in American History - A
Advanced PE - A</p>

<p>New school does not rank since it is ultra competitive.</p>

<p>AP Exams:
AP Calc BC - 5 (Calc AB Subscore: 5)
AP US History - 4
AP English Language and Composition - 4
AP Physics B - 5
AP Music Theory - 4</p>

<p>Junior year:</p>

<p>I started taking classes at a private college nearby (part of new high school's program since it is an early college program).</p>

<p>College equivalent Chemistry - A
College equivalent Computer Programming/Computer Science - A
College equivalent English - A
College eqivalent Psychology - A</p>

<p>Next semester: unknown yet of course</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>Tech Lead with state public online school (state funded program that allows kids to take some online classes that aren't available at their high school) so I deal with creating interactive programs and problem sets and finding resources for students to use to get some extra practice.</p>

<p>Tutor in math, physics - tutored at least 210 hours.
Volunteered at local church
Volunteered with adult literacy program
Tennis - ranked in the state, varsity tennis for high school, won multiple tournaments
Chess - stopped in 10th grade, but placed highly in multiple state competitions
Piano - played 10+ years, achieved highest level in Royal Conservatory of Music Exam, performed at retirement home</p>

<p>Science Olympiad member
Technological Student Association member and TREASURER
Performing Arts Club member and PRESIDENT
International Club member
Former Chess Club member and PRESIDENT at old high school</p>

<p>In National Honors Society</p>

<p>Received Ronald Reagan Student Leader Award</p>

<p>Intern at the college I'm taking classes at. I deal with programming the college newspaper's website and I have to try to make it look better.</p>

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<p>I’d have said you were a shoo in at all of those colleges if it weren’t for your slightly lopsided SAT scores.</p>

<p>It’s not right, and I certainly don’t like it, but people, including admissions officers could take you as just another “Asian achiever” who is really good at math and is the top student of his school.</p>

<p>Regardless, I still think that all those colleges are matches because you fall in their mean range of SAT scores and GPAs. Try taking your SAT’s again and see if you could balance out the scores a bit.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! I know what you’re talking about, haha. My SAT score doesn’t match up :stuck_out_tongue: But I do plan on retaking it. Did you take into account that I’m OOS?</p>

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<p>Yeah! They’re all still matches more or less, though Berkeley might be a bit tough.</p>

<p>Don’t forget to get a safety too.</p>

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<p>Intended major: Computer science</p>

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<p>Yeah! I plan on applying to NC State (in state school) as a safety. Also, is UCLA a high match, match, or low match?</p>

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<p>Low Match - Berkeley, UCLA</p>

<p>High Match/ Match - UT Austin, U Mich</p>

<p>It’ll be hard to get into Berkeley, UCLA, and UT Austin (not sure about U Mich) because they all prefer students from their state more than OOS students.</p>

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<p>Everything looks great man. So here’s what I think</p>

<p>UCB-Match
UCLA-Low Match
UT Austin, U Mich-Match</p>

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<p>Assuming you’re aiming for UCB Engineering OOS, Low Dream. Please. Not Match. It’s very competitive. If you’re not, perhaps it could be Match ~ High Match.</p>

<p>Tennis is nice. Music is generic (sorry). Chess is … slightly generic (sorry). SAT is dangerous.</p>

<p>Ahh…try to differentiate yourself from others by your essays then. Or else it’s pretty dangerous right now for you to apply to UMich.</p>

<p>UC got their race admission factor made unlawful I think…so it should be easier than before. Though I still worry that you’re quite lopsided.</p>

<p>Your stats are impressive however. So you got that going for you, which is nice.</p>

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<p>Hahaha I’m not going to try to get into the college of engineering at Berkeley because their computer science is mixed with electrical engineering and I’m aiming for just CS which is in the LSA. But for the other schools, I’ll be doing engineering</p>

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<p>Id say
Berkeley - Match
UT- Austin - High Match
Michigan - Reach
UCLA- Match</p>

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<p>What’s Advanced PE?</p>

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<p>well that GPA is definitely off, schools don’t count APs as a 6, and UCs count even less credits as honors. So I would calculate those GPAs to get a better idea of your chances.</p>

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<p>What is your intended major?
For UMich LSA, your GPA and SAT are both around average for admission. It should be a high match for you as oos. For CoE, it would be a low reach.</p>

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<p>it’s like another PE class, since in sophomore year, everybody has to take 6 AP’s, they decided to give us a PE class to help us take off some stress from all of the classes.</p>