What are my chances at these UCs?

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<p>hey so UCLA is my absolute top school and i'd go there in a second. like if there was ED i would totally do it (unfortunately there isn't :/)</p>

<p>but i was wondering if you could tell me my chances at the following UCs:
UCLA
UC Berkeley
UCSD</p>

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<p>School 100-pt unweighted gpa: 89.1
School 100-pt weighted gpa: 94.22
UC weighted GPA - 4.4</p>

<p>CLASSES: (ALL OF THE HONORS GRADES ARE WEIGHTED. UNWEIGHTED YOU DIVIDE BY 1.075 BUT IM ENTERING THEM AS WEIGHTED ON MY APP)
freshman yr:
Global History I 82 89
Freshman English 88 93
H Algebra II M4 85 92
H Earth Science (With Lab) 91 97
H Spanish II 95 100 </p>

<p>sophomore yr:
Global History II 93 95
H Lang Lit Comp 96 98
H Precalculus M4 91 95
H Biology (With Lab) 94 98
H Spanish III 100 100
Chamber Music Labor 93 93
Orchestra Semester 93 94 </p>

<p>junior yr:
AP US History 87 89
H Junior English 95 91
AP Calculus BC 100 99
H Physics (With Lab) 94 100
H Spanish IV 94 97
Chamber Music Labor 92 94
Orchestra 94 92 </p>

<p>senior yr (current classes):
AP Government and Law
AP English<br>
AP Statistics<br>
Honors Calculus II (Multivariable Calculus)<br>
Honors Chemistry (With Lab)<br>
AP Spanish V </p>

<p>COLLEGE COURSES:
got a B+ in Linear Algebra at NYU
letter of recommendation for 3 years of UC foreign language credit (92% proficiency in russian)</p>

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<p>TEST SCORES (this is whats gonna get me...i suck at standardized tests):
ACT:
31 composite (26 reading/ 30 science/ 34 math/ 35 english (grammar))</p>

<p>SAT:
2050 single best composite (770 math, 610 CR, 670 writing)
2100 best combined composite <a href="770%20math,%20610%20cr,%20720%20writing">even though they only look at best single composite</a></p>

<p>SAT II submitted:
630 - us history
650 - bio M
680 - spanish w/o listening
740 - math ii</p>

<p>AP exams:
calc bc - 5
ap us - 3
english lit - taking senior year
spanish lang - taking senior year
gov - taking senior y ear
statistics - taking senior year </p>

<p>toefl iBT (since im a nonnative speaker as i grew up surrounded by russian):
116/120</p>

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<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS/NON A-G COURSES:
string class at school
business law course (noncollege prep elective)
tv broadcasting i (noncollege prep elective)</p>

<p>volunteerwork:
-Volunteered in library's children section during month of August 2009 until start of school 3hrs/4 wks
-Worked unpaid as camp counselor during summer 3 of 5 weeks of art camp after sophomore year 6 hrs/ 3wks
-different philanthropies in a volunteer clubResponsibilities included helping with library book sales and the elderly with their cellphones. 1hr/ 44 wks (total)</p>

<p>work:
Worked for 2 weeks as paid counselor, volunteered unpaid for 3 other weeks to hold same title 6 weeks</p>

<p>awards:
CT's Best Debaters - 30th
Gold Medal in Piano Competition<br>
Gold Key in Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition -- state-wide
Homecoming King - junior/senior yr
Junior Engineering Technological Society -- Member of Team A in problem-solving physics competition --- state finalist</p>

<p>clubs:
Debate Team
Voted in as Vice President and Secretary at the same time of junior year. Helped lead meetings, organize debates, and explain debating styles to newer members 2 hrs/40wks</p>

<p>Leadership Club
Set an example for other students to follow. Assisted in set up Names Can Hurt assembly and creating Public Service Announcement for local TV station 1hr/40wks</p>

<p>My own club
As founder and president, my club has doubled in size after its first year. Geared towards cleaning school up and keeping it as litter-free as possible 1hr/30wks</p>

<p>Piano
Played piano with a private instructor from age 5. Practice an hour a day, with lessons once per week on top of that 6hrs/ 52wks</p>

<p>Student Government
Sophomore Political Board President, Junior Public Affairs Manager, Senior Student Body Vice President. Organized events such as homecoming and spirit week 2hrs/40wks</p>

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<p>PERSONAL STATEMENTS:
they should be pretty strong it depends on how analytical the reader is.. but i showed it to 6 diff college counselors (friends of my parents) and 4/6 of them got the true meaning and thought it was a nice break from the typical average essay and was very meaningful and the questions were ansewred</p>

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<p>ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION. im a nonnative speaker. i grew up around russian and it was my first language (i only started learning english in preschool) and i speak it at home</p>

<p>ALSO im out of state (i live in ct). i think thats gonna come to my benefit this year??</p>

