Chances for UC's, State Flagships, Privates, and Reaches

Chance Me / Match Me
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– DEMOGRAPHICS –
State: CA
Gender: Female
Race: White

– TESTING –
ACT #1: 32C, 33E, 29M, 36R, 30S, 28W
ACT #2: 32C, 35E, 35M, 33R, 26S, 20W
ACT SS: 34C, 35E, 35M, 36R, 30S
SAT Subject Test US History: 760
AP European History: 4
AP Psychology: 5
AP English Language & Composition: 5
AP US History: 5

– RANK –
Unweighted: 12/472 (Top 3%)
Weighted: 17/472 (Top 4%)

– GPA –
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.33
Unweighted Core Subject GPA: 3.94
Weighted Core Subject GPA: 4.39
High School Transcript Unweighted GPA: 3.94
High School Transcript Weighted GPA: 4.22
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.91
UC Capped Weighted GPA: 4.27
UC Uncapped Weighted GPA: 4.36
Note: My high school calculates the GPA based on UC a-g courses and UC honors bumps, although for grades 9-11 instead of 10-11.

– GRADES –
Freshman (12 A’s): 1 Honors, 2 PreAP, 1 CP, 1 Standard, 1 Sport
Sophomore (12 A’s): 1 AP, 1 Honors, 1 PreAP, 2 CP, 1 Sport
Junior (10 A’s, 2 B’s): 4 AP, 2 CP

– SENIOR YEAR CLASSES –
AP Calculus AB – there is no CP or Honors Calculus offered
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP Government – ½ semester
AP Macroeconomics – ½ semester
AP Spanish Language – there is no CP or Honors Spanish 4 offered
AP Studio Art 2-D Design – need to take an Art in order to graduate

– EXTRACURRICULAR –
Club Soccer (ages 8-15)
JV Soccer (9-10)
Youth & Government (11)
National Honors Society (10)
Student Research Intern at Major Research University (summer after grade 11)
~50 Hours of Community Service
Math Tutor
Babysit/Chauffeur/Feed 5 Siblings

– SCHOOL AWARDS –
Principal’s Honor Roll (9-11)
Scholar Athlete (9-10)
Captain Award (10)
Ivy Chain (11)

– MAJORS –
Primarily Undecided, but have interest in:
Neuroscience
Mathematics
Statistics
Philosophy
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Molecular and Cell Biology

– UNIVERSITIES –
Washington University in St. Louis (visited)
Vanderbilt University (visited)
University of California, Berkeley (visited)
University of California, Los Angeles (visited)
University of Pennsylvania
Brown University

University of Washington (scheduled to visit)
University of Southern California (scheduled to visit)
Boston University
University of Texas, Austin (visited)
University of Michigan
University of California, Santa Barbara (scheduled to visit)
University of California, Davis (visited)
University of California, San Diego
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tulane University

University of Pittsburgh
University of Oregon
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of California, Santa Cruz

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UCSC: Safety
USC/UCD/UCSB/UCSD: Match
UCLA/UCB: High Match

You are a very competitive applicant and if your essays are on par with your academics, you should many choices come next spring.

Good Luck.

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The key to the UC app is to have something great in many categories across the board: Academic, EC, Community Volunteer, Summer Programs, Paid work, unpaid work, Research, Talent, etc.

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Thanks!

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Any other chances for the non-UC’s on my list?

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Reach:
-Washington St. Louis

Sort of a Reach:
-Brown
-USC
-Penn
-Vanderbilt

Inbetween Match and Reach:
-Texas (If you were in state, this would be a safety, but OOS is especially competitive)

Match:
-Wisconsin
-Michigan
-Tulane

Safety:
-Oregon
-Pittsburgh

  • Minnesota

Overall, I think you should be competitive for all the schools on your list. W St. Louis is a reach for everyone anyways.

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Thanks!