What are my chances at UCLA, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon?

My counselor said I have no chance at any, but I just wanted a second opinion to be sure :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m a girl who lives in India and am of Indian origin, but my passport is American.
I’m applying engineering undecided (wanted to apply electrical engineering or comp, but I was told that they were too competitive)

extracurricular: lead a few volunteer work projects, had a career related internship, took a few computer courses out of school etc

SAT scores-
sat 1: 2150 (780 M 700 CR, 670 W)
math level 2 : 800
physics : 780

GPA-
I’m in an IB school, so I don’t really have a GPA… Here’s my IB predicted’s if that helps (each subject is out of 7)-

English A standard level :6
Spanish B standard level: 7
Math higher level : 6
Chemistry standard level: 7
Computer science higher level: 7
Physics higher level: 6

total = 39/42

As a non-resident, you do not qualify for instate tuition at the UC’s. Your American passport proves that you are American but that does not qualify you for California rates and fees. Fees will be $55K per year.

Your SAT scores are not competitive for those two schools. Try some mid tier schools.

I think you’re into all of them. Honestly.

I think you have a decent chance at UCLA. Your 2150 SAT is in the middle of admitted students and in the top 25% of students who enrolled, according to the latest (2014) Admitted Student Profile (25/75 percentiles):

Applicants: 1,640-2,060
Admits: 1,940-2,240
Enrolled: 1,790-2,150

Good luck!

UCB/UCLA - low reach

You’ll probably get in to either UCLA or Berkeley if you don’t apply to the most selective schools: EECS / College of Chemistry at Berkeley or CS at CMU (almost impossible). Apply as a US Citizen. You might want to consider applying to schools with greater financial aid if your family income is <$250K/yr. Your IB is good enough for most highly selective schools, improving your SAT to 2250+ or ACT to 33+ would give you a better chance.

For UCLA at least, “undecided” is the worst major selection as far as acceptance rate. Click on the fall 2014 report on this page:

http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/enrollment-degree-statistics-new/

You’d be better off with EE at UCLA (25.1% vs. 10.5%). I don’t believe the other UCs provide acceptance data by major. CMU might.