Chances at UCs, and privates (avg. courses, no work exp)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi, everyone! :slight_smile: I’m new here, I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I’d appreciate it.</p>

<p>Schools I will probably apply to:
UCLA
UCB
UCD
UCI
Scripps (one of the Claremont Colleges)
Cornell
(Safe school: Cal State Long Beach)</p>

<p>(If it’s any help, I have 3 cousins at UCLA and 1 at Cornell pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Law)</p>

<p>About me:
Asian (Thai)/ female
Southern California
1st generation
Came to USA in 7th grade and had to re-learn english. Born here but went back to Thailand when I was 6.
Large public High school (3000+ kids)</p>

<p>Academics</p>

<p>GPA (according to latest transcript):
(9th-12th) Weighted: 4.0, Unweighted 3.92.
(10th-12th) Weighted 4.0 Unweighted 3.875
Total GPA: Weighted 4.0 Unweighted 3.93
Rank: 35/800 (top 4%)
SAT I: 1850
SATIIs: USH 630, Chem 610, Math 2 540 (took it when I was taking alg II)</p>

<p>Soph. courses (…nothing too fabulous)
English II A/A
Spanish 3 A/A
Geometry Honors A/A-
World History A/A
Int. 1 Dance A/A
Chemistry A-/A</p>

<p>Jr. year courses
English III A/A
Spanish 4 A/A-
Alg II/Trig B/B
AP U.S. History A-/A- (AP grade: 4)
AP Chemistry B-/B (AP grade: 3)
Int. 2 Dance A/A </p>

<p>Will be taking for Senior year: English Composition, AP European History, AP Biology, Pre-Calculus, Economics/Government(required, no honors/ap), and Dance!</p>

<p>ECs:
Dance for 5 years(both at studio and school). (10+ hours/week)
President/Captain (for 12th), secretary (11th), and publicity (10th) for school Speech & Debate Team + Club.
CSF member - plan to run for office (9,10,11,12)
Interact Club Member (10,11,12)
Spanish Honor Society (11)
100+ hours Community service for middle school’s library</p>

<p>Interest field of study: history, science, psychology, or dance. Currently undecided.</p>

<p>In addition, I think I can get some good teacher recommendations for my speech/english and dance teachers. </p>

<p>No work experience yet: Reason? Visit my family/relatives in Thailand every summer since I’ve been here in 7th grade. This year, I have to take care of my sick grandma 24/7, my dad can’t afford a nurse. (ok reason…?)</p>

<p>So, if anyone could help me out, thanks a lot :D</p>

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<p>UCB, LA and Cornell are huge reaches. The others are matches.</p>

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<p>Your AI score is 191, which is a CRS score of 2 out of 9. This means that out of all the people who apply to Cornell this year, about 77% to 88% will have better grades and test scores than you and 12% to 23% will have worse grades and test scores. Since Cornell admitted about 30% of applicants, you are a real reach to get in there.</p>

<p>As far as the UCs, your UC GPA is 4.00 exactly (unless that Geometry course counts as an honors course for UC purposes–go to the link on the UCOP site to find out). If it counts, then your UC GPA is 4.10</p>

<p>Average grades and test scores at the undergraduate UC campuses last year:
<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UC Berkeley–4.17 and 2007
UCLA–4.12 and 2003
UCSD–4.04 and 1928
UCSB–3.90 and 1842
UCI–3.89 and 1849
UCD–3.84 and 1824
UCSC–3.67 and 1759
UCR–3.59 and 1674
UCM–3.58 and 1668
University-wide (all campuses)–3.78 and 1784</p>

<p>Thus you can see why you are a reach at UC Berkeley and UCLA, a match to slight reach at UCSD, a match at UCSB, UCI, and UCD, and a safe match at UCSC, and a safety at UCR and UCM.</p>

<p>In the end, a lot depends on your passion, your essays, the major you intend to pursue, and where you really want to go. All of the UCs are good schools–so pick the one that’s right for you.</p>

<p>P.S. I don’t have the data on Scripps available right now, but I think it’s a match.</p>

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<p>ForeverA:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCI/UCD: Match</p>