<p>I am applying to (in order of desire):
1. UCLA
2. Stanford
3. UC Irvine
4. Cornell
5. UC Berkeley
6. Cal Poly SLO
7. UC San Diego
8. USC
9. UC Davis
10. Cal Poly Pomona
I have a 3.5 weighted GPA. I have a 2200 SAT score, with a 34 ACT score, SATII Chemistry: 440, Math2: 760, Spanish: 730
I speak English, Spanish, French, and Korean fluently. I am involved in 8 clubs on campus, and am an officer in 6 clubs. I am ASB treasurer, plus almost 4 years of varsity tennis, 1 year of Cross Country, and have many obstacles. I have also help start 3 programs on campus. I have all AP and Honors Classes: Honors French 3, AP Physics, AP Enlgish, Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalculus, and AP US History. DO I have a chance?</p>
<p>440 in Chem…?</p>
<p>Your GPA is going to hit you hard. The issue here is that you have little to make up for it. Your SATs/ACTs merely put you in the median range of the elite universities, and you seem to lack the ECs that also appear extraordinary to such universities. Many applicants will have many leadership positions… Note that having such positions in like 6 clubs as you stated might actually hurt you, as the Admin officers may see this a sign of poor prioritization and an attempt to appear well-rounded with little committment.
I’m pretty sure you at least have a chance at the lower UCs and USC (e.g. Irvine, San Diego, etc.) but UCLA and Berk might be out of reach.
I believe UCLA had a weighted GPA average of 4.4 with an SAT median of 2037 last year (off the top of my head, so it should be close but not exact)… Having an entire 0.9 difference in GPA drastically decreases your chances. Getting in even with an UNWEIGHTED GPA of 3.5 is almost unheard of, though it does happen.
I am still a high school student, so this is based off of what I hear. I am not God, so you of course still have a chance, however little it may be.
EDIT: Note when I say extraordinary activities, I mean placing NATIONALLY in various competitions, publishing research, organizing volunteer projects/donation events of significant scale, and etc.</p>
<p>Someone needs to say it. You have no chance at Stanford unless you write a godly essay and receive godly recommendations.</p>
<p>You’re a good student, but you should look into safer schools. Are you in state or do you just really like CA? </p>
<p>Your GPA is not within the average and therefore you are at a disadvantage–something I’m sure you know. What is your uw gpa and class rank? I think you have a chance at the UCs (not Berkeley or LA) if your essays are good, recommendations are amazing and you have a steady increase in gpa.</p>
<p>What are your specific activities and officer positions?</p>
<p>No chance at Stanford, Berkeley, and Cornell… Little chance at UCLA. </p>
<p>Decent chances everywhere else.</p>
<p>Your ACT and SAT scores are just at the threshold for top schools. Your SAT2 Chem at 440 is not impressive at all. Perhaps you should check out which school would allow score choice for subject test first. Stanford does, but your chance is not high at all there.</p>
<p>I well I live in California. I forgot to mention that I have also am finished one CC class with an A and a class at my local CSU and expect to get an A. I also helped restart the French Club(long story) and I started the mock trial program at my school. I also one 3rd place at Science bowl competition. I also got into the Stanford EPGY program this summer. I also am officer in:
National Honors Society
French club
Science and medicine Club
Bulldog Friendship club( Special Ed involvement)
Interact club(rotary)
Friday night Live
Mock Trial
I also expect to graduate with a 4.0 weighted at the end because of my College classes and AP/Honors classes</p>
<p>Apply.
Honestly, we all have the same chance to get in so apply if you love the school but please make sure to have safeties you also love!</p>
<p>So, what is your UW GPA? 3.25-ish? With a 3.25/34/2200 you have virtually no chance at Stanford, Cornell or USC. Your best shot at UCLA, Berkeley and UCSD is to be from an underrepresented zip code (I don’t know for sure if the UCs do this, but many state universities have targets by zip code. So if you’re from some middle of nowhere town in California it helps to make up for the low GPA, but check with your GC on this, I still doubt it overcomes a 3.2-ish GPA). I don’t know enough about the other schools to comment.</p>
<p>Conflictedb3, no, the truth is that everyone doesn’t have the same chance at all schools. The links below show that your odds get worse the further away you are from the mid-50%; the final page of the Stanford pdf tells you that with an UW GPA below 3.75 it’s virtually impossible to get in. To quote Damon Runyon, “The race is not always to the swift or the fight to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.”</p>
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<p>I also know that my GPA unweighted is 3.35, and that if I get As for the rest of my high school career I can get a 4.1 weighted and a 3.7 unweighted. I’m hoping that will also help a little</p>
<p>Okay so can someone help me out? I would like to get an idea of what colleges I can get into!</p>
<p>Gpa for sophomore year: 4.0 consecutive semesters</p>
<p>Gpa for this year: 4.33 and 4.5 </p>
<p>(Not sure what weighted and unweighted will be)</p>
<p>SAT: (my weakness)
1640 but I just took the June one and will take the October SAT.
ACT: I will take this Saturday</p>
<p>Sports:
Varsity waterpolo (4years)
Varsity Soccer (4 years)
Varsity Track (3 years)
Club soccer (7 years and current)</p>
<p>Clubs:
NHS (sergeant at arms title)
Interact (VP title)
FBLA (president)</p>
<p>And ASB secretary
And Junior Class President</p>
<p>I also have a job at a florist boutique.</p>
<p>Please give me any predictions or anything.
Ill be applying to the following:</p>
<p>USC
Santa Clara University
LMU
UCLA
UC Davis
UC irvine?
UC Berkley
SDSU</p>
<p>All as a BUSINESS MAJOR (I also created my own private business with my aunt that is a food product in the process of getting into local grocery stores I.e. whole foods)</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention I’m first generation (1st in the family to go to college) and am in Cal Soap!</p>
<p>^ You should start a new thread. No one like other people stealing their thread.</p>
<p>Let me give you a realistic chance thread. You have virtually little chances at those UCs, even UCI. Your GPA for UCs are determined after Junior year, Senior year grades are not counted. Bottom line is you need to apply to some realistic safeties. Perhaps UCR is one of them.
For the rest of the private schools, probably not too much hope either. Your GPA is very lacking. Pick one school and apply ED is your best hope.</p>
<p>jorgie- what is your anticipated major?</p>
<p>My anticipated major is PoliSci or history and minor environmental engineering</p>
<p>Vinceh- Fun fact: I’m not an idiot. I know the statistics. However, I also know that applying somewhere where thousands of qualified applicants apply is a crap shoot and his GPA won’t make a bit of difference. I understand that people on here try to be realistic but being realistic and shooting down people’s dreams are two very different things. I suggest you learn that difference and apply it here. Nothing will guarantee you admission and unless you are this particular person’s admissions officer then you have no right to tell them that they will not get in.</p>
<p>@conflictedb3 I responded in a very similar way when I was told I wasn’t going to get into Stanford or Columbia. I think a lot of the members of this forum, especially those that come as sophomores or freshmen, go through a similar phase of sincerely believing that they can be the mistake, the accidental admit to a school like Stanford.</p>
<p>I don’t think you do well by your fellow students when you tell them that they can get into a school with a GPA and SAT score well below the established averages and ECs that will fail to distinguish them from other applicants. </p>
<p>Anyone applying to top schools must know and embrace the objective, statistically verifiable fact that their admission is unlikely. When you understand that, your decision to apply is an informed one. Keep in mind that what you’re gambling with is not yours. Unfortunately, some people on the internet will take what you say a little too seriously.</p>
<p>It’s not your $75 application fee, it’s not your hours of filling out supplement after supplement in addition to the Common App. It’s not your stress level. It’s not your hopes and dreams.</p>
<p>So if you’re going to try to influence a person’s decision, influence them with the facts. If you can’t develop a factual basis for why a person should apply to a school, then I don’t know what purpose you could have in maintaining that they should apply, if that purpose is not malicious in nature. It seems completely dishonest to me.</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with applying to Stanford when admission is unlikely. I’m applying, and I have no shot at getting in. My reasons for deciding to apply despite this are personal, and that may be true for a lot of people. </p>
<p>But there is no profit to be had whatsoever in spreading misinformation regarding the likelihood of admission to persuade another to apply. Let it be an informed decision. That is crucial.</p>
<p>College admissions decisions are not participation awards in Little League. The OP asked for his chances, not to be patted on the head. </p>
<p>Pablum like, “you’re chances are as good as anyone’s” helps no one. In fact, so-called “advice” like that is detrimental, giving the reader a false sense of their real chances. Applicants with limited resources of time and money should be spending their energy identifying the best school that matches their needs and that they can get into. Scan these boards in May and you can’t help but see threads where applicants have been shut out from all the schools they’ve applied to; it’s of little solace or value then to hear “You know, getting into Standford is pretty tough and virtually impossible with a 3.3”.</p>
<p>If you or the OP only want positive feedback then say so up front, in that case I’ll pass on sharing my input. Otherwise I’m quite comfortable trying to give posters feedback that they can use.</p>