What are my chances for UCLA, Berkeley, NYU, UVA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone!

I’m a senior and I’m hoping to attend UCLA, Berkeley, NYU, or UVA in the fall of 2017.

Scores:
Weighted GPA- 4.38
ACT- 31 (English 32, Math 27, Reading 33, Science 30)
AP World exam- 4
AP US exam- 5
AP Lang exam- 5

I took French 1, French 2, Algebra 1, and Geometry in 7th and 8th grade and got A’s in all of them.

Freshman Year Classes:
Algebra 2 w Trig- B+
Earth Science Honors- A
Art 1- A+
Physical Education- A+
Pre-AP World History- A+
French 3- A
Honors English- A+

Sophomore Year Classes:
Precalculus- A
Honors Biology- A
Photojournalism 1 (Yearbook)- A+
Physical Education- A+
AP World History- A (and a 4 on the AP exam)
French 4 Honors- A
Honors English- A

Junior Year Classes:
AP Calculus AB- A
Chemistry- A
Photojournalism 2 (Yearbook)- A+
AP Economics- A-
AP United States History- A
French 5 Honors- A
AP Language and Composition- A

Senior Year Classes:
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
Photojournalism 3 (Yearbook)
AP Human Geography
AP Government
AP French
AP Literature

Extra Curricular Activities:
Travel softball team- 9th, 10th
JV Softball- 9th
Varsity Softball- 10th
Key Club member- 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Key Club committee chair- 11th, 12th
Managing editor of the yearbook- 11th
Editor in Chief of the yearbook- 12th

Member of (11th and 12th):
National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
Quill and Scroll Publications National Honor Society
Science National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society

Attended:
Barnard College week long pre-college program on Philosophy- Summer 2015
Yearbook NV (week long yearbook seminar)- Summer 2015 and Summer 2016
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Conference- Spring 2016
Washington Journalism and Media Conference- Summer 2016
Leadership Loudoun Youth Conference- Summer 2016

Recognition:
Visual Arts 3rd Quarter Award- 9th
Husky Heart (softball team award)- 9th
Academic Letter- 9th
Academic Pin- 10th, 11th
Editor in chief award- 10th
Varsity Letter- 10th
AP Scholar- 11th

I would like to major Political Science and/or International Relations and minor in History.

Thanks for taking a look and giving me feedback! :slight_smile:

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You seem to be a very qualified student, your courses are impressive. Your EC’s are also decent. Are you in state for Virginia? If you are in-state, I would say you would have a good chance. OOS is super competitive and I believe your ACT would be on the lower end, and so I would name UVA as a reach. I believe your chances at NYU to be decent and even higher if you consider applying ED. Your stats seem to be on par with the school. I do not know enough about UCLA or UC-Berkeley to provide insight. Best of luck!

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I recently visited UCLA, as well as Berkely etc. The student guides that took us around talked about how their friends had gained entry. They said that some students did not have the HIGHEST marks for entry, but were accepted because in their letters of application, they had put a lot of thought into why they wanted to attend that school and how they would contribute to the community/success/culture of that school. Food for thought.

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Sounds like you have a pretty good chance at all the schools you listed. Your grades are very impressive and scores as well.

5

Well for UCB and UCLA they calculate your GPA based on 10-11 grades only. Considering you have a 4.0 UW and something well above a 4 weighted in that category that will look very good to them. Your test scores are about the average for an admit to those schools as well. UVA you should be competitive. (I’m unsure what state you live in, but either way I think you are a competitive applicant.) NYU I would be surprised if you didn’t get in. If it means anything to you, I got into UCLA, NYU and wait listed at Berkeley with stats that were slightly worse than yours. (Similar test scores but not as good of a GPA)

So I will say
UC Berkeley: High Match
UCLA: High Match
UVA: High Match
NYU: Match

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UVA is insanely competitive oos. I would say its a reach. LA and Berk are high match. NYU is a match.

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Sounds like you have a pretty good chance at all the schools you listed. Your grades are very impressive and scores as well.