Upper tier UC's/NYU/USC/Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying for art for all of these! (D|MA for UCLA)
Chinese girl from California with approx 3.3 unweighted UC GPA, 3.6 overall GPA.
5 APs (Stats, Art, Calc AB, Psych, English)
A LOTTT of extracurric art classes
summer programs at UCB
National Merit Finalist
Community service at hospital
300+ service learning hours
Job at restaurant
2230 SAT
Lit: 760
Chinese: 760
Bio: 730
Math2C: 750
Water Polo captain, swim team, been swimming consistently on a team since I was 6
DAMN GOOD ESSAY haaaaha :( sorry. Ok but no really, it was a good essay.
Piano (certificate of merit)
Chinese school up to junior year
Chinese folk dancing up to sophomore year</p>

<p>I know Brown's a pretty big reach, but I'm applying there for the Brown-RISD dual degree program.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is a bit low, which will hurt the most at the top UCs.</p>

<p>Berkeley: reach
UCLA: reach
UCSD: slight reach (50-50)
UCSB/UCD/UCI: high match
UCSC: safe match
UCM/UCR: safety
USC: slight reach</p>

<p>However, if there's a different admissions process for art students, you may have a better chance.</p>

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<p>Brown is a very big reach because your GPA is low for an Ivy, even though your SATs and SAT2's are in the Ivy ballpark. On the other hand, if your portfolio was good, RISD would probably accept you in a heartbeat. So, I'd say that if your portfolio impressed the folks at RISD, you'll be accepted into the dual degree program. If they weren't impressed by your portfolio, then you won't.</p>

<p>As for NYU, I'd be very, very surprised if they didn't accept you. Very likely accepted there.</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance at NYU. Brown is definitely a reach.</p>

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<p>all you gotta do is give the admissions people a lapdance and you're in. duh, deborah, thought you'd know that by now. :)</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance at NYU, less of a chance at brown b/c your gpa.</p>

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<p>UCLA: Reach
UCSD: High Match
UCSB/UCD/UCI: Match
UCM/UCR: safety
USC: Reach
Brown: Reach</p>

<p>Your GPA needs to be higher</p>

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<p>For the RISD/Brown dual degree program, each school has to accept you based on their own admission. RISD has a stiff addmission requirement of grades,EC, and test scores. But the biggest requirement will be the protfolio. Brown has its own set of high high hoops. The program will only have about 20 people in their frist year program of Fall 1008.</p>