What are my chances of getting into UCI, UCSD, UCLA

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<p>my chance of getting into UCLA, UCSD, UCI </p>

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<p>Hi this is my first post but I was wondering what your guys opinion was since you seem very knowledgeable.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English 1 Honors: A/A
Spanish 2: B/B
Geometry: A/A
JV Sport (Running): A/A
Biology: A/A
World History Honors: A/A
4.17 Weighted GPA</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
1st semester:
English 2 honors: B
Spanish 3: A-
Algebra 2: B-
Crosscountry: A
Chemistry Honors: C-
AP World History: A
3.83 weighted GPA</p>

<p>2nd Semester (I went to a different school with a 4 period system and no honors classes offered)
English 2: A
Algebra 2:A
Chemistry:A
Political Science: A
4.0 weighted GPA</p>

<p>Junior Year (I'm guessing my second semester grade)
English 3 Honors: B/A
Trig/PreCal: A-/A
PE: A (1 semester) and 2nd semester finished AP World History: A
Physics: A/A
US History AP: A/A
Psychology: A and 2nd semester AP psychology: A
GPA first semester is 4.33 and second semester will probably be 4.67</p>

<p>SAT: 2150 but I plan on retaking it again and am confident I can get at least 2200 but I'm aiming for 2250.</p>

<p>I don't have any awards besides scholar athlete (3 semesters) and I know I'll at least get the commendation for National Merit (I got a 219)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Secretary of a small club
Historian of another small club
And probably VP of a small club</p>

<p>Job Experience:
Worked for 1 month at a doctors office
Will probably get a job during summer and possibly the rest of the school year</p>

<p>I have no volunteer experience, except I did help tutor a retarded boy but I did that on my own so can I put that down as volunteering?</p>

<p>I think I can write a very good admission essay.
Also I've had a lot of personal experiences to talk about, if that matters anything.
Also my ethnicity is biracial, half asian and half white but im going to put that im white.</p>

<p>also is there any advice you can give me to make me seem better?</p>

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<p>will it look really bad if i suddenly do like 50 hours community service during summer?</p>

<p>or is that too low a number?
i really dont want to do community service and i was wondering if having a job could be just as impressive.
i mean because if you have a job it shows you can deal with the real world so why does community service matter so much?</p>

<p>honestly i think its really stupid they pretty much force you to do community service especially since they know 98% of people are doing it for the applications. also why does everyone have to have leadership and everything? i mean for every leader there has to be a ton of followers not everyone can be a leader. not all jobs you need to be a leader. like why would you have to have leadership if you're a pathologist? or a pharmacist? seriously.
i mean college is just a place of learning but its like they've lost sight of that. </p>

<p>with my very very minimal extracurriculars can i get into UCI for sure? because my grades are high enough.</p>

<p>also if i do the UC gpa calculator i think it'll be around a 4.0.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the help lol</p>

<p>oh my junior year weighted gpa wouldn't be 4.33 its 4.17</p>

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<p>Only use the five core courses (English, math, history, science, language) to calculate GPA.</p>

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

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<p>I think you have a great chance of getting in. I still think you should do community service. Just volunteer at a place you would enjoy.</p>

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<p>I think helping the retarded boy is a very good thing to do, but doesn't really count as volunteering. I think it might be a good thing to write about in your college essays.</p>