Help me find some!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Now in senior year of high school, here is my resume:
-31 on ACT
-GPA has been between 3.7 and 3.8 throughout high school (out of 4)
-Taken AP Language and Composition and AP US History (3 for English, 4 for history on the AP exam), currently taking AP Literature and Composition and AP Biology
-In volleyball (2013-2014 MVP)
-Interested in medicine and pre-med in college (would like to major in biology)
-Not too many clubs, competitions on transcript
-Volunteer at hospital (have about 200 hours complete) and have volunteered as a teacher and teacher’s assistant</p>

<p>I’m a student from Illinois and have kept an eye on many colleges in the midwest, but would also like to research colleges in California and Texas. Can someone please point out some reaches, matches, and safeties in both of those states? Thank you for taking the time to read this and helping me out!</p>

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<p>If money isn’t an issue, look at some UCs (Berkeley and UCLA are big reaches, but most of the others are matches if you apply to the regular colleges instead of specialized programs) and Occidental. Try to calculate your UC-weighted GPA. They have their own formula. You need to be over 4.0 to be competitive at the more elite campuses. If you had good grades in core academic subjects during your sophomore and junior years, then you are probably in range, outside of UCLA, UCB, and possibly UCSD. UT-Austin is probably a reach for you from out-of-state, but not impossible. SMU might be a match. If you’re looking at Texas, you might as well apply to Tulane, also. </p>

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<p>Here is the link for the UC GPA Calculator:<a href=“GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub”>http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/&lt;/a&gt;
OOS students can only use 4 year long or 8 semesters of AP classes (not honors) for the extra 8 honors points in the calculation. Also any UC will be around $55K/year with little or no financial aid available for OOS. </p>

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<p>For Cali:
Reaches- UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC
Matches- Pepperdine?, some of the other UC’s
Safeties- Don’t know </p>

<p>For Texas:
Reaches- Rice
Matches- UT Austin, Baylor
Safeties- Don’t know</p>