What are my chances of getting into UCs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a white female and a junior in high school. I come from an upper middle class family and I live in California. I would love to go to either UCSB or UCSD, and I would be thrilled to get into UCLA. What do you think my chances are of getting into any of these three schools? I aspire to major in linguistics and UCLA has the best linguistics program in the world; I even took linguistics 1 at UCLA this summer and got an A.

I have only taken the SAT once so far, but I’m signed up to take it twice more. I got a 1910 (640 CR, 660 W, 610 M). I’ve heard the W score doesn’t matter much but since I want to get into the linguistics field I believe it will have some more weight. I also intend to get my scores up by at least 50 points each.
I am not sending in my ACT score.

These are my grades from sophomore year each semester:
Spanish 2: A, A
AP Euro: B, B
Honors English 2: B, B
Honors Physiology: A, A
Honors Algebra 2: B, A

These are my grades so far in junior year (first semester)
US history (CP): A
Honors English 3: A
Spanish 3: A
Honors Pre-Calculus: B
Honors Chemistry: A

Extra:
I got a 3 on the AP Euro test
I have been working at a children’s art studio for 4 years
I have done Pilates for 3 years
I am working on becoming a certified Pilates instructor
I have had perfect attendance in school since kindergarten (I’ve neither been tardy nor absent a day in my life)
I finished Linguistics 1 at UCLA over the summer and got an A (4 units)
I plan on taking an intensive Hebrew class at UCLA this summer (12 units)
I partake in Link Crew at my school (help freshmen transition to high school)
I am one of the founders of the UNICEF club at my school
I have no idea if this matters/how to prove this but I have maintained a tumblr blog for 4 years and I have 47,000 followers

Please let me know!

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are u from marin?

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No, I’m not

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At the end of your Junior year, calculate your UC GPA: http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

You need to bump up your test scores into the 2100 range for a chance at UCSD and UCLA. Keep up your grades up, continue with your EC’s and write some great essays when the time comes.

Good Luck.

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The Tumblr blog won’t help you at all, I personally recommend not mentioning it. No school cares about how many followers you have on social media. Your UC GPA is about a 4.3 thus far, so if you continue to get the grades you’re getting, with your semi-average/low SAT (at this point), you have a good chance at UCSB. UCSD may be a reach with the SAT score, but you said you’re retaking it, so you have a chance. Try and get above a 2100 and you should be set. Also make sure your personal statements are very strong. In-state will help you a lot.

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Thank you! You have been very helpful