Chances for UCSD or UCD?

thethailander
Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:35:05 +0000

I’m currently a junior in high school. Any advice to improve my background for what the UCs specifically look for? Also, do UCD/UCSD superscore?

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (670 M, 680 R, 770 W) will be taking again to score above 2200
ACT (breakdown): 32 (36 Eng, 35 Reading, 31 Math, 27 Science/essay) will be taking again and really gotta improve my science (hopefully 34/35 composite)
SAT II: none yet, will be taking chem, math, maybe bio, hoping for 700-800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish, depends on my grades this term
Weighted GPA: my school doesn’t do this but I would have above a 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not given, but top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio + AP Euro (5), taking 5 APs (AP Comp Sci, AP Spanish IV, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Gov) this year but only 4 exams and hoping for all 5s but that may not happen
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Studio Art, AP Econ, AP Eng, AP Physics, newspaper, and 1st Year Korean at the university in town
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): umm not really sure what qualifies as a national award, I’ll be a national merit scholar and I’m in national honors society…

Subjective: yeah I’m really lacking, I don’t do sports or music
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): newspaper (section ed/designer, newspaper has won national awards but not me specifically), Knowledge Bowl (co founder, we have placed globally)
Job/Work Experience: n/a, I’m gonna do an internship starting in the summer and may also get a job in the next few months
Volunteer/Community service: 300ish hours at the moment, volunteering at library, hospital, and children’s sci camp
Summer Activities: volunteering (yeah I haven’t done any camps…)

Other
Financial Aid?: I’ll apply for it
Intended Major: not sure (maybe pharmaceuticals, bio, chem), I want to do pre med or something in health
State (if domestic applicant): not CA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: half Asian, half white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 150-200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have some personal stories about my health and why I want to become a doctor but that’s about it