What are my chances of getting into UCI and Baylor?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior at High school
Moved to U.S. two years ago
Live in Oklahoma
3.96 Unweighted GPA
4.2 Weighted GPA
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Government
AP German
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics
AP Psychology
will graduate with 32 high school credits
ACT score 26 ( I know it's very low comparing to the other applicants, but it is because of my reading score, other than that my math, science, and english scores are in the high twenties and low thirties)
Taking the ACT again in december ... hoping to raise my reading score :&lt;/p>

<p>Work Experience
06/2011-09/2011 Customer Service Representative at Target 40hrs/week
• Interacting with the customers and providing them information about products and services and respond to customer complaints.
08/2012-still working Sales Person at HollisterCo. 20hrs/week
• Represent the brand through personal style, providing customer service and maintaining presentation standards.
Activities
• DECA – Member (12th)
o Doing different fund raisers and tournaments for charity
o Volunteering at different organizations
• Yearbook – Photographer (12th)
o Take pictures of different events happening at our school
o Editing the pictures for the yearbook
o Interviewing the students in the pictures
• German Club – Member (11th-12th)
o Participating in different events such as October fest and etc.
• Environmental Club – Member (10th-11th)
o Cleaning the campus
o Having fund raisers
• Students Against Destructive Decisions Club – Secretary (11th)
o Helping the president and the vice president with the different events
o Informing the members of the different events we are doing
• Interact Club – Member (11th)
o Volunteering at different event and organizations such as local pet shelters
• ACE – Freshman Mentor (12th)
o Helping the incoming freshmen with adapting to the new environment and help them with getting used to high school
• Pink Ribbon Club – Historian (11th-12th)
o Taking pictures of different events related to the Pink Ribbon Club such as the Pink Ribbon Week
o helping the president and the vice president with the fund raising
• Edmond Youth Leadership – Member (12th)
o Doing different fund raisers and tournaments for charity
o Interacting with community leaders
• Oklahoma Humane Society – Volunteer (12th)
o Volunteering at a local pet shelter</p>

<p>Honors and Awards
• National Honors Society
o 10th – 12th
• Oklahoma’s Honors Society
o 10th-12th
• First Place in Robotics
o During my freshman year, I was part of the Robotics team at my school, and the Robot that we built managed to receive the first place between 14 other teams.
• Student of the Year
o I was named the Student of the Year, back in my freshman year in Iran due to my academic achievements and extracurricular activities.
Skills, Talents, and Achievements
• Languages – Fluent in Farsi and English and learning German
• Musical Instruments – Played piano for 10 years before moving to U.S.</p>

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<p>Also top 5 % of my class</p>

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<p>I think you could easily get into both of these schools. You should look at schools that are better in the U.S. news rank because 50% of applicants get admitted to the schools you listed, which is pretty high. I recommend you look at schools like Northeastern, New York University, and other UC’s like Berkely and Los Angeles. They might not be automatics but you might be pleased if you get into them. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>but isn’t my ACT score too low for those universities?</p>

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<p>Yeah its low but other characteristics of your application make up for it; if you get it up you are definitely in, but how you are now is good enogh to get in. The two colleges you listed are no as hard as you thnik to get into than other top colleges. The other schools I listed are reaches, but I suggest you have a few of those, that way you strive for something. Ya your ACT is quite low for those universities, but if you bring it up and have a good interview, then you can make those universities also.</p>

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<p>UCI: Safety (if full-pay)
Baylor: Safety</p>

<p>Try Bates or Bowdoin; they are the “reaches-for-anyone” of the test-optional world and they’re reachable since not many people from Oklahoma would even dare applying to Bates or Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>thank you all :)</p>

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<p>How about like UT Austin?</p>

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<p>UT-Austin: Low match</p>

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<p>Do I have any chance of Southern Methodist, UCSB, or even UCLA?</p>

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<p>What are some safety, but still good, colleges I can apply to? Because, I’m afraid that most the colleges I’ve applied to are reach.
Thank you guys!</p>

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<p>SMU: Match
UCSB: Match
UCLA: High match</p>

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<p>Lola, what is your intended major/degree? That would help in finding other schools for you. Though I agree with some of the other posters, you should definitely have a few more “reach” schools on there. The ones you originally listed are certainly low match, if not even safeties.</p>

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<p>well I have already applied to other universities such as USC and UT Austin too, but I feel like my ACT score is just ruining my chance of getting into those top notch universities!
I have chosen International Business as my first choice and Neuroscience or German as my second choice.</p>

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<p>where else do you think I should apply?</p>

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<p>Would I qualify for any scholarships?</p>

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<p>You should with your credentials </p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>