What are my chances of getting into Stanford, Caltech, and the UC Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a senior in high school and these are my current stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.17 (Weighted), 3.95 (unweighted)</p>

<p>SAT SCORE: 1570 (1st), 1780 (2nd), taking a 3rd one this month</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities: NJROTC (various leadership positions)
National Honor Society- Treasurer
Civil Air Patrol
Varsity Football- Received 3 Varsity Letters starting sophmore year</p>

<p>I took 4 AP classes and two honors classes, 3 of which I am taking right now.</p>

<p>School Awards: Math Award (freshmen year), CST Golden State Seal Recipient</p>

<p>First in my family to go to college. I am bilingual (Vietnamese & English), if that helps; I also can read Spanish and understand it, writing not really.</p>

<p>I have 100+ hours of community service, this includes feeding the homeless, helping at camps, and school sporting events. Work related, I've worked for my Uncle over the summer with his carpentry business, this included using power tools, removing carpet/tile and installing wood paneling.</p>

<p>My personal statement started out with a poem, if that's anything new. The personal statement was basically about how my parents couldn't go to college and I'm am veering off that path and becoming the first in my family to go to college.</p>

<p>So with all that said, what are my chances of getting into these colleges?
Thank you if you reply, any feedback is much appreciated.</p>

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<p>You need to have a test score of al least 2100 to be a competitive applicant for Stanford and Caltech. A 2000 will put you in range for the top tier UCs.</p>

<p>I’m sorry to say that, at a school like Caltech or Stanford or even UCLA and UCB, a 1780 SAT just does not make the cut.</p>

<p>That being said, I think that if your ECs and essays excellent, you still have a chance at UCLA and UCB, albeit a slim one.</p>

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<p>I agree with KnockAround,</p>

<p>Stanford and Caltech are a little…tough with those.</p>

<p>Apply to UT, GeorgiaTech, and you have a good chance with the UCs. (Just do great on essays).</p>

<p>Chance mine? Anyone :)</p>

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<p>Do you think another 200 point increase to a total of 1980 would cut it? thanks for the reply sir/ma’am.</p>

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<p>Students with 2400’s get rejected at Caltech and Stanford, so go figure. For the UC’s, you will at least need a 2000 to be considered a competitive applicant, and it all depends on what major you are going for. My advice is to really try to get a good score on this next SAT,maybe even not going to school a couple of days to do practice tests instead :slight_smile: Focus all your efforts on it and hopefully you can crack 2000</p>

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<p>Stanford: High Reach
Caltech: High Reach
UC’s are mostly High match- Low Reach</p>

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<p>Thank you for the encouragement. I’m about to start a practice SAT right now. I wish I could take 2 days OFF… but I’m bogged down by homework. But anyways, thank you for your replies.</p>

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<p>What are your SAT subject test scores?</p>

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<p>I never took them. Do I have to?</p>

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<p>Bring your SATs up above a 2000 and I would say low reach for these schools…</p>

<p>Right now… With your scores, I would say high match…</p>

<p>Chance back</p>

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<p>@AKIndian do you know the difference between a low reach and high match? I’m guessing you meant otherwise but even then I’d have to disagree with you for Cal and Stanford.</p>

<p>Caltech and Stanford are out of reach unfortunately with those scores. Even with a 2000+ I’d still call them mid-high reaches just because of the sheer number of applicants.</p>

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<p>Are they just going to look at my SAT scores and say, “Oh, he has a below average score, he’s out.”? If thats the case I really need to study for Saturday’s SAT. Is there anything else besides my scores that I need to improve on?</p>

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<p>I have the same SAT score as you, actually. I’d say that Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley, and UCLA are pretty high reaches, but you never know. If you applied to all the UCs, I’d say that UC Riverside, Merced, and Santa Cruz are good safeties. Your matches and low reaches are probably UCSB, UCD, and UCI. UCSD is probably a bit of a reach as well.
I’m just a applicant so I have no real authority, but I’m sure that your application isn’t going to be tossed out just because of your scores.
You never know-- my sister was accepted to UCSD with far worse SAT scores, just because the guy who read her application liked her. Lower scores make you less competitive, but they don’t completely ruin an application. Don’t get too discouraged if you can’t get that score up.
Good luck, fellow 1780-scorer! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks man. I’ll try my best this Saturday for the SAT.</p>