Chance a dreamer for UCs, Cal Poly, and USC???

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>-SAT of 2210 (740 M, 720 CR, 750 W)
-GPA of 3.61 unweighted, 3.67 weighted (ouch)
-Plenty of ECs, including: 3 year varsity football player and senior team captain for state championship football team; tons of community service; youth mentor for local at-risk junior football program
-Caucasian Male
-Parent salary of 80-90k (teacher and part-time teacher)
-Public High School ranket in top 200 by newsweek mag
-I think I killed the essays
-Senior Schedule:
-AP Calc AB
-Honors Physics (most take AP exam)
-AP Spanish 4
-Film as visual lit
-Advanced conditioning
-English 4</p>

<p>I am applying to UCD, UCB, UCLA, Cal Poly, and USC. I am aware that none of these schools are really “safe” and suggestions for some safety schoold are appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Why did you kill your essay? There was still more than a week to submit the applications. Nevertheless, applicants are usually not the best at predicting how well their essays were written, so the chances below assume your essay was an average 50 percentile. </p>

<p>UCD - Match. Fairly simple admissions process. Higher SAT scores offset low grades.
UCB - Reach. Depending on rank, you have a crap-shot at this college
UCLA - Reach. See above.
Cal Poly Low match. See UCD
USC - Low Reach. </p>

<p>You should have applied for more UCs. Santa Cruz and Riverside would definitely have been safties.</p>

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<p>Berkeley - reach, but there’s a chance.</p>

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<p>Yea, maybe I should’ve said that I shouldn’t be limited by my essays. Thanks for the replies.</p>