Chance Me Rising Senior for UW, UCLA, UCB, Cornell ED (WA Resident, 3.99 UW)

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Demographics

  • US domestic
  • Washington State
  • Small, underfunded HS

Cost Constraints / Budget

  • None

Intended Major(s)

  • Pre-med, Biology

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • UW-GPA: 3.99
  • W-GPA: Unknown, but will be prettly low since my HS weighs Running Start/Dual Enrollment on the same scale as regular courses. Shouldn’t matter for the UCs since they use their own GPA calculation system.
  • Class Rank: Unknown, but will be pretty low for the reason listed above
  • ACT/SAT Scores: Test-Optional

List your HS coursework

(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)

  • English: AP Lit, ENGL101 (DE), ENGL102 (DE)
  • Math: Pre-Calc, Calc I (DE), Calc 2 (DE), Stats (DE)
  • Science: AP Physics, Year-long General Chemistry series (Three 5-credit courses, DE), Year-long Majors Biology series (Three 5-credit courses, DE)
  • History and social studies: AP World History, Intro to US History (DE)
  • Language other than English: Spanish III
  • Visual or performing arts: AP Music Theory
  • Other academic courses: I have taken these courses during the summer at my CC (includes some of the courses above): ENGL101, ENGL102, Microbiology, Stats, Non-majors Bio, US History, Intro to Business, Algebra II

Awards

  • Associate in Biology, completed junior year

  • Associate in Science with an emphasis in Chemistry (will be completed by the time I apply)

  • DECA ICDC 5th place for PFVBC, 2x state winner for PFVBC, 3rd nationally for PFVBC, state qualifier for BLTDM

  • President’s Medal, awarded to graduating college students with a GPA of 3.9 or higher

Extracurriculars

  • eDNA research for my community college and local marine institution (1y)

  • Peer mentor for the Gen Chem series at my college (1y)

  • DECA club officer; awards listed above (4y)

  • Co-founded and ran a trading card company that made around $850 per. month (2y)

  • Ran a monetized gaming YT channel that got around that got around 400k views, 600 subscribers, 8000 watch hours, and $350 per. month (2y)

  • Nearly 200 hours of community service as a tutor at an after-school daycare center for elementary students (2y)

  • NHS; just attended meetings. nothin major (2y)

  • Key Club; just attend meetings. nothin major (4y)

Essays/LORs/Other

  • Essays: Maybe 7/10?
  • LORS: Counselor (7/10; doesn’t know me much but gave me heavy praise for getting an Associates Degree in my junior year of high school haha), Spanish I, II, III Teacher (10/10; has offered to write me a letter of rec before), Majors Biology Professor (7/10)

Schools

  • University of Washington
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, Berekly
  • Cornell (ED)
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This ain’t gonna cut it for the UCs. You have control of this. Make those PIQ 10/10.

The UC application is very different than the Common App. Don’t try to use Common App essays or EC descriptions on the UC application.

Yes they do. Would you please calculate your three UC GPAs and share them? GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub

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  1. Yes. I am (and have been) working on my essays little-by-little each day.
  2. What I meant was that my GPA/class rank wouldn’t matter in the context of my HS since the UCs use their own system. For the UCs, my UW is 4.00, W is 4.40, and WC is 4.15.
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Your stats are strong, but when you say ‘none’ for constraints/budget do you mean that your family can afford upwards of $90k/year for Cornell and $75k+/year for UCLA/UCB? That’s before $100k/year for medical school!

If you are aiming for med school you may want to take into consideration the expense of your undergrad education. I’m guessing you’d qualify for some great merit from UofW that would save you a ton.

But if money is no object then awesome! Good luck!

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You also need to know that if you attend a UC, you don’t get the benefit of getting into their med school programs if they have one. Berkeley doesn’t have a med school. UCLA and the other UCs wipe the slate clean for their med schools. They want to see what other schools are doing and how those schools are preparing their students.
If your intent was to get accepted into a UC med school because you attended an undergrad UC, that’s not going to work to your benefit. Coming from a Washington school would be a better bet.

California has one of the highest rates of “premeds” at their undergraduate schools. Every other student is “premed”. It’s ironic because there is no such thing as a premed major.

You can major in anything that you want to major in. I would caution you not to major In biology because postgraduate work options are limited in biology. The pay isn’t good, if med school doesn’t work out.

We paid for our daughter’s med school fees at University California, San Francisco about $240,000. Most of my daughter’s dormmates were paying for their medical school costs through loans, loans, and more loans.
So let me get this right: your parents are willing to pay $75k a year ($300k) For your undergraduate studies in California, correct? And they’re willing to pay another $300K for med school in California correct?

So if you’re lucky enough to get into a med school program, your parents will be willing to spending more than $600 K for your education?

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