What are my UC/CSU Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Freshman GPA: 4.0/4.0 W</p>

<p>Sophomore GPA: 4.2/4.2 W<br>
(1 AP, 1 Honors)</p>

<p>Junior GPA: 3.57/3.86 W
(2 AP, 2 Honors) </p>

<p>Senior: Currently taking 4 APs</p>

<p>Big GPA drop during Junior year. During this time I fell ill and had multiple doctor visits (accumulated almost over 100 missed periods) I took some of the most rigorous courses during this time, one of them being Calc AB, which I had received a grade of D for end of first semester, (and a C for the second semester) Before this I had been a perfect attendance student for almost entirely Freshman year and ALL of sophomore year. (I mentioned this in my Acad History comment for my UC app.) I went to the community college and made up my D in Calculus the following summer. </p>

<p>Total (9-12) GPA: 3.95 W
10-12 GPA: 3.92 W
Class Rank: 29 out of 643
SAT I: 510 R, 580 M, 520 W
ACT: 25 </p>

<p>UC/CSU GPA was around 3.91~3.92W</p>

<p>EC:<br>
3 years of Swimming, 1 year of Water Polo (all varsity)
Volunteering Club for all four years of high school (Approx. 75+ hrs), + ASB Leadership (Will have atleast 250 hours by end of this Senior year)
Agricultural Leadership
CSF for three years </p>

<p>Took 3 college courses at my local community college from grade 9-11.<br>
Music, Trig, and Calc I
(TOTAL UNITS: 11)</p>

<p>-
I know I have extremely low ACT and SAT scores, I am retaking BOTH in December and already mentioned that I will be sending those scores over. I'm pretty confident as most of my practice tests have been consistently higher than before.
If I can get those up.. how much of an increase would be a safe for the colleges listed below?</p>

<p>I worked pretty hard on my Personal Statement as I know this was my only other option to have a chance of being accepted. I edited many times and am pretty proud of it.</p>

<p>-Applied majors (UC and CSU): Range/mix of Biology, Molecular Bio, Microbio, Psychology, Cognitive science </p>

<p>Applied Colleges:</p>

<p>CSU Long Beach
CSU Fresno
San Jose State University
San Diego State University
Cal Poly SLO
UC Merced
UC Irvine
UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Barbara
UC Davis
UCLA
UCSD</p>

<p>I know there are some obvious colleges in the list that are nearly impossible for me to be accepted.. please don't be harsh (but truthful). </p>

<p>If possible, can you guys give me an answer along with a second answer if I'm able to improve my SAT/ACT? </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>SAT/ACT on the low side to be competitive for many of the UC’s on your list.</p>

<p>UCLA/UCSD: Reach
SLO/UCD/UCSB/UCI: Low Reach/High Match
UCSC: High Match/Match
SDSU/SJSU/CSULB: Match
CSU Fresno: Safety</p>

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<p>Thank you Gumbymom,
I probably should’ve learned the terms before posting…but what does each of the word mean?</p>

<p>I’m guessing it goes like,</p>

<p>High Reach (Hardest/Lowest possibility of getting accepted)
Reach
Low Reach
Match
High Match
Safety (Easiest/Highest possibility of being accepted)</p>

<p>Or did I mess up the order?</p>

<p>&I’m definitely hoping that my last tests goes much better than before.
Thank you!</p>

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<p>In order of difficulty in getting acceptances;
High Reach
Reach
Low Reach
High Match
Match
Low Match
Safety</p>