<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.7 (unweighted)
SAT: 2150
Private high school
Total of 8 AP classes taken, rest all honors level
NHS in grades 10, 11, 12
Varsity Soccer 9, 10, 11, 12
Drama 10, 11
Math Team 9, 10
Debate team, 12
Model UN, 12
Junior volunteer at local hospital 9, 10, 11, 12 (over 200 hours)
Islamic school 9, 10, 11, 12
Jobs at McD’s and currently, Best Buy (20 hours a week)
Ethnic minority - Afghan (parents are refugees)
Parents never went to college
From Minnesota
Lower-middle class</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>PS: I specifically care about UCLA, UCB, UCSD and UCI.</p>
<p>I should mention that I do plan on taking the Literature, Math II and Physics Subject Tests in December.</p>
<p>Also, my recommendations will be written by, one, my English teacher, whom I know very, very well; and two, my Physics teacher, who was used to be a professor at the University of Minnesota.</p>
<p>Some other things:</p>
<p>-My parents actually never went to high school.
-If you could recommend some other unis, too, that would be greatly appreciated. In case you were wondering, I prefer the West coast.</p>
<p>first of all, UC’s do not take recommendations. UC’s also only take 2 SATII’s of your choice.</p>
<p>however, Berkeley and LA are slight reaches/reaches for you because you are out of state. I think you are guaranteed UCSD and UCI.</p>
<p>Your UC GPA would help more than your unweighted, but I agree with dimedropper. You should get into at the very least UCI, and UCSD is a match, but UCLA and UCB are slight reaches.</p>
<p>How can I calculate my UC GPA?</p>
<p>go to universityofcalifornia.edu and look at the profiles of each UC school. UCLA and Berkeley accept 87 - 88% in-state applicants. As an out-of-state applicant, your GPA and SAT must be very high. 3.7 unweighted? what are your classes?</p>