What are my chances for UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD... and Stanford?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My UC GPA (10-11) is 4.75
Rank 1 (maybe two by the end of the year) out of 520
SAT (I thought I had done better... I don't think I'll be retaking it)
Reading Comprehension: 650
Math: 660
Writing: 640
SAT IIs (I will be taking English literature, Math Level II, and World History soon)
Biology: 650
U.S History: 780
ACT (I will be taking this Saturday)</p>

<p>APs
French - 1
European History - 5
English Language - 3
Psychology - 4
Biology - 5
U.S. History - 5
Art History - 5</p>

<p>Current APs
English Literature
World History
U.S. Government
Calculus AB </p>

<p>Extracurriculars
French Club (President, secretary)
School Newspaper (Reporter & Editor)
Academic League Varsity (City academic competition)
Ecology Club
Cross Country Junior Varsity for a year
Vietnamese Student Association
National Honors Society
Cal-Soap programs
COSMOS '05 Alumni from UCSD (Residential summer program)
Interned full-time at the Scripps Research Institute during summer of '07
Intern-volunteer at Birch Aquarium at Scripps during summer of '06
~320 hours of volunteering (from those listed above, tutoring elementary kids, and hospital work)</p>

<p>I'm ELC certified and the first generation in my family that will hopefully attend college.</p>

<p>I'm applying to...
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego
Stanford</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>UC GPA = Capped at 4.5.</p>

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<p>Isn't UC GPA capped at 4.33? You can't have more extra points for more than 8 classes over the course of 4 semesters.</p>

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<p>You're President of French Club and got a 1 on the French AP Exam?</p>

<p>How does that work..</p>

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<p>UCs look at capped gpa just for eligibility purposes. So schools like berkeley, la, and sd look at uncapped gpa (in your case 4.75) for admissions. according to uc brochure that i got with my elc letter, ucla and berkeley accepted 57% of ela applicants, and sd accepted 88% of elc applicants. You have a good chance at ucs.</p>

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<p>That French AP score is quite embarrassing. Were you sick when you took it?</p>

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<p>You need to recalculate your UC GPA with the 8-semester cap.</p>

<p>Berkeley: slight reach - high match
UCLA: match
UCSD: safe match - safety
Stanford: reach</p>

<p>You'll have to bring up your SAT scores a bit if you want to get into Stanford. It also makes Berkeley a bit more difficult.</p>