UCs and USC. Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance for : UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, USC</p>

<p>African American female from upstate NY</p>

<p>GPA
UW (9-12) : 3.6 (had like an 86 freshman year..went up to a 95 sophomore year. big upward trend)
UC: 3.9 (would be 4.2 if UC schools approved honors courses from NY)</p>

<p>ACT: 31</p>

<p>SAT 2:
Biology- 700
Physics- 620
US History- 600
(not submitting Physics/US History to USC)</p>

<p>Past honors/AP classes:
AP Physics- 4
AP US History- 4
Latin 4 University (earned college credit)
Spanish 4 Honors
Biology Honors</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
-College credit for Medical Terminology
No AP Classes this year due to a special academic program (New Visions Health Careers Exploration):
Participating in a selective program for seniors in my county who are interested in a career in medicine. 13 kids are accepted out of my entire county. The course load is VERY intense. 3 days out of the week are spent shadowing doctors to gain clinical experience.</p>

<p>Awards/Certificates:
Outstanding Participant for National Achievement Scholarship (top 3% of black scorers on psat)
Completed LeaderSpark program
2 years in a row Cum Laude Award for achievement on National Latin Exam</p>

<p>ECs:
Drama Club primary singer grades 10 and 11 (our schools theater program is very intense. we win regional awards every year)
Photography editor of Art/Lit magazine grades 9-11
National Honors Society member
Latin Club grade 10
Job part-time during school year and full-time over summer</p>

<p>Excellent essay and recommendations from two teachers and my guidance counselor.</p>

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<p>haha
I want to be a doctor too!
and i’m applying to the UC’s.</p>

<p>UCSB: match
UCSD: match/low reach
UCLA: low reach
USC: match
please chance back :] and Good luck to you!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1048885-ucla-top-school-i-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1048885-ucla-top-school-i-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>chance me back please.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I actually want to be a Physician Assistant but close enough :)</p>

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<p>First of all thanx for replying to my post.
Well I think your high school classes and GPA are pretty good. Your ECs and community work is good too. But I think you should have done better on your SAT subject tests! :slight_smile: by the way, what is your SAT score?</p>

<p>Here is what i think:
UCSB- you got it!
UCSD- match/ low reach
UCLA- high reach
USC- match
I would also suggest you should apply to UC Davis. I has good science programmes.</p>

<p>I would also appreciate if you went back to my post. I have a few more questions! thanx :)</p>

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<p>since your African american you’ll get accepted into all those schools.</p>

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<p>271093, too late to apply to more UCs, lol. And I didn’t take the SAT</p>

<p>JBieber, do the UCs use URM as a decision factor? I thought state schools weren’t allowed to or something.</p>

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<p>I think all are matches. UCLA, maybe high match/low reach. Good luck!</p>

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<p>shameless bump…</p>

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<p>UCSB: match
UCSD: match to high match
UCLA: high match low reach
USC: match</p>

<p>Academics=big +, I have heard about this program!
Minority=+
I’m pretty conservative, so you probably are actually in for most of these places!</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1052903-chance-me-jhu-gt-mit-vt.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1052903-chance-me-jhu-gt-mit-vt.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thanks and good luck!</p>

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<p>jainap, thank you for chancing me but i do not know enough about those schools to return the favor ): sorry!</p>

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<p>UC’s do not consider URM status in admissions process.</p>

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<p>Your scores and GPA are not particularly competitive for UCLA, and since they don’t consider URM, I’d say it’s a bit of a reach. It seems good enough for the other UCs, and I believe USC might take into consideration the URM, which is probably enough to make up for the GPA and scores.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know my sat2s are a little low for LA, but i was hoping the above average act would even it out. Oh well, USC is my second choice anyways :)</p>

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<p>USC more likely admit than UCLA</p>

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<p>I don’t know if it makes any difference in my chances, but for the UCs my essays were on:</p>

<p>1) living with a disabled parent</p>

<p>2) the new visions health careers exploration program</p>

<p>For USC I used only the 2nd essay about the New Visions program</p>

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<p>your course load isnt that rigorous.</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>Jman, did you read about the special program I’m doing this year?</p>