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<p>please help im dying to get into ucla!! thank you so much.</p>

<p>if you want to help me out more could you tell me my chances at these colleges as well? (but again berk, ucsd, and la are my top interests)</p>

<p>usc
nyu
mcgill
uva
carnegie mellon
columbia
cornell
darmouth
emory
johns hopkins
northwestern
rice
u chicago
uconn (safety)
umich (kinda safety)
upenn</p>

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<p>Just a note on your UC GPA - oos students may only include AP/IB courses as weighted courses, not honors, so your UC GPA may be a bit lower than you have calculated. It will not matter if you choose to enter honors courses as weighted - the UC will kindly recalculate your GPA for you.
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<p>Oh, I re-read your statement about how you plan to enter your grades and it seems you plan to enter the grades as “weighted” on the application, rather than your actual grade received in the class. That would be incorrect according to the UC application instructions (you are instructed to eneter your UNWEIGHTED grade and then choose “Honors, AP or IB” from the drop-down menu. If you were accepted using the weighted grades (entered as though they were your unweighted), and then sent in your transcript when you confirmed enrollment (required) showing that your actual grades were lower, that would likely result in your offer of admission being rescinded.</p>

<p>It is best to follow the application instructions and enter your information accurately.</p>

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<p>alright ill change it to unweighted but i called the admissions office at la and they told me that all my honors classes are acceptable and ill receive honors credit for them as long as theyre official honors classes at my school (not just titled as an honors class) which allof mine are</p>

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<p>"my honors classes are acceptable and ill receive honors credit for them as long as theyre official honors classes at my school "</p>

<p>^ Wow! I’ve never heard of THAT before! My kids private California high school dropped almost all their honors classes, presumably because this was so difficult. Are they somehow tagging your application among the 57 thousand applications? Do you mind sharing any details?</p>

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<p>ok you can message me and ask me. im sorry but i didnt waste 15 minutes writing all of that out. if you dont have information relevant to my question please dont post in my thread</p>

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<p>You must follow the application instructions and enter your actual, unweighted grade. Then choose “Honors” from the drop-down menu. The application reader will then see that you took an honors class. It will not be weighted in the UC GPA they calculate for you, however. Please read the very specific information in the link I provided. If you choose not to follow the clear and specific instructions for the UC application, I suggest you have the full name and contact information for the individual who told you that to contact when your admission is rescinded.</p>

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<p>in the directions it says nothing about out of state honors courses. that is why i called the admissions office of one of the UCs as they all the same application process. in-state people have an online course list per school. out of state fills in honors level depending on what is considered honors by the applicants school </p>

<p>there is no CLEAR AND SPECIFIC instruction about out of state honors weighting</p>

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<p>"if you don’t have information relevant to my question please dont post in my thread "</p>

<p>ok, sorry.</p>

<p>I thought it was relevant in responding to your question, and might make it relevant for others. That is among the goals of college confidential.</p>

<p>For others, here’s how to see a list of “UC approved honors”.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/statewide-path/scholarship-requirement/index.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/california-residents/statewide-path/scholarship-requirement/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’m done.</p>

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My apologies. Clearly you know more than the two of us combined.</p>

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<p>also if youre going to be bitter and sarcastic about it dont post either. its different with out of state vs instate </p>

<p>its not just me out of 57 thousand. its out of state kids out of 57 thousand. what happens in california private schools is different from the public school instate pool along with the outofstate pool</p>

<p>thats your childrens problem if their school has a problem. if you dont believe me you can go and call the ucla admissions office tomorrow when they open yourself. </p>

<p>im a stressed out senior just trying to figure out whether i can get into my top schools. im not looking for sarcasm and condescension from parents i dont even know</p>

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<p>doorways under the courselists is for instate students. thats why i called. if you guys arent willing to listen to what im saying go ahead and give false information. when somethings unclear, i dont stick by an assumption i inquire. i called ucla and spoke with 3 different admissions officers. i think i should know what im talking about…not 2 moms who keep sending me the same information and dont even need to deal with the undergrad admissions process</p>

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<p>I think that is wonderful news! I just think it would useful to share details (like a list of OOS schools/classes getting honors credit)), since it is counter to the apparently false information that has been circulated here for many years. There were 10,000 oos/international applicants to UCLA in 2010. Knowing that many are getting honors weighting for honors classes would change a lot of responses. That would be relevant for the whole forum community.</p>

<p>I suppose I may be a little bitter since instate students do not seem to get that level of personal attention, and my daughter did not get in in 2008…but I am getting over it. </p>

<p>“thats your childrens problem if their school has a problem.” </p>

<p>I vote and pay taxes here, it might be relevant for kids at my kids school, and that’s how a forum community works.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hope this helps, apologies if I’m wasting your time / thread.</p>

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