I’m a junior, second semester. My current GPA is 4.62 weighted and 3.89 unweighted and I’m going to take my SAT on saturday but I got a 1410 out of the 1600 on the new 2016 PSAT. I know its important to know my SAT scores for sure but I’d like to know my shot of getting into here because I’m worried about a few things.
To start, my school only offers the IB program instead of AP. I was a part of the IB Diploma program but I wasn’t capable of doing TOK so now I’m just a student with full IB classes but not getting the IB Diploma. It seems like it was all in vain and I’m scared I won’t be good enough for UC schools or other higher tier universities.
Also, I’m not really confident in my EC’s. I’ve really only been involved in clubs like Key Club for both this year and sophomore year not really holding any positions but next year I’m going to be a part of it’s fundraising committee. For sports, I’ve done wrestling for 2 years but I’m no longer doing it anymore because I couldn’t manage school with a highly demanding sport. I might do Speech & Debate next year so it might bump my prospects. Point is I don’t have any EC’s that I’m very committed to which makes me feel like shit. Over the summer, I’m going to be doing over 200+ hours volunteering/possibly working at a retirement home.
I’d like to go to UCSC because I’m attracted to the Computer Science program here and I find the campus jaw-droppingly beautiful & I’m wondering if I have a shot to go here or possibly other really good universities because I feel pretty worthless atm, thank you